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Re: Considering new amps.
« Reply #30 on: April 26, 2010, 11:20:23 AM »
I'd not really bothered looking into WEM before you posted that link. After a quick look up on youtube I'm pretty impressed! Are they any good played clean - the clips I watched were all pretty gainy and compressed.

Yep, they will stay clean up to around 1/2 volume (ish), then get more overdriven as you turn them up.  Being just a 15w amp, they get right in the sweet-spot at band/gigging volumes.  Don't be put off by a 15" speaker either, they sound great (I've had a few of those WEMs here with the 15" speaker).


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Re: Considering new amps.
« Reply #31 on: April 26, 2010, 11:45:16 AM »

I had fun owning my WEM but I found it to be pretty dull and lifeless until it was wound up.  It basicaly did one sound really well, which was bluesbreaker-ish Beano-ish grind at reasonable volume levels (i.e. pub gig levels).
The cleans were okay, mid-heavy british cleans, definitely no Fender Sparkle (not that you'd buy a WEM for that!)

The VC15 I've just got is like a quieter (as in noise levels) more Versatile WEM, half the weight with much better cleans.  At full whack the WEM was a bit louder and it did it's own trick better than the Laney but the Laney does several other the WEM can't do.

Glad I've owned a Dominator but as my only amp it left me a bit limited.  Too loud to sound good at home and not enough headroom for any sort of cleans with a loud drummer.

However, I'll always remember it for a gig I was playing 'All You Love' at with my 335 - Full Volume, Killer Tone!

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Re: Considering new amps.
« Reply #32 on: April 26, 2010, 11:55:05 AM »
for more versatility, how about an Egnator head, £260 from ebay (US) or £365 from Thomann (Germany)...

http://www.thomann.de/gb/egnater_tweaker_head.htm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Egnater-Tweaker-15W-Tube-Guitar-Amp-Head_W0QQitemZ140400691645QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20b08889bd#ht_5357wt_939

btw, they have a voltage selector switch, so you're fine to import from the US.  Suppose it all depends on how much shipping and import duty work out whether it'll be cheaper than getting one direct from Thomann (free shipping with Thomann to the UK).

the ebay link above has some clips showing what the Tweaker can do - think it's got enough versatility for pretty much anyone.


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Re: Considering new amps.
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2010, 12:06:04 PM »
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Re: Considering new amps.
« Reply #35 on: April 26, 2010, 02:20:51 PM »
Do you want a two channel amp or a single channel one?

I dig the small Laney LC15 and LC30, but they are both single channel.

Not quite, the LC15 is single channel, the LC30 and 50 are twin channel, each with their own eq and drive on the 2nd channel. The VC15 and 30 are single channel and have a shared eq but with a switchable drive & level control

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Re: Considering new amps.
« Reply #36 on: April 26, 2010, 03:44:12 PM »
Borrowed a supersonic today....what a great amp fender cleans(2 of them) and drive that goes from mild crunch to whatever you like

Supersonic and Prosonic are both great - worth it for the clean sound alone
But so LOUD it's unreal

Suggestion - try a bassman or bassman clone
Peavey classic 50 or Traynor are worth a look

Egnater Rebel 30 or Renegade if money stretches that far

or a 20watt Randall
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