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sambo

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« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2006, 10:17:52 PM »
ermmm.... no thanks... im fine here in the corner, cradling my crate.... being ridiculed at spat on by the wiser guitar fellowship....

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« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2006, 10:45:20 PM »
Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL
Most amps sound shitee at bedroom levels, just accept that and get over it - you will save alot of money in the long-run.

They still need some decent volume to sound their best, but I always crank valve amps LOUD in any case (volume isn't much of an issue with me, heh).

I was just really surprised at how good the AVT50 sounded through a bog standard Marshall 4x12 - it really wasn't a million miles away from my valve head I used on the Warpig clips and doesn't put your back out trying to carry it.



Thats accepted, but this Crate sounded cr@p in a most spectacular way, and I wanted to like it.

The AVT50 can at least be tolerated at low levels, and sound much better at volume (nicer with humbuckers than single coil).

My Fender is only 15 watts but is way too loud for bedroom (it sounds amazing on single coils when up full), I'm actually looking at retubing it down to about 7.5 watts ir putting an attenuator in it.

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sambo

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« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2006, 10:48:03 PM »
which crate sounded cr@p? i thought you said it sounded nice!?

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« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2006, 10:52:08 PM »
I tried a crate blue voodoo and it sucked majorly, but i didn't get to crank it. (it was the 300watter, so that probably had something to do with it!)

My engl sounds awesome at bedroom levels, and even better as you turn it up, but that's because it's really high gain, so you can let the preamp do all the work at lower volume levels.

Just to let everyone else know, heavier than hell is only after the head version not the combo- that kind of fooled me when he said he'd be interested in the 100watt version, because as far as I know, the 100 watter only comes in combo form. No worries, though, HTH, you got back to me super quick! Cheers!

Oh yeah, the avt50 head goes for around £185 new, according to www.gak.co.uk, so if you were willing to give what you said in the PM you sent, you could pretty much get it new- or aim to get it second hand for around £100 or less, I'd have thought (second hand stuff is normally around half price, right?)

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« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2006, 07:29:11 PM »
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Just to let everyone else know, heavier than hell is only after the head version not the combo


Damn, I've got a mint 100 watt combo up for grabs, and what with me wanting that transformer HTH we could have done a nice neat swap! :roll:
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« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2006, 08:31:25 PM »
heh, I just assumed they'd do a 100w version but it looks like they just went from the basic model straight to the bells & whistles model  :roll:

£185 brand new from GAK ain't bad at all, might just get that - gotta see if some other deals come off first though.

Underground_Player, are you after that Drake OT from me?

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« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2006, 07:21:49 PM »
Probably, but it depends on how strongly 5F6-A feels about MM OTs (see other thread)!

Bear with me 'cos I'll need to talk it through with the guy who's fixing the amp as well.

Basically I'm very indecisive.
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