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Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:19 pm
by jirodreamsofdank
There was a Verellen modified Jet City that wasn't very expensive and sounded interesting but I never saw a single one actually come up on Reverb when I was looking a couple of years ago.
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:31 pm
by RolandJC120
I just got a egnater tour master 4100 and 4x12 for 500 bucks. Deals are out there if you look
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 12:15 am
by Gone Fission
jirodreamsofdank wrote:There was a Verellen modified Jet City that wasn't very expensive and sounded interesting but I never saw a single one actually come up on Reverb when I was looking a couple of years ago.
The mod is illuminated in an old thread. If you know how to safely discharge the caps in one of the single channel 20 watters you can probably manage it
http://www.ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php? ... &start=165
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:23 am
by ibarakishi
aen wrote:Peavey!
If I were to re-start with guitar gear I would go after a VTM 60 half stack. Beautifully crunchy if you want it, loud as heck, and can be had for under a grand for the whole shebang.
this. if you don't care about status and are happy just living that dumpster rat life while still reaping the benefits of great clean sound, peavey and done. forever. and for real. its how i started and never needed to move away from. especially if you use pedals. literally just about any high watt peavey, tube or even solid state, gets you where you should be. for the longest time i had a tube pa head from peavey that i used as a guitar amp.
embrace trash life and live your best self feeling like a king perched on top of your dumpster found treasures...
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:42 am
by coldbrightsunlight
This is a good plan. I have been sleeping on buying a big peavey for years. Maybe I'll do it.
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:59 pm
by JTurbide
fryette power station as in power amp ? Or simply attenuator ?
Because if it is the power amp one you might want to look at preamp instead of actual amps. There are really cool options out there depending on what you want. I personally ordered a SMS CTP for cleans (the revelation also looks great) and Hilbish beta for high gain stuff. There are lots of cool pedal format with tubes options too like milkman the amp, verellen, shift line, kingsley, etc...
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:03 pm
by voerking
qersty wrote:Also I've heard THD amps are supposed to be a steal. They aren't cheap really but good value if you want a boutique amp
The Bivalve, in particular is a steal at the current $650-ish pricing. I had a Flexi 50 for a while, but my band at the time broke up & it became impractical. i wish i hadn't sold it!
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:43 pm
by dubkitty
i did not know they were that reasonable these days. that concept has always intrigued me. i may have to put that one in the hopper for future reference.
Re: Underrated, under-loved, underpriced tube heads?
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:08 pm
by aen
ibarakishi wrote:aen wrote:Peavey!
If I were to re-start with guitar gear I would go after a VTM 60 half stack. Beautifully crunchy if you want it, loud as heck, and can be had for under a grand for the whole shebang.
this. if you don't care about status and are happy just living that dumpster rat life while still reaping the benefits of great clean sound, peavey and done. forever. and for real. its how i started and never needed to move away from. especially if you use pedals. literally just about any high watt peavey, tube or even solid state, gets you where you should be. for the longest time i had a tube pa head from peavey that i used as a guitar amp.
embrace trash life and live your best self feeling like a king perched on top of your dumpster found treasures...
If you want to go full dick-on-the-table get any decent solid state bass head and destroy all comers.