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Hi guys!

I'm one of those million softies who is looking for a little less power. My 100 watters are the best but when the master stays around level 1 it's getting ridiculous after a while...

I'm interested in the Laney Cub Head, 15 watts through two EL84's.

Anyone an idea if this will get me close the sound of a 100 watter on level 1?

Would be perfect! I'm not looking for superclean but for a nice and full crunchy tone to boost with lots of fuzz & muffs. And occasionally some cleanwithsomecrunchontop for the peaceful intermezzos...
And will those little amps give me satisfaction on the low end when hitting hard in a band situation?

Other recommendations?
Or maybe the Ibanez TSA15H with 2x6v6?
Or the Peavey Valveking 20 Micro Head, also 2xEl84, but 20watt, would there be much difference with a 2xEL84 15 watt head in volume?

Thanks fuzzy friends of mine!

I've had two 2xEL84 heads previously- Jet City JCA20, and the Verellen Spaldo.

They were very different heads, but they were both awesome. They were plenty loud for only being 18/20 watts respectively.

Both of them seemed to have enough bass for my situation when I had them. There was a little more flexibility with the JCA because it had more controls (EQ, master volume, etc)

I had the Orange OR15 which is 2xEL84 at 15W with a half power option. Cool amp with plenty of volume and gain on tap.

EL84 based 15 watters are my trade. I live in an apartment so I need to be able to control the volume and at the same time want to be able to get a decent clean sound in a live situation. I currently have a Verellen Spaldo with a 1*12" cabinet and it's pretty much perfect for this situation.

My home amp is a Marshall JTM30 running 2 5881s (basically 6L6s), and it can stay clean up to some pretty high volumes on the clean channel. I've actually been considering having it rebiased so I can run 6V6s for earlier breakup

after all I've decided to give the ibanez tsa15h a chance.
the 2x6v6 should give me a little more headroom and for the price it seems like a nice, warm, ready to abuse amp!

I'll let you know!

and so the ibanez tsa15h came and won!

Fat clean and perfectly voiced! (fat bass, nice mids...)
Tried the OR15 as well but I really did not like the sound of that one, even with treble and mids on 0.

Love it!

Tried it with my loudest band yesterday and with 2 4x12 cabinets it could stand next to a loud drummer and ampeg svt classic... volumewise I prefer the KLIPP for violence like this but the tiny moddafakker is just perfect for jamming and not so very loud projects.
with volume maxed out she still swallows muffs & fuzz like a princess!