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well, ive been using my line 6 spider III 120 modualing combo amp for a while now, about a year or two (literaly 1 to 2 years), and i decided its not giving me what i need! i need somehting that can go LOUD!
so i went down to my local guitar center and tested out a couple of amps i had on my mind, and played on one so i could say, ive played a marshal half stack.
the amps i tested out are : PEAVY Valve King (tube amp). RAVEN RG100h RG412 half stack. B-52 LS-100 and LS-412A (there happens to be a LS-412 a and b if you go full stack). those are what i want to get. the one i tested out for fun and ABSOLUTLY LOVED THE SOUND AND TONE was a marshal JMV410h half stack.
so let me start with the amp i played on for fun. because im not getting it, its not in my price range
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the second i turned it on, and plugged in the Alexi v-200 from ESP i fell in love! i got such a great tone from what some one els had on it. it was a good tone for ANYTHING! from one setting, i could play any kind of metal (death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal yada yada yada), and stuff that sounded like wolf mother, and other classic rock bands. the clean tone was rich and peacefull.
NOW THIS IS WERE I NEED HELP CHOOSING MY NEXT AMP
i played on mainly guitars with emgs, and manly esp guitars
i was not too happy with the peavy valve king. it was kind of a let down after i played the b-52 and the raven.
it had a great tone and all, but it wast there. so im not going to go on about this amp because i mainly ruled it out until i go back with a distortion pedal.
the raven half stack had a hard core tone to it, it blew my mind away. i played some hatebreed, throwdown, rammstein, slipknot, and some stuff i wrote.the amp had a great distortion and would be perfect for what i play. i could probably hook up a distortion pedal and make it scream. the clean tone was rich and twangy with the mid treb and bass up, and you could switch between pickups to take out the twang, and get a beefyer tone.
it was simpe to operate, i didnt really touch the onboard effects, except for the auto wah, phaser, delay, and octave.
the b-52 amp was just simply brutal! made me want to headbang when i played! i played some hardcore viking metal with this amp! that amp definatly was ment to SCREAM and SHREAD! i played alot of Amon Amarth with this because it was an amp that was made to shread on.
the thing i loved yet hated was THERE IS ALOT OF NOBS ON ONE ROW!! I KEPT GETTING LOST TRYING TO FIND THE DANG VOLUME NOB!
but it did have 2 distortion channels i could combine, and it was just an amazing amp, you could get any type of tone out of it.
the clean tone sounded like the ravens clean channel. maybe a marshal. but you have heard enough about clean tones
i need you'r help choosing one of the 3 amps above. give me you'r thoughs on the amps,
there are 2 solid state amps, and 1 tube. i will be going back with my line 6 uber metal pedal before december comes around so i can give my final thoughs on those amps.
just somthing about the building on 1960 and 45 (houston tx), some one broke into the A/C unit on the roof, so the A/C was out, and they had fans going in there, but not enough, it was alot cooler outside than in.
heres something random, my parents said they will buy me ONE last amp. so i have to make the RIGHT CHOICE, and then i probably will be happy with it.
the downside is, I HAVE TO BUY THE NEXT GUITAR MY SELF!
oh well, im getting a job soon, so thats fine with me
, and a garage sale day is within a couple days, so ima sell some stuff and get my money to save up.
so i went down to my local guitar center and tested out a couple of amps i had on my mind, and played on one so i could say, ive played a marshal half stack.
the amps i tested out are : PEAVY Valve King (tube amp). RAVEN RG100h RG412 half stack. B-52 LS-100 and LS-412A (there happens to be a LS-412 a and b if you go full stack). those are what i want to get. the one i tested out for fun and ABSOLUTLY LOVED THE SOUND AND TONE was a marshal JMV410h half stack.
so let me start with the amp i played on for fun. because im not getting it, its not in my price range
.the second i turned it on, and plugged in the Alexi v-200 from ESP i fell in love! i got such a great tone from what some one els had on it. it was a good tone for ANYTHING! from one setting, i could play any kind of metal (death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal yada yada yada), and stuff that sounded like wolf mother, and other classic rock bands. the clean tone was rich and peacefull.
NOW THIS IS WERE I NEED HELP CHOOSING MY NEXT AMP
i played on mainly guitars with emgs, and manly esp guitars
i was not too happy with the peavy valve king. it was kind of a let down after i played the b-52 and the raven.
it had a great tone and all, but it wast there. so im not going to go on about this amp because i mainly ruled it out until i go back with a distortion pedal.
the raven half stack had a hard core tone to it, it blew my mind away. i played some hatebreed, throwdown, rammstein, slipknot, and some stuff i wrote.the amp had a great distortion and would be perfect for what i play. i could probably hook up a distortion pedal and make it scream. the clean tone was rich and twangy with the mid treb and bass up, and you could switch between pickups to take out the twang, and get a beefyer tone.
it was simpe to operate, i didnt really touch the onboard effects, except for the auto wah, phaser, delay, and octave.
the b-52 amp was just simply brutal! made me want to headbang when i played! i played some hardcore viking metal with this amp! that amp definatly was ment to SCREAM and SHREAD! i played alot of Amon Amarth with this because it was an amp that was made to shread on.
the thing i loved yet hated was THERE IS ALOT OF NOBS ON ONE ROW!! I KEPT GETTING LOST TRYING TO FIND THE DANG VOLUME NOB!
but it did have 2 distortion channels i could combine, and it was just an amazing amp, you could get any type of tone out of it.
the clean tone sounded like the ravens clean channel. maybe a marshal. but you have heard enough about clean tones
i need you'r help choosing one of the 3 amps above. give me you'r thoughs on the amps,
there are 2 solid state amps, and 1 tube. i will be going back with my line 6 uber metal pedal before december comes around so i can give my final thoughs on those amps.
just somthing about the building on 1960 and 45 (houston tx), some one broke into the A/C unit on the roof, so the A/C was out, and they had fans going in there, but not enough, it was alot cooler outside than in.
heres something random, my parents said they will buy me ONE last amp. so i have to make the RIGHT CHOICE, and then i probably will be happy with it.
the downside is, I HAVE TO BUY THE NEXT GUITAR MY SELF!
oh well, im getting a job soon, so thats fine with me
, and a garage sale day is within a couple days, so ima sell some stuff and get my money to save up.
