Bought a Roland 30W combo and picked up my old black Peavey from dad...

[Saras]

I'll try an play guitar after maybe nine years... let's see how much I remember! Neighbours beware!!!

[self biased]

meh. thirty wats is a nice practice amp. my old bass rig pushed 350 watts. my current pushes three times that.

[Saras]

Dude, i'll be playing in a garage. The guy at the store said if you need a practice amp buy a five-watt, and I was like, wtf, and bought this.

I do not aim at filling stadiums. Yet.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by self biased
meh. thirty wats is a nice practice amp. my old bass rig pushed 350 watts. my current pushes three times that.

Bass rigs are about quality of sound, not just wattage. I'd take my vintage Hiwatt 100W Custom over any 1000W tranny in the world.

In fact, you can often get better sounds by driving a smaller amp hard than by breaking local strategic arms limitation treaties by cranking up a monster.

[Saras]

Originally posted by Cort Haus
In fact, you can often get better sounds by driving a smaller amp hard than by breaking local strategic arms limitation treaties by cranking up a monster.

QFT

[-Jrabbit]

I keep trying to find time to drag my stuff out, but without success.

Now, rock on with your bad self. We expect regular reports.

[Frozzy]

Rock on

I plan to purchase a Strat-copy either today or tommorow... just been jamming on an acoustic until now.

[Saras]

Ouch, my fingers hurt. But I did some sloppy slayer, metallica and Sabbath riffs yesterday plus tried some practice runs. A LOT of work ahead of me!

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Saras
I do not aim at filling stadiums. Yet.

Awesome.

I haven't touched my Marshall stack in years.

[Saras]

Originally posted by Vince278
I haven't touched my Marshall stack in years.

Then go for it! it's a great rejuvenation therapy

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Vince278
I haven't touched my Marshall stack in years.

You might want to dust off the valves before you switch it on, or the smoke alarm might go off.

[self biased]

Originally posted by Saras
Dude, i'll be playing in a garage. The guy at the store said if you need a practice amp buy a five-watt, and I was like, wtf, and bought this.

I do not aim at filling stadiums. Yet.

the most a guitar player would ever need is 150-250 watts. the higher frequencies carry better. and worse comes to worse, you get mic'ed by the soundguy.

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Bass rigs are about quality of sound, not just wattage. I'd take my vintage Hiwatt 100W Custom over any 1000W tranny in the world.

In fact, you can often get better sounds by driving a smaller amp hard than by breaking local strategic arms limitation treaties by cranking up a monster.

partially true. i once recorded through a '68 ampeg b12 (the one with the curious flip top) to 2" tape through a vintage (and analog) neve console. we turned it on, went to lunch, came back and laid down some killer bass tracks.

as to your second point, clearly you've not heard the ampeg pro 6. wonderful control over tone, etc. i've only used a tenth of its power, but at low volumes or high, it delivers a consistent sound.

[Cort Haus]

Ampegs

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by self biased
worse comes to worse, you get mic'ed by the soundguy

Are you talking live or studio here? I've never done a gig where the engineer tried to DI the guitar. Pods and stuff mean that guitar can be DI'd better these days than it used to in the studio, but it shouldn't be a given. The guitarist in my band would never dream of being DI'd either live or in the studio (other than for a guide guitar) Many valve amps don't have a DI anyway.

[-Jrabbit]

I love the smell of boiling electrons in the morning...