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Lordathestrings
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Lordathestrings
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10/10/2009 3:10 am
I'm old school. I love my vintage tube amps. But I just can't recommend them as a purchase to anyone who isn't regularly playing for pay in large rooms.

From your post, I assume that you don't jam with anybody, so really, all you need is a good-sounding amp for use at home.

Most of my friends who are playing gigs in clubs find that even with 30 Watt amps, they are being told to turn the volume down. There's no way you need 75 Watts. I can tell you from personal experience that even 5 Watts can be loud enough to get complaints from the neighbors.

Line 6 makes a lot of lower power amps with a lot of built-in effects. These are plenty good enough for home use, and even recording demos or Youtube clips.

The Roland Micro Cube is another very good choice, giving great tone for the money.
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