Bob Leonard wrote on Wed, 08 August 2007 00:30 |
Have you ever actually heard a full stack running at 100 watts output?
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I used to stand in front of a pair of them
But hey, that was the punk era...
That was before I got a brain (and changed bands), and dropped to a single Marshall 100W (long gone), then a single 50W (which is also long gone) with one 4x12 (the one I still have). Then I dropped to the 20W head. We had a PA then
Then I went all solid state, to a HH performer, which gave the sounds I wanted at more usable volumes. It was also twin channel, so dirty / clean at the same level, which was never a real possibility for a classic Marshall.
These days I'm a lounge guitarist, so I have a Boss GX700, a stereo power amp, and the (modified) 4x12 in stereo. We live in a detached house a fair way from neighbors, so from time to time mates come round and fancy making a noise, so the remaining valve amp I have (Carlsbro 60TC) comes out and I put the ear defenders on.
I must be getting old.
My one wish would be that I could transport the GX700 back to my golden playing days, as it does everything just so much better than the copycats, memory men, colorsound pedals, the Schaller leslie simulator (not to mention the Farfisa rotary cab I used for a while) and the like of it. Modern guitarists don't seem to appreciate just how much more choice they have then the guitarists of decades ago.
Edited to say: And yes, Steve's right, you can yank two tubes from a 100W amp to make it a bit quieter.