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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1176467' date='Mar 25 2011, 08:08 PM']Light is better though, If it sounds exactlty like a big rig and has every feature of a big rig yet is lighter that makes it better, Fact.[/quote] that's your ears. it phisically can't sound the same. just like if you had an amp, a 4x10 cab and an 8x10. the tone would be different ofrom both cabs because they are different. just like you wouldn't sound like Geddy Lee if you walked up to him, took his bass and played YYZ. light weight amps will never sound the same as a valve amp. i've realised what i think is missing from non valve amps and it's body. although i believe in horses for coures and my favourite SS amp brand is Aguilar because it sounds like it sounds and it's not trying to emulate a valve head.

i haven't had a problem with my 100 watts going through a small 4x10 tuned to C.

i see some of your points but still no one has explained why you would bother having 100 watt splits. i've seen a 200 watt BTA on a site. so 200, 300, 400. also as far a pro gear and having a massive stage rig, no one uses one amp for 2 8x10's. everyone has two. Nate from Foo Fighters has 2 BTA's and 2 8x10's that way you get a more reliable and cleaner sounding rig. i bet anyone with a 400 watt valve amp has never pushed it past 200watts. i think in this economic climate a company would be more concise with it's range.

[quote name='4 candles' post='1175250' date='Mar 24 2011, 09:15 PM']light is better. fact[/quote] how?

when i do sound i get the best live tone from a senn e609 for the mid-hi freq and getting that grunt and the DI dialled for lower freqs. also i like the shure beta 52

right? i can't see what you're getting at?

i liked the e.p, showbiz and origin. everything else i havent given the time of day. showbiz is the best

i've never had a problem with light weight or solidstate amps being loud enough. it's just that the tone seems to lack something i cant put my finger on.

i'm a traditional guy. i can't get on with class D power amps.

I use a JCM800 1959 Super Lead (modded). You're more than welcome to have a fiddle as I'm local. It's currently with my tech who's finishing up my mods.

[quote name='robocorpse' post='1171570' date='Mar 21 2011, 11:47 PM']Nope, for a gigging amp, trouser flapping bass end AND dynamics needs loads of headroom to make it work. Id rather run a 400 watt amp at respectable volume then have all the welly there in reserve if I need it, than run a 200 watt at full pelt and flatten everything in the process. Also bear in mind that doubling the watts does NOT double the volume, and bass needs more power than top end does. Thats why you often see 300w bass amps alongside 100w guitar rigs, and the guitar rigs can still occasionally drown the bass out because they are projecting higher frequencies that are easier to amplify and reproduce, and (crucially) are much more directional. Also depends on the cab. An SVT through an 8x10 will knock people senseless at #5 on the master volume, but through a Hartke 4x10 it sounds a bit limp.[/quote] i agree that bass needs more power and that higher frequencies travel further but when was the last time you played in a band with a guitarist running his 100watt full? i've played in and played with a lot of very loud bands and i have also owned a 300watt Sunn and i have never had to go past a quarter on the master volume. i'm currently using a modded Marshall JCM800 1959 SuperLead with 6550 power amp valves and it's clean as a whistle. and as for those hybrids with only 100watts between them. there is no point. look at ampeg and hiwatt for example. ampeg do a 300watt and they also have/had a 100watt and hiwatt had a 200watt and a 400watt. there will be a hell of a lot of different value parts between the two hybrids. i think 200watt is a perfect middle ground. all the Matamp users have no problems with only having 200 watts. you tend to see a lot of people say their Mesa 400+ is so powerful that they can't get loud enough to get a decent valve tone. ideally i would of liked to of seen a 300 all valve, 300 power amp, the all valve pre and the valve pre solid state power amp heads. and of course the little bastard is a cool amp. that to me seems to tick every box for a lot of people.

Can anyone tell me why there is a 400 and 300 watt version of BTA amp and a 427 Small Block (ironic name)? since when will you use 300 watts? let alone 400+. The small block should be 200 watt in my opinion and the BTA 300 watt. too much power! also what's this drophead stuff Ashdown have stolen from Ampeg? is it so the don't have to make shells for the heads? cost cutting? i've never understood Ashdown.

Saw one in bristol the other day. What's with the reversed pickup?

i'd like to add that spending money on a decent power supply is worth it. voodoo labs are the best and also pretty much the only truly isolated supplies.

i know someone who wouldn't take his amp (oldish TE) to gigs just incase it broke. ridiculous.

looked into [url="http://www.morganamps.com/amps/mp200/mp200.php"]Morgan Amps[/url]?

i'm a fan of voodoo labs