robinhowlett

Some excellent suggestions here, thank you! I am going to investigate the passive DI box first, which I have to admit I have never come across before (I'm old school, 62 years old... LOL). In answer to "Why not just stick a mic in front of the Orange Crush?" – which was my first reaction, the answer is that he wants a very clean signal so that he can do all sorts of stuff in the desk without background noises being picked up. But yes, that was my first reaction.

I'm currently practising through an Orange Crush 25 which I am very happy with. However, our guitarist wants to put all jams into his desk now, so that we've captured everything and he has asked me to replace it with an amp that has a DI output. I have a stage rig, which I am very happy with (Ashdown) but I don't want to lug it to rehearsal (it's big and heavy). Any suggestions for a practice amp that sounds at least as gooid as the Crush 25, weighs about the same and doesn't take up a massive amount of space – but has a DI output? I appreciate your thoughts. I'm playing a Warwick fretless (original German Corevette bubinga with ebony) and an ESP LTD B204SM. Thank you.