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By the way, I understand that Kevin O'Connor at London Power invented it. Bob
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The Monoprice tube combos can be reduced to 1w. Some of the Blackstar amps can be reduced down to as little as .5w. That's a couple examples at the lower price range of tube amps. |
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Yep. My Mesa Boogie Express 5:25 has a Class A/B and Class A switch that offers either five or twenty-five watts. The relative gain doesn't change but the loudness and the character do.
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I have a switch to go from Class AB to Class A Single Ended (two tubes to one). So about 8W to 3W.
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Blackstar has a decent reputation and was formed by ex-Marshall employees. One of the things you sacrifice for price on Blackstar is reparability. They use a lot of SMD construction. They aren't impossible to work on, but very difficult and many repair shops will not touch them. In either case, there is no reason to think they will malfunction for years, unless you are using them heavily every day. That being said, you also wouldn't expect them to be heirloom amps that will get handed down for generations. But they are inexpensive amps with power scaling and sound good that can let you put your toe in the water of tubes without breaking the bank. There are some low power (5-15w) amps in the Blackstar price range without power scaling that you might like more (Vox, Supro). But really, most things near the bottom end of pricing are going to be dubious in terms of long term functionality. There is a very significant step up in price to get to the amps that will be easy to have repaired and last forever through that repair process. Most stuff from the big manufacturers is wave soldered PCB if not full SMD. Hand-wired amps (except the Gibson amps that say hand wired but aren't) cost more, but those will be the easiest to have worked on if needed. |
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There are some good sounding low power tube amps with built in attenuation that can go from bedroom to gig volumes.
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Full disclosure: I play a Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue and have no intention of crossing over to modeling amps.
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http://swartamps.com/amplifiers.htm I used to have a STR-Tremolo in the Tuxedo "outfit". When I sold off all my electric guitar gear a friend bought it from me, so it's still "in the family" so to speak.
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The STR-Tremolo is a great choice for a smaller amp that can still get loud if you want. They can be found used at a reasonable price -- especially the non-tremolo version. Here's a good video with a discussion of the build quality and sound.
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I've learned a lot from Lyle's videos. There's a lot of great info so much of which goes over my head. But mostly I put them on when I'm trying to fall asleep because his voice is so soothing
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