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Fact is, you're not going to have the requisite headroom to achieve "good tone" - which, as many electric players have forgotten, does not necessarily equate with massive amounts of gain/distortion (FYI both Leo Fender and Ampeg founder Everett Hull knew this - and the latter staunchly refused to produce anything more powerful than 60 watts during his tenure) - and adequate dynamic range unless you have the electronic/sonic grunt to support it, i.e. either high speaker efficiency, high power output or both (I won't get into the nuts-and-bolts here). While the Bugera V5 sees heavy service as my coffeehouse/band-practice rig, that's as much a function of small footprint/light weight - and the fact that it'll hang with a tasteful drummer volume-wise makes it a valuable asset on a crowded stage; for home use I'm generally running the V22, a '65 Super RI, or a 100W "blackface Twin-clone" Fender Frontman 212R at reasonable levels: plenty of reserve power on tap, the "feel" that only a larger amp can provide (Les Paul routinely used a silverface Twin for small club work - I've seen him do it, and I'd tend to think he knew a little something about tone) and in the case of the V22 the additional ability to balance the pre/post/master stages, so as to be able to ride the sweet spot between clean and OD with touch alone, makes it my go-to for all but the largest houses as well as outdoor gigs. There's a saying among old-school drag racers, "there's no substitute for cubic inches" - and if your ideal electric guitar tone is best classified as full and clean IME there's no substitute for reserve power...
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Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb Digital Guitar Amp 5-WAY POWER ATTENUATOR SWITCH Enjoy full, natural tone at almost any volume—from a full 22W of Fender power down to bedroom- and apartment-friendly 0.2W. Anyone care to comment ?
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Ok, thanks for your opinion, yes I can turn it down, an attenuator generally compensates for our inability to hear high and low frequencies if I remember from my Hi-Fi days many years ago. However, I except I may be wrong.
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I’d be looking seriously at them myself except I’ve already got a very similar amp that I love, and those amps are physically bigger than I’d want - I have really limited space and needed a smaller amp like the Blues Jr or Blues Cube Hot, which are essentially the same size. They’ll pronably be a Tonemaster version of a classic Princeton Reverb at some point, and I might check one out on the chance I might like it more than what I already have. If you have the $$ and the space, go for it.... I can’t imagine an amp that will sound better with your new strat. -Ray
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Wow, what a rig you put together for yourself! Congratulations!
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From all the research I have done, your assessment is bang on! Yes, I have spent a lot of money to get what I want, but I also look at it as an investment. If for any reason I can't play or no longer wish too, this amp and certainly the Strat will give me a reasonable return on my money! That's what I have told my wife anyway
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As someone who has spent more than a little amount of cash on no-name guitars, you've made the right decision to get a quality guitar and amp.
It should bring you many years of guitar-playing pleasure, and will also probably lead you down the rabbit hole of electric guitars and amps! |
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I just got my AmPro strat in 3 tone sunburst with maple neck, absolutely love the thing. I primarily played a les paul for the last 2 years so getting used to playing a strat has been a bit of a new adventure for me. My hands are really getting used to it now.
Whenever you buy a guitar online as you have done here, don't stress too hard if you're worried you wont like it since you didn't get to try it out before you bought it. I've never came across a guitar that I couldn't get used to the feel of with enough play time. I used to have a Redding 512 12-string acoustic and it had an absolute tree trunk of a neck on it and i struggled with it hard because i only have small hands and don't have long fingers but after a month of persevering with it I was fine. and don't worry at all about tone, those Vmods that are heading your way are sensational I honestly can't understand why people don't like them... I've seen a video of Eric Clapton playing a strat through a Fender deluxe reverb and thought it sounded pretty amazing. very retro |
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I love this strat, had I not been happy with its sound and playability, I would have just put it up on the wall like a painting The photos do not do it justice. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...le-fingerboard
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