phillybhatesme
Well-known member
I really didn't want to start yet another conversation about a bedroom tube amp, but well...sorry. I'm chasing the ever-elusive perfect bedroom combo amp for practicing. It needs to take pedals well as I'll be tossing stuff in front of it and in the FX loop (if it has one). Budget: ~500.
In the past, I had a Supro Delta King 12 and actually quite like it, but something felt/sounded a bit off to me, though this it's hard for me to pinpoint what or why.
I also had a Vox 1x10 that I didn't like - it was quite bright for my tastes.
Every Blues Junior I've played has left me wanting more and I have no idea why, but I played a Fender Pro Junior and quite liked the tone out of it, but no reverb.
I played a Princeton Reverb yesterday and loved it, but the reverb was a bit lush for my tastes and it was too much amp for me. So yes, I could dial down the reverb, but it's still both more expensive than I'd like to spend and a bit more powerful too.
I want to be able to play with the volume knob, not dial it to 0 and pray that I can find its "sweet spot" between 0 and 1 to play at bedroom levels.
I'd love a 1x12, but can be convinced to go smaller if the speaker isn't shit - Bugera 5 watt?
While I play broken up, crunchy, and some mid-level gain stuff, the amp doesn't need to be a high-gain machine, nor does it need to be its specialty, which is one of the reasons I'm skeptical about the HT-5 - does it do good cleans?
Tremelo isn't necessary, but playing with it on the Princeton was great, so it'd be a nice added bonus if it exists.
So how'd I end up on a Blackstar HT-5? I'm naive when it comes to amps and in my limited searches, it seems to check some boxes for me, but I fear it's a jack-of-all, master-of-none. And I reiterate: I'm naive. I haven't spent enough time playing through different amps and I have very little experience with them.
HT-5:
Good size.
It has an FX loop - is it good?
The .5W to 5W switch is nice.
Comes with a footswitch for the second channel and voicing changes - there are four different voicings on the amp, which...is cool but leads me to believe it falls under the jack-of-all, master-of-none umbrella.
This may just be my perception, but I'd rather get something that concentrates on being the best clean-tone pedal-platform with reverb than a 4-voice, attenuated, amp.
Please school me.
TL;DR - Moron tries to find the perfect bedroom amp for 500 bucks.
In the past, I had a Supro Delta King 12 and actually quite like it, but something felt/sounded a bit off to me, though this it's hard for me to pinpoint what or why.
I also had a Vox 1x10 that I didn't like - it was quite bright for my tastes.
Every Blues Junior I've played has left me wanting more and I have no idea why, but I played a Fender Pro Junior and quite liked the tone out of it, but no reverb.
I played a Princeton Reverb yesterday and loved it, but the reverb was a bit lush for my tastes and it was too much amp for me. So yes, I could dial down the reverb, but it's still both more expensive than I'd like to spend and a bit more powerful too.
I want to be able to play with the volume knob, not dial it to 0 and pray that I can find its "sweet spot" between 0 and 1 to play at bedroom levels.
I'd love a 1x12, but can be convinced to go smaller if the speaker isn't shit - Bugera 5 watt?
While I play broken up, crunchy, and some mid-level gain stuff, the amp doesn't need to be a high-gain machine, nor does it need to be its specialty, which is one of the reasons I'm skeptical about the HT-5 - does it do good cleans?
Tremelo isn't necessary, but playing with it on the Princeton was great, so it'd be a nice added bonus if it exists.
So how'd I end up on a Blackstar HT-5? I'm naive when it comes to amps and in my limited searches, it seems to check some boxes for me, but I fear it's a jack-of-all, master-of-none. And I reiterate: I'm naive. I haven't spent enough time playing through different amps and I have very little experience with them.
HT-5:
Good size.
It has an FX loop - is it good?
The .5W to 5W switch is nice.
Comes with a footswitch for the second channel and voicing changes - there are four different voicings on the amp, which...is cool but leads me to believe it falls under the jack-of-all, master-of-none umbrella.
This may just be my perception, but I'd rather get something that concentrates on being the best clean-tone pedal-platform with reverb than a 4-voice, attenuated, amp.
Please school me.
TL;DR - Moron tries to find the perfect bedroom amp for 500 bucks.
