The Lunchbox Amp Poll

How Useful are Lunchbox Amps?

  • They are loud enough but take up less space

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • They give a good sound at lower volumes

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • I use them in my home studio and they work well for me

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • I gig with one and it works great.

    Votes: 4 9.5%
  • You can get great quality, tone, and features for less cost

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • They are inferior to their "big brothers"

    Votes: 18 42.9%
  • They are "no better than 100w amps" for low volume playing

    Votes: 6 14.3%
  • They suck and "are not worth the money"

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • They're for hobbyists who don't understand "SPL and master vol."

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lunchboxes are for "cheap ghetto rigs"

    Votes: 6 14.3%

  • Total voters
    42
swamptrashstompboxes":120yv10f said:
You should have given more than one option.

My mkiv sounds amazing at quiet TV levels, my 22 watt Splawn SS doesn't.

Most are inferior to their big brothers, volume may or may not be different,it depends on the design.

It's good to know that the MKIV sounds good at low volumes. My Mkv35 did not and I never really gelled with it. I always thought that it was going to be the one for me.
Probably shouldve gotten the 90w with that 2nd channel missing in the 35 head.
 
Speeddemon":3o1h3ipb said:
Zachman":3o1h3ipb said:
To me lunchbox amps are like gluten free, vegan, diet food... You can live on it, but I'd rather have a steak

:rock:
That's actually on of the best analogies I've read so far, and I even enjoy some lunchbox amps (in fact I still own 2) as well as some veggy food, but... while it will feed you and may even taste good, it won't hold a candle to a properly done medium-rare dry-aged rib-eye or seared tuna.

A lunchbox amp won't make you do that 'damn, something smells naaaaasty'/rawwwk :rock: face when you strike an A chord on a Les Paul through a 100W half/full stack, while your bowels start rearranging and your pants' flare is suddenly behind your calves.

I wish I would've thought of it for my 1st post. :lol: :LOL:

For the record, I am not anti-lunchbox amps either. (I probably own around 50, but prefer the tones of my gigging amps, even at low listening levels, and definitely prefer them at gigging listening levels.)

:rock:
 
This is a little off topic but :lol: :LOL: but here's my lunchbox amp

These were pretty novel when they first came out. 1 watt.

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https://soundcloud.com/311splawndude/bl ... sets/clips
 
I just want to give a shoutout to my lunch box ghetto crew! :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

Woot!!!!Woot!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :rock: :rock: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

If I knew who you guy actually were I'd send you a windbreaker but since I don't I think I'll keep them. :cry:
 
EXPcustom":3mjmqtxa said:
I just want to give a shoutout to my lunch box ghetto crew!

Sounds like a Rap group, w/ their new hit song:

'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'

It ain't great,
Don't taste so nice
Ain't too loud
My Ghetto spice
Ain't too heavy
But if you short on scripts,
It's always ready
But taste like shit

Chorus

'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'
I know it ain't that good
'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'
It's my go to, in the hood
No, there ain't no question
It really is absurd
But some folks really do prefer
The taste of liquid turd
(2x's)

:D :rawk:
 
Zachman":ow80ox1h said:
EXPcustom":ow80ox1h said:
I just want to give a shoutout to my lunch box ghetto crew!

Sounds like a Rap group, w/ their new hit song:

'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'

It ain't great,
Don't taste so nice
Ain't too loud
My Ghetto spice
Ain't too heavy
But if you short on scripts,
It's always ready
But taste like shit

Chorus

'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'
I know it ain't that good
'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'
It's my go to, in the hood
No, there ain't no question
It really is absurd
But some folks really do prefer
The taste of liquid turd
(2x's)

:D :rawk:
Cringeworthy.
 
Kyss":gt65mmjr said:
Zachman":gt65mmjr said:
EXPcustom":gt65mmjr said:
I just want to give a shoutout to my lunch box ghetto crew!

Sounds like a Rap group, w/ their new hit song:

'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'

It ain't great,
Don't taste so nice
Ain't too loud
My Ghetto spice
Ain't too heavy
But if you short on scripts,
It's always ready
But taste like shit

Chorus

'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'
I know it ain't that good
'Got Thunderbird in my lunchbox thermos'
It's my go to, in the hood
No, there ain't no question
It really is absurd
But some folks really do prefer
The taste of liquid turd
(2x's)

:D :rawk:
Cringeworthy.

Ooh... Clever. /S

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School closed due to virus watch, huh? Was this the moron you used to cheat off, on exam day? It would explain a lot

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Also... Similarly-- your lunchbox amp, unless you're going for that Diet, vegan tone; cringeworthy when compared to the intended tone targets that they attempt to emulate, in my opinion-- w/ very few exceptions, but fine, and probably welcome-- if you're going for a Gluten Free alternative to full-bodied tone. :D

Get a job and quit that tofu diet, and eat a steak, so you can upgrade from your Schwin and a backpack hauling your lunchbox w/ a thermos full of Thunderbird, to a successful adult's alternative.

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You should have your alternate login do another poll about it.

:scared: :lame:
 
Interestingly enough our buddy SavageGuitah is really silent in his own thread now, even though he posts in others.

What's the matter, hon? No pot to stir? Have actual informative people like Zachman and myself (#humblebrag) discussed the merits and cons of lunchbox amps in a nuanced way that didn't suit your view? :confused: ;)

Or were you just trying to brag yourself about your 'upcoming rig'?

Cue 'witty' comeback and claims of intellectual superiority... :lol: :LOL:
 
Nah he’s done with lunchbox amps. Now he wants to buy your Butterslax and offer you a “nice guitar” as trade.
 
Krull":2l9vcbwa said:
Nah he’s done with lunchbox amps. Now he wants to buy your Butterslax and offer you a “nice guitar” as trade.
Nah he's gonna get an amp from Larry and a Charvel copycat from a Chubtone that costs at least 2000€ while you could build basically the same guitar from parts for under a grand.

RT brain doing its job again. People here are ready to spend 8k on a Cameron amp completely ignoring the fact that the guy basically bean boozled almost the whole RT and made only few amps to his closest friends. :-D

Not that i'm mad at him, it is what most of the people @ this shithole deserve.
 
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