bought this amp, sounds good. i am new to tube amps, would like to know what type of tubes the 5 that came with it, so i can upgrade it later. ty ?
354769
EL34*2 + 6N8P*2 +5Z3P*1 EL34 is power tube, 6n8p is small-signal pre-amp tube, 5Z3P is rectifier tube
447788
I would check to see if your tube is not inserted all the way. The amp should work within a few seconds of turn on. The tube won't get warm for a few minutes, but the amp will sound fine moments after start.
1966331
Hub Bub here. I just got a bass guitar and happy to report this little amp sounds just fine playing a Fender style precision bass. Plenty of volume for practice alone or with the radio. I reported earlier of good bass response with a standard guitar but didn't know how well it would work with a bass. Now I know this will work just fine.
1278732
Are you saying that these recent negative reviews are false? I was beginning to get nervous; my amp is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Btw, I just discovered that many of the negative review comes from those who have not been verified as owners. Those who are verified by Amazon as actual buyers seem to give good reviews.
1278729
Are you saying that these recent negative reviews are false? I was beginning to get nervous; my amp is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.Btw, I just discovered that many of the negative review comes from those who have not been verified as owners. Those who are verified by Amazon as actual buyers seem to give good reviews.
507590
Ya man its a rock in amp for the price I have two..just upgraded but still use these as backups.. I recommend for a beginner yes..G
1402637
Get this one. Check out my recording using this amp at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akIqDi5ZWjc
1353203
I use a Rega Brio R amp, which is considered a budget amp in some circles, costs about $900. Plenty of power for me in a fairly small room, considering its only 50 watts per channel. Speakers sound extremely detailed and smooth with this particular amp. I don't know if I would describe as a warm or tube sound. You might want to consider the NAD 3020d at half the price. Heard it sounds really good with these speakers.
815008
I have the amber light model. I think the blue light models were 2012 and earlier. Can't go wrong with this amp. Big, solid, open back, and great tube tone. I run a compressor and modulation effects in the amp's effects loop and it sounds that much better. Lots of tonal variety in this amp.
1773026
i would not get this amp i blew mine within 5 months of having it along with 2 12s if i was you i would get a lanzar distinct half ohm monoblock amp it is used for comp and it is really reliable for the price
1081956
Man i wouldn't hook anything old school up the this amp it is a straight up beast. It shredded my JL 15w3 now I have it stroking a JL 12w6 and they say its a the best fit for the amp. Its my first professional system so i dont know what else to recommend, good luck mate.
1470864
Hello Ryan, with my old Engl 100 Watts Amp it works really fine. I get exactly the distortion I need. Connect it via fx-loop. Greetings, Tom
609424
Tubes need to be changed when there is a difference in the sound and in general every year anyway to make sure they don't fail on you. Transistors never need to be changed unless they burn or a bad short in the circuitry of the amp is encountered. But if that happens for the most part the entire amp is fried. Tubes have a natural compression and smooth creamy distortion when pushed at higher volumes. Transistors are clean no matter how loud the volume is set unless there is a master control. A tube amp of 15 watts can normally out volume a transistor amp of up to 50 watts and even more though this depends on tube amp manufacturer and condition of tubes. I've had them all from a 1965 VOX AC30 to a 100watt Galien Krueger 212G transistor amp that I used for 2 decades. Now I use a VOX AC15C1 with an Epiphone Casino and I get creamy distortion, amazing string feedback, tonal and sensitivity range that I could never get with the Gallien that I used for rock bands with A LOT of pedals. You being an acoustic player may prefer the clean transistor sound which is not inferring tube amps can't be clean but as the volume goes up the natural distortion also does except for Ampegs which stay clean until your ears bleed.
1402636
I would recommend the this Line 6 amp. It's a great little amp I would definitely recommend it for purchase. If you like to hear what it sounds like please check out my soundcloud page at https://soundcloud.com/search?q=romano%20apologeticum look for the songs Full of Grace and Six Tones of Creation. All the tones recorded were generated by this little amp. Enjoy!
1516162
I tried an old set of (I believe) 8 ohm speakers on the front right, left, and center channels and notice a marked improvement in sound quality. Do you have more information on this? Will the amp be damaged? Any idea where I can get better quality 3 ohm speakers?
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the clean channel sounds really good. I was happy with the distortion channel once I got the knack of dialing tones in. The amp is pretty loud alone. If you are using processor like Digitech or whatever, it really increases the volume. I no longer use this amp, it was just too loud for my needs, so I downsized to a 15 watt Marshall MG15CFX. I'll get around to reviewing that one of these days.
1101553
The didferencw is thw bc15 has a 12ax7 tube and 15watts. The V5 uses a EL84 tube. 12ax7 are typically used as preamp tubes. Do not know the tonal difference. I do not like the bc15 tone. I replaced the speaker still doesn't sound good. Guessing v5 sounds better because of the el84 tube.