Members c_corie Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Moving to an apartment soon, looking for a good low watt tube amp for high gain tones, don't really care about clean much-or at all really, I have other amps that can do that well at a lower volume. Price doesn't really matter, as long as it's quality and does high gain sounds well. Also low wattage meaning hopefully under 5w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonesnob Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Mini rectifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I wouldn't exactly think that low wattage equals great high gain performance in low volumes for an appartment. In fact, low wattage for me, means great power tube crunch in band volumes or bars when you can't really crank a 100 watter. For home use both are equal out of their field of action, believe it or not, be it 5 watt or 50. Still, there are many amps that get good low volume performance but the sound, it is good for practice but that is it about it for me. It never will be as when they are turned up. I mean my XXX with carefull eq and the damping on tight gets great sound for home use but it is still, preampy not full amp sound. I've had better luck with modellers, pc plugins or the tech21 trademark 10 I usually use. The yamaha THR10 seems a great solution also, it is designed for exactly what you are after. Else, I'd also try high gain pedals in a clean amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nakedzen Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I'd go against tube for home use as well. But since you said the price doesn't matter, I'd go Kemper or Axe through studio monitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeadNight Warrior Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I wouldn't bother with a tube amp for apartment use, unless you were getting something to use at home but also with a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeadNight Warrior Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I wouldn't bother with a tube amp for apartment use, unless you were getting something to use at home but also with a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I'd also go Axe or Kemper, though thru something like the Atomic FR. I use the Axe and Atomic FR combo at home and it's glorious, getting far better tones than from the tube amps I had (Diezel and Egnater). Low wattage tube amps don't sound great for high gain IMO. I'd rather have a 50-100W with a good master volume than a low wattage amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Razsan Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Blackstar HT5....The emulated out works GREAT with headphones also. PLUS - you'll save mucho jack (200+ used) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soundstorm Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Big +1 on the Blackstar HT5. Although that thing can get really loud through a 4x12, you can get great tones at TV volumes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crunchtime Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 Why does it have to be tube and under 5 watts. An AMT P1 and EHX 44 Magnum will do what you want and kick ass doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IbanezJon Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I have THR10 and I prefer my Blackstar HT-60 for low volume hi gain sounds.. maybe it's just preference. I use a Digitech RP in the loop to bring the volume right down (it has settings out of 100 for volume).. that allows me to have the master and preamp volumes quite high.. and then run low volume settings on the RP. Everyone talks about the THR (and I like it) but I was spoiled for so long with this Blackstar setup, that the THR was a bit of a disappointment hi gain wise.. I do love the lower gain models though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thenakedarab Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I don't see how you could do much better than a good overdrive or distortion pedal or two in front of that Class 5 with the Marshall set kinda clean. If you really want to keep it tube, then get a quality tube preamp pedal like the V-Twin, or something. At volume levels that low it doesn't matter that much what the power section is, because at apt levels even a small power section won't be taxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thenakedarab Posted October 27, 2012 Members Share Posted October 27, 2012 I've got a Fender Champion 600 I use for most of my low volume playing, and it takes my various dirt boxes and my Digitech RP200 like a champ. The internal speaker is not that hot, but it sounds pretty tits plugged into my Earcandy 1x12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt_jumper Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 ht-20, awesome high gain even if slightly dark. at low volumes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members primeholy Posted October 28, 2012 Members Share Posted October 28, 2012 Vox lil night train 2 watts. Check out 5:20 when they hook to a 412. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tonesnob Posted October 29, 2012 Members Share Posted October 29, 2012 I vote HT5R 112. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted October 29, 2012 Members Share Posted October 29, 2012 Surprised nobody mentioned this (unless I missed it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsupermanny14 Posted October 29, 2012 Members Share Posted October 29, 2012 Honestly 5 watts is way too much for an apartment. So is 2 watts. In fact, 1 watt is overkill for an apartment. I have the Blackstar HT1 head running into a 1x12 cabinet. It's loud as sh*t for apartment use. I run an attenuator on the amp and I still have attenuate most of the volume away. It's really crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members codecontra Posted October 29, 2012 Members Share Posted October 29, 2012 I never really understood the idea that you need to have a low wattage amp for apartment use. I use a 100 watt Marshall JCM 2000 DSL in my apartment. I think it sounds good even at apartment level volume. It's at around .5 in this clip.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOD1jC4U5oU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrostByte Posted October 29, 2012 Members Share Posted October 29, 2012 Another vote against tubes. I got a Peavey Vypyr 15 a few weeks ago and it's THE best $89 I've EVER spent So many tones and effects available and it sounds/feels great. I will also second what codecontra said. I have two 120 watt half-stacks sitting here that sound just fine at low volumes, they do have volume knobs... Do they sound as good quiet as they do cranked? No, but do you really need to sound 100% as good as you can possibly sound, 100% of the time to practice? No... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tech21man Posted October 29, 2012 Members Share Posted October 29, 2012 The line gets blurred when practice sound/room is all you ever play all the time. Apartment amp etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armitage Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I use a 6505 50 watter beside the TV. Great tone at low volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twisty571 Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Originally Posted by gt_jumper ht-20, awesome high gain even if slightly dark. at low volumes I agree,much easier to control than my Kustom 5w head and sounds better. Couldn't tell ya' about my Orange yet,POS I bought it from a week & 1/2 ago just shipped it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guidedbyechoes Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Having lived in an apartment most of my guitar playing career I suggest a decent recording interface and headphones. Anything louder than conversation levels with a coworker is loud enough to be heard throughout the building. There are a {censored} ton of free amp sim vsts as long as you have a pc that sound just as good as any amp played at that low of a level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteinbergerHack Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Originally Posted by c_corie Moving to an apartment soon, looking for a good low watt tube amp for high gain tones,[...] Price doesn't really matter, as long as it's quality and does high gain sounds well. Also low wattage meaning hopefully under 5w. Bogner XTC - put it in 1/2 power, triode, class A mode. That's about 7W with nearly any gain level you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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