Members barneyc4 Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 I need an amp to practice in my apartment. No more than 15 watts. It has to have nice cleans. Should I go with the vos AD5VT or the AD15VT? Is 5 watts enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kace Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 Tube, SS, modeling? Budget? I like my Laney LC15r. Beautiful cleans. Heard good things about Epi Valve series, head especially. Fender Champ is always useful. Those smaller Crate tube amps are supposed to be pretty good too. If it's all tube, 5watts is plenty. Most ss amps don't really come that low (that I've seen) except crap like Gorillas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1esotericguy Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 VOX Da5. Battery operated is really convenient. I like to play in the kitchen sometimes, bedroom sometimes, living room sometimes, backyard sometimes. Etc. Makes lessons and jamming easy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ophidian Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 VOX DA5. It has adjustable output .5, 1.5 and 5 watts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratAttackJack Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 A 5 watt tube amp will be way to loud for your apartment! You are on the right track with the vox choices you gave. If it is for strictly apartment use only I would go with the DA5 cuz you'll get the best tone at the lowest volume. I have the AD50VT and I think both the cleans and the gain models are great for what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1esotericguy Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 Originally posted by 1esotericguy VOX Da5. Battery operated is really convenient. I like to play in the kitchen sometimes, bedroom sometimes, living room sometimes, backyard sometimes. Etc. Makes lessons and jamming easy too. Forgot to mention that I also have a Nano Amp and a Gilmore Jr and a Toneport. I'm like the apartment volume jam master. They're all quite good (nano is my current fave), but the Da5 for the money is the best purchase. $125 and you can dial in anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1esotericguy Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 Originally posted by 1esotericguy VOX Da5. Battery operated is really convenient. I like to play in the kitchen sometimes, bedroom sometimes, living room sometimes, backyard sometimes. Etc. Makes lessons and jamming easy too. Forgot to mention that I also have a Nano Amp and a Gilmore Jr and a Toneport. I'm like the apartment volume jam master. They're all quite good (nano is my current fave), but the Da5 for the money is the best purchase. $125 and you can dial in anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 Vox Pathfinder 15R Great cleans and very tube-like sounding for a 15W SS amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 I use the AD15 Vox for practice and it's perfect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JustinThyme Posted October 12, 2006 Members Share Posted October 12, 2006 I have a Powerblock, Fender Pro Jr and Epi Valve Jr. If you crank a 5 watt amp, there is plenty there to get noise complaints. But I think using anything more than 15 watts means you have to turn it so low that you neuter the sound, so I would use that as a max for tube amps. SS is more forgiving, so the 150W Powerblock works fine. Also, Weber makes smaller attenuators, in 15 and 25W varieties. I have a 25W attenutator that I can use with the two tube amps to trim the volume a bit. I'm not sure how much "better" it works over just turning the volume down, but it does include a line out, so you could set the attenuator to max, so there was zero sound output, and run that into a recorder, in order to have real tube tones on your apartment recordings. In this way, you could completely crank the Pro Jr with no sound to bother neighbors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members animl Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 Tech 21 TM10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pipedwho Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 Originally posted by StratAttackJack A 5 watt tube amp will be way to loud for your apartment! If 5 Watts is too loud for you, just use earplugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 the most versatile amp I've ever owned is Crate VC508 - my apartment amp it's a 5w tube amp with a SS chip in the preamp - the tube purists seem to hate this, but I can run it with the volume near zero and turn up the gain and get crunch and gain at near zero level - great at 1 am, quieter than a radio granted, it ain't a sweet sound, but if you wanna amp rock late night in your apartment... I had a speaker out installed so I can run it into my 2x12 for practice, or even a gig if I needed to they can be had used for $100-150 the VC58 is the current model version - don't believe there are any major differences outside of cosmetics, but I could be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members placebo62 Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 Originally posted by animl Tech 21 TM10 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members septopus Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 DA5, I'm in a house and my neighbors are both at least 45 feet away, and I never take it off the .5 watt setting. Nice amp, comes in a bunch of different colors now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevieRaveOn68 Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 Marshall JTM-45/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members SpeedBallBlues Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 I use my Traynor YCV40 all the time late at night when everybodys sleeping or when I just want to play or practice without subjecting myself to any real volume. It sounds surprisingly good on either channel at low volumes. I've never seen an amp give up such good OD tones that you could easily talk over. Ask around, everyone I've talked to that has one has said the same thing. I had no Idea when I bought it but there it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greg Bogoshian Posted October 13, 2006 Members Share Posted October 13, 2006 Go to www.rockbeachguitars.com and check the side menu for "CigarBox Amps" and you will also find a nice clip in the "listen to them" link. You can also use them to drive headphones with the addition of a 1/4" mono to stereo adaptor. I have driven 2x15 and 4x12 cabs with it very effectively (hard to talk over it) Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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