Members peehoo Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 With the popularity of low power, small amps it's interesting there are no small poweramps. I know... Rack setups were popular in the 80's when you were a laughing stock if you ran anything smaller than a full stack... But think about it... With the increased interest in bedroom amps isn't a rack setup with its modular design and ability to get decent sounds at lower levels and combine all sorts or preamps interesting? Why doesn't anybody make a small powered mono poweramp? Something with 15-20W or even just with one tube running in class A. Built in attenuator, possibility to swap tube types etc. Seems like a bedroom wankers dream. Or am I going completely nutty here You tell me! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silverfacechamp Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 With the popularity of low power, small amps it's interesting there are no small poweramps. I know... Rack setups were popular in the 80's when you were a laughing stock if you ran anything smaller than a full stack... But think about it... With the increased interest in bedroom amps isn't a rack setup with its modular design and ability to get decent sounds at lower levels and combine all sorts or preamps interesting? Why doesn't anybody make a small powered mono poweramp? Something with 15-20W or even just with one tube running in class A. Built in attenuator, possibility to swap tube types etc. Seems like a bedroom wankers dream. Or am I going completely nutty here You tell me! :lol: Mesa's 20/20 is the only small that I know of....although the Egnater designed Randall/Rocktron stuff may have a low wattage feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 you could buy a mesa 20/20 and use just one side of it. Marshall also has a similar model but I forgot the model # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Badger71 Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 This looks interesting:http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM10/article/3rd+Power+Amplification+Systems/3RD-Power-Unleashes-SV3015-Rack-mount-Tube-Amp-at-NAMM-2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheRymanChu Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Marshall EL84 20/20 You can also pull 2 tubes from the Peavey and get the same results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cougar Hunter Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Marshall also has a similar model but I forgot the model # I think it's the EL84 20/20. It supposedly has some heat issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members peehoo Posted January 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Yeah, I know about the Mesa the Marshall is no good though. You have to run both sides or it fries. It's not that I'm seriously considering buying one... I'm more curious if anyone knows of some more exotic small poweramps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheRymanChu Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 There is not exactly a huge market for small exotic power amps. There's got to be over 100 companies that have made pre's, but probably less than 20 that have made tube power amps for guitar, maybe more if you factor in studio purposes. The majority have been based on EL34 or 6L6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boltino Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Lexicon Signature 284. Stereo 3 watt tube power amp: More info here: http://www.sweetwater.com/publications/sweetnotes/sn-earlyfall98/page-13.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheRymanChu Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 What kind of tubes is that Lexicon running? I could use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boltino Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 What kind of tubes is that Lexicon running? I could use that. 12AX7s (it's got a preamp and tube driven loop) and EL84s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheRymanChu Posted January 28, 2010 Members Share Posted January 28, 2010 Me likey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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