Members erksin Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by cantoXIII and this is where the men and the boys are separated. maybe if you don't ever play gigs, which *cough* is {censored}ing lame, then yeh, maybe a 1/2 watt amp is good to not wake your nagging wife. however, i tend to believe that musicians who actually play might need something a little more powerful. I'm surprized your parents let you play that loud in their basement... Douche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cantoXIII Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by erksin I'm surprized your parents let you play that loud in their basement... Douche. somehow your attempt at belittling me didn't seem too successful. maybe it's due to the fact that i live in a house that i'm paying rent on, and moreso due to that being my living room, right next to the front door. don't assume when you don't know, it makes you look like a jackass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJLantz444 Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by cantoXIII and this is where the men and the boys are separated. maybe if you don't ever play gigs, which *cough* is {censored}ing lame, then yeh, maybe a 1/2 watt amp is good to not wake your nagging wife. however, i tend to believe that musicians who actually play might need something a little more powerful. Yes, but for $150, it's a very nice practice tool. You have your 100 Watt Twin, but you can't play that around the house, so you buy your 1/2 Watt practice amp that gets you some nice tones at bedroom levels. :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitownTerror Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 I think it's time to bow out of this thread before it gets ugly. Again. Suffice to say, I don't understand how this is any better than a Roland or Vox practice amp, but hey, there's no accounting for tone or taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtomHeartMother Posted May 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by ChitownTerror I still don't understand how a 1/2 watt amp is better than a good practice amp or a small tube combo for recording? Can someone clear this up for me? I really feel like I'm missing something, honestly. For one, it breaks up sooner. Even a small 5 watt amp needs to be driven hard at a pretty high volume (especially for a small recording room) to get breakup. At a 1/2 watt is should be about 1/2 the total volume cranked as a 5 watt amp; that makes a difference. Also, they have less clean headroom, so you're getting to breakup sooner. And the Lovepedal is breakup from the get-go. So you can have pretty decent moderate overdrive going at really low volumes with the Lovepedal. It's really a fantastic piece of gear; I'd keep it, but I really don't need it anymore (gear consolidation time...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtomHeartMother Posted May 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by ChitownTerror I guess, but there's no headphone out, right? So, I'd still have to cart around a speaker cab for output. If there is a headphone out, it changes things, but if there isn't I just don't see how it's more useful than a small combo. Fender Champs are hardly backbreakers and those Roland cubes are really versitile and good sounding for modeling units for practice/recording. It has better much tone than little SS combos and you won't have to crank it nearly as loud to get overdrive as you would with a Champ (which is damn loud in reality). What I was thinking of doing prior to getting the Gilmore Jr. was to either make a small 1x10 cab or gut a combo with a decent cab and stick a nice speaker in there. I'd then find some way to semi-permanently mount the Lovepedal in the cab. You'd then have a battery powered overdrive tone machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kimsuzzie... Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by ChitownTerror I think it's time to bow out of this thread before it gets ugly. Again. Suffice to say, I don't understand how this is any better than a Roland or Vox practice amp, but hey, there's no accounting for tone or taste. I truely respect your opinion here..But I would ask you to open your mind and try one..Either one.. Cannibal or Classic.. It would prob creep you out running one through any cab.. Big nuts at conversation levels with the correct feel and tone of a big amp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L6Sguy Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by ChitownTerror I think it's time to bow out of this thread before it gets ugly. Again.Suffice to say, I don't understand how this is any better than a Roland or Vox practice amp, but hey, there's no accounting for tone or taste. well, if nothing else, you should be able to see the logic in everybody not having the same exact amp(s), no? that alone would seem to justify quite a variety of amps being available, even if only to those of us that dont see a Roland amp as the end all/be all of practice rigs...... right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitownTerror Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by L6Sguy well, if nothing else, you should be able to see the logic in everybody not having the same exact amp(s), no? that alone would seem to justify quite a variety of amps being available, even if only to those of us that dont see a Roland amp as the end all/be all of practice rigs...... right? Oh, of course. That's why I allow for strokes and folks, you know? An Ampeg V4 isn't everyone's cup of tea, and rightly so. It just seems that it's a tool for an area I have no use for. But Lovepedal makes some genuinely good stuff, so I'm sure it's great for some people.Group Hug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by The Gainster It's tough when you don't know what you be talkin' bout! 1/2 watt clip...... That {censored}ing clip rocks me. Love the Bonzo drum track, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 FWIW, here's a clip of my 1/2 watt amp based on the 386. Yes it can get good tone, yes it gets loud enough for "basement" levels but it is somewhat lacking in headroom of course. Please forgive my 5 string, out of tune guitar:click here of course I only spent $19 on mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by ColorsoundKid That {censored}ing clip rocks me. Love the Bonzo drum track, too. the gainster {censored}ing raaaaaaawks bro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turtleheadblues Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by RoboPimp FWIW, here's a clip of my 1/2 watt amp based on the 386. Yes it can get good tone, yes it gets loud enough for "basement" levels but it is somewhat lacking in headroom of course. Please forgive my 5 string, out of tune guitar: click here of course I only spent $19 on mine... Yep, sounds out of tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by turtleheadblues Yep, sounds out of tune. don't you have some shilling to do somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turtleheadblues Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by RoboPimp don't you have some shilling to do somewhere HA. I thought you might enjoy some of your own wit. I guess I was wrong. Sounds decent man but its out of tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by turtleheadblues HA. I thought you might enjoy some of your own wit. I guess I was wrong. Sounds decent man but its out of tune. it's all good, you do what you do, I do what I do. lets roll one up and you can give me some schoolin' on guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turtleheadblues Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by RoboPimp it's all good, you do what you do, I do what I do.lets roll one up and you can give me some schoolin' on guitar. True dat. But you dont need any schoolin from me just get a tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by cantoXIII somehow your attempt at belittling me didn't seem too successful. maybe it's due to the fact that i live in a house that i'm paying rent on, and moreso due to that being my living room, right next to the front door. don't assume when you don't know, it makes you look like a jackass. You're right - I shouldn't assume - it's just that your previous posts on this thread lead me to believe you were immature and didn't know what you were talking about, sorry. With that rig, you obviously know everything there is to know about good tone and what other people should like. Thanks for schooling me... BTW - that's a sweet crib, meth lab in the kitchen? Oops - there I go assuming again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 someone was on meth when they made that cab too. Originally posted by erksin BTW - that's a sweet crib, meth lab in the kitchen? Oops - there I go assuming again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJLantz444 Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by erksin You're right - I shouldn't assume - it's just that your previous posts on this thread lead me to believe you were immature and didn't know what you were talking about, sorry. With that rig, you obviously know everything there is to know about good tone and what other people should like. Thanks for schooling me... BTW - that's a sweet crib, meth lab in the kitchen? Oops - there I go assuming again! Here for a few days and already making friends. Hey erskin, I believe you recommended the Timmy to me? I could be wrong. Thanks. It wasn't exatly for me, but it's still a great pedal. I was basically using it like I'd use a clean boost so I'm selling it and getting an RC Booster with some cash left over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaSkip Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 I have a Lovepedal 1/2 watt Vintage. I really like it for practice at home. I use it through a 1x12 cab with a Celestion Blue Alnico. It sounds damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NoirAbattoir Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by erksin BTW - that's a sweet crib, meth lab in the kitchen? Oops - there I go assuming again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cantoXIII Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by erksin You're right - I shouldn't assume - it's just that your previous posts on this thread lead me to believe you were immature and didn't know what you were talking about, sorry. With that rig, you obviously know everything there is to know about good tone and what other people should like. Thanks for schooling me...BTW - that's a sweet crib, meth lab in the kitchen? Oops - there I go assuming again! i'm not waving my dick around trying to prove anything to you, i simply showed that picture to provide a response to your earlier assumptions. after all, a picture says 1000 words. funny. funnier, yet though, is that you are trying to make fun of my house due to what? a splice of it's actual entirety? seriously, grow the {censored} up. by the way, robodick, the only view you saw of that cab was the front, without it's grille cloth. yet you too feel like you have the knowledge of it's entirety? man, the amp guys are like whiny prepubescent whores, but you're more comparable to a fetus that was torn out of its mother's womb with the realization that it was an obvious mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members capnbringdown Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by ChitownTerror I still don't understand how a 1/2 watt amp is better than a good practice amp or a small tube combo for recording? Can someone clear this up for me? I really feel like I'm missing something, honestly. Well I'd much rather have a champ then the 1/2 watt amp, but I fell in love with my champ a long time ago. Let me see if I can explain this to you because I think the people who got one for clean headroom got it for the reason. You get a small wattage combo I do know it's solid state, but the convience level of having a low, low wattage amp would have to be immense when you compare some of the other models. I'm not going to plunk down a couple of hundred dollars for a tiny amp that wouldn't ever be giggable, unless of course you miced it, when I could get a bassman or something of that ilk. The lovepedal one's atleast cheaper, probably because it's ss, but if it gets the job done, then it gets the job done. It might also work great for studio use. I don't own a studio, so I can't coment on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted May 3, 2006 Members Share Posted May 3, 2006 Originally posted by cantoXIII i'm not waving my dick around trying to prove anything to you, i simply showed that picture to provide a response to your earlier assumptions. after all, a picture says 1000 words. funny. funnier, yet though, is that you are trying to make fun of my house due to what? a splice of it's actual entirety? seriously, grow the {censored} up. Hard to tell 'cause it appears to be quite tiny from here, but this quote of yours smacks of 'dick waving' IMO... "and this is where the men and the boys are separated. maybe if you don't ever play gigs, which *cough* is {censored}ing lame, then yeh, maybe a 1/2 watt amp is good to not wake your nagging wife. however, i tend to believe that musicians who actually play might need something a little more powerful." Please correct me if I'm *cough* wrong. The whole reason I called you out is because you were making a sweeping generalization about a product you've never tried that might be useful to people who have a different gear need than you do. Don't get your mullet in a twist - there are other people in the world, get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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