josephwjsmart's forum posts 9

the vt20+ is one that has slipped under the radar! Done some reading and it gets great reviews and currently on offer at my local music store. Am I correct in saying it does have a tube in it and doesn't just replicate the sound?

I just tried both the micro-terror and mustang with my guitar (took it to the shop with me) to get an accurate comparison.

I loved the micro-terror, pumping up the volume and gain and the volume on the guitar and it just distorts beautifully. The mustang on the other hand sounds fake.

The mustang sounded like one of those gimicky iPhone apps that changes your voice to sound like a robot.

I am going with the micro-terror.

I'm just a fan of the feel I get from playing through headphones nor through an audio interface. It always sounds artificial to me.

Headphones are useful on an amp yes, but I don't want to forgo the ability to crank up the volume a bit and play out loud.

I love that you mention foals. "What went down" is one of the pieces I always go back to playing and I always use it as a warmup piece

At the moment it really is between the orange valve amp and a mustang. Is it worth £60 extra for the valves? Would I better holding off on valves until I can afford something bigger and a bigger cab like a Marshall setup?

I'm an engineering student so soldering and the likes are nothing new to me. The micro terror with a cab would only come to £150ish.

There are definitely downsides to starting to play guitar at the same time as I started going out with this girl. The first decent guitar I played was a '69 Les Paul custom through the Marshall's.

Hi, thanks for your reply. Oh he has a fender twin amp (original release) as well. A tom Anderson, 2 American made strats, es335 es375 (with bigsby tremolo) a telecaster and an SG. A few Martin acoustics too and a firebird on the way!

Anyways! I have been talking with him and we reckon that possibly forking out that bit extra for the orange micro terror setup would be good as it is a valve amp?

Also tempted by the fender mustang for its modelling capabilities.

I am looking at getting a new amp. (My first amp as I'm just borrowing at the moment)

Unfortunately my girlfriends Dad is a collector and I've used his amps a lot so my taste has become quite expensive (2 2x12 Marshall Cabs and a rack amp with a Les Paul is just stunning). However I am just a student so can't quite afford anything like that.

I love playing rock music, some of it quite heavy, but mostly indie rock and prog rock.

I don't really need effects at all as I only really use my distortion, chorus and compressor pedals.

I have a budget of around £100 absolute maximum, preferably around the £80-£90 mark though.

Been looking at the Fender Champion 20 as I only need 20W at absolute most, but 10W would be enough.

What would you guys recommend?

There's a time and a place! Festivals and such are full of 30-40 somethings on all sorts of narcotics, but at a festival it doesn't cause much of a stir and they tend to stick with their group of friends.

In a bar or pub or small venue though it can be annoying, it is intimate and you can't get away from them all that easily and more often than not they make a fool of themselves.

There's having a good time in the right environment but a line is crossed when the mid-life crisis and failing attempts at a reclaimed youth are blindingly obvious.