guitarists - what amp should i get?

ub3r_n00b · Post by **ub3r_n00b** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:05 am

How goes it my fellow artists. I was just wondering what amp I should get over the holidays. I have a cube 15 right now, really like it. I want to get something a bit louder so I can play with a drummer.. I was thinking along the lines of a Cube 30.

The cubes have the metal stack effect which is very crucial... i neeeeeeeeeeeeed that effect, its the only effect i play on. So.. any suggestions for something in the same price range? Portability is also a must...

-Preet

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:54 pm

ub3r_n00b wrote:How goes it my fellow artists. I was just wondering what amp I should get over the holidays. I have a cube 15 right now, really like it. I want to get something a bit louder so I can play with a drummer.. I was thinking along the lines of a Cube 30.

The cubes have the metal stack effect which is very crucial... i neeeeeeeeeeeeed that effect, its the only effect i play on. So.. any suggestions for something in the same price range? Portability is also a must...

-Preet

IMHO, anything from Line 6...very versatile and loud.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:20 pm

What are you willing to spend?

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:32 pm

winamp

Jamie_R · Post by **Jamie_R** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:52 pm

UOD wrote:IMHO, anything from Line 6...very versatile and loud.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:10 pm

I use ampeg, but I play bass.

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:59 pm

the line 6 spider 2 has a 30 watt version for $199...should be pretty nice sounding as well.

how's the cube 15? i need a little practice amp like that for home use.

I would say, save your pennies...the Cube 60 is 60 watts...but it's like over 300 dollars I Think. I say because 30 watts is good and all, but I know based playing with my friends band, and another drummer I'm friends with, 30 watts is cutting it close.

ub3r_n00b · Post by **ub3r_n00b** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:57 am

went to Tom Lee's today, checked out some amps. There was a very affordable line 16 i think with some crazy arse effects.. I didnt like it very much. I didn't like it at all.. doesnt have my metal stack effect. I checked out another very affordable 30 watt amp.. it was a randall or something I think. That was a great amp.. very very very very powerful. It had great bass for its size.. overal just had a great sound. It has some wierd arse presets though.. for different rooms.

I still like my cube better than any of those amps. The cube 15 is honestly the loudest 15watt amp that I could find, and it has a lot of cool features. The 4 effects are awsome.. in general I am very very very impressed with it. Only prob is that its not loud enough for a drummer that likes to double kick. I can play with him but he has to hold back the double a bit... so i figure if i double the power then he iwll be able to play fully.

If you are looking for a practice amp - GET the cube 15.. i recommend it over ANY amp. Well that is if you are into metal music. I dont think its a very good clean amp. I play in metal stack and sometimes in clean, I like the clean but the metal stack is what really gets me.

-Preet

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:32 am

mic it thru a PA?

Is this just for jamming or for gigs?

If your only jamming with a drummer mic the amp or line out thru a pa

Randall is pretty good IMO and so is crate

Maybe get a marshall if your doin gigs

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:33 am

I play one of these and it's got a nice soud to it(metal)

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:47 am

ub3r_n00b wrote:went to Tom Lee's today, checked out some amps. There was a very affordable line 16 i think with some crazy arse effects.. I didnt like it very much. I didn't like it at all.. doesnt have my metal stack effect. I checked out another very affordable 30 watt amp.. it was a randall or something I think. That was a great amp.. very very very very powerful. It had great bass for its size.. overal just had a great sound. It has some wierd arse presets though.. for different rooms.

I still like my cube better than any of those amps. The cube 15 is honestly the loudest 15watt amp that I could find, and it has a lot of cool features. The 4 effects are awsome.. in general I am very very very impressed with it. Only prob is that its not loud enough for a drummer that likes to double kick. I can play with him but he has to hold back the double a bit... so i figure if i double the power then he iwll be able to play fully.

If you are looking for a practice amp - GET the cube 15.. i recommend it over ANY amp. Well that is if you are into metal music. I dont think its a very good clean amp. I play in metal stack and sometimes in clean, I like the clean but the metal stack is what really gets me.

-Preet

then explain what the metal stack effect is. I don't know what you looked at from Line 6 but you can't get more metal for the bang for your buck. I can simulate everything from Mesa Boogies to Marshalls on my Line 6. Have a tech do a demo for ya.

All of the death metal music we've created here on Speedguide was done using my Line 6.
http://www.universeofdiscourse.org/Music/

Download at your leisure and listen to the various tones.

The problem you are facing is your budget. If you want a killer amp, a real tube amp, then you really should get a Mesa Boogie.

But there are other great amps out there...like this:

Hughes & Kettner Warp7 212 Combo--only 299

ub3r_n00b · Post by **ub3r_n00b** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 1:53 pm

metal stack is just a CRISP CRISP distortion.... thats how i can basically explain it.. its very crisp, but its destorted.. I have my bass set to high so that it is really heavy. I can probably record some stuff and send it to you...

I think im just going to get the cube 30, i am just using it as a practice amp. Here UOD let me record a bit today and then ill show you what the metal stack effect is like.

-Preet

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:27 pm

ub3r_n00b wrote:metal stack is just a CRISP CRISP distortion.... thats how i can basically explain it.. its very crisp, but its destorted.. I have my bass set to high so that it is really heavy. I can probably record some stuff and send it to you...

I think im just going to get the cube 30, i am just using it as a practice amp. Here UOD let me record a bit today and then ill show you what the metal stack effect is like.

-Preet

Still waiting dude.....

How much is the Cube 30 you keep talking about?

If you get on Teamspeak...I can play through my amp and you can hear it live.