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okay I need suggestions for small 15/20watt Valve amp

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I am considering downsizing from my Laney IRT60H and 4x12. I love this amp - it's amazing- but a pain to lug around to rehearsals and gigs. I need something a bit smaller, and the other guitarist in the band uses a 15Watt dark terror just fine at rehearsal. Live we'll probably mic up the guitar amps. So I need a decent 15/20watt (maybe 30 at a push) that is relatively small... preferably an amp head, but I will take combo suggestions.

Top of my list at the moment is the Laney Cub12R head. I am open to suggestions of anything, but preferably British voiced amps. Two channels (clean and dirt) would be really cool, but to be honest I tend to use dirt pedals in the band so just a clean channel is fine. You can ask about style etc. but at the end of the day I'm going to be looking at pretty much everything I can before I decide to down scale, so please make a suggestion!
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Marshall DSL15?

If that was my list of criteria, I would take a hard look at the DSL15. The truth is, I don't need another and I'm looking hard at it.
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:whistle:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2170&p=34801#p34801

:p

You already like that kinda tone as well
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you could use the Orange Dual Terror and use it in the 15 watt mode...
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ke2 wrote::whistle:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2170&p=34801#p34801

:p

You already like that kinda tone as well


http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/2013 ... e_Amp.aspx this.

I can't watch the vid etc. Can it be plugged into a cab?
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Elessar [Sly] wrote:
ke2 wrote::whistle:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2170&p=34801#p34801

:p

You already like that kinda tone as well


http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/2013 ... e_Amp.aspx this.

I can't watch the vid etc. Can it be plugged into a cab?



It seems so, can you watch this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRRhbazZ_c
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Yes, it can, look in the end of the video :)
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DSL40C. Since it has a half power switch.

I own one. Sounds killer.
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H&K tubemiester 18
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Great suggestions guys keep them coming :D


ke2 wrote:
Elessar [Sly] wrote:
ke2 wrote::whistle:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2170&p=34801#p34801

:p

You already like that kinda tone as well


http://www.premierguitar.com/Video/2013 ... e_Amp.aspx this.

I can't watch the vid etc. Can it be plugged into a cab?



It seems so, can you watch this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRRhbazZ_c


They will have to wait until I get home. Thanks for the info dude :)
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the ampeg gvt15 sounds like what you are looking for



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RaceU4her wrote:the ampeg gvt15 sounds like what you are looking for



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This is a cool sounding amp!

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGeCGMtmGG0[/video]

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colejustesen wrote:

This is a cool sounding amp!




yah it is, i like it has a loop. watchin this vid now


[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N39Fvn29ew[/video]
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That Ampeg is quite impressive!
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I literally was just about to post this!
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I had a laney cub 12r and it sucked ass. Muddy and weak. The <1 watt setting didn't do much at all.
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Unless you are downsizing your cab, it doesn't make a lot of sense to downsize the head, since it will sit on top of the cab anyway :idk:
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guitarbilly wrote:Unless you are downsizing your cab, it doesn't make a lot of sense to downsize the head, since it will sit on top of the cab anyway :idk:



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guitarbilly wrote:Unless you are downsizing your cab, it doesn't make a lot of sense to downsize the head, since it will sit on top of the cab anyway :idk:


I'd be down sizing the cab as well, not just the amp. The whole point is that it isn't a larger amp through a 4x12.
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HT-20

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Elessar [Sly] wrote:
guitarbilly wrote:Unless you are downsizing your cab, it doesn't make a lot of sense to downsize the head, since it will sit on top of the cab anyway :idk:


I'd be down sizing the cab as well, not just the amp. The whole point is that it isn't a larger amp through a 4x12.


I went down to 2 1x12 cabinets, and couldn't be happier. Plenty of punch & tone from home to gig, does it all.
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opether wrote:HT-20

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This does sound like a cool amp. I may have to pop down to GAK in Brighton and try a couple of different amps out. Leaning towards the Cub12R, the Ampeg, and this at the moment.
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Hmm still not set on anything yet... If the L20H wasn't quite so expensive I may have considered that. I've e-mailed Laney on the IRT studio/ IRT15H front, but the 15H doesn't seem to have a clean channel (makes sense, but sucks).

If the IRT studio can power a 2x12 I may try and get that as a Rack amp for smaller gigs.

Anybody think much of the OR15 clean channel?
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