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hello my fellow punk guitarists, i have an amp question.

what's your take on guitar heads in hardcore punk?

after 10 years playing in bands i finally (!) decided to buy a head and daaamn it's confusing. lamp heads are cool i guess, although last time i had a really banger sound was with mid price 50 Wt blackstar solid-state. i see many my favs like Exit Order, Glue etc was playing through valve Marshalls and Peaveys 6505 which are expensive as fuck.

Jun 15 at 8:16amWeb
Show threadfJun 15

looking for something that is 20-50 Wt and doesn't weigh 20 kg, will be dragging it to rehearsal space every week, so started to think about small 30 wt oranges.

thanks!

Show threadmagic mart0Jun 15

@hammertime

I have both solid state and tube heads that I use for guitar. Depending on the kind of tone you want IMO getting a really loud solid state head and a decent 1-2 pedals will be just as good, if not better, since a solid state amp will often be cheaper, more durable, more versatile, etc. This can often be a solid state head marketed for bass. You just have to spend some time learning how to use it + a pedal or two to get a good sound for guitar. You can spend the money you save on a head getting a pedal.

A lot of medium-old (90s/early 2000s) solid state heads will be small and portable too, I'm thinking of the gallien-krueger heads which often come in a little soft case. No idea what is available in Poland on the used market, but I assume you can find gear like that.

I have seen people with these newfangled very small very powerful guitar amps but I don't know much about them.

I know nothing about new amps and I would be fucked if I was shopping new.

I've never owned an Orange amp and I never will. Every single one I have ever known has broken or had problems on tour or if it is ever transported. They seem to be very fragile.

Show threadfJun 15

@mart0 thanks a lot! will check those portable ones. i'm using chorus and distortion pedals all the time, so it's time to consider some used solid states, i guess.

never heard that take on oranges, but i'm hearing the same things about old sovtek's all the time.

Show threadNasty B6d ago
@mart0 @hammertime gallien kruegers are great. I don’t own one, but have played out of and rented for tour (albeit for bass) and it was super light and the tone was great even without a pedal. I own a Marshall that’s decently durable and not crazy heavy (but also not light) and for meat & potatoes hc is ok just playing with the gain, and then I like to have a pedal for more oomph
Show threadDani6d ago
@hammertime after 25 years of going through gear big and small, this is my advice: go get yourself a Kemper Profiler Player. It's a digital amp with which you can simulate every existing analog amp in the world, but with the difference, that the sound is more consistantly good.
You'll never buy another amp, because you want an Orange? There's a profile for that, that you can use. You want a Marshall, Mesa, Blackstar, Diezel, whatever? You guessed it, there's a profile for all of those.
And the best thing is, it weighs fucking nothing and is so small, that it fits on your pedalboard. It's fucking genius.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you wanna know more!
Show threadFeloniousPunk6d ago

@hammertime @bootstraps I did the whole tube amp thing for years and all it got me was a back injury and headaches. Solid state.

Hell, I’m in a band now where we run direct, no amps at all. And lemme tell you, it’s great.