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.
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!
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.
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