FnB Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I own a PA system and play rock cover songs. I was wondering if the little 10W-15W amps that most manufacturers produce are usable - can you get good Marshall sounds from a Marshall MG10CD or Fender sounds from a Fender Frontman? Volume levels aren't an issue with the PA - I can mic them up or run the headphone jack and crank the levels up. Basically I've been looking at lots of the < £100/$180 range. I have a vision of gathering together a multicoloured row of small 10W amps all miced up... Marshall, Fender, Peavey, Vox Brian May... Am i mad? Chris Griffin: Yo, did y'all check me when that hottie was all up in my Kool-Aid? Yeah, I was looking to break off a little somethin' somethin' but my crew gave me the 411 on that skank and she's all about the bling-bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Originally posted by FnB: Am i mad?Yes but that doesn't mean anything. Pick and choose. Some of those little practice amps can dial in some pretty nice tones & miked to the PA you just might have hit on a great novel idea. Who knows, it may be the next big thing. Instead of a huge wall of 4X cabs it'll be a line of tykes. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Yes! They are most certainly useable. What do you want to do with them? Are you going to use them with the guitar straight into them, or are you going to use some sort of multi-effects gizmo into them? BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FnB Posted April 27, 2004 Author Share Posted April 27, 2004 Good question - I have lots of stomp boxes and the only hitch in my plan is that switching between little amps would be a pain in the Courtney Love's band. I guess - ideally I'd want a magic floorboard that looked like this : Little Amp1 Amp2 Amp3 Amp4 Amp5 | | | | | --------------------------- | o o o o o | | Mar Fen Bla Bla Bla| --------------------------- | Stomp boxes | GuitarUmmm I'll call it a "One input / Many output" switching box until someone tells me where to get one... Chris Griffin: Yo, did y'all check me when that hottie was all up in my Kool-Aid? Yeah, I was looking to break off a little somethin' somethin' but my crew gave me the 411 on that skank and she's all about the bling-bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 building one of those would be fairly easy. 5 on/off stomp switches, 6 1/4" jacks, and a few resistors to prevent pops. Then a metal box to mount them all in. BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBLA Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Originally posted by FnB: Good question - I have lots of stomp boxes and the only hitch in my plan is that switching between little amps would be a pain in the Courtney Love's band. I guess - ideally I'd want a magic floorboard that looked like this : Little Amp1 Amp2 Amp3 Amp4 Amp5 | | | | | --------------------------- | o o o o o | | Mar Fen Bla Bla Bla| --------------------------- | Stomp boxes | GuitarUmmm I'll call it a "One input / Many output" switching box until someone tells me where to get one... This seems to be what you're looking for: http://www.voodoolab.com/ampselector.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokkerv2.0 Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 They certainly are useful... I had an old Fender one years ago that had some lovely sounds coming out of it. Currently, my Hartke practice bass amp makes a fine doorstop. Ricky Click on some ads once in a while!! --------------> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchipman Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 check out Carvin's little amp. I think it switches between 5 and 16 watts. I think that might be the best one.I own the Vox BMSpecial and it's nice, very bones, very loud. It looks like a Barbie amp. All my stuff is here: www.timothychipman.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddyelmis Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Originally posted by FnB: I have a vision of gathering together a multicoloured row of small 10W amps all miced up... Marshall, Fender, Peavey, Vox Brian May... Am i mad?I've seriously considered this myself. I'm envisioning a Little Lanilei 33/50, Fender Champ, etc.. Probably wouldn't need more than 3. The amp switching is a problem -- you'd need to invest in a really good switching system prevent noise, guitar signal degradation being split 3 or more ways (the "6 switches in a box" probably won't work well because the guitar's output is being severely degraded), but there are several solutions out there -- none of them cheap. At the end of the day, however, you have a few small amps that could fit in one standard 4x12 amp case, a switcher and your effects. All at volumes you can live with! BTW, when I saw CSN&Y last year, nobody had anything bigger than 2x12 combo, but they each had 3-4 amps on the backline, all small combos. www.ruleradio.com "Fame is like death: We will never know what it looks like until we've reached the other side. Then it will be impossible to describe and no one will believe you if you try." - Sloane Crosley, Village Voice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 The six switch option will work as long as you put a buffer (a small preamp) in front of the switch box to deal with the signal degredation. Something like an MXR Micro Amp or ZVex SHO. I used to use a 15 watt Fender Champ 12 as my gigging amp back in the day. Threw a mic in front of it and it sounded huge. Sound guys LOVE small amps. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleCarlos Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Cool... Now I'm thinking of using 3 or 4 10 watters, all at the same time, live. I'd tell the sound guy two pan them hard. I would do it just to go opposite of guys that "only" play thru a full stack, at the very least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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