So I went to NYC for the weekend and among other things I went to play some music with a friend of mine at his rehearsal space. I like his bass, so I just brought along one guitar just in case. It was my ibanez Artist, which I recently rewired after something was wrong and made it unplayable for a couple months. I've been fairly happy with the sounds I've been getting on my amp at home, but when I plugged that guitar into the Fender Twin Reverb reissue, I was blown away. The cleans sounded so perfect.
I realized that I've been spending so much time and energy on guitars and tweaking them, but if i keep running through an amp that's not doing them justice, I'm just spinning my wheels. So I'm looking into getting a new amp as soon as I can, and I wanted to get some recommendations.
Getting a beautiful crystalline clean sound like a Fender is really important, but I don't think Fender's gain sounds are going to cut it for me. I don't play metal, but I do like to get some modern sounding heavy gain sounds (on my Nomad, I keep both gain channels switched to "vintage"). I'm into a lot of modern indie, alternative, and experimental music. I use vintage output pickups on all my guitars too.
So i'm wondering what combos I might consider for under 2 grand (that seems like a reasonable price range.) I don't need anything bigger than a 2x12 combo. Looking for rehearsal/gig volume capabilities.
The only amps i know much about are Mesas - the Mark series are supposed to have great (maybe not amazing?) cleans and an unbeatable lead tone. Lonestars are supposed to sound as good as a fender does clean, but I don't know how they sound in terms of distortion. I know Orange amps sound great distorted, but I don't think i've seen any that were two channel and I don't know how I'd do w/ a one channel amp. I'm more inclined to take something with the best cleans and resort to pedals for distorted sound than vice versa. Anyway, anything I would think of is a shot in the dark and that's why I turn to you guys.
I can get to a GC or a Sam Ash, though I don't know of any independent guitar shops in driving range that carry other stuff. I have to check out the new music section in the Best Buy I've heard so much about. Any info or direction would be great! Thanks guys
I realized that I've been spending so much time and energy on guitars and tweaking them, but if i keep running through an amp that's not doing them justice, I'm just spinning my wheels. So I'm looking into getting a new amp as soon as I can, and I wanted to get some recommendations.
Getting a beautiful crystalline clean sound like a Fender is really important, but I don't think Fender's gain sounds are going to cut it for me. I don't play metal, but I do like to get some modern sounding heavy gain sounds (on my Nomad, I keep both gain channels switched to "vintage"). I'm into a lot of modern indie, alternative, and experimental music. I use vintage output pickups on all my guitars too.
So i'm wondering what combos I might consider for under 2 grand (that seems like a reasonable price range.) I don't need anything bigger than a 2x12 combo. Looking for rehearsal/gig volume capabilities.
The only amps i know much about are Mesas - the Mark series are supposed to have great (maybe not amazing?) cleans and an unbeatable lead tone. Lonestars are supposed to sound as good as a fender does clean, but I don't know how they sound in terms of distortion. I know Orange amps sound great distorted, but I don't think i've seen any that were two channel and I don't know how I'd do w/ a one channel amp. I'm more inclined to take something with the best cleans and resort to pedals for distorted sound than vice versa. Anyway, anything I would think of is a shot in the dark and that's why I turn to you guys.
I can get to a GC or a Sam Ash, though I don't know of any independent guitar shops in driving range that carry other stuff. I have to check out the new music section in the Best Buy I've heard so much about. Any info or direction would be great! Thanks guys