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I was wondring if anyone knows anything about this amp, here . I might be buying an amp after I get a job this summer. I am looking for a amp that has a good tone distorted and clean, anything from metal to worship.
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With that amp, you won't get metal by any stretch of the imagination. That's also 100w. It would take LOT'S of volume to make the clean channel break up. Carvin's vintage amps don't have lot's of gain at all, but the MTS, Legacy, and V3 do for sure.
EDIT: It's not a tube amp. There are better amps out there for $199.
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Okay so I'll look at some other amps. I'd don't really need that many watts, but if it had good distortion, I figured why not. Do you have any suggestions, not necessarily Carvin?
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How much are you willing to spend, what size places do you play in, do you have a SS or Tube preference?
I'm a fan of using a good tube amp to get great sound, but that all depends on your price range.
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My range will probably be $300 and under, and the biggest place I would play in would be my church, which holds about 300. If I can get a good tube amp for that price that's not really small, I would definitely be interested in it.
EDIT: This is all just speculation on my part. I might buy an acoustic instead, or my job might not work out, like last summer.
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My advice is look for used stuff in working condition. Carvin MTS = $700 new. I got mine for $350. But yeah, most of Carvin's stuff is great, but definantly not budget stuff unless you find a great deal like I did.
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OK thanks.
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That is a raw 1/12 cab not an amp. The Celestian loaded 4/12`s and the Legacy 2/12 Carvins sound really nice and are great buys. I however would stay away from the 1/12 or 2/12 open back Carvin cabs. They are physically really small and as a result the cabs sound small and boxie. The Carvin tube amps are nice but I have owned several of the SX series amps and never have been satisfied with them tone wise. For that money look at the Roland Cube 30 or one of the Vox`s.
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Originally Posted by ieatdirt My range will probably be $300 and under, and the biggest place I would play in would be my church, which holds about 300. If I can get a good tube amp for that price that's not really small, I would definitely be interested in it.
EDIT: This is all just speculation on my part. I might buy an acoustic instead, or my job might not work out, like last summer.
If you can get into the $350 range the 1/12 Peavy Valve King is a nice tube rig. Look around at some of your local pawn shops and in the local papers sometimes if you are carefull you can STEAL something. Good luck man.
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I use a Yamaha T50C for metal, worship, and everything in between. A used Peavey Ultra would probably also do the trick. As well as many others. Look used!
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Originally Posted by Rainer. I use a Yamaha T50C for metal, worship, and everything in between. A used Peavey Ultra would probably also do the trick. As well as many others. Look used! I went to Buffalo Bros Guitars in Carlsbad, CA (www.buffalobrosguitars.com one of the largest selections of flat-top acoustics in the US) and in their electric department the guy was playing an EMG loaded strat through a T100C...and it sounded AMAZING clean and crunchy...I was really impressed by it.
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What about this, a Vox. The sound samples sound prettty good, but I wouldn't necessarily trust them. Has anyone had any experience with one?
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I've got that Vox combo. I use it for leading worship. I really like the lightly overdriven sounds I can get from it and the delay effect is surprisingly great in my experience. I don't use and haven't used any of the other effects on it. I don't care for the all-out distortion on the amp. I can't seem to get one I like out of any of the amp models on it...just sounds too "digital" to me (but it is, of course). So what I get sounds great during verses, bridges, etc., but when I kick it in heavier for a chorus or something the cheese factor starts to come in. That's why I just bought a Peavey Classic 30 tube amp combo on Ebay. I may actually use the Vox still for the delay, we'll see. Might end up just selling it, too.
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Originally Posted by Brent I've got that Vox combo. I use it for leading worship. I really like the lightly overdriven sounds I can get from it and the delay effect is surprisingly great in my experience. I don't use and haven't used any of the other effects on it. I don't care for the all-out distortion on the amp. I can't seem to get one I like out of any of the amp models on it...just sounds too "digital" to me (but it is, of course). So what I get sounds great during verses, bridges, etc., but when I kick it in heavier for a chorus or something the cheese factor starts to come in. That's why I just bought a Peavey Classic 30 tube amp combo on Ebay. I may actually use the Vox still for the delay, we'll see. Might end up just selling it, too.
Hmmmm. I'll have to try it and see what I think.
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I have the Vox as well. In my opinion, it does not do metal well, but I hardly ever play that anyway. Perhaps with a different guitar those models might work, but with my Strat, it certainly was loaded with cheese.

As Brent said, the lighter overdrive is very good. I mostly used the Boutique OD and the AC30TB models. I don't usually like tons of gain so I set up my two presets with a channel that is clean if I roll off my guitar volume some, and up the gain a bit on the second channel with the same amp model. Then I will set the manual mode to be a lead channel, making it kind of a three channel amp.