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Will a 40W amplifier be enough when using it on a gig? I plan to buy a Samick Super 20 40W(or so the seller says) for about $125.

jpcl

Unless it's a very small bar/room or so, I wouldn't count on it. Your probably better at buying a lower-wattage tube amp. You can get them for 200-300$ while having around 15-30watts, which on a tube amp produces around the same volume as a 65-100watt transistor amp.
If your happy at having an amp without effects, the tube amp will give you a much more organic and natural sound then a digital-based modelling transistor amp, so if your thinking of gig'ing in the near future, definatly consider buying a tube amp, then buying seperate pedals for the effects you want (or a pedalboard already loaded with loads of effects).

tukk04

40w solid state=possibly
40w tube=definately

It mainly depends on the volume of the other band members, how controlled your drummer is (a collar and a good leash would help :P) with a tame drummer you could play a bar gig with a 5 watt tube amp.

Don't let anyone tell you a solid state is always bad and tube amps are always great, as that's just not the truth. There are some great ss amps and some really bad tube amps, but a tube amp of equal wattage will be louder than an ss of the same. It's just the way it works.

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Offworld92

It depends on the actual amp. Wattage really doesn't mean anything useful pertaining to volume or the ability for an amp to cut through a mix.

If you're micing the amp up, it won't matter. If not, assuming that's just a random cheapo SS amp, I'd be inclined to say no. Though you never know. Regardless, if it can cut through, chances are it won't sound pretty.

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dannyalcatraz

My former guitar teacher is a busy, busy gigging musician in the state of Texas, playing statewide in many venues & styles.

His main go-to amp: 40w Fender HRD Combo.* It can't do everything, so he does have other amps, but that's the one that handles 75% of his gig work.











* same as me

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Robbgnarly

Who told you that crap?
A watt is a watt be it tube or SS. Tube amps are generaly rated at the clean head room not the max output. Tubes also clip in a way that is pleasing to the ear, SS has a harsh clipping.

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I was actually thinking of buying multifx pedals with amp simulations installed on them.but that wouldn't really make my guitar's sound as natural as how tube amps could,right?

dannyalcatraz

They won't sound as good, but a good one will still sound pretty good.

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ou8me99

first off what type of music are you going to be playing. metal, classic rock, rock?

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I have Zoom G2 in mind

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Mostly rock.Sometimes metal.

ou8me99

I would get a Crate or a marshall. Currently I have a Crate Flex Wave 65W. Its a really good tube amp, the eq's arent all that good, but it does put out a lot of high gain. I had one of marshalls new 15W amps, made of carbon fiber, it wasnt that bad, i actaully loved its clean mode, and OD modes.

Robbgnarly

Please tell me your joking, or GTFO.
The Crate flexwave is junk and it is deff not a tube amp or have any tubes at all in it.
The Marshall MG series all suck and the "carbon fibre" is still crap.

Now go hide under your Troll bridge.

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Krank Rev 4x12 (eminence V12)
GFS Greenie/Digitech Bad Monkey
Morley Bad Horsie 2
MXR Smart Gate

Mephaphil

Lol. New users

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how about a roland gc-405x?or a roland spirit 30?

Robbgnarly

You may want to try them out before you decide. I would stay away from any amp with 8x5" speakers.

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2009 Epiphone G-400 (SH-4)
Marshall JCM2000 DSL100
Krank 1980 Jr 20watt
Krank Rev 4x12 (eminence V12)
GFS Greenie/Digitech Bad Monkey
Morley Bad Horsie 2
MXR Smart Gate

dannyalcatraz

I haven't heard much about those- good or bad- but Zoom makes decent stuff in general.

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So there's this $125 Roland Spirit 30,this $111 Roland GC-405x,and this $99 Zoom G2.All used (and hopefully very well taken care of). So which one should I take?

randomguy2000

You should take the Vypyr 30 that is always on used GC for $100

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