In search of a good amplifier
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2014 3:46 pm
Okay, I'm primarily a bassist, but I've also got a 7-string guitar. I need a good amplifier that'll handle the low end well. The style I play is metal, kinda close to Slipknot/Mushroomhead with some noticeable '80 thrash influences.
My Hartke bass amp works great for my basses, but I don't want my guitar to sound so much like a bass. Obviously a tube amp, since it's much easier and cheaper to replace blown tubes than fixing burned-out circuity. The question is, what brands should I look at first to save time at the music store?
I know enough to take my instrument up there with new strings to test it, so you don't have to tell me that part.
My Hartke bass amp works great for my basses, but I don't want my guitar to sound so much like a bass. Obviously a tube amp, since it's much easier and cheaper to replace blown tubes than fixing burned-out circuity. The question is, what brands should I look at first to save time at the music store?
I know enough to take my instrument up there with new strings to test it, so you don't have to tell me that part.