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Originally Posted by Brandon Roy
$2,000? you must be thinking about the 57 twin tweed reissue..
65 twin reverb reissues run about $1,100 (85 watts, thats really loud cranked)
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YES! 85 watts is ridiculously loud! I'm not a 15 year old trying to be the next Pete Townsend...I don't need (and don't really want high wattage). To get a 'brown' sound, I'd have to OD the tubes just a wee bit. That's going to be murder with 85 watts. Sure I could use a pedal, I suppose.
I thought the Twin 'Verb was $1,800 to $2,000. I guess I'll have to look again. It would be great for Jazz (and I love to play Jazz) but the Twin 'Verb isn't small, it's heavy, and @ 85watts it's a monster.
If I could find an all-tube combo with enough headroom to give me good cleans and small gig volumes, but could be coaxed into the brown without making everyone deaf...I'd be pretty happy.
I'm thinking less than 50 watts but probably more than 5 watts.
I already have a 40 watt Marshall combo that I have gigged in (small) bars with and I don't think the volume went above about 1/2. Actually, I'm foruntate because the clean channel on my Marshall is design to go brown when you turn it up above 1/2. Of course the Boost channel is...well...a Marshall...so it sounds like an amp made in Heaven. I know the Marshall sound isn't for everybody...but I like it for what I use it for (Blues and Rock).
I guess my present amp is good...I suppose I should just stick with that.
