Grateful Dead Music Forum

I really need a new amp.
Looking for like half stacks.
Any recommendations if I play mostly stuff like the Dead, Led Zeppelin, Clapton, and classic jazz songs.

My guitar is a Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Standard Plus

It depends on where you play. If you play smaller place you don't need a half stack. Get like a 50 watt combo. Most half stacks are like 100 watts. They don't get the best of there tone unless their cranked up loud, which will overpower other people your playing with. If you get say a 50 watt combo amp, you can turn it up louder, and get the more truer tone that it has. That is just my opinion, i have played some big places and never need more than a 50-60 watt amp, they usually mike the amps. Plus half stacks are a bitch to move around.
-Space

Carvin make some good amps. I like the one froms the late 80s.

spacehead333 wrote:It depends on where you play. If you play smaller place you don't need a half stack. Get like a 50 watt combo. Most half stacks are like 100 watts. They don't get the best of there tone unless their cranked up loud, which will overpower other people your playing with. If you get say a 50 watt combo amp, you can turn it up louder, and get the more truer tone that it has. That is just my opinion, i have played some big places and never need more than a 50-60 watt amp, they usually mike the amps. Plus half stacks are a bitch to move around.
-Space

Thanks, that's probably a good idea. I am never quite sure how many watts will cover me, so I just figured half stack.

setboy wrote:Carvin make some good amps. I like the one froms the late 80s.

Thanks! I'll look into them


I really like VOX, but I dont want to pay $1000 for a 15 watt amp :\