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TheBoyWithABass · #1 06-27-2011, 01:56 AM

Hi! Im looking for a new amp! I watch this one: marshall mb 60 It is an hibrid combo
It s a valve amp, does it mean that it has much more power than 60 amps? How much??
The alternative is the ashdown t15-250
or the gallien krueger mb112
I looking an amp for playing in a small (quite small) gig
My price limit are 300 euros, help!!

JimmyM · #2 06-27-2011, 02:03 AM

Hybrids are not valve amps. They are solid state amps with at least one preamp tube. Also, the idea that tube amp wattage is more powerful than SS amp wattage is a bit off. It's not that they're louder...it's that when they start reaching into the dirt, they sound really good and still sound relatively clean, so people think they can produce "louder wattage." But watts is watts.

rodl2005 · #3 06-27-2011, 02:44 AM

+1 to what Jimmy said, & do as much research as possible. I'm not even sure that Marshall amp IS a hybrid design-might just have 'valve simulation' -altho I'm not sure.
There is certainly lots to choose from.
If you are playing gigs without a drummer, or with very quiet drums,a 60 - 100w combo might do. If playing any louder, then you might wanna get something a little more powerful &/or with more speakers or speaker area.
I take it you are in Europe, so Ashdown make a cool little 100w 1x15"combo, you should be able to find decent examples LIKE that around. Look at 2nd hand!

TheBoyWithABass · #4 06-27-2011, 03:33 AM

Thanks for answering so quikly!!
That marshall was to expensive for me, now i m watching over the ashdown t-15-250 (we have an energic drumer)
If a bass valve amp didn't sound much louder than a normal one, why guitar valve anos sound much louder??

Hobobob · #5 06-27-2011, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBoyWithABass

Thanks for answering so quikly!!
That marshall was to expensive for me, now i m watching over the ashdown t-15-250 (we have an energic drumer)
If a bass valve amp didn't sound much louder than a normal one, why guitar valve anos sound much louder??

Because guitar players don't really know what the 'volume' knob does. So, they just leave it all the way up.

In all seriousness, it's not about which type is louder. It's about how each one sounds when it is made to go louder.

rodl2005 · #6 06-27-2011, 04:04 AM

Guitar valve amps are dealing with higher frequencies, which are far easier to amplify, is the short answer...... I'm no tech expert, so I'll leave the proper explanation to them :-)