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Ibanez
- Thread starter gizmobltd
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Why don't you just get one amp instead of the sw65 and another one for gigs?
the SW100 should be enough for small gigs if you're not really loud.
If you're looking for new amp advice don't start a thread with the title of an amp you've already decided to buy.
the SW100 should be enough for small gigs if you're not really loud.
If you're looking for new amp advice don't start a thread with the title of an amp you've already decided to buy.
I'd steer clear of Ibanez amplification... No personal experience with it, but to be honest it doesn't look very good.
I have owned the SW65 and it was a good practice amp. No problems with at all in the year and a half that I owned it. Just did not have enough juice for even a small gig with a drummer.
The SW100 isn't going to help you much. It's louder then the SW65 but it's still only 100 watts. You can put the extention cab on it and it will give you 145 watts. Still not that much. The extra speaker surface area of the extention cab will help you with volume but at 145 watts you will have very little power in reserve.
The Ibanez amps are budget oriented practice amps. You could do small gigs with a SW65 or 100 with PA support and use it as a monitor if you plan on gigging but it will be limited in that capacity as well. I tried that with my SW65 and it ran out of beans quickly.
If I were you I would look at a used head and a 2 X 10 or cabinet. Good used gear would be Peavey, Ampeg, Avatar, Carvin and GK. Use your SW65 as a practice amp.
The SW100 isn't going to help you much. It's louder then the SW65 but it's still only 100 watts. You can put the extention cab on it and it will give you 145 watts. Still not that much. The extra speaker surface area of the extention cab will help you with volume but at 145 watts you will have very little power in reserve.
The Ibanez amps are budget oriented practice amps. You could do small gigs with a SW65 or 100 with PA support and use it as a monitor if you plan on gigging but it will be limited in that capacity as well. I tried that with my SW65 and it ran out of beans quickly.
If I were you I would look at a used head and a 2 X 10 or cabinet. Good used gear would be Peavey, Ampeg, Avatar, Carvin and GK. Use your SW65 as a practice amp.
i didn't like the sw100 at all. very thin sounding and not loud at all. any peavey tnt or such will eat its lunch. i actually had to play through an sw100 at a jazz fest for a set, and it was quite a miserable experience. i do actually own an sw35 and its a great little practibe amp, but that's about it.
