So I've been eyeing a Bassbreaker for a little while and suspect it's about time to make the leap from my hybrid VoxAV30. I like that amp, but, you know, at some point we all have to dive in to some real pure tube goodness, right?
But I find myself stuck between the 15 and the 30r.
Most of my use is going to be at home or in small-band settings where the 15 watts will be fine. I'd be saving some money, but giving up channel switching, and I'm told the clean headroom on the 15 is not great at volume.
Every so often, though, I play with a group and we play LOUD. One of my friends I jam with has a 50-watt Mesa, and basically there's no way for us to jam without me wanting to wear earplugs. We've got a drummer. We go pretty hard. Now, granted, in the pandemic we haven't played, so I am buying it on the hopes that we'll get back to our regular jamming.
That being said, the largest room I'm likely to play in anytime in the next few years without a PA for the amp is, let's say, a large yoga studio, or a small outdoor stage with a crowd of no more than 150 people.
The 15 is more portable. It's more convenient. On the other hand, down the road I could see myself getting something like a Supro Delta King which would cover a lot of the "less loud, more convenient" territory, but would have the same clean headroom problem, and thus would be more redundant with the 15 than the 30.
The absence of channel-switching on the 15 probably means I'd want an additional pedal for heavier distortion, maybe some sort of vintage-style fuzz. That also cuts down the financial savings of the 15.
But maybe I'm setting myself for a lot of annoyance by getting the 30? I'd probably need something like the JHS Little Black Amp Box, which is fine, or, heck maybe even a real attenuator. Or I could just get the 15, and hope it's loud enough clean and be okay without channel switching?
I know this is an unanswerable question - but I'd appreciate people with more experience's thoughts not he matter.
Primary guitar is a SE Hollowbody II, although I also use a Chris Robertson.
But I find myself stuck between the 15 and the 30r.
Most of my use is going to be at home or in small-band settings where the 15 watts will be fine. I'd be saving some money, but giving up channel switching, and I'm told the clean headroom on the 15 is not great at volume.
Every so often, though, I play with a group and we play LOUD. One of my friends I jam with has a 50-watt Mesa, and basically there's no way for us to jam without me wanting to wear earplugs. We've got a drummer. We go pretty hard. Now, granted, in the pandemic we haven't played, so I am buying it on the hopes that we'll get back to our regular jamming.
That being said, the largest room I'm likely to play in anytime in the next few years without a PA for the amp is, let's say, a large yoga studio, or a small outdoor stage with a crowd of no more than 150 people.
The 15 is more portable. It's more convenient. On the other hand, down the road I could see myself getting something like a Supro Delta King which would cover a lot of the "less loud, more convenient" territory, but would have the same clean headroom problem, and thus would be more redundant with the 15 than the 30.
The absence of channel-switching on the 15 probably means I'd want an additional pedal for heavier distortion, maybe some sort of vintage-style fuzz. That also cuts down the financial savings of the 15.
But maybe I'm setting myself for a lot of annoyance by getting the 30? I'd probably need something like the JHS Little Black Amp Box, which is fine, or, heck maybe even a real attenuator. Or I could just get the 15, and hope it's loud enough clean and be okay without channel switching?
I know this is an unanswerable question - but I'd appreciate people with more experience's thoughts not he matter.
Primary guitar is a SE Hollowbody II, although I also use a Chris Robertson.