I got a band who is asking me:

[Loren Littlejohn]

What half stack to get.

Well I don't really know. He wants one of the fallowing:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/B52-AT100AT412-100W-Tube-Guitar-Half-Stack?sku=481188

OR

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Peavey-Valve-King-HalfStack?sku=485058

Your thoughts? He is into metal, I am thinking the peavy is the better go. He is a college dude so he can't really muster more dough for an amp.

 

[colonel kurtz]

i've recorded both the B-52, and the valveking before

granted, the B-52 was for a punk band, but i would take it over the valveking anyday - the one i had to deal with flat-out sucked

 

[MetalWorks]

Everytime I go into Guitar Center I am always shocked as hell when I hear those B-52 amps.

They are so cheap, but sound so good compared to everything else.

I have no clue what they are capable of in a band setting.

I hate to say it, but it might not be a bad choice.

 

[broken81]

I was blown away at the b-52 at100 and how dam good it sounded. I just know there built cheap and shit breaks but its def the better sounding of those 2

Always been curious how they would translate on recording though......

 

[JeffTD]

Get a damned used 5150.

 

[colonel kurtz]

Always been curious how they would translate on recording though......

the one i tracked came out pretty well - i tracked a demo for this punk band in the barn they rehearse in, and threw a 57 on each guitarist's amp...the other was one of those cheap solid-state marshalls, and the B52 ate the fucking marshall for lunch

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

He is stuck with a strict budget of 1,100.

He told me at first that he had 1,200 to spend on the head and $600 to spend on the cab. This would have been a much easier budget to work (fuck I found him a fireball for a grand and a marshall 1960B with v30s for 500) with but all well.

 

[LSD-Studio]

5150 plus avatar 412 vintage. /thread


IF one of the above mentioned NOT the valveking, worst amp ever!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Oh shit I didn't think of that. Going to have to look at that option for him.

 

[ochants76]

used 5150 and cab can be done for under $1000 and it is obviously much better than both of those amps.

 

[ryanojohn]

yea seriously, used 5150 and cab cab def be done for that...

Craigslist.org

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Ha craigslist is where I went first, failed at finding anything local.

I told him to get an avatar (with v30s) and 5150 head. He hasn't gotten back to me yet.