Ok, so my birthday is coming up, and I've decided what I really need is a half decent valve amp.
But all I need is a small bedroom/practice amp, so I'm looking at the low power range (of which there seems to be more and more coming out now)
Looking at something in the 5w - 20w range (though suggestions otherwise are welcome) so I don't have to push it so hard/loud the neighbours get pissed off.
The obvious answer is the Epiphone Jnr (head + cab), but I don't like the lack of tone controls.
I've love to get my hands on one of these:
http://www.blackhearteng.com/bh5h_bh112.html but the only company in Australia that seems to stock them doesn't have them in yet
So, what have others have people played with around this range? What combination amp & pedal wise are people happy with?
Obviously I'm looking for something that happily overdrives.
Any pro's & con's of the various amps etc etc...
Or am I just wasting my time with something so small? This is my first foray into valve amps so I'm open to all sorts of suggestions on different combinations.
But all I need is a small bedroom/practice amp, so I'm looking at the low power range (of which there seems to be more and more coming out now)
Looking at something in the 5w - 20w range (though suggestions otherwise are welcome) so I don't have to push it so hard/loud the neighbours get pissed off.
The obvious answer is the Epiphone Jnr (head + cab), but I don't like the lack of tone controls.
I've love to get my hands on one of these:
http://www.blackhearteng.com/bh5h_bh112.html but the only company in Australia that seems to stock them doesn't have them in yet
So, what have others have people played with around this range? What combination amp & pedal wise are people happy with?
Obviously I'm looking for something that happily overdrives.
Any pro's & con's of the various amps etc etc...
Or am I just wasting my time with something so small? This is my first foray into valve amps so I'm open to all sorts of suggestions on different combinations.