Is a big amp still useful nowadays?

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I've managed to convert the red channel, but am unsure on how to proceed with the green one. basically, I don't want it to be pure crunch, but rather keep the cleans when the gain knob is set before noon and have the crunch set in from 12 o'clock. have you done your mods? Forum [Amps/Cabs Tech Corner: Amplifier, Cab & Speakers]( [Read more]( [Is a big amp still useful nowadays?]( John Nada · Jan 7, 2023 at 2:45 PM · Replies 57 I first got a big amp while I was still young and playing with my first band. It was a Fender Frontman 100w head with 4x12" cabinet, which I got for graduating high school in 2006. Ofcourse it wasn't much of an amp, but I had been playing guitar for just a year and started gigging a lot. Besides... Forum [Amps and Cabs]( [Read more]( [Bogner shiva]( Mr. Shiva · Jan 5, 2023 at 8:11 PM · Replies 44 Bought a silver panel shiva about 3 years ago now, lovely amp. I use this amp for my bedroom playing, yes the master is that good. Clean sound is great, not really Fender, but great anyway. The lead side is more of a challenge, lots of lows and low mids on tap. I also find if I crank... Forum [Amps and Cabs]( [Read more]( [What was your very first amp ever?]( John s · Jan 8, 2023 at 9:17 PM · Replies 81 Wow, some truly lovely gems herein! I especially like the Sears catalogue type amps and instruments and similar items. Several years ago, I picked up a Silvertone guitar with the amp-in-case. It surely musta been someone’s first guitar amp, but not mine. I got my first guitar amp back in the early-mid 70s. I was taking lessons at a music school that... Forum [Amps and Cabs]( [Read more]( [Headrush MX5]( PaisleyWookiee · Aug 17, 2021 at 10:14 AM · Replies 4K After researching modeller options for months I picked up a second hand Pedalboard earlier this week. While it was exactly what I was looking for (I prefer having an easy workflow/user interface over having a modeller that sounds x% better), it turned out the USB was faulty not allowing me to load custom patches and IRs or update the ancient firmware it was... Forum [Digital & Modeling Gear]( [Read more]( [2022 TGP Favorite Delay Pedals]( Black Dog · Apr 17, 2022 at 2:48 PM · Replies 252 Several months later I've now got the El Cap and love it but it's not at all the mini Volante I thought it would be. The Echosystem is still the top dog, in fact I like it more than I did back in April. Between it being the best delay pedal I own, the looping situation, and the transformer coupled second output being killer for stereo amp rigs it's definitely a... 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