Guest baretas Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 (edited) Hi there! For some time now I've been going around playing in my Peavey TNT 160 but I guess the time has come to upgrade. The sound in my band evolved to a more faster, aggressive (with overdrive/distortion) and lower tuning and now my combo just doesn't cut it. Also, the guitarist is using a 200W Marshall power amp that even in low settings forces me to push my Peavey to 11... I am still searching for the right gear for my sound, but for now I wanted your opinion on amps/cabs suitable for the type of sound that I mentioned (some weird cross between punk, metal, hardcore, crust, trash). One of my ideas is getting a 4x10 cab and use it with "clean" sound in left side of the speakers and "over driven" sound in the other side. For this I would need a "stereo" cab (the only example I know is a Marshall 1960A which is for guitar, but allows independent inputs for each side/column of speakers). I read the Ampeg SVT4 manual and I think that if I used the overdrive pedal in the FX loop (connected to the Right Return) I could achieve this. Am i correct? Any suggestion/criticism is welcome so go ahead and chime in! P.S. As for budget I am completely unaware of current prices (new/used), but I prefer to save and pay more for something that will work and be "road resistant" than to be a cheapskate and regret it later. Let's just say I want to spend around 1000€. Edited April 20, 2011 by baretas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 1st question. What's your budget? a stereo 4x10 is a pointless gimmick IMO. You'd be wiser to go for either 2 2x10 or 2x12 cabs & stack em vertically & instead of having a clean & dirty, just split the signal, put one side thru your fx & then merge em back together before going into your amp. Decent cabs will handle whatever sounds you're planning on putting thru em. If you can afford it, have a look at the neo cabs from Markbass, Genz Benz, GK, TC electronic & so on. Then take a look at some of the lightwieght amps from those guys too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baretas Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 [quote name='xgsjx' post='1206115' date='Apr 20 2011, 05:12 PM']1st question. What's your budget? a stereo 4x10 is a pointless gimmick IMO. You'd be wiser to go for either 2 2x10 or 2x12 cabs & stack em vertically & instead of having a clean & dirty, just split the signal, put one side thru your fx & then merge em back together before going into your amp. Decent cabs will handle whatever sounds you're planning on putting thru em. If you can afford it, have a look at the neo cabs from Markbass, Genz Benz, GK, TC electronic & so on. Then take a look at some of the lightwieght amps from those guys too.[/quote] My budget would be around the 1000€ mark, but could go higher if the gear is worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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