I’m back playing after a long hiatus and one of my goals is to actually play with people. Don’t care about what capacity as of now but an occasional jam or bar gig would be fun. But, my amp ia a 1 x 10 5f1 circuit champ. Love it for home, I can get a nice sweet clean sound that takes OD pedals well (on the search for a reverb/trem pedal too if you have any suggestions? Strymon Flint?). When the wife and kids aren’t here I can crank it and my ears don’t bleed.
But, aside from a coffee shop gig it’s not giggable. Depending on the jam situation it may not be jammable either. Just a couple dudes in a living room, probably fine. If there’s a drummer, probably not.
So I’m starting to chew on something bigger but not too big. Something I can still play at home but has enough headroom to get over a reasonable drummer, and I’d mic it if I’m in a gig situation and need more.
My immediate thought was a 5E3 with a nice loud speaker like a Celestion Blue. But then I thought, maybe I could get something different than a tweed for more variety at home? Maybe a Princeton Reverb kit? AC15 kit?
I know “oh those amps are TOTALLY different” blah blah blah. Reality to my ears…would the Revolver album sound worse if they used Deluxe Reverbs instead of Voxes? No. I tend to be somewhat ambivalent with amps, as long as it’s good I can figure out a good sound and roll with that. Maybe a pedal for an OD sound or two, and go. When I’m bedroom mouse fart playing with my iPhone in GarageBand I interchangeably go between the Vox, Blackface, and Tweed settings. I like all three.
Any thoughts on these 3 amps as home/small jam/small gig amps? May not really get an opportunity to play them, not much selection around where I live.