I have the possibility to get a Groove Tubes Soul-o-45 combo, an amp that I have been wanting to check out for years. They are a bit hard to come by here in Europe.
Is it capable of apartment level/bedroom playing volume level yet retaining a good clean tone?
In my near future I likely will have to deal with a few changes in life, new job, maybe also moving to another city so I predigt some "bedroom playing only" time for me until I find a new band (if I have to break up with my current one).
Long story short I´d like a nice fendery pedal friendly amp that is capable of gig volume levels as well as bedroom levels. I´ve been trying to find a nice fendery low wattage head for months now to no avail (for bedroom playing only) and now I find the idea quite attractive to not buy a dedicated bedroom amp if the GT can do it as well.
The problem is: With some amps (like the HRD), you twist the volume knob just a tiny bit and it´s already too loud for bedroom playing.
Can you describe how the volume and gain knobs on the GT 45 work?
I am aware that normally 45 watts is way too much for quiet playing and I would have to go for the 5 watts territory but wanted to ask anyways. So this is just to find out whether it´s worth the hassle to drive all the way to the city where the amp is now to check it out.
BTW: By bedroom level I mean a DRRI on 2 maximum! All my distortion will be coming from pedals, so cranking the amp is not needed.
Would an attenuator make sense to turn down the amps, even only for clean tones?
Thanks so much for your help!
Is it capable of apartment level/bedroom playing volume level yet retaining a good clean tone?
In my near future I likely will have to deal with a few changes in life, new job, maybe also moving to another city so I predigt some "bedroom playing only" time for me until I find a new band (if I have to break up with my current one).
Long story short I´d like a nice fendery pedal friendly amp that is capable of gig volume levels as well as bedroom levels. I´ve been trying to find a nice fendery low wattage head for months now to no avail (for bedroom playing only) and now I find the idea quite attractive to not buy a dedicated bedroom amp if the GT can do it as well.
The problem is: With some amps (like the HRD), you twist the volume knob just a tiny bit and it´s already too loud for bedroom playing.
Can you describe how the volume and gain knobs on the GT 45 work?
I am aware that normally 45 watts is way too much for quiet playing and I would have to go for the 5 watts territory but wanted to ask anyways. So this is just to find out whether it´s worth the hassle to drive all the way to the city where the amp is now to check it out.
BTW: By bedroom level I mean a DRRI on 2 maximum! All my distortion will be coming from pedals, so cranking the amp is not needed.
Would an attenuator make sense to turn down the amps, even only for clean tones?
Thanks so much for your help!