Low wattage amp recommendation?

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All my amps are high power (Einstein, VH4S). I have heard so much lately about low wattage amps (5-10 W or less) and am quite curious, since I mainly do recording. Problem is most of thme appear to be single channel, which I suppose is fine for home recording, provided they have enough gain. I want something that sounds great clean all the way up to heavy - not nu metal heavy. Just heavy enough for great instrumental rock - Satriani style, etc.

In other words, I want something that sounds as good as my Diezels but much lower wattage.

thanks,

brian
 
In other words, I want something that sounds as good as my Diezels but much lower wattage.
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Yea .... well .... good luck with that.
 
nbarts":uz7tah20 said:
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Yea .... well .... good luck with that.
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+1 :D

There are good low watt amps, but don't expect them to sound like your Diezels.

I've heard good things of the new Blackstar HT5. Might be worth checking out. I own an Orange Tiny Terror (single channel head version) and I like that, but it doesn't do clean, overdriven to rock crunch is it range, it's worth trying but might not be to your taste.

I kinda feel an attenuator is what you want.
 
WEll bud, I know this is a diezel forum, and I love my Diezels, but my 20watt little joe sound VERY good....so good that sometimes I prefer it over the diezels......

I'm making a dual amp rig and It's not both diezels......it's my little joe with one of the diezels (I'll interchange then according to how I'm feeling)
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My Orange Tiny Terror sounds sick. I sometimes prefer it to my Einstein for mid gain tones, depending on the situation. And with a boost (which it takes very well) it can get gainy as hell.
 
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Schmidt ? Anyone !!!
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I hadn't realised that you could drop that down to 15 watts. Yup, I'd certainly give one of those a try!
 
The other option is to use a high quality sound isolation cab. You can still crank it but not have to be hurting the neighbors (not that this isn't fun as well!)

I am using this one and it is phenomenal ! I have a 2 year old in the house and I'm still able to record the Einstein and the Marshall nice and hot without waking him up. Great stuff.
http://www.grendelsound.com/deadroom.htm

I'll have to get some of my clips up at some point soon. A group of us has been working pretty intensely with Pixar on an upcoming movie project of theirs and it's taking up most of my downtime....

:)
 
From a Diezel perspective, the Schmidt is low power and sounds great from what I have heard at low volumes on line.
It is not a 5 watt amp, but the flexibility of the Schmidt, or any Diezel for that matter, should be just fine.
If you want to go lower then that, try an Axe FX for recording.
 
I still haven't head a <10W amp that sounds anywhere as good as higher power amps. I've got an Egnater head that lets me switch between 10/20/50/100 watts and it makes a big difference in the response. At 10 or 20W the mids stand out more and the lows are rounded, at 100W the lows are tighter but the midrange is more open. I like the 20W setting for classic rock type tones but for the heavier stuff I kick in the full 100. The actual volume difference between 10W and 100W is not that much, both can get painfully loud. So I wouldn't look into low wattage primarily from a volume point of view.

I've also got a Diezel Einstein combo and I feel that the master volume on it is so good that you don't have to turn it up uncomfortably high to sound great. That's why I like it, to me amps that need to be cranked for tone are useless in most situations.
 
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