Just a quick one to draw on info from those that have one.
Toss up between
Blackstar HT-5 R
or Fender Mustang III v2
Both are way different but have key features I require, most importantly headphones out.
Your thoughts please
Thanks in advance
Jon
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Jerry
http://www.blackstaramps.com/pdf/handbooks/ht-5r-handbook.pdf
Dave
Great if it does have speaker emulation (a marshall JCM600 I had, had a speaker emu thingy) really handy at times.
Megi on this forum hit that problem.
Fandango have lost the plot.
...when it comes to amplifying guitars you need valves, transistors just don't cut it no matter what sort of software they are fitted with...
its an organic thing
Blackstar definitely gets my ill-informed vote!
thanks again
Mark P, apparently the new V2 fenders have a revised "low noise" power amp section and the fizz is a thing of the past...
Tinyghost, yes I do surf, not as often as I would like as work and family take priority but when the waves are head high and clean i'm on it.....you surf much?, where South Coast??
thanks again
Mark P, apparently the new V2 fenders have a revised "low noise" power amp section and the fizz is a thing of the past...
Tinyghost, yes I do surf, not as often as I would like as work and family take priority but when the waves are head high and clean i'm on it.....you surf much?, where South Coast??
Hi Jon van derlim. Yes me too, not as much as I would like. South coast you have to be a bit hardcore (surf through the snow and storms). We have a few little spots, but mainly Joss Bay in Broadstairs. You have to watch like a hawk and be prepared to get out whenever it's happening....which doesn't fit well with the rest of life unfortunately. My board has seen less and less daylight over the past two years
Hi Jon van derlim. Yes me too, not as much as I would like. South coast you have to be a bit hardcore (surf through the snow and storms). We have a few little spots, but mainly Joss Bay in Broadstairs. You have to watch like a hawk and be prepared to get out whenever it's happening....which doesn't fit well with the rest of life unfortunately. My board has seen less and less daylight over the past two years
Bournemouth used to be my nearest break as I lived in Bucks, I also surfed Brighton lots too at the power station, these days Saunton / Croyde or Wooly are my local (i live about than 2 miles away from them) sometimes we head south to Kernow for a change too.
Enjoy Lanza, I have surfed there a few times mainly the beach or the reef at Famara, I am off the Portugal this summer- can't wait.
Back on topic, thanks for the input I will be most likely making my purchase on the 14th so all will be reviled.
Jon
I've surfed in Portugal (on the lower left sticky out bit), amazing and very powerful swells. First day I struggled just to get out back, took a few days to get used to the power. You can hire a guide to take you to the best spots and prep you on the breaks (one to one and really cheap). I found that really helpful, local knowledge makes a lot of difference.
Have a great time.
Its manic all year round here nowdays, when the surf is pumping its like human soup on the good banks.
I have surfed the SW area of Portugal before (we spent 6 weeks there as part of our honeymoon travelling around Europe) and have been back several times since, there are some great setups there and pretty much always waves to be had.
Amps..... why is it when ever you want to do a direct comparison they never have stock at the time, my usual shop wont order one for me to try with out taking a deposit even though they normally stock them....go figure??
Shame that things are so crowded, we used to go down and have the beach to ourselves (late 90s) but there was a massive take up around 2000. Thought it may have settled down by now. Ho hum.
Good luck with the amps. That's a bit mean of the shop btw. What about just buying the two amps from somewhere like Andertons (online) and sending back the one you don't want? i used to do that with wetsuits (not so costly I guess). Somewhere that has a good rep and a no questions refund policy, you could even tell them what you're doing and they may not charge your account until you've made the return (again, wetsuits are my only experience of this kind of good natured business). Worth a try.
Amp and Guitar ordered, I went to another shop that I thought would be much more pricey and they gave me a much better deal (over £50 off the already discounted price from the other store).
I tried loads of Guitars and amps and went with a pairing that works really well together, all will be reviled next week...
I am well happy, I pick them up next Thursday
The V2 Mustang should have fixed the fizz issue some guys had. But at that price you're starting to get into "proper amp" territory.
Equally, the Blackstar doesn't feel like a "proper amp" despite having valves in it. I just find them incredibly bland. I guess it depends what kind of music you're playing on it though
For my money I'd go a Laney VC15 or LC15 or Cub 15 or a used Fender Blues Junior.
But I do like the blackstar, it's not the greatest amp, but the choice was simply between this and the Mustang (which i don't like that much).
Sounds like you've found what will suit your needs Jon van delim, so what anyone else says is now useless.
Good luck...let us know soon what you've paired up
I get a better sound out of my Peavey and it's the same at all volumes.
It's also versatile with sounds and takes pedals well.
I hear you
Oh but the orange micro terror has headphones, has valves (and a solid state stage), is small, a loud (valvish level) 20Watts and is only about £155 with the orange cab! But the thing there is it's the one (very good) sound...no reverb, nothing fancy. So, Is it the Fender?
I hear you
Oh but the orange micro terror has headphones, has valves (and a solid state stage), is small, a loud (valvish level) 20Watts and is only about £155 with the orange cab! But the thing there is it's the one (very good) sound...no reverb, nothing fancy. So, Is it the Fender?
Yes
I tried the Orange Micro and I loved the over driven and crunch sounds it produced through bigger cabs but through the 8" cab was weedy and tinny sounding, so totting up the Head with a decent 1 or 2 x 12 cab and then a reverb pedal would come to 300 odd quid but still with limited ability to do chimey cleans.
I spent quite a long time trying different amps including the HT-5r and Vox's etc and I genuinely found the Fender Mustang III the most useful for me (being a home enthusiast) and I would honestly say some of the cleans and mildly driven tones were as good as the HT5 but at much more usable volume levels for me. I also like the ability to record directly into your PC and the use of the FUSE thing (I like PC techy gadgets) for creating your own sounds that can then be saved.
For me as I non gigging player it's ideal and at an amazing price along with the deal I got for buying both the Guitar and the amp it would have been daft to refuse.
Quite right in what you say about the needs of the non-gigging player being different.
Valves are great in an amp, but if you're mainly playing low volume a lot of their benefits are lost. If you're after low volume cleans then Fender is an amp name that's gotta be high on the list of possibles.
Quite right in what you say about the needs of the non-gigging player being different.
Valves are great in an amp, but if you're mainly playing low volume a lot of their benefits are lost. If you're after low volume cleans then Fender is an amp name that's gotta be high on the list of possibles.
Yes sounds like you've found the right amp for you, have fun. What guitar?
BTW I think you're right Mark P, I've had a lot of people say they can't get good chiming clean sounds from the orange "lunchbox" heads...or even the bigger heads. I think that's not true as my orange does a fantastic clean sound (with my jazzmaster) which imo is much nicer than my Fender 60 clean. It's all about how you push the amp, the volume you use and the speaker config I reckon.
At home the orange is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds in the rehearsal room. Playing live or with a band requires a very different use of the amp.
So perhaps I should stop recommending micros/terrors and dual terrors to people who only play at home. Even in the shop when I bought my DT it sounded a bit tame....until I had worked out how to set it and increased the volume enough.
Good luck with the mustang, sounds like a deal
I will report back once I have had more time with it.