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Originally Posted by JohnnyCrash
I have a 1.5 watt tube head and its still too loud for bedroom jamming. I plugged it into a 2x12" and whoa!
5 watt amps can be great for recording and practising, but for gigs? No way.
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As I've mentioned many times in the past, as an experiment I once played a wedding gig through a Champ powering a closed-back 2x12 cab, and it was more than loud enough to keep up with another guitarist, keyboards, bass and drums.
I dimed the amp, and turned down the guitar volume pot to about 70%, at which point the amp cleaned up to an acceptable level of clean (quite harmonically rich, though, certainly not "blackface clean"). For solos, I just turned the guitar up a little bit.
It was loud enough, with NO MIC!, that I actually had to turn the amp down just a little!
In a crowded, busy barroom, I'd definitely want a mic on it, but I'd gig that rig anywhere (if I hadn't foolishly sold it!).
Tim