Late night go to rig?

[Bulldog87]

Ok guys, we hear lots of posts about how loud everyone's rigs get! I've been pretty impressed by how loud my Blues Junior and Excelsior amps get too... but what is more impressive to me (have neighbors) is the amp/guitar combo that sound great a late night levels. It's about 11pm here right now and my room mate is crashing. I'm going straight to my main late night rig.... My Fender La Cabronita and a Vox Lil' Night Train. I love my sound even at low levels! What do y'all go to?

Bulldog


Bad iphone pic... but you get the idea....

[Twang Factor 10]

Marshall Class 5 and any guitar I choose. I go to the carport and leave the pedal board and heavy stuff inside. I can get killer tones, from clean to dirt, with the turn of the volume knob at low levels. The drawback: no reverb.

On the flip side: if I want crank it up and have a choir, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and the coyotes and bullfrogs join in. Did I mention Moonshine and Coors Lite play a big factor in the tone?

[LGOberean]

My late night rig also involves a Vox, in my case a Pathfinder 15R. It may be any one of my three Logan Custom Teles plugged into it, but the amp is my PF15R. I play at night in my man cave, but that's just the room right next to our bedroom. So I play at levels quiet enough for my wife to sleep, but the tone is still enjoyable. Oh, I prefer it cranked up a bit, but I also enjoy my late night sessions.

[Lunchie]

Champion 600 is my late night Go-To but my Vox AD30VT sounds pretty good at low levels and so does my Mustang I.

[Steve G]

Tele, no amp. Yes, I have kids!

[homesick345]

No electric guitar amplifier will EVER be quiet enough for late night playing. Whether 20 watts, 15 watts, 5 watts, or 1 watt!

Folks get this in your heads once & for all.

Late at night, play unplugged, or strum (softly) your acoustic..

I play late at night my super reverb at 1.5 & I'm very happy with the tone - the volume knob is there for a reason. These blackface/silverface amps are of the few amps I know that sound great at such low volumes. They are the best amps for this.

Thinking you could crank any tube amp under these circumstances is naive.

[fatcat]

Im just glad to see I'm not the only guy up late trying to play quietly...

unfortunately, as I may have said before, low volumes in my house are half a step away from silent.

typically I would go to my telecaster or agile with my bugera V5 set at 0.1 watt, and a big muff. the fuzz box can also have a double roll as a volume pedal to get dirt and have the volume even lower; while my "old lady" and daughter are sleeping.

However, lately I have used my Fender HRD with an eq in the effects loop; using it as a volume pedal/tone control, and a fuzz box in front of the amp. I am also using an extension cab. This helps the sound seem bigger at lower volume. I have become addicted to the 2x12 thing.

I do the unplugged thing too, sometimes.

[Wrong-Note Rod]

Soundproofed rehearsal room in my basement. Not completely perfectly soundproofed, but reasonably well done...

I can go downstairs and play pretty loud at any time, day or night, and not wake up sleeping people.

[Vladimir]

[simonc]

headphones into mustang III

[bossking7]

Headphones into Bugera V22

[therooster]

Baja Tele, into GarageBand on Ipad, headphones and in the basement. If anyone's in bed I aim to make zero noise!

[adeiderich]

Headphones - Line 6 Pocket Pod

[zoppotrump]

computer with an Line6 interface.....

[tjalla]

Amp up, guitar down - judicious use of verb and trem. Oh yeah.

[Deeve]

Yup - a choice of
a) unplugged;
b) ear-buds into the POD; or
c) acoustic & side of thumb, chasing that Wes Montgomery thing (this is how/why he developed that style, according to interviews - didn't want to wake the family)

Peace - Deeve

[clayfeat]

Originally Posted by Vladimir

That. Sounds good with buckers, not so much with singles.

[b2187101]

If I'm lazy I use my VOX AC30 amplug. If I feel up to it I hit the barn where I have a Fender Frontman 65 and a Squier Affinity Tele with Tex Mex pups. The barn is rough since there are usually dead mice I have to track down, straw, dust etc. But in the barn I am free to crank it. It isn't worth taking my good stuff into the barn since it is somewhat open to the elements. So I keep my $200 set up out there (Frontman Craigslist find, Affinity Tele rather inexpensive, Tex Mex pups free).

[Scantron08]

Originally Posted by Steve G

Tele, no amp. Yes, I have kids!

Same here - that's the main reason for this thread: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-centr...mp-no-amp.html

or I use the headphone out of my old Peavey Rage.

[Steve G]

Originally Posted by Scantron08

Same here - that's the main reason for this thread: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-centr...mp-no-amp.html

or I use the headphone out of my old Peavey Rage.

I hear ya!

Or not, as the case may be..