Many people don't realise how loud half a watt actually is. It's definitely not loud enough to compete with a drummer, but it can get louder than most people play when they're playing at home by themselves.
@LilOlFunnyBoy thanks for letting me know. I was debating going up to the TH30 because I didn't know if this head could keep up with a drummer, let alone a venue with a few hundred people.
@@d0nniebr00ke7 I've never been to a venue where the engineer hasn't asked me to turn it down. It's usually running at less than 12 o'clock on the master which is still plenty loud enough to be heard over the drummer on stage. The cab is miced so FOH volume is as loud as you want. If you're not micing the cab then it's not going to be loud enough for anything but the smallest venues.
I'd say for the price, it's still very hard to beat the PRS MT15. The clean channel is good, the boosted clean channel is great. The lead flavor is devastating. With a cheap Harley Benton G212plus Creamback loaded cab, it's nearly impossible to fuck it up. I do run an MXR Smartgate with the lead channel at all times. The thing I've enjoyed the most is the versatility. It does everything I need in a tube amp. Katana 212's do everything else.
The MT15 is a terrific amp. Both channels are very musical. I also love the Revv. I use a D25 combo myself and I’m thinking about picking up the G20, although I’m not much of a high gain guy
The Mesa Boogie Mark Five:25 runs $1599. The Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister Deluxe 40 runs $1479. I’d buy the Victory VX Kraken MKII 50 for $1549 or the Bogner Atma for $1889
I have a Mark V 25 and I love it - four years into owning it and I’m still finding new tones. The EQ being channel assignable and individual reverb knobs are both incredible features
I was looking at the MT15 or Rocker 15 a couple years ago and ended up getting the Rocker. The MT15 has a better distortion channel if you want a real high gain lead, while the Rocker 15 is more of that classic rock gain to me. With a decent pedal I can get into that territory though. I liked the clean channel on the Orange better and being an at home player any more, the volume on the distortion channel was much easier to control. The MT15 volume is very twitchy, which is typical for these lower wattage amps, but it just seemed to be much more hair trigger than the Rocker. If I was gigging still and couldn't mic the cabinet or go direct I wouldn't bother with any of these. Also note that the Orange doesn't come with a footswitch so you have to buy that extra.
I can't believe so many pros have slept on the Boogie 5:25 - I have had one for years and it is awesome and was why ahead of its time. The only downside for me is the Cab Clone as its just not up to standard of modern tech, but, that's the only downfall...
You take a 25 watt amp and try and keep up with a drummer and a rhythm section pushing 111dbs. Your not gonna have any head room. Everything will be on 11 and boosted....just get a 100 watter and an attenuator.....
For real 😮 those things sound terrible even at low volume for room practice cause they just don't have it. Even newbies don't keep them long before they actually get a real amp ! But you say these are great amps 😮 quote "great tones" I don't think so
Strongly disagree. I’ve had an MT15 and it’s been a dream to own for someone who is mostly a gearhead/bedroom guitarist. The MT15 was loud AF when I first got it so I bought a relatively cheap attenuator and now at low volume the tone is 98% as good as no attenuation. I wouldn’t dismiss these so quickly.
