“Guitars are aesthetically gorgeous” - Baxter. Three chords and the truth. They are functional works of art meant to inspire personal, well to be redundant, art. Well-built guitars are playgrounds for the senses that have mesmerized me since the ripe old age of 7. Really enjoy your show, gents. Keep the great content rolling!
I have my Yamaha THR in the living room. Its quiet, has wireless built in (no cable for someone to trip over) and sounds good for clean stuff. Also obviously has the standard modeling perks, so i can plug some headphones in if i want, it has bluetooth etc and, most importantly, I can just have it on the shelf and it looks good enough that it doesnt annoy my girlfriend...
@@juanlauda2300 I have a yamaha THR for my kitchen, it's meh. I have a princeton reverb with a tone king ironman ii mini attenuator for my living room, it's heavenly.
Fender Super Champ X2- One channel with perfect blackface clean tone/tasty break-up, and a “modeling” channel that’ll do the job for most any other sound I want. Usually have my Tele leaning against it.
For me personally I absolutely love the Fender Princeton Reverb. It is by far the best amp I have ever owned. It pulls rich tones out of any guitar I plug into it. The onboard reverb and trem effects are perfect.
Best amp I ever owned was a '64 PR. I've never heard another amp that has a Reverb channel that sounded as good as that one. I wish I never sold it, but that's a story for another day.
Baxter and Jonathan, I know you’re not into this, but I use a Spark, a cheap rechargeable wireless system that I got from Amazon, and a CS relic Strat. I don’t use all of the one million things available on the Spark. I made one great clean tone, and one edge of breakup tone and that’s what I use. The amp sits in the unit I have for television and audio, and it just looks like a decent Bluetooth speaker. It’s loud enough for what I’m using it for. It really works well which surprised me because I’m not normally a modeler user.
Agreed. I have a small tube amp and some pedals in the basement but I use the Spark 90% of the time. I’ve programmed the 4 presets to suit everything I need. Definitely not using all of the options but it’s only a quick flip through the app if I need something more.
@@avenue6.554 I have the Spark too, and it's an amazing little amp. Capable of being wayyyy louder than anything you would need in house, versatile, compact. Impressive sound quality and loud for such a small box! Maybe a bit too bass heavy for my taste, but I turn it down and it sounds great!
@@baldbearded9601 I actually plug mine into an audio interface from the headphone Jack and into my computer for doing online open mic performances. I know you’re not “supposed” to do that from the headphone Jack, but my interface doesn’t seem to have a problem with it.
Gorgeous cleans and stereo effect is amazing on a Spark but too much BASS in my unit. I had Bass cut to 0 and still bassy so I sold my Spark off for 220 when I paid 200 total. So 20 profit
Love your takes on all these topics! I plug my Fender Mustang Micro into my Duesenberg. I then listen through IEMs and connect to backing tracks through Blue Tooth. This lets me govern the volume without bothering the family. Our band doesn't rehearse together. We get chord charts and backing tracks from a scheduling APP. Works perfectly!
My leaving room is our bands practice space, Sooo there is drums, keys, PAs and lots of guitars , amps, ect. I'm lucky to live rural area of NC mts and I don't have a significant other. The neighbors can hear us in the summer and usually sit on their porch to listen or come over to hang. It's a special place.
Yamaha THR30II, looks great with a slightly retro vibe, portable, wireless built in, TONS of tone and effects options, and sounds way better then it looks like it should.
Got one too - last 4 months. So far sticking to the Rhythm channel mainly - two notches down on the attenuator - live in an apartment building. Have not had any complaints from neighbors - though upstairs neighbor a musician. I have an SPL sound meter - mostly not going above 70dB. record this way - one ribbon mic. Not living room - bedroom rig.
@@paulcowart3174 Tracking guitars this afternoon (Tele and a Les Paul P-90 special with my Gremlin combo amp - add a few pedals - alternate pickups - turn on some pedal tremolo on occasion - lots of different sound right there - keeping the Gremlin set in the middle of the rhythm channel. all at -9 on the attenuator. closed the door. Amp in closet.
Got a Fender Blues Jr tweed upstairs in the guitar room, “it really brings the room together” (Lebowski reference). And in the living room is a Fender Acoustic 100, my wife got it for me because the wood cabinet matches our wood floors. Couldn’t argue with that. And to beat all, she said today “Why don’t you buy yourself another guitar and put a Christmas tag on it from me.” I’m excited, dumbstruck and very wary all at the same time. 🤔
Now you’ve got to try to figure out if the Christmas present she bought herself is in the Mexican made Fender price range, American made Fender price range, or Custom Shop price range. You could go Custom Shop level and hope for the best.
I only play in my living room. I have two tiny amps tucked around the room, a Positive Grid Spark and a Yamaha THR 10ii. And in the corner I have a Zither stand with one of my three guitars in it (Squier CV Tele, Epiphone LP Classic, Slick SL-57). Two guitars stay in cases under my bed while one is in my living room. I rotate the living room guitar every month. It’s the most my wife will let me get away with in the living room. But it keeps me happy, and it’s all I need. I haven’t been playing long and I’m pretty terrible. But you don’t have to be good to enjoy playing and escape the real world for a bit. 🤘
Hands down the best amp I ever had at home was my Fender Pro Jr. Just the right volume. I loved when I’d walk outside my apartment, see that my neighbors cars were gone, then run back inside and turn it all the way up to play some Layla-era Clapton on it!
One additional perk of the vibro champ reverb is the 10” speaker, making it sound close to a Princeton but quieter. I’d also recommend Bugera’s very affordable 5W Infinium - which looks pretty cool and has attenuation built in.
I am very happy with my office "rig" its a yamaha THR10ii wireless and my prs silver sky. THR has good low volume tones and some nice built in effects.
I use my Spark. I also just brought it along on a bachelor party fishing weekend and it was perfect to jam on and play music through the bluetooth connection. I purchased a backup laptop battery. It is 100% portable.
Today @ 62 years old I have my acoustic 12 string in my living room. Something to grab and play without having to go upstairs to my studio. When I was 18. In my living room in this tiny little house we rented had Altec Voice of the Theater Cabs and my 4-12 guitar cab with a 400 watt head. It was the 70's and I was in college.
400 watts! Geez! My first tube amp was a fender twin in my bedroom at my parents house. That’s when I discovered just how loud 100 watts can be. I think the neighbors might have said something if I’d had 400 watts!
What is best for me is my Player P Bass with a Fender Rumble 40. It can get loud but also sounds great quiet. Only problem is I've already been shunned to the bass-ment. Bass player problems.
For my living room, a Yamaha THR10 is just perfect. Looks great on a shelf and ready to come down and rock. For the TV room I like the POD GO into headphones. For anything else, tube heads and combos.
My 5 watt Swart Atomic Jr head provides everything I need in the living room category. I tend to focus more on speakers and switch back and forth thru a variety of them. Recently played thru a Yamaha THR30II and it's 3" speakers and was super impressed and could be happy with that as my sole living room amp.
My home rig - AmProII Strat & Jazzmaster . Martin 000-15M Taylor 12N. Tonemaster Twin, Walrus OD -FUZZ - DELAY. Strymon El cap , MXR Phase 100 and univibe. Morley Wah, Electro Harmonix Mel9 , Intelligent Harmony Machine. Hologram Microcosm.
When I first got married I had a drum set, Deluxe Reverb and guitar in the living room. Now, I have a rain stick and everything else is in the basement. Also, important to note.....Josh at JHS pedals always has an album review, Baxter always has a movie suggestion.
My living room amp is an Orange Rocker 15 head with PPC112 cab and I’m very happy with it. The aesthetics are untouchable and it has a built in attenuator so I can get full-on distortion all the way down to a home-friendly 0.5 watts. The full 15 is more than enough for jams too.
My perfect "living room" set-up won't score any points for style and kudos, but it happened totally by chance this year - and, would you believe it - it had to be on April Fool's Day! It'd been a tough week at work and I needed to play a bit to unwind. I couldn't be bothered messing about with my usual set-up, so I just plugged my Tonefox Elcaster into my old Yamaha THR10C which had sat semi-forgotten for months. I couldn't even find a pick when I needed it - and I don't normally play without one - but I just wanted to play. And... the result was one of those wonderful WTF moments we dream of in music! The little Yammy had been left dialled in for a perfect edge-of-breakup bluesy tone, and the Elcaster's custom P90s were so expressive played finger-style, I accidentally stumbled onto a sound I've tried to get for years - the perfect combination - going from crystal clean to "valve-like" overdriven purely by the most subtle touch, with a greater range of tones than I'd get with a pick! I've never thought of myself as a "tone chaser" - I've always basically made do with whatever - but that evening opened my ears to a tangible difference. And now I'm left wondering how it happened with a THR10C! I guess it's proof that, just occasionally, magic really does happen!
I play a Dark Gene green in my living room. Half watt amp that gets plenty loud and breaks up into mega gain at ultra low volume. I also use an Ehx 2.5mm solid state power amp pedal when using my pedalboard.
My living room rig for a very long time has been my Xbox with Rocksmith ... a guitar stand, a volume pedal, and the cable. That is, until I took over the small bedroom and turned it into my studio...
I keep a princeton reissue western tolex with wheat cloth finish- a pedal if i need crunch is acceptable for a living room amp. The princeton can make the whole guitar collection sound great. If I had to have amp distortion, the bassbreaker 007 is surprisingly good as is the 15- which can be found in decor friendly colors.
I have a Vox AC30 Custom in my living room, is a valve amp, master volume, reverb, tremolo, even fx loop (that I never use), sounds great at low volume, I had an AC10 but I swear the AC30 Custom is nicer at low volume in the house, maybe extra speakers helps, I have an attenuator but don’t need it. Looks and sounds better than a piece of furniture imho.
I watch y’all’s videos on rerun so frequently that I don’t know if I commented. 😂 My favorite living room rig is my THR30II and Artcore AS53. I have it tied into my record collection and turntable.
I don't know how many folks know about the amp put out by Ibanez back in 2011. It's a 15, switchable to 5 watts all tube head, with white tolex, 3 12ax7's, and 2 6V6's, and a 1x12 cabinet with a Celestion Seventy-80. The amp has so much headroom that to get any dirt you have to dime it, but it has an amazing built in high gain Tube Screamer ( It's an 8, or 9 depending on the spec sheet?), that takes it from a clean Fenderesque sound to a pure Plexi sound. I bought it new in 2011, and took the head to my friend Tom Rodriguez's shop, and played through his Plexi with 4 25W Greenbacks, then plugged the same guitar through the Ibanez head, and into the 4x12 Marshall cab, and the only difference was the Plexi was a bit louder, but the Sounds/Tones were almost Identical. The tubes were very small, cheap Chinese, so I replaced them with JJ's, and it made a world of difference. These days I could probably use it live, but I was so happy they put out a 30 watter, but it had PC board mounted tube sockets, and after 3 returns for noises, and hum that was unbearable, I got my money back, and though I have a Reeves with less than 10 total hours, the Ibanez is the only amp I've used since trying the Reeves which is very similar sounding, but way too loud to be played at home. Lastly Baxter, I just got a message from "what's App" about your RU-vid site, and before I think about answering it, (RU-vid, and Email), I'll give you a call Tomorrow. sorry so long, but if you have not heard of this amp, It is one of the best sounding amps I've owned in 40 years of playing through Boogies, Marshall, Fender, HiWatt, Reeves, Laney, Peavey, and many, many more. the only thing I want to do to it to make it perfect is to swap the speaker for a 25 watt Greenback Peace, call you tomorrow, Keith in RVA
Well... I lost my wife 2 years ago, so I have a bit more latitude in the living room now. I keep a custom 1X12 Mojotone pine cab w/Celestion Alnico Blue, with 2 heads. An Egnater 20W w/6V6 and EL84's, and an H&K 18W. My fav ES335, Custom Gilmour Strat, and PRS Marsden model, Guild D25M and a GS Mini.. If friends stop over I have a Spark amp, and a Vox AC15, w/ a couple Tele's, a G&L Bluesboy and something else I don't remember, oh, the Fender P-bass. If I get any more than that out I force myself to put them back in their room so it doesn't get too crowded. 8) A laptop w/CUBASE, couple mic's and an 18ch A/D are close behind a door also. Just in case. 8) You asked.... 8) --gary
I think more home players will have bedroom rigs, with an amp suitable to take into the living room. I am lucky in that i live alone, but still have to play a low volume to keep the neighbours happy.
I have a few various guitars along with Fender, Vox and Bugera amps spread out through my home. But in the living room is my blonde telecaster and a Yamaha THR5 nestled between a ceramic fish and a few books on a shelf. The amp's nice looking, does what I need and gives off a nice sexy orange glow when I play in the dark.
I have the Yamaha THR 30Wii wireless with my Fender AO strat and Les Paul. I absolutely love it for the living room. My wife doesn’t mind it in there, so lets be honest that’s why its there!! Plus i try and sneak my 65 Princeton Reverb RI in there when i can….Lol
Happy with my Spark on the side table. And we use the Bluetooth to play background music when relaxing, reading or for company. Conversely, I also have a Hotone Purple Haze hidden behind a basket leading to a 1x12 cab behind my dad-chair. My 50w tube Amp and 2x12 stack remains tucked in the garage.
My youngest child is 10 and my dogs are pretty well trained so I get to leave my gear out now without people and dogs touching, dropping, sniffing and licking. My son likes to jam along sometimes too! I have half a man cave; my wife gets the other half for a painting studio; my half is also my office but I have enough room for a “jam corner.” Been collecting gear for almost 30 years so I’m blessed to have a nice rig for living room gigs. Nothing compared to Rick Beato but I can get just about any sound you’d like, unless you’re into modern metal. The only thing I lack is time to play, but it’s a nice view from my desk while I’m working, and sometimes I jam on my lunch break; been working from home for over 10 years.
Feel like im you but ten years younger haha got a ten month old and a puppy cant keep anything out so its all cramped into my home office, been working from home for three years
@@lruddy8820 my son really liked turning knobs so had to keep everything out of reach. We got him a little drum set though and he’s been banging away ever since.
Getting your partner's buy-in is key. Our conversations go something to the tune of "which one do you think looks better?" "Oh, definitely this one. We could put it right here. You should get it. How about we get it for you right now"
I use a Fender Blues Jr IV and a Peavey Envoy 110 Teal stripe mostly.. But when the Neighbor is gone I like to bust out the Fender Ultimate Chorus 2 x 12 so i can feel the Air Move : ) !!
I absolutely love my Blackstar HT-5R . Has the .5 - 5 watt switch and it actually still sounds great at .5 amp is also plenty loud for stage use. I use mine at church. Cranked at 5W that little thing shakes my house 😂
I have a VOX DA20 and it is perfect for my living room. To get an overdrive or dirty sound I change the "style" of amp and it is perfect. Of course that only works on the 1/2 watt setting !
I'm new to the channel guys... But I'm loving it. This video is the subject that has been on my mind. I have a Peavey Transtube 212 EFX, and it is waaaaay too loud for my apartment.
My Peavey Tweed Classic 50 watt works perfect with a 2 x 12 cabinet for guitar. My living room has been transformed into a band rehearsal room and it is awesome ! Low watts are all for the transistor radio players !!! My bass amp is a 900 watt mo'bass by SWR !!
I have a Boss Katana 50 and a Fender Rumble LT25 bass amp. Both budget friendly and sound great. Some of us can't afford the equipment that you mention.
I guess mine is a Mustang Micro. I used to use my old Marshall solid state 15 watt. That looked the part and the sound was honestly pretty great for what it was. I gifted it to a younger guitar player that needed an upgrade.
How I picked my "living room rig".... it's just what I have. LOL I play a Yamaha Pacifica through a Fender Mustang LT25... sometimes with headphones. It's still "too loud" if I crank it up. And I understand some folks look down on modeling amps, but hey, it works and frankly still sounds great. And I use a simple black wooden tall stool, with padded seat. It's all simple, takes up little space, and works way more than fine. That said, I would go "better" if it was in the budget... and I have hopes and plans. LOL But it is what it is. And I have no issues with what I have.
My best piece of living room furniture is a '53 bassman now living in a reproduction wide-panel tweed twin cabinet. The best sounding amp I've ever had and thanks to Armadillo Amp Works it is truly a work of art!
My living room rig is a 3/4 size Marshall 4x12 with only two speakers in it and a DSL40CR on top plus an Orange Rocker 15 Terror on a writing table next to it. I also have my pedal board and about 20 pedals under the table and 5 guitars hanging on the wall. It pays to be a geobachelor without kids.
I can’t afford a living room rig yet but when I can I will definitely go with a relic guitar. As much as you call your kids monsters it’s clear how much you love them and it’s so sweet
I love my Fender Princeton for my living room, and just about any room I'm in, great full tone and the trem is perfection to me. I have a CS Broodcaster that I play around the house, I love the blend nob, lets me get so many great tones without moving the selector switch, and it sounds awesome at low volume. My 67 Gibson Hummingbird is my only acoustic I play at home, I can't help picking it up, it's my favorite guitar I own.
I have a Supro 1605. The master volume lets you get some good breakup without excessive volume, and the blue tolex with silver face just looks so great in the living room.
Fender Super Champ x2 has all you need, no pedals needed. And cheap . Or even a Vox Adio. Yes, I said it! Bob Weir has one of these in his tour bus bedroom. What I do is I have a Super Champ x2 AND a Vox Adio in my living room in stereo. Awesome!
Princeton Reverb. Hand wound offcourse. I have a 99 CS Relic strat, perfect like an old pair of jeans and a limited Ed Artisan. Which is my lone time guitar. This was a great upload.
At the moment mine is a Sewell Texaplex 25 (w/master vol) 4x12 Marshall w/greenbacks and a shell pink partscaster strat. A great addition to my morning coffee
Best looking living room guitar … for aesthetics … on a stand … with a plain carpet … is a cream/white, small pickguard SG with gold hardware, ebony fretboard and trapezoidal inlays. If you put one in your living room it will look so good, your partner won’t let you sell it.
I’ve been using a 1x12 Handwired BF Princeton and it feels like the perfect practice and mic’d gig amp. It has enough headroom to just keep up with a drummer at a rehearsal but it is amazing low down and I can play at like 1:00 am even. It’s the best rig because I can PLAY when I want!!
I have a Monoprice 15 watt tube amp that has a nice cream/vintage look to it. It has a attenuator that keeps the volume down, simple controls but does have reverb so I can get by with just the amp and no pedals. I found the trick to the living room setup is a small cheap wireless unit so I don’t have to have a 1/4 cable snaking around. I can keep a nice looking guitar on a stand, flip a couple switches and play for a bit then put it down with minimal cleanup. I usually play my Fender Bronco so the wireless unit sits on the body and not on the end of the guitar. Looks nice, is affordable, is easy to use, tolerated by my wife, and is fun for me to not have to retreat to my small dungeon under the stairs that holds a bigger setup.
My beastly 60W SuperSonic stays in the Iso-cab at church. I have a Blues Jr. in the bonus but in my office......I have what I think is the perfect practice amp. It's a Footnote 5W pedalboard with a 5 inch speaker built in. Can run up to 8 pedals from the 9V connects. Sits nicely in the corner out of the way. For learning songs, I run my Bose computer speaker system from my laptop and it works great. The volume is low but I can still get decent tone from using my Zendrive into the amp.
I have a Vox VT40+ and it's awesome. Has a bunch of effects and reverb on it and can even change to different style amps. Has a tube in it as well. 350 bucks new. I even plug my acoustic L-00 into it and it sounds good.
Yamaha THR acoustic.. Fender Mustang for the SG and Fender Rumble 15 for the Jazz Bass.....but actually get the the whole basement. Usually no complaints about loudness.
My living room amp is a 59-60(?) Fender tremolux , it does look nice the tweed is dark and stained. It's probably too loud but I live alone and in my mind it's too old and fragile for a gig or practice space and it really should be played, the only pedal most of the time is a Lovepedal COT volume/gain boost and I jumper the channels, my favorite home guitar is my danelectro baritone tuned bass6 E-E which sounds so damn amazing in that set-up with the tremolo set a subtle warble ,,,, god tone
The best living room rig is "No Rig", because I have kids who will break anything that isn't theirs. My gear is all I have that I genuinely tell them they CANNOT TOUCH!
Any small tube amp with master volume and ideally power attention. For me, it's the Blackstar HTr 20: four voicings with foot switch, so no need for pedals. And my custom shop Nashville Tele, which is naturally resonant enough to keep playing unplugged after the rest of the family goes to bed.
