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    Monoprice 15w Tube Amp with 12" Celestion and Spring Reverb

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    5 hours ago, Twang Gang said:

    At only 15 watts is there much head room for clean tones before it starts to break up?  Is it a bedroom practice only amp?  Or can it stand up to a drummer in a band rehearsal session?  Looks to have some good features for the price, but wondering about it's usefulness.

    Like mihcmac said the BJR is also 15w. My limited experience with the Stage Right is that it is very loud. Loud enough to gig with in a small venue. At home, I have it set on 5w and 2 to 3 on the volume and gain and it's really loud.

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    Monoprice 15w Tube Amp with 12" Celestion and Spring Reverb

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    5 hours ago, mihcmac said:

    I have been listening to these demos with a good sound system, or good headphones, what I hear sounds really good. One thing I listen for is how much noise slips through when they stop playing or switchover, so far not too bad. The Jr may get a few sparkly highs that may not be there on the Stage Right, but since I use P90s I don't think that will be a problem. 

    Anyway I ordered one that should be here tomorrow.

    Congratulations! I think you'll be happy with it. Did you get it for $199.99? I paid $249.99 just 2 weeks ago. They are having a sale on them now.

    https://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=611815

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    Monoprice 15w Tube Amp with 12" Celestion and Spring Reverb

    in The Gibson Lounge

    Posted · Edited by Marky Forrest

    I bought this amp about 2 weeks ago and love it. I haven't had a lot of time with it yet but I plan on getting to know it better this weekend but, so far, I have no complaints. It's a lot of amp for the money and the effects loop is nice to have. As you know, a tube amp is all about the tubes. This one comes with generic no-name Chinese tubes. They don't sound bad at all but a friend, who knows more about amps than anyone I know, recommended I do this to it.

    " I would keep the speaker, but change out the preamp tubes. JJ ECC83s Gold pin for v1, standard jjs for v2 and v3. The tubes are the amplifier. The rest of the parts are just there to make them work. The quality of your tubes =the quality of the amp. V1 makes the most difference. A NOS in v1 can make a startling difference in the flavor of your tone. A Telefunken will be clean and articulate. An Amperex Bugle Boy will have a minor rock flavor. An old EI smooth plate from Yugoslavia has a full on Stones edge.
    A longer reverb tank would sound lusher than the short one. I tried to install a long tank in a BJR, but it was 1/2 " too long. Tin snips on the sheet metal at the ends took care of that and it fits and sounds excellent.    "

    So I'm going to decide this weekend if I'll change the preamp tubes or not. I most likely will. The reverb tank really isn't bad so I'll let it be for now.

    I recommend this amp. It sounds close to a Blues Jr but it is way cheaper and has an effects loop. It really is very cool.

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    One for the Trekkies - Picard trailer

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    1 hour ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    We stream TV at our house and its on CBS All Access.

    I really want to start doing that. My satellite bill just went up and it's getting ridiculous when I think of paying for satellite, Netflix and Amazon Prime. Would you share the service/s that you recommend? I would like to keep the channels that I like, just not all the dumb ones. It seems like there's a channel for everything and I watch less than 10 channels regularly.

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