Right, just do not pay for "Vintage" you will get screwed just about every time. Some guys just love to be sodomized. I see them every dat. Especially in the "High end" shops. You have to watch out for the vocabulary used by the sales person. I can tell when on commission. GC watch out for the extended warranty, as Sweetwater has an automatic 2 years, free.

For real, it’s not impossible to EQ it.

I have the LT25, and I compared it to the Blues Jr. when I got it, and at low volume the LT25 blew it away

Yup, a nice eq pedal before the LT gives it a nice boost too. Even my cheepo Beringer gives the LT a nice kick.

Yeah this wasn’t a fair comparison at all. The point of all the pedals effects is to tweak the tone. This sounds like the bass is too high. Sounds nothing like my LT25 with some tweaks. Will turn off a lot of potential people from buying it.

Amen

A guy I jam with has a Twin tone as his base tone, and it's no way muffled. This is not a fair comparison, because it gives the impression that the Jr is so far ahead. I've owned four Jr's, and sold all of them, not as good as the ProJr's. YMMV

I have an LT25 and it sounds just as muffled, if not worse (when hearing it in person). Do you have any tips on making it sound less muffled? Giving it a little more treble than the base presets usually helps but it tends to sounds so muffled and boomy nonetheless.

Interesting take. I just went from a champion 40 to the LT50 and I think the LT50 is head and toes better than the champion. Sound quality is literally identical but with the LT you have way more customization on your sound compared to the only 8 sounds that come on the champion

@@apocalypticalkitty1 The Champion 50 is a lot newer than the 40 and is much better sounding, but the LT50 may be just as good, and is certainly more feature rich and more versatile, with many more amp models and effects, as well as having direct recording ability thru USB, which the Champ 50 doesn't have

thr 10c or thr 30ii ?

Yes, me too. I also have a replica of a fender champ 600. Only has a volume knob and I got it used. Much less expensive than a Champ hand wired tweed. A pedal or 2 for that for reverb or OD. But the Vibro Champ custom or a used Vibro Champ XD is great for practice and apartment use.

It depends on what you want it for and how much power you need. The Fishman Loudbox Mini is awesome for a lower power and smaller acoustic amp, and for bigger gigs the Marshall AS100 is simply incredible. In between, you'll find the large Fishman Loudbox models and the Marshall AS50

Yeah it felt like they’re trying to sell the Blues Jr here. Pretty disappointing because I like the guy on the left.

Tweaking helps but doesn't change the fact is sounds muffled.

Jr has a separate master volume knob so there’s no need for attenuator.

@@RedLion88 can’t get the most out of the amp with the master volume low. Natural edge of power amp breakup happens around 5 or 6 on the dial. Too loud for home. I know you can get preamp distortion (volume knob at 5/6 ish) and master volume at 2. Would like to see a comparison at low volumes - clean and natural power amp breakup. Best way to achieve great tone at low volumes.

@@paulcavaliere213 Sure. Tone King Ironman II mini to the rescue.

The LT25 has a mid control, but only in the screen tweaks, not on the top panel. I've owned the Kat 50, and I much prefer the LT25, as well as the Yamaha THR10C and the Kat Mini. Those are my three favorite low volume amps for getting great low to mid gain bluesy tones with a Strat or Tele

Do you know any resources I could use to help me build my tone on the LT25? I hate the presets, especially the Fender clean, sounds so muffled with my strat.

Blackstar HT1 or HT5 are amazing- lower power, size and the MkII has now been replaced by MkIII so deals around on MkII. IMO! 😅

We discussed Driftwood in a previous channel . They are a small builder and I (Chris) have never seen or played one of their guitars. They do cover a lot of guitars on their KZfaq channel which is a good way of getting views. Taylor sells tons of guitars and have sold more since the switch. It isn’t a gimmick and there are lots of different bracing patterns from different builders. Like what you like. Also, V-class is patented so no one else can use it.

@@AlamoMusic Their videos are pretty interesting. However, if I were a guitar builder whose starting price for a build was $15,000 I don’t think I would be wasting a minute of my time making KZfaq videos when I could be spending my time building guitars. I completely agree with the “like what you like” comment. It doesn’t matter if the guitar cost $500, $1,000, or $5,000+ if you like it, if it inspires you, and if you could reasonably “afford it” nothing else matters.

@@AlamoMusic hey Chris thanks so much for getting back to me. That’s really good to hear. Yea he said it was a gimmick copied from hundreds of years ago. I was like no I’m pretty sure Taylor came out with that design recently. They’re very arrogant. You all at Alamo are fantastic. Love your channel. Ryan :)

It has a 3.5mm aux input for that

That’s my fear too. I think I’m going to go with a regular amp maybe the fishman mini loudbox? Do you like them?

I’ve been a hard core tube amp fan since I bought my first tube amp in the early 90s. So much so that I’ve only bought one solid state amp (a Fender Acoustic amp-specifically the original Acoustasonic SFX) since then. I completely understand the concern that people have with components in modern digital amps. However, it seems to me that the approach that amp makers are taking is different than the approach of other types of consumer electronics such as cellphones, computers, TVs, or small appliances. Cellphones suffer from planned obsolescence. I’m sure an original iPhone would still work just fine with a new battery (and more memory), but the oldest model of iPhone that Apple still supports from a software standpoint is the iPhone 6s. With computers the the tech and the software advance so quickly that people are also forced to upgrade to stay current. TVs advance quickly also so they have some of the same push to upgrade that computers and cellphones have, but in TVs manufacturers often “cheap out” on components to meet a price point which has caused many lower end TVs to fail more quickly than older TVs ever did. Small appliances are just outright made to be disposable today. On the other hand, in the 20-25 years of digital amps I haven’t really heard of the amps failing (the same is true for regular solid state amps after the first couple of generations from the 60s/early 70s). With amps people seem to be buying the newer models simply because they sound better than the older ones, and because they have more features and are often easier to use. I’m 50 and I doubt I’ll be replacing my tube amps with modeling amps any time in the near future. However, I do have my doubts about how much longer companies will keep making tubes. It’s already to the point where most modern tubes are nowhere near the quality of older ones.

It's the Epiphone 1959 Les Paul, released this year as a partnership between Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop! You can see our review here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntiFn72g0pOXnXU.html

Or they could have simply used the tone controls on the amp to tweak the sound. I have the LT25, and it is NOT lacking in clarity or muddy on the BF Deluxe or Twim amp models. None of the Fender modeling amps are great at really high gain sounds, and a Katana is better for that. But, for low to medium gain blues and classic rock tones they far outperform the Katana, IMO

The LT25 could hold its own if they had bothered to tweak the tone on it. It does have gain and tone controls after all, as well as dozens of different amp models. They went out of their way to use the shittiest sounds they could find on the LT25 to sell a warehouse full of Blues Jrs that they're sitting on, while the LT25s are flying out the door, lol

Right?

No! They tried to make the LT25 sound as bad as they possibly could. When I got my LT25 I compared it to the Blues Jr., and at low apartment volume the LT25 blows the Blues Jr. away. If they had used a BF Deluxe or Twin amp model and tweaked the gain and tone they could have made it sound as good as the Blues Jr.