Maybe wider doesn't necessarily means "better". If it has more width but you find you only get usable tones out of a short sweep, that is, not in the extremes, then you'd be better off getting the one with the shorter, but more useful, sweep.

I think that depends on the pickups, amp, and the style of music.If you compare all brands, there's a lot of variety in overall eq's, articulation , and sweep.And there's an even more significant discussion regarding what cuts through a live mix, and what gets lost,- just as with OD's and Fuzzes. Overall, the sound that cuts through is going to seem harsh when played solo; this goes double with more than one guitar or keyboards.Unfortunately, many of those details that we get hung up on just get washed out or buried.

When you say vintage tube amps, do you also mean new Fender Bassbreakers? I care about gear that withstands the rigors of touring. What do you think of Axe FX and Line 6 Helix floor multi fx pedals? Do you think they’re less resistant than tube amps?

@@Chris-tf6xo Well, tube amps, I’d differentiate between vintage, being point to point hand wired, which is the easiest to work on, and modern, also using tubes, but using printed circuit boards instead of point to point, which you can still work on, but not as easily as point to point. The Bassbreaker is almost certainly a printed circuit board amp. They can be a bit more prone to failure I think. I did watch one video review of a Bassbreaker on the In the Blues KZfaq channel, and the amp failed and started smoking while they were demoing it, which is a little troubling, but doesn’t necessarily indicate it’s a bad amp (they *were* cranking it on full, maybe more so than it would be used by a normal person in real life). As far as digital modelling, I initially was sceptical, because they are digital, and when digital gear fails, you pretty much just have to throw it away. I’m starting to come around on modelling though. I think it can sound good, it’s certainly convenient, and as long as it’s not something you’re hoping to hand down to your kids and their kids, it’s reliable enough. My main sticking point on modelling is that, I refuse to pay high prices for it. I think it’s ridiculous that some modellers and digital amps nowadays cost as much or more than tube amps. The basic sound source is software that you can get in an app for your phone for super cheap. Yet when they put it in hardware form, they charge hundreds to thousands for it? That’s a load of bull**** as far I’m concerned. So yes, I’m all for modellers, but just don’t go for the expensive ones. They basically all seem to sound very similar to each other, regardless of price.

@@darwinsaye There’s still debate wether well built circuit board tube amps or hand wired amps are better to maintain. I like the Bassbreaker 30r because of its sound and it’s less heavy than a Bassbreaker 15. Especially for its Plexi like sound.

It surely needs a mod out of the box though. “2 diodes cut to prevent tube failure” and I’d immediately replace it with Mesa Boogie tubes because the stock ones are cheap unbranded tubes.

@@Chris-tf6xo I was surprised to learn when I looked into the Bassbreaker line that they were all completely different amps. I had assumed because they are a “Bassbreakers” they they were all trying to emulate a Bassman/Bluesbreaker, just with different levels of power and size, but apparently the 45 is to only model that really follows that topology.

Going by the gut shots of the circuit board it must be the 847a, my USA-made V847 looked completely different, and since I swapped out the stock green dot inductor for a Whipple and fitted an ICAR taper pot it blows my V846-HW out of the water

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