Hi guys,
I've been hunting for an amp for ages, and never seem to be able to find one that does what I need and really thrills me at the same time.
I really need 3 easily accessible sounds when gigging - a nice bright clean, a light crunch/broken up sound, and a relatively high gain lead sound with bucket-loads of sustain. I play in a band, but not too loud (my solidstate 80w Peavey only goes up to around 11 o'clock volume during rehearsals), so I'm perfectly happy to go for something lower powered if it lets me run it at a higher output.
I've tried both the Nomad and Rect-o-verb, but neither really did it for me in terms of tone - they were too dark and sounded a bit too "processed" for my liking...the Nomad especially.
So my questions really are:
1. Do the Lonestar Classic and Special sound brighter and more "natural" than the other two Boogies I tried
2. Could I get those 3 sounds set up without the use of pedals, e.g. have channel 1 set to a light crunch, then back the guitar volume off to clean it up, and channel 2 to be a lead sound?
3. Which Lonestar sounds most suitable for me? I like the idea of the classic being lower powered, but does it have enough gain to give the lead sound I'm looking for? Listening to the sound clips on the Cornford site, a flat out Hurricane sounds exactly how I want it - and that's class A...but does the LSS go that far?
If you guys think it sounds like a Lonestar is for me then I'll check one out in a shop. The reason I'm asking here first is that it is difficult to get a Boogie sounding good when you've only got an hour or so in a shop and no experience with that amp.
Cheers
Jim
I've been hunting for an amp for ages, and never seem to be able to find one that does what I need and really thrills me at the same time.
I really need 3 easily accessible sounds when gigging - a nice bright clean, a light crunch/broken up sound, and a relatively high gain lead sound with bucket-loads of sustain. I play in a band, but not too loud (my solidstate 80w Peavey only goes up to around 11 o'clock volume during rehearsals), so I'm perfectly happy to go for something lower powered if it lets me run it at a higher output.
I've tried both the Nomad and Rect-o-verb, but neither really did it for me in terms of tone - they were too dark and sounded a bit too "processed" for my liking...the Nomad especially.
So my questions really are:
1. Do the Lonestar Classic and Special sound brighter and more "natural" than the other two Boogies I tried
2. Could I get those 3 sounds set up without the use of pedals, e.g. have channel 1 set to a light crunch, then back the guitar volume off to clean it up, and channel 2 to be a lead sound?
3. Which Lonestar sounds most suitable for me? I like the idea of the classic being lower powered, but does it have enough gain to give the lead sound I'm looking for? Listening to the sound clips on the Cornford site, a flat out Hurricane sounds exactly how I want it - and that's class A...but does the LSS go that far?
If you guys think it sounds like a Lonestar is for me then I'll check one out in a shop. The reason I'm asking here first is that it is difficult to get a Boogie sounding good when you've only got an hour or so in a shop and no experience with that amp.
Cheers
Jim