Lightweight/grab'n'go amp - advice

[mani]

My question would be what it delivers that the Mustang 3 doesn't given that it's well over twice the price? It's almost an identical weight seems to do a fairly similar job and at least one online poster says he replaced his T60 with the Mustang on the basis that the M3 sounded as good and was easier to use. Presumably at 100 watts the Fender is at least as loud? Suspect the Mustang would be an easier re-sell as well.

The new Mustang amps have a price/feature ratio which is hard to beat on paper. As for loudness, it all depends on if the low end can thump like a valve amp. It's worth taking your favourite guitar and A/B a few amps at a good retailer.

[bertie]

Remember SS "wattage" is usually higher since you don't get generally the output stage saturation/compression; which isn't all that relevant for cleans.

confused.com. Wattage is wattage and volume is volume. They might be connected, but they aint the same.

I think what you're trying to say is that due to a number of factors, including how amp volume is actuallu measured (ie before power section break up), a valve amp would appear considerably louder than a s/s amp of the same wattage.

or may be not

[ICBM]

confused.com. Wattage is wattage

There's no such thing as "wattage" . It's *power* .

Solid-state amps do genuinely not sound as loud as valve amps for a given measurable output power, either. There are real physics/electronics reasons for this, including - but not only - that solid-state amps are rarely driven into power-stage distortion. (Because they usually sound crap and often blow up when they are.)

[bertie]

There's no such thing as "wattage" . It's *power* .

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oh you know what I means

[ICBM]

oh you know what I means

I does. I just thought it was funny coming after the confused.com .


It's a difficult subject - a lot of people really believe there are "valve watts" and "solid state watts"... there aren't, they are exactly the same. But valve amps really do sound louder!