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Old 01-13-2012, 12:23 AM
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Default Which amp would you buy?

If you were about to add another amp to your arsenal and these were your amps to choose from:

1) Fender blues Jr
2) Roland Cube 80
3) Ibanez Wholetone
4) Fender HR Deluxe III

Which one would you buy for home practice and some jamming with a small jazz ensemble?
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Old 01-13-2012, 02:02 AM
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Fender HR Deluxe III is the one I'd choose from that batch. 40 watts of tube tone.
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Old 01-13-2012, 08:10 AM
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40W is a little high for home practice.. I have a blues Jr and even that is pushing your luck for a tube amp (although I love mine after I upgraded the reverb tank)

Cant comment on the others.
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Old 01-13-2012, 08:25 AM
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I haven't tried a wholetone, i'd be most interested in that model.
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I agree with Mr.B I have a vintage Ampeg 1x12 tube amp as well as a Cube 80XL. I would like to try out the Wholetone with its 1x15 and see how it compares to the Cube 80XL.

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Old 01-13-2012, 10:27 AM
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I have two 40 watt amps for home practice....solid state Cube 40x, which I find perfect and an old original USA made HRD...the Hot Rod is way too loud for home practice IMO..it's a bit harder to get a good tone at low volume.

I honestly wish I would have bought the Blues Jr. rather than the HRD.
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it depends. Do you have a car? If you don't, I wouldn't choose none of them.
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Old 01-13-2012, 11:02 AM
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I'm curious about the Wholetone, too. I love 15" combos.
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Old 01-13-2012, 11:38 PM
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As I have mentioned in other threads the last few days, I am loving my Wholetone. Clean jazz sound with my archtop and plenty of volume for my needs. They are hard to find for testing, though.
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