Originally Posted by
John A.
I think some people have a, um, distorted view of how much clean headroom they really need. And newbies who (nowadays) get their info online rather than in person wind up down a bit of a rabbit hole. "Oh, no, you can't play jazz with less than 100 watts! A Deluxe Reverb is just a bedroom amp!" Not.
That, plus class D (with or without a modelling front end) has completely reset the trade-off among size, loudness and cost. I gig (including with drums and horns) with a 20 watt modelling/class-D amp that weighs 10 lbs and costs less than $100. My "big" amp is a Princeton Reverb (nominally, less powerful, but appreciably louder). I can't see needing more amp than this. Most guys I know use similar sized/powered gear.
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