Good amp for drop tuning

[MikeyL95]

Hello everyone, I'm new here and I'm going to get a Gibson Les Paul Standard soon. My only problem is I don't know what amp to buy. I'd mostly keep this guitar in Drop D and occasionally drop it to Drop C#, Drop C, or maybe even Drop B if I'm feeling crazy. What kind of amp would go good with this? I'd mostly play music like Three Days Grace, Velvet Revolver, etc. I might push it and go for some Avenged Sevenfold or Slipknot, or something along those lines. So I guess I'll need a pretty versatile amp, and I'd love a 50w or 30w combo if possible.

 

[Cygnus X1]

Bogner Uberschall!

 

[rocknhorse1]

Neil Young likes drop D, and I think he used to play a Bassman. Not sure if it was a tweed or a black face. Bet a JTM45 clone would be good for that as well. Those amps will give you quite a bit of sag in drop D, especially if you are pushing them into overdrive, which I am assuming you are. If the heavy sag is not your cup of tea, I used to have a Hughes & Kettner tube 50 that was great for that sort of stuff. It is SS rectified, so not as squishy on the bottom end, and it had 2 channels, each with 2 modes. So you have a Clean, and a crunch, then you have a dirty, and a super high gain. With this, you could set one side of the amp up for your drop tunings and one side for standard tunings. I think it also had a tone stack for each channel. The tone from that amp was blistering. I have a sound clip of a song that was recorded with that amp, the rhythm part, and one of the solos. If you want to hear it I can post it.

 

[Cygnus X1]

Neil Young also had that semi famous 5E3 Deluxe modded for 6L6's.
That would fit the bill.

 

[Drew224]

Given what the OP wants, I would suggest a modern, marshall-style amp.

 

[rocknhorse1]

Given what the OP wants, I would suggest a modern, marshall-style amp.

Thats why I also suggested the H&K. You could also get a JTM45 with an SS recto. Just because an amp is old, doesnt mean you cant get "modern" sounds from it dude.

 

[slowpokerhino]

Peavey 6505. 120 watts of brutality. You can get it modded to run at 60 watts though.

 

[Drew224]

Thats why I also suggested the H&K. You could also get a JTM45 with an SS recto. Just because an amp is old, doesnt mean you cant get "modern" sounds from it dude.

Oh, I know, man. The H&K would be good, and probably cheaper. I don't know. And your description sounds like it's a MV amp. Also a plus for the OP, I think.

 

[rocknhorse1]

Oh, I know, man. The H&K would be good, and probably cheaper. I don't know. And your description sounds like it's a MV amp. Also a plus for the OP, I think.

Each channel has a "master" and a "gain", then there is a global master. This is designed so if you turn it down, it still generates "harmonic distortion" (as H&K marketing called it). It actually sounds almost exactly the same at low volumes. I usually just kept the global master cranked all the way. Like that the amp ran as a regular amp. The direct output was the best direct out I have ever heard, XLR. It was a bit hot, so I just padded it at the board or ran a line pad. No coloring of the sound at all...sounded almost like it was miced. That was a great amp, one of my very good friends has it back in Oregon.

 

[rocknhorse1]

Here is the clip. The last solo in the song was the H&K, as well as the rhythm track. Mostly on the right side if you have headphones on. The guitar is a Strat, The other guitar is a 56 Les Paul Gold Top, all originall, the P90s too.
SoundClick artist: Boondogle - page with MP3 music downloads

 

[Drew224]

I like it!

 

[rocknhorse1]

That is my old roommate's band. My friend Mike on the 56 and my bud Casey, who now owns the amp, played that solo. I did all the recording, engineering, production. I set up all the amplifiers as well. Those guys are great guys, I have known them for a long time. That was a pretty raw recording, not even mastered, doesn't sound bad though.

 

[psc3]

Hey MikeyL95 – For my band Nagato, I’ve been using an 83 Marshall JCM 800. It’s a great platform to start with (quite bare bones - one channel amp) and I usually add a distortion or fuzz in for additional girth.

Paul

 

[LesPauI+SG=Win]

Oranges are good for dropped tuning. What you need is a amp that has a good tight bass response and some good clarity. A 4x12 cab also works the best for me when I drop tune. It pushes more air and just sounds tighter. Mesa make good amps for dropped tunings. The 6505. JCM800's. Soldanos. Bugeras(Yea... bugeras). Randall is also a good choice. Something with alot of gain, clarity, solid state rectifier, 4x12 cab should work