Who here has the LEAST powerful amp, in TERM OF WATTAGE?

[hecube]

I said I'd do it and here it is.

Who has the LEAST powerful amp, in term of wattage.

For my part, I have a Marshall Class 5 which is obviously 5 watts. I use it for band practice.

I also have a Sears Silvertone 1481 which is also 5 watts.

How low can you go?

 

[allwheelz]

I can't imagine using a 5 watt for band practice...are you mic'd going through the board?

 

[redjunior]

Epi Vjr. an anemic 4 watts, five if I kick in the 6V6....
But with an AKG212 in front, at least you can hear it......

 

[hecube]

I can't imagine using a 5 watt for band practice...are you mic'd going through the board?

I gigged with it in a small arena back in 2012.

The sound guy threatened not to put a mike on the cab if I didn't turn the volume down.

 

[CRobbins]

My Roland Blues Cube goes down to 0.5 watts.

 

[Marshall & Moonshine]

I built a tweed Princeton as a 2x10. I think it dissipates 8w, traditionally, but I haven’t measured it and it has higher voltages and a choke instead of a dropping resistor.
I play that thing out all the time and get told to turn down sometimes.
Like mentioned in the “other” thread, wattage doesn’t tell the whole story.

I also have iRig on my phone.

 

[efstop]

My Roland Blues Cube goes down to o.5 watts.

Oh yeah? My Marshall DSL1HR goes to 0.1W!

 

[DotStudio]

My monoprice has a <1w input.

But it won't even turn on without blowing a fuse, so technically zero watts. I win!

 

[Fracture]

I've got a couple that put out nothing,...nada, zip

nothing more than footrests

 

[allwheelz]

You got yelled at with a 5 watt..

 

[hecube]

I can't imagine using a 5 watt for band practice...are you mic'd going through the board?

I sometimes get the "evil eye" at band practice if I get too loud.

 

[CRobbins]

I've got a couple that put out nothing,...nada, zip

nothing more than footrests

 

[efstop]

I guess my AmPlug is pretty low wattage, but it can be plugged into any higher powered amp with an 1/8" input.

 

[James Carney]

My Vox AC4TVH head is 4 watts, but can switch to 1 watt and 0.25 watt mode. Can you go less than 1/4 watt?

 

[efstop]

My Vox AC4TVH head is 4 watts, but can switch to 1 watt and 0.25 watt mode. Can you go less than 1/4 watt?

^Post #7

 

[allwheelz]

I get the evil eye a lot from our other guitarist...lmfao. Our singer/leader/harmonica player really gets into the moment and is always giving me the hand signal to boost up, to the point the our other guitarist gets lost in the mix. Makes me feel like an asshole, but man i love it loud, thats when i seem to shine. I'm just doing what i'm told...

 

[James Carney]

^Post #7

Well I'll be damned. I can't imagine how good 1/10 watt sounds.
My AC4 only really sounds great at 4watt mode, the 1 and 1/4 sounds really muddy and muffled.

 

[efstop]

Well I'll be damned. I can't imagine how good 1/10 watt sounds.
My AC4 only really sounds great at 4watt mode, the 1 and 1/4 sounds really muddy and muffled.

The tubes still get thrashed, but not the speaker, soooo there's part of the tone equation missing

 

[Roberteaux]

My Vox AC4TVH head is 4 watts, but can switch to 1 watt and 0.25 watt mode. Can you go less than 1/4 watt?

I have an AC4TV also.

I just don't know *why* I have it.

--R

 

[cooljuk]

I've plugged the line out of a kidney bean POD direct into a 4X12 for bedroom jamming. That's probably milliwatts.