DetroitBlues Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I'm looking for some thoughts towards a very low wattage tube head I can use on my extra 1x12 cabinet that is collecting dust. I need loads gain for it, so a seperate gain and volume control would be nice. What designs are available out there, either DYI or retail head? I've already figured low wattage for the gain I want so 5W or less.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The Laney Cub head springs to mind, 15w / 0.75W "" The all new CUB HEAD finally gives players access to great British valve tone like never before. The retro styled CUB HEAD features a top mounted control panel consisting of the following; gain, treble, middle, bass, volume, tone and reverb. Dialling in a great valve tone is simple - select your input - 15 W or <1 W : more on these controls in a moment, dial in your tone, add a taste of high quality reverb and away you go. The CUB HEAD houses 3 x ECC83's in its preamp and 2 x EL84's in the power amp section, all hand selected to give the best valve tone possible. Lets go back for a moment and look at the inputs on the CUB HEAD. The CUB HEAD has two input options, one giving you 15W RMS of valve tone, the other giving you a huge valve sound, but cutting the output down to .75 of a Watt. .75 of a Watt might not sound like much, but it allows you to drive the output section really hard and generate some very pleasing power amp compression and pleasing break up giving you that holy grail of guitar tone! The rear panel of the CUB HEAD houses two speaker out sockets in 8 & 16 Ohm options, a footswitch socket for switching the reverb and an effects loop consisting of a Send/Line out socket and a return socket."" The all new CUB HEAD finally gives players access to great British valve tone like never before. The retro styled CUB HEAD features a top mounted control panel consisting of the following; gain, treble, middle, bass, volume, tone and reverb. Dialling in a great valve tone is simple - select your input - 15 W or <1 W : more on these controls in a moment, dial in your tone, add a taste of high quality reverb and away you go. The CUB HEAD houses 3 x ECC83's in its preamp and 2 x EL84's in the power amp section, all hand selected to give the best valve tone possible. Lets go back for a moment and look at the inputs on the CUB HEAD. The CUB HEAD has two input options, one giving you 15W RMS of valve tone, the other giving you a huge valve sound, but cutting the output down to .75 of a Watt. .75 of a Watt might not sound like much, but it allows you to drive the output section really hard and generate some very pleasing power amp compression and pleasing break up giving you that holy grail of guitar tone! The rear panel of the CUB HEAD houses two speaker out sockets in 8 & 16 Ohm options, a footswitch so The CUB HEAD can be paired with any Laney cabinet but is ideally suited to the CUB CAB. "" http://www.laney.co.uk/show_prod.php?prod=cub-head Haven't tried one yet myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Vox L'il Night Train or Blackstar HT-5. I've got the 15W Night Train but haven't tried the L'il Night Train. I'm told it's in similar sonic territory, just less watts. The Blackstar will put a great big goofy grin all over your face every time you play through it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted May 20, 2011 Author Share Posted May 20, 2011 Vox L'il Night Train or Blackstar HT-5. I've got the 15W Night Train but haven't tried the L'il Night Train. I'm told it's in similar sonic territory, just less watts. The Blackstar will put a great big goofy grin all over your face every time you play through it I've thought about the Blackstar HT1R, but KBP810 gots some secrets up his sleeve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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