Holy Headroom (No more guitar shopping)

[Tim Weaver]

Just had a chance to play a session with my band using a Fender Princeton Reverb. My own amp is a Vox and breaks up pretty easily; I crank the master volume and keep the channel volume really low to try and compensate for a cleaner tone.

I “knew” that I needed more headroom in an amp, but I didn’t understand the difference until I spent a couple of hours without distortion in my sound! The band is all acoustic and we were in a small room so I kept the volume around 3.5.

The conclusion is I need to stop browsing guitars online, and devote time to researching and buying an amp upgrade.

[Rick Barnhart]

New or vintage?

[Brad Bechtel]

Moved to Electronics from Steel Without Pedals.

Sometimes you forget that your entire signal chain from guitar to cord to pedal(s) to amp is responsible for your overall sound. There's a reason why the Fender tube amps have been the standard for so many years.

[Tim Marcus]

the amplifier is the most critical part of your sound

[chris ivey]

that princeton won't sound clean if you have to play with any real volume. you must have been playing very softly. i would suggest at least playing through a designated steel amp before making a final decision.