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  • Barrygoosey
    Barrygoosey Posts: 55
    DE4173 said:
    🫣 Quick bump for any opinions on: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/IDCORE40V4--blackstar-idcore-v4-stereo-40-40-watt-2-by-6.5-inch-digital-combo-amplifier

    The first video above ("Ok, now I get it") is probably the best of the three and has me excited about it.

    Thanks for your time! 🤘🫡
    I can't speak to the 40, but one of my amps is an id100 and I love it. Great cleans and dirt. My only complaint is the effects are a little goofy with the 4 button switch. But the delay is amazing. 
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  • DE4173
    DE4173 Posts: 3,482
    Thank you! The 40 should arrive tomorrow! 🤘🔥
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  • DE4173
    DE4173 Posts: 3,482
    Welcome to your new home! 🤗




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  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 2,007

    Does anyone know if this is a decent amp?? Thanks so much 
  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,336
    May 30th said:

    Does anyone know if this is a decent amp?? Thanks so much 
    That is a VERY good sounding receiver. I used to have the next step below that one in the previous series. (SX-626). I actually bought it from someone here on the forum. 

    Pair it up with some efficient speakers and it will play plenty loud for most people, regardless of it relatively low power output. 
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  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 2,007
    dudeman said:
    May 30th said:

    Does anyone know if this is a decent amp?? Thanks so much 
    That is a VERY good sounding receiver. I used to have the next step below that one in the previous series. (SX-626). I actually bought it from someone here on the forum. 

    Pair it up with some efficient speakers and it will play plenty loud for most people, regardless of it relatively low power output. 
    Thanks for the info!!
  • BIGDaddyWil
    BIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,101
    May 30th said:

    Does anyone know if this is a decent amp?? Thanks so much 
    Yes it's a great receiver! Enjoy the hell out of it!
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,336

    Just added this guy 


    Very cool! Congrats!
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  • DE4173
    DE4173 Posts: 3,482
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,821
    DE4173 said:

    No.  No they are not.  Give me an amp with six or so knobs vs a box that can do a million things anyday.

    But if you gig at places that run out of a PA, they have a use.  Plus you don't have to carry a huge pedal board.  

    But I guarantee you will be playing your guitars much more often with an amp and it will be a lot less frustrating.  
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 26,239
    Jason P said:
    DE4173 said:

    No.  No they are not.  Give me an amp with six or so knobs vs a box that can do a million things anyday.

    But if you gig at places that run out of a PA, they have a use.  Plus you don't have to carry a huge pedal board.  

    But I guarantee you will be playing your guitars much more often with an amp and it will be a lot less frustrating.  
    i agree. i prefer amps. i bought a headrush prime last year. it sounds good, but because of the amound of knob tweaking and volume matching and shit you have to do to set it up and create usable presets i have basically given up on it. i do not plan to ever gig with it, but i do use it at home a fair amount. plus the frfr speaker sounds too wooly. sounds nothing like the tones i get running straight into the pa. i have basically given up on ever mastering that thing.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,336
    I use a Darkglass Element for bass practice at home. It was IR cab models and can easily be used with headphones. I could probably use it in place of my amp but it just doesn't feel the same. 

    Maybe it's different with some guitarists but if I can't feel the bass shaking shit and moving air, I don't want it. 

    For electric and acoustic guitar,..... still amps for me. No substitute for the real thing, even though new gen modeling is better than ever. It has more to do with how an instrument responds to different touch and technique than how it sounds. The new modelers, profilers and amp sims SOUND great, but the feel and touch response isn't quite there yet. 

    (The Fender Tone Master amps might be the exception. Those things are really impressive and weigh hardly anything.)
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 26,239
    dudeman said:
    I use a Darkglass Element for bass practice at home. It was IR cab models and can easily be used with headphones. I could probably use it in place of my amp but it just doesn't feel the same. 

    Maybe it's different with some guitarists but if I can't feel the bass shaking shit and moving air, I don't want it. 

    For electric and acoustic guitar,..... still amps for me. No substitute for the real thing, even though new gen modeling is better than ever. It has more to do with how an instrument responds to different touch and technique than how it sounds. The new modelers, profilers and amp sims SOUND great, but the feel and touch response isn't quite there yet. 

    (The Fender Tone Master amps might be the exception. Those things are really impressive and weigh hardly anything.)
    i agree. i always used to say when i plug into and amp and hit an E chords and if it does not rattle my balls it is not what i need. i do not get that with the headrush, so i totally relate to what you are saying. 

    those tonemasters are pretty sweet. i just am not a huge fan of fender amps in general so i don't really have a need for one.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,821
    I found a Sweetwater mini catalog from Summer of 2023.  A fender princeton tonemaster was $800.   Now they are $1300.   :|


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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 26,239
    Jason P said:
    I found a Sweetwater mini catalog from Summer of 2023.  A fender princeton tonemaster was $800.   Now they are $1300.   :|


    wow. can get a real one for that price.
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  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,550
    dudeman said:
    I use a Darkglass Element for bass practice at home. It was IR cab models and can easily be used with headphones. I could probably use it in place of my amp but it just doesn't feel the same. 

    Maybe it's different with some guitarists but if I can't feel the bass shaking shit and moving air, I don't want it. 

    For electric and acoustic guitar,..... still amps for me. No substitute for the real thing, even though new gen modeling is better than ever. It has more to do with how an instrument responds to different touch and technique than how it sounds. The new modelers, profilers and amp sims SOUND great, but the feel and touch response isn't quite there yet. 

    (The Fender Tone Master amps might be the exception. Those things are really impressive and weigh hardly anything.)
    I've got a Tone Master and I love it. It looks like it's going to weigh a ton and then you pick it up with one hand easily. I don't play loud, so it's perfect for me. Got it for a good used price.
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  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,336
    dudeman said:
    I use a Darkglass Element for bass practice at home. It was IR cab models and can easily be used with headphones. I could probably use it in place of my amp but it just doesn't feel the same. 

    Maybe it's different with some guitarists but if I can't feel the bass shaking shit and moving air, I don't want it. 

    For electric and acoustic guitar,..... still amps for me. No substitute for the real thing, even though new gen modeling is better than ever. It has more to do with how an instrument responds to different touch and technique than how it sounds. The new modelers, profilers and amp sims SOUND great, but the feel and touch response isn't quite there yet. 

    (The Fender Tone Master amps might be the exception. Those things are really impressive and weigh hardly anything.)
    I've got a Tone Master and I love it. It looks like it's going to weigh a ton and then you pick it up with one hand easily. I don't play loud, so it's perfect for me. Got it for a good used price.
    Cool! I got to play a '66 Fender Strat through a Tone Master Twin Reverb at a local shop a while back and was thoroughly impressed. It very much sounded and felt like a real deal Twin Reverb. 

    If I needed an amp for playing outside of my home, I think the Tone Master Twin Reverb or Super Reverb would be it.
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