Practice Room Amps: Why are they so bad and hated?

super trebly Roland jazz chorus which sounds like knives in my eardrums

Yeah. For me it’s bass amps that either give too much boom or too much clank no matter how I set them.

what's a practice room amp, like a tiny low wattage thing? I have a teeny fender pro junior that's the absolute bomb

Jazz Chorus
Marshall half stack
Fender Twin

Actually found some relevant discussion of proper bass amp settings:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/why-so-many-people-on-talkbass-hate-scooped-mids-so-much.976098/
https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Get_To_Know_Your_Bass_Amp_Part_2
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/avoiding-soundguy-boom-clank-by-highpassing.977531/

played a les Paul through this peavey 15” bass amp for awhile , great thick tones , 2 channels
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DeltaBlue115II--peavey-delta-blues-115-ii-30-watt-1x15-inch-tube-combo-tweed

when i bought my house and had enough space to start goofing off with electric guitars again i bought a VHT special 6. flexible wattage and power modes so i don't scare the cats. i very rarely think about it which is the hallmark of a good guitar amp imo.

I recently bought a used Vox Pathfinder 15R which absolutely smokes. I've never heard such a good solid state amp (and it has a real spring reverb).
https://i.imgur.com/frkYKE0.jpg

dude if you need to practice at all it’s you that’s the problem, not the amp

*cracks knuckles, stomps on tube screamer, stumbles through out-of-tune blues solo*

this is the greatest post that has ever been posted on the subject of guitar players.

go home, everybody. nothing else to see here.

maathew, that setup looks perfect for late morning jams and cups of early grey. i approve.

Bought I house so that I would never again have to play through a Hartke combo.

oh, hi. welcome to ilҗor, where matthewk is now maathew.

the red and blue pills are the ones to avoid here, btw.

this is the greatest post that has ever been posted on the subject of guitar players.

hell yeah brother, now let me play you a sweet riff i just learned on my new purpleburst flametop prs doublecut

*haltingly cranks out the opening chords to 'satisfaction' using way too much gain*

Have you guys seen the Nikki sixx web show about riffs? I saw the one with Scott Ian , who busts out his Malcolm young Gretsch, pretty good

That just popped up in my youtube recs today. I'll have to check it out.

what's a practice room amp, like a tiny low wattage thing? I have a teeny fender pro junior that's the absolute bomb

Pretty sure it's one of the standard issue backline amps of history that's left to molder in a dank rental practice space.

Austin it’s *Lady* Grey around here. Rock and roll will never die.

fuck yeah, lady grey is my preference too.🤘

There's a Pathfinder 4x8" stack on Craigslist here but I can't find the time to drive two hours to where it's located (if it's even available).

Fucking hell, I didn't even know they made a Pathfinder stack.

https://reverb.com/item/5399252-vox-pathfinder-15r-smr408-4x8-491-of-750-made-super-rare-head-cab

It was just like that but half the price (and... gone).

Problem solved!

Amp had a “Style” knob I had to turn from 5 to 1.

Ampeg BA-115HPT.

Had a big discussion about gain staging today

Stage that gain brah

Using keyboard amp today

Stagin’ gain for days