"Is your amp good?" "Yeah it's 100W!"

Naffa · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:51

Speaking to my ****** of a stepbrother today and he's just got into a band. He probably lied about how long he's been playing for as he thinks he's the dog's.

And he was telling me about his new amp. It's a Marshall.. I asked, "is it anygood?" to which he replied "pff, Yeah. It's 100W". I just managed to stop myself from bursting out laughing. This is a £250 100W Marshall stack. But Marshall + 100W = Must be good. :cool:

Sorry, just wanted to share this escapade.

TripleT · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:53

I don't get it... Yet I'm clueless with instruments and equipment

Mr Nice · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:58

Could have been worse, he could have said 100 watt PMPO!

Zip · 28 Feb 2007 at 17:04

Hes a nob.

Got any photos of him?

1 before shot and 1 after you punch him in the face braking his nose knocking 2 of his teeth out and giving him a a black eye shot

SexyGreyFox · 28 Feb 2007 at 17:57

TripleT said:
I don't get it... Yet I'm clueless with instruments and equipment

I'm lost too and I've got that much equipment I can easily equip two five piece bands with PA.

Big Chris · 28 Feb 2007 at 18:31

So you're laughing at him for now knowing as much about musical equipment as you? Nice one.

I've got a 100w Marshall head with a 4x12 cab and it sounds pretty good to me.

Why not point out the error of his ways and teach him something about his kit instead?

One More Solo · 28 Feb 2007 at 18:37

What he's saying seems obvious to me but then I've always been sharp.

Naffa · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:02

Lol, basically I'm saying that my stepbrother is a ******. Obviously not just because of this, it's just a testiment to the fact that everything to do with him is amazing. I would be nicer about him if I could put up with his behaviour (and believe me, I have a high threshold of this

).

Just hoping it's a DFX and is awful. Hopefully he hasn't bagged himself a JVM on the cheap.

SexyGreyFox · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:17

I might have got this now.
So if we use another example -

Is that guitar you got a good one?
Yeah, its a six string.

Gilly · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:19

Or:

Is that car you've got a good one?
Yeah its a 2 litre.

SexyGreyFox · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:25

By jove we've got it old man.

I was a little confused by the OP.
This type of statement does happen to me all the time.

"andy" · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:34

why is it "not good" just because its lower wattage

if it does the job he needs it for and for a decent price then its "good" imo

TripleT · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:43

O...k...

I think you just have issues with your stepbrother personally!

Is he older or younger than you?

Naffa · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:49

He's almost three years older than me, but he doesn't act it. :rolleyes:

One More Solo · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:51

andy said:
why is it "not good" just because its lower wattage

if it does the job he needs it for and for a decent price then its "good" imo

The thing is how "good" an amp is is nothing to do with its wattage. Something like a Vox AC30 will inevitably be nicer sounding and even louder than the Marshall despite being "only" 30W. You don't quantify how good an amp is by how loud it is.

Naffa · 28 Feb 2007 at 19:52

andy said:
why is it "not good" just because its lower wattage

if it does the job he needs it for and for a decent price then its "good" imo

No no, he thought it was good because it was a mega high 100W.

What One More Solo said.

Nitefly · 28 Feb 2007 at 21:50

andy said:
why is it "not good" just because its lower wattage

if it does the job he needs it for and for a decent price then its "good" imo

Since when has 100wts been a lower wattage

Gilly · 28 Feb 2007 at 23:56

Nitefly said:
Since when has 100wts been a lower wattage

It isn't, someone missed the point.

FWIW my Park 10W amp suited me pretty well when I was starting out and just practicing

Naffa · 1 Mar 2007 at 00:01

If it's a tube amp rather than transistor then 10W would be really loud. :eek:

EDIT: It would probably be quite quiet as the valves would explode.