Why You (Probably) Only Need A Small Tube Amp | Why 25 Watts is the Best Tube Amp For Home Use

Which Home Valve Amp Should I Buy? Why you only need a small tube amp, why 25 watts is the "best" wattage & the best home amps for guitar

▶ Amps used in this video:
MESA/Boogie Fillmore 25 1x12 combo amp: https://bit.ly/3tm7Ye5
MESA/Boogie California Tweed 6V6 2/20 1x12: https://bit.ly/3LVTrwl
MESA/Boogie Badlander 25 1x12 Combo: https://bit.ly/45pbfqj
MESA/Boogie Mark Five: 25 1x10 Combo: https://bit.ly/46D8JOi
MESA/Boogie Fillmore 50 1x12 Combo: https://bit.ly/3tm7Ye5

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Dinesh is using the Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s Figured Top - Translucent Fuchsia: https://bit.ly/3F8NHvi
Les Paul Standard 60s Figured Top Blueberry - Blueberry Burst: https://bit.ly/3F8NHvi
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In this video on the best small tube amps for home use, playing live, and recording, Dinesh shows us why a 25-watt tube amp is probably all you need if you’re playing at home, recording at home, or playing small gigs. Dinesh also walks us through the best applications for small tube amps and explains how many watts you actually need for each application—whether it’s blues, rock, metal, or jazz—using a range of 25-watt MESA/Boogie tube amps.

As Dinesh walks us through the best tube amps for bedroom and practice, we get an insight into the key features of each MESA/Boogie amplifier, including the main differences in sound between the MESA/Boogie Fillmore 25, MESA/Boogie California Tweed 6V6 2.20, MESA/Boogie Badlander 25, and MESA/Boogie Mark Five 25.

The key benefit of a small tube amp, and one of the reasons 25 watts is the best guitar amp wattage for home use, is that you can drive these amps harder to achieve pleasing harmonic distortion at lower volumes, meaning we can drive the amp without blowing out the windows!

As each of these amps are versatile, Dinesh also shows us how to set each tube small valve amp for different applications and musical styles, running us through how to use the master volume section and, where appropriate, the attenuator to drop the wattage for high-gain and classic tube crunch at considerably lower volumes.

You’ll also get some first-hand advice from Dinesh on deciding how loud you need your amp to be, when you need to mic up your amp, whether you need to crank the master volume, and when it's best to use the attenuator instead of turning the volume up.

In addition, Dinesh compares a 50-watt guitar amplifier with a 25-watt amp to see if they are actually much louder and what the difference in sound is.

If you’ve ever wondered why you need a small tube amp, and why 25-watt tube amps are seen as the most versatile option for today’s gigging guitarists, you’ll love this 25-watt amp shootout.

0:00 The small tube amp experiment
0:42 The best small tube amp for small venues, practice and home: MESA/Boogie Fillmore 25
6:24 Considerations when deciding what power rating to go for
7:27 The best small tube amp for mid-size venues and gigs: MESA/Boogie California Tweed 6V6 2;20
13:12 The best small tube amp for metal and high gain: MESA/Boogie Badlander 25
17:54 Choosing a small tube amp for home use
18:22 The best small tube amp for home use: MESA/Boogie Mark Five 25
24:02 How much louder is a 50-watt amp versus a 25-watt amp?

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