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Originally Posted by Matata
I've always been bewildered by guitarists buying 100 watt amps. 100 watt amps were originally built by Marshall for Pete Townsend because the PA's in that day and age were insufficient to amplify his guitar tone for the arenas that The Who played.
100 watt amps look great on stage, but with modern PA's they have absolutely no practical use. Plus you'd mostly end up playing the amp on 1-2 and would never push the tubes hard, imagine owning a ferrari and only driving it in 1st gear around the block. Sound guys hate guitarists that insist on having a loud amp on stage, it completely ruins the mix.
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This is why I would love something like a Mesa Boogie Lonestar. You can play 10/50/100 Watts. And then have the choice of EL34 or 6L6 tubes. It is also a great clean sounding amp from what I have heard of it.