Scott Henderson Discussion

[gurnisht]

Hi Scott!

Can you please recommend a low wattage amp that can get me close to your tone?
Did you have a chance to try Marshall Studio 20w amps, like SV20 and ST20?

Thanks

[Scott Henderson]

To be honest, I'm not the right guy to ask. I've had no luck at all with low wattage amps, but I haven't tried many of them. I had a Suhr Badger, but that's a class A amp and I like class A/B amps much more. If I was playing low volume gigs, I'd have more of a reason to try them, but we play in rooms where I can use my 100 watt amp with no problem, and I use IR's for recording and can turn my amp up as loud as I want.

[dizzy]

I tried a brown face deluxe—like the suhr hombre—and it got a really marshall -like tone.
I’ll bet through a closed back cab it could sound cool.

[Scott Henderson]

I tried the Hombre with a 4x12 - if the guitar tone is all the way up it sounds pretty good, but that rock 'n roll tone doesn't work for me. I'm looking for a less fizzy, rounder tone that still has a voice-like quality. You can get that with a 100 watt Marshall, if you lower the tone on the guitar and keep the bass knob on the amp very low. Amps without a bass knob totally woof out if the tone knob of the guitar is turned down, and that's what I experienced with the Hombre. That being said, it's the perfect amp for someone who wants to sound like ZZ Top at low volume.