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DI + miking it will give you more than enough cut in the mix, for sure--the DI box VENTGtr reccomended is a good thing to use and have, check it out

12AT7's are good for that mid-range ,lower gain tone--I used to have a Randall T2 head and had to change the 12AT7 driver on the amp, due to the sound fading in and out--it was used for the driver stage to the MOSFET power amp section of the Randall [this is when I first got it]--The Randall wasa hy...

right on, bro'--I'm new around here, too-- BTW: I was there a coupleof weeks ago and survived the 'Haboob' dust storm--my family was driving out to Chandler one night when it was approaching--as soon as we got off the off ramp, total brown darkness hit us--damn, glad we drove slow and survived it--h...

you know it, dude, LOL!! We'll see once I get familiar with it--I can hardly wait to plug my pedals into that thing , should be epic!!

new owner of a HT20--it's on layaway at my fave shop, Guitar Trader in San Diego---I basically went there on a whim and was delighted to see the HT20 in-stock---I played it and was floored, hence the layaway--I've owned many amps [Randalls, Laneys, Mesas, Marshalls, Carvins, Crates, Line 6, Bugera, ...

Thanks, Bro, I appreciate it--and yeah, I'm already thinking about putting in either Rubys or JJ Gold Tip ECC83s for the preamp section--I might also go with EH EL34s /Mullard Reissues for the power-amp section, since I did that with great succes on my afore-mentioned Mesa DR head [it was like takin...

I'm new around these parts--I'm usually on the 'My Les Paul' Forums---today, I went to my local guitar shop, Guitar Trader in San Diego, CA-- and tried out a Blackstar HT20--needless to say, I was floored and immediately put it on layaway to pick-up later this weekend--I've gone through amps like wa...