Indeed! If there's one thing that can be done in this house, it is enjoying music.
I don't ever realistically have much of an issue with the volume being too low. I can almost always find a way to make it louder!
I'd ask how many watts worth of amps you have in your house but I am guessing that would be getting into imaginary numbers.
Edit: Amplifiers the sound kind not amps the electrical kind, and that was my attempt at a joke.
You can ask, but the answer is, "I'm not sure. I haven't kept very good inventory statistics that will allow me to easily get that number."
I do have an inventory list and I keep that up to date, but it doesn't include output wattage. Some, I'll know off the top of my head and I'd have to actually go find others.
I seem to recall our peak (we can go bigger) on stage is about 8,000 watts - including monitors. I'm pretty sure I can exceed that at home, but I'm pretty sure I've never done it and don't actually plan to. I suspect I have that capacity. I can check my inventory list, but I'm pretty sure I have right around 40 amps, with maybe 50% of them being amp heads. I have various pre-amps, as well.
There's more in the garage and in storage and those probably aren't on an updated inventory list. Some will be in various conditions, including some that don't work at all. They're either ones I've broken and never bothered repairing, or they're something I bought that was known to be non-functional.
Err... Just so you know, amps are pretty repairable items - usually. The older amps are much easier to repair, but you can repair the modern solid-state stuff by just learning to reflow solder.
And, 'cause I'm already here...
I make it a point of pride to say that I've never once sold one of my guitars. That's a rarity among serious guitar players. I've given a few away - but I've sold none of them. I've not traded any.
Amps, on the other hand? I've traded, sold, and purchased many. Very few amps hold a lot of value to me. There's certain models that may have been made for a limited time, and those will hold some personal value to me. But, I can generally get a "close enough" sound from most good amps, as I do a lot with pedals and processing the signal.
Even replicating tube amp warmth is possible with today's solid state.
Finally, instruments are one of those things that are okay to buy used - but you're likely to get better results if you are knowledgeable in the subject. A person who doesn't know anything about guitars should probably not buy their guitar used from a pawn shop - as an example. Even unscrupulous music stores may rip off someone who doesn't know what they're doing.
So, I've purchased many used amps (and guitars). They're usually priced well.
I guess that wasn't finally - 'cause I want to add this.
It's fairly well known, locally at least, that taking your musical instrument to a pawn shop is not needed. It's also known that posting an ad online is also not needed. Locally, people know that I'm generally willing to buy their used guitars and equipment - and may well buy other musical instruments.
If someone comes to me with gear, there are pretty good odds that I'll give them a fair market value. You can not buy your guitar back from me. You can buy your other equipment back, but I do not sell the guitar back at any price. Once a guitar enters my collection, it stays there - except in a few very rare cases where I've gifted guitars. Most of my gifted guitars were new guitars and not a guitar from my collection.
The eldest hoodlum is a unique person. I have given her two guitars from my collection. She can borrow, and play, almost any guitar I own - but I have gifted her two of them from my collection. Her birthday is coming up and she will be getting a new guitar - and it will be new, from the factory, and not one from my collection.
Wow she sounds pretty damn lucky. I hope show knows it. You seem like a pretty generous guy when you decide to take someone under your wing. A teacher that knows something like music as well as you do is a rare thing. A national treasure I'd almost say.
I do have one question, what is tube amp warmth?
8,000 watts is nothing to sneeze at. Thats a lot of sound.
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