If you buy one used for a good price, you'll undoubtedly recover 90-100% of your investment if you flip it. It's the safest bet and always in supply and demand. Not a big deal and not worth a $50 trip to an amp repairman. I bought 6 fuses on eBay for $10 with shipping and it's a 3 minute repair/swap job. Playing too long at the lowest wattage will blow a specific "slow-blow" fuse. The one caveat is: if you play uber-quiet at 1/4W, you're going to want to invest in some spare fuses. a total steal for an all-tube amp with an attenuator. I think it's the best all-tube bedroom amp, which sells on my local Craigslist for around $150. It's louder than you'd expect for a 4W, but I won't compete with a 15W. It's a great, affordable amp that people seem to be forgetting about. Might wait till my electronics arrive from Jonesy and they're installed, then take the old girl in and demo the two back to back.Davewrites wrote:I've owned an AC4TV for several years. Neither have built in delay but that's not a big concern for me. (after doing a bunch of research my old LP is most likely a late 70's-80's build) RReverb was good (to my ears) on both, and the tremolo on the Vox is a nice touch and it just looks so damn old-school cool, which fits nicely with the age of my rig The Vox was a bit warmer and smoother, the 25R a bit more clinical but the fender could be dialed in a bit more with it's extra mid-tone control,Īlthough not being my rig it's hard to tell if that mid control is going to be needed. Vox 15R, VT20, Cube20 and also the local shop pointed towards me a Fender 25R that's on sale currently,īoth the Vox15R and Fender 25R will get me the tone I want at the volumes i want without the need for the modelling and other functions of the others. Well, went for a bit of a play with a few mentioned above, with a used Epi LP studio that was on hand. The ones I mentioned were just for contrast, but they are completely different animals compared to what you are considering. In your case, I think you are looking at the right type of amps for your situation. The Marshall 1W amps sound awesome, but they cost a bundle and therefore are outside this conversation. There are the Blackstar HT-1 and Vox Lil' NT to consider as well, and maybe they would work well but I don't have any experience with them. At times, it was my favorite amp of what I had, but I suspect it will not be family friendly for you. The Vox Night Train I had similar results with, but it is quite a bit louder than the HT-5, does not have a headphone jack, and does not come in a combo form. It also has the ability to get quite loud, but I was pleased with the tones I got at what I called bedroom volume as well. The HT-5 has some great tube tone as far as I'm concerned, and with a headphone jack it can be used late at night when anything more than the sound of your electric guitar unplugged is going to annoy someone. I used a Blackstar HT-5 for home playing, and even though I thought it was a good value I still paid about four times the cost of a Mustang 1. I think for the money those amps you listed are going to be hard to beat. Looking around here and a lot of reviews i've short-listed a few that i'll give a trial over the next week or so, but just after some personal opinions on a good match for the styles and hardware from those more educated than I.Īlso a lot of my playing is done with headphones to keep the wife happy, and the rest is just bedroom levels, so i don t need anything with more output.Īnd it's not the amp that's going to sound bad. I'm only a beginner but generally playing some classic rock/ blues and bit of alternative rock (nirvana, green-day, foo fighters) aswell and even (try to) throw in a few Metallica riffs. I like to play mostly clean-ish rhythm as I've had an acoustic for a few years, but a bit of dirt without the need for pedals at this stage is what i'm after really. The amp has no OD, delay or reverb that i'd probably like a new one to have. I've been borrowing a mate's "Drive" 20W bass amp just to assess how the guitar is working and getting it setup and playable. I'm in the market for my first amp to go with my Magnum LP which will soon be filled with a complete new set of electronics from Jonesy, consisting of the Bon Appetit A2 Humbuckers and wiring harness.
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