“Best” aka your favorite Lunchbox Amps?

[eclecticsynergy]

Friedman PT20. Incredible hot British tone. A better Marshall sound than most Marshalls I've owned.
With one 12" it's plenty loud enough to play with drums and bass, even for gigs.

Remarkably good master volume circuit, too - it sounds fantastic even at low levels.

No channel switching - only does the one thing but does it really, really well.
I use mine with a single Celestion (Vintage30) in a custom cab.

[Ascension]

PRS MT 15. Small lightweight and will rip your head off! Will spank many full size 50 watt amps in both clean headroom and overall volume. Not just passable clean great cleans and the crunch side is jaw dropping. Don't buy one thinking it's a bedroom practice amp only oh no these are serious amps and many big name artist are running them on stages and in the studio they are not a little toy!! Love mine!!
Here is a buddy of mine with his MT 15 on stage.

[Ascension]

My MT 15 outdoors on a little Tweaker cab loaded with a old GT 12 75. Running only a old DD 3 delay and a Neunaber Wet Verb in the loop. Only running around 9 oclock on the volume here BTW.

[Ascension]

My MT 15 unmiced running just the wet and a DD3 at a local church event. Wicked little grab and go set up!!!

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Great choices in here..
the DSL 20 rips!
The prs mt15 is great!
I've been thoroughly impressed with these little joyo bantamps!
Also the 6505mh is every bit a 6505...

[Securb]

Seems like that one is about 20dB too loud as well. But it does look awesome.

Sorry, I quoted the wattage on the Classic 20 incorrectly, it is 1-5-20 watts.

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Sorry, I quoted the wattage on the Classic 20 incorrectly, it is 1-5-20 watts.

Welllllll thennnnmm....

[dystrust]

It's more than 15 watts, but I'm a big fan of the Marshall 2525H Mini Jubilee. Two channels if you want to use them, or the lead channel cleans up really well if you don't. On the 20W setting it's plenty loud for a small gig, and the master volume is excellent.

[v8stang289]

I guess both my everyday amps could be considered "lunchbox" amps
an Orange Micro Dark and a DSL1HR
The Orange is really versatile, has good cleans, does a really good blues, classic rock, and gets close to classic metal. It also takes pedals well and the 20 watts gets pretty loud with my 2x12 cab.
The Marshall's clean channel is a bit ice-picky, but the ultra gain channel is awesome. With the gain at 12 o'clock and a tubescreamer in front, it nails 80's Metallica. Turn the gain down a bit and dial the mids up and GnR is right there. Turn the gain down a little more and kick off some blues.
Both are killer amps in the price and wattage range IMO. I tend to use a whirlwind selector and use the Orange for cleans/light overdrive, and switch to the Marshall for distorted tones.
For versatility and as a pedal platform, I'd probably go with the Orange. But I'm glad I can have both

[solspirit]

Don't these things pierce your ears?

[misterwhizzy]

I think the Jet City 20 watter is hard to even put in this category. Even at 3, which is about 10:00, it’s loud, where you’d have to yell to hear in the same room through a 2x12. My suggestion would be a Blackstar HT-5.

[Securb]

Wouldn't it be nice if lunchbox amps had a little compartment on the side where you could store a sandwich? Part way through the gig you could reach in the amp, pull out the sandwich and nosh.

[beaubrummels]

Wouldn't it be nice if lunchbox amps had a little compartment on the side where you could store a sandwich? Part way through the gig you could reach in the amp, pull out the sandwich and nosh.

Or at least have The Flintstones, Hot Wheels, Evil Knievel, and Wonder Woman on the outside.

[JamesPaul]

My Peavey ValveKing II MH. Enough gain to keep up with my JSX or Triple XXX. Falls in between their Classic 20 MH and 6505 MH offerings. 20-5-1 watt switchable and sounds great on my 112 or 412 cabs. No pedals, but I will usually dial it in on a relatively hot Ultra tone and roll down the volume knob on the guitar as needed. If I need a clean tone with it, I will switch between channels, and switch the Boost on. This latter setup requires more dialing, but eventually I can get it there.

[Ascension]

One thing to consider here. I run a small amp mostly because they are light and portable as grab and go rigs for small gigs. I have found that many of the mini heads in particular don't really play nice at bedroom levels. Examples would be the Jet City (owned 2 of the 22H 20 watt channel switching heads a regular and a Custom) my Boogie F 30 the PRS MT 15 ect. On the other hand I have had and still have 50 to 100 watt full size amps that are very good at lower volume tones. My 50 watt real US built first gen PRS Archon for example is much easier to control at bedroom levels than my little MT 15 is. Small size and low wattage doesn't necessarily mean the amp is easy to use at low volumes!! Just be aware of this!