'Imitation' Tube amp ?

[Securb]

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That is the holy grail of the guitar industry.

[allbutromeo]

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I'll second the Fender Super Champ XD & X2. It tube and modeling, and if you put it next to a 20w amp you probably won't notice any difference in volume.

[Nostalgic Distortion]

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I'm looking for either a relatively cheap tube amp or a solid state/modeling that can replicate a 'tube amp' sound. It has to be at least 20 watts
Any suggestions?


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Lol, you & everyone else!!! Your price range & the style of music that you play would be quite helpful to us if you're looking for amp suggestions, but on the fly the Fender X2 Super Champs are great bang for your buck valve amplifiers. One channel is essentially just a Fender Blackface, plain and simple, channel 2 is full of models to chose from, most of them are even useable, LOL! Some of the models are great others are okay but if you use Fuse in conjunction with it you can really fine tune them & the X2 takes pedals very, very, well!

I've got the head & cabinet but the combos are definitely cool too! I often pass over much more expensive amps to play out of the X2! It doesn't do any one thing perfectly but it does a whole bunch of stuff pretty well & it's super easy to find your tone. The onboard digital effects are quite good for the price but I still prefer to run real stomp boxes, mostly because it takes them so dang well! I guess most Fenders amps do, but I don't use my Holy Grail or H.O.F. for reverb? The amp's digital reverb is just as good as any pedal on the market for under $300...

Oh, they're only 15W amps but 15 tube watts isn't like having a 15W S.S. Fender Frontmam or something like that, actually 15 Tube watts will blow any 50w Hybrid or S.S amp out of the water as far as actual output goes. Plenty loud enough for jamming with a moderately aggressive drummer & even playing smaller gigs...

[ehdwuld]

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Most of the transtube Peavey amps sound great

The Peavey Classic is fine little tube amp

I have a Laney SS amp that sounds good to my ear
I have a Roland Cube 30 that sounds fine as well

Most amps beyond $100 new are just fine with some tweaking.

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[treyhaislip]

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Roland Cube
Peavey Bandit (dirt cheap on Craigslist)
Vox Valvetronix

[ehdwuld]

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I forgot the Vox definitely the Vox

[Animal]

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A lot of players that own big tube amps seem to be quite impressed with what a Micro Terror/Micro Dark can dish out. Nothing replaces the real thing but for $189 that's punching well above it's weight.

[DrNewcenstein]

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"I want raging tube tone without the raging tubes". Sacrifices must be made. You don't get one without the other. I can't imagine that the tone at that power or volume level is comparable, and I am by no means a tube snob (used predominantly SS racks and combos for over 20 years).

[Dane12]

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Sorry Lads for the late reply. Things that I mostly play is blues and rock so a good clean sound is a good start, not too worried of having really heavy distortion/overdrive. I am still a newborn baby in the (seemingly) endless world of amplifiers so to speak so yep


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[aleclee]

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Blackstar ID series.

That's what I was going to suggest

[Detroitblues]

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this is an easy thread...

Peavey Bandit 112. Used are well under $200 (as low as $100!). 80 Watts, real rocking clean and overdriven tones. Its analog, so its going to last much longer than all the newer digital crap out there.

Beats Line 6, Fender, or any other digital brand out there.

[Scott_F]

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I've enjoyed owning a Fender Mustang modeler. It's pretty good. I got the open back one that had the Celestine speaker in it. Model III

[atreidesheir]

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I just sold a PV classic 30 for $200. It was what the local market would bear. They are fine combo amps.

[Mr. B]

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The older Vox AD-VT series amps were great little hybrid amps and can be had really cheap used. I really don't see the point of buying something like a Peavey Bandit when a good modeling amp can do that and a hundred other things. The Fender Mustang has a lot of models and effects that would fit your criteria, and they sound great.

[Muddshark]

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