Hello,
I'm trying to find a good amp to buy. I'm mainly looking for it to have a great clean tone that can also take pedals very well, but I don't quite know what to buy. Here is my personal situation:
Budget: $400, but less preferred to save some money for pedals.
Genres I like: Blues, jazz, 70s-80s rock, fusion. The only real requirement of is that the amp needs to be able to get a reasonably good jazz tone as the other genres I can easily get with good pedals.
New or Used: I'm fine buying used
Home or Gig: I would mainly use this for home use as well as small-medium sized gigs. It needs to be able to cut through the mix and get over a drummer, but it also needs to have at least decent tones at home volumes.
Closest City: If you want to go above recommending an amp and find a good craigslist posting too, I'm in the Portland, OR area.
Current Gear: Right now I'm using a coil-tappable Dean EVO Special Select (pretty much a Les Paul), to a crappy Boss DS-1 distortion pedal to an even crappies Marshall MG-10CD 40w solid state amp.
Do you guys have any recommendations for a good clean sounding amp that fits these criteria? Right now all I'm really considering is the textbook answer, a Hot Rod/Blues Deluxe, but is there anything else to look out for?
Thanks!
I'm trying to find a good amp to buy. I'm mainly looking for it to have a great clean tone that can also take pedals very well, but I don't quite know what to buy. Here is my personal situation:
Budget: $400, but less preferred to save some money for pedals.
Genres I like: Blues, jazz, 70s-80s rock, fusion. The only real requirement of is that the amp needs to be able to get a reasonably good jazz tone as the other genres I can easily get with good pedals.
New or Used: I'm fine buying used
Home or Gig: I would mainly use this for home use as well as small-medium sized gigs. It needs to be able to cut through the mix and get over a drummer, but it also needs to have at least decent tones at home volumes.
Closest City: If you want to go above recommending an amp and find a good craigslist posting too, I'm in the Portland, OR area.
Current Gear: Right now I'm using a coil-tappable Dean EVO Special Select (pretty much a Les Paul), to a crappy Boss DS-1 distortion pedal to an even crappies Marshall MG-10CD 40w solid state amp.
Do you guys have any recommendations for a good clean sounding amp that fits these criteria? Right now all I'm really considering is the textbook answer, a Hot Rod/Blues Deluxe, but is there anything else to look out for?
Thanks!
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