Bang for your buck amps

[ehdwuld]

The Stage Right amps are a circuit clone of the Laney Cub

And at $200 right now on thw Monoprice site
it qualifys

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=611815

 

[maug2122]

It is MIC. I have my M80 Pro head sitting on it. I got a new cabinet for the M80 head and changed the grill cloth and speakers in the FM412. Like I said the stock speakers were fine but I have so many sets of 12s sitting around here I put in the Seventy80s. I get so many compliments on this amp and everyone who plays it falls in love with it.

Those Fender M80 amps are criminally under rated .
That amp can give Orange amps a serious run for the money !!!!

 

[maug2122]

I got my bugera v22 for like $220. I put in a better speaker and tubes and it's not bad. It's loud, can be clean, or classic rock dirty. Feels cheap in build quality, and dunno if you can still get them that price...

Usually, when a good inexpensive amp , or any good guitar gear, is great beyond expectations, word spreads and prices go up.
That's currently happening with Carvin, Traynor, Garnet , Crate, Peavey and Bugera / Behringer amps .

 

[marcello252]

Fender Eighty Five , it falls in the category and it is the one used by Johnny Greenwood for Paranoid Android.... I have one.

Another one is the 80s Marshall Master Lead Thirty, or the Marshall Mosfet 100, they were the solid state Marshall offers in JCM800 time

 

[Securb]

Those Fender M80 amps are criminally under rated .
That amp can give Orange amps a serious run for the money !!!!

Around 15 years ago I read a Greg Howe interview and he was raving about the M80 red knobs. When I came across one in a music store I was blown away. No stomp box is needed they have amazing gain and lots of tone shaping.

 

[Artie]

Just sold a Bogner Alchemist for $350. Once you dial it in, I think it sounds good.

That's been my main amp for the last several years. Love it.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Yamaha "G" series amps. Killer amps that fly under the radar. Especially the G-Fifty 410. The "other" Bassman. Mind you, it's as heavy as my car.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

For older ss stuff, I'd say a Laney Linebacker is decent, particularly since they can be had seriously dirt cheap. There have been several versions through time, in head or combo form, and for non-guitar purposes. I have the 1x12 50w combo with reverb and chorus. Solid build, looks like a Decepticon:

Good clean sound and even the o/d is more on the rounder crunchy side rather than the square wave fizz, nor is there gobs of gain. It is a darker sounding amp, so I drop the bass, especially P90s and hbs; with a brighter guitar like a Strat or Tele, it would fatten them up nicely. Reverb is spring and sounds fine; chorus is ok too but I'm not an fx guy so I don't really use it, and amp's volume drops a bit when it's engaged.

I use the o/d channel with the gain set very low + treble booster - good, no-nonsense sound for practice/bedroom stuff.

 

[El Dunco]

Fender Eighty Five , it falls in the category and it is the one used by Johnny Greenwood for Paranoid Android.... I have one.

Another one is the 80s Marshall Master Lead Thirty, or the Marshall Mosfet 100, they were the solid state Marshall offers in JCM800 time

Tom Morello even used a Lead 20 combo on Tire Me.

Say, why did everyone hate the Alchemist so much when it came out? Did they have any pre-conceived notions about it being Bogner, or the other way because it’s a Line 6 collab? People seem to really like them in retrospect and hold on to them for dear life like the ProSonic and Johnson Millenium (especially the 4x12 that came with it, I’d kill for one of those cabinets.)

 

[maug2122]

Around 15 years ago I read a Greg Howe interview and he was raving about the M80 red knobs. When I came across one in a music store I was blown away. No stomp box is needed they have amazing gain and lots of tone shaping.

The Crunch factor of that amp is mind blowing and very dynamic, almost as dynamic as Carvin SX 200 or SX 300 .
The dynamics of those M80 amps are amazing, it actually displays the fact of where you are picking at on the guitar, near the bridge or by the neck .

 

[Detroitblues]

Hard to beat a Jet City 2212 amp. Don’t know what it is, but they are a loud, sonically pleasing 20 watt amp. Not made anymore, but they can be found for under $300

 

[NotDemanic]

That's been my main amp for the last several years. Love it.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Yamaha "G" series amps. Killer amps that fly under the radar. Especially the G-Fifty 410. The "other" Bassman. Mind you, it's as heavy as my car.

A buddy of mine has a Yamaha 1x15 100 watt combo. The thing is evil.

 

[Ascension]

Great amps but I am trying to keep this sub-$300

I bought a super clean 1991 Carvin X 50 B Hot Rod Mod Head at a local pawn shop a few years ago in the Anvil Flight case that Carvin sold with them as an option for $275 OTD. Great amp! Been running it on stage at my Church with a miced cab off-stage.

 

[Ascension]

Hard to beat a Jet City 2212 amp. Don’t know what it is, but they are a loud, sonically pleasing 20 watt amp. Not made anymore, but they can be found for under $300

I have a Jet City JCA 22 H head that rips. Think I paid $350 or so for it new years ago. Wicked little head, and at times you can find them under $350.

 

[treyhaislip]

Love my Fender Bassbreaker 007 Combo. Paid $225 used and it’s loud enough for small gigs. Good-ish Fender cleans but incredible gain/drive tones. Very much “if Fender made a Marshall” tone.

 

[devastone]

I just picked up a Vox VT50 12" combo and a AD30 10" combo for ~$200 for both. Nice practice amps, I could do a gig with the 50, haven't played the 30 enough, it's at the gf's house. The high gain models are a little over-compressed with humbuckerss IMHO, I usually use the 80's Marshall model (JCM800-ish) with a SD-1 or Rat depending on what I am going for.

 

[ErikH]

The AD50VT was my main gigging amp for a long time before I sold it and got the AV30. Love the Hi Gain 1 setting (SLO model). The key with that one, and the AD30, is to disable the noise suppression. It opens it up and doesn't feel so compressed.

A used Fender Champion 100 looks like a great deal with what it has. 2x12, 2-channels, FX for each channel, different voicings on channel 2. I'm seriously considering picking up one of those.

 

[ErikH]

Another great deal out there is the old Peavey Bandit 112 red stripe (made in USA). Those are highly valued amongst the Peavey Bandit fans. Have seen them listed for $200 give or take $50.

 

[ErikH]

I say look for a used Katana.

There's a used 100 MkII 1x12 here locally listed at $300, pretty much new in the box. Played once and put back in the box. I may jump on it.

 

[Securb]

Another great deal out there is the old Peavey Bandit 112 red stripe (made in USA). Those are highly valued amongst the Peavey Bandit fans. Have seen them listed for $200 give or take $50.

I still see older Peaveys here and there are pretty good prices.

 

[ErikH]

I still see older Peaveys here and there are pretty good prices.

There's a red stripe USA made Bandit locally for $250. A Blackstar Venue Series HT40 just came up for $250. A Randall RG-80 Classic 2x10 (green tolex) for $150. The Champion 100 is $299 at GC near me. Choices, choices.

While the Katana is a great deal at $300, I keep leaning towards the Champion 100 for what I would use it for. But man, same price for an essentially new Katana? Only issue with that one is it's another $100+ for a footwitch. That's crazy.