Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

ZoSo0789

ZoSo0789

New member
I'm looking at completely ditching my Marshall MG10CD (yeah I know, but I was retarded when I bought it as my first amp) that I keep in my bedroom just for screwin around. My normal amp is a Vox AD15VT that I use for everything, so this amp would be JUST for the bedroom. It doesn't need 500000 features or need to take pedals well, I just want it to sound half-ass enough to noodle on from time to time.

What'd ya'll recommend for something with some decent cleans, and smooth bluesy overdrive? I don't need high gain overdrive, just like 60s blues rock overdrive. An EQ would be very nice to have, and so would reverb, but I imagine I'm asking a bit too much for $100 max. Mainly I just want it to have a decent bluesy sounding overdrive and a cool clean channel. And it must be SMALL.... probably nothing over 10 watts if I had to imagine. And I'm not too sure if I like the Micro Cube or not, so lets cast that one aside for this. And no Line 6 junk either. And lets try to keep this more TOWARDS the $50 if we can.

How are some of these?
Kustom '66 DART
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kustom-66Dart-Guitar-Amplifier-?sku=480088

Kustom Tube 12A
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kustom-Tube-12A-Practice-Amp?sku=481230

Fender Frontman 15R
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-15R-Frontman-Series-II-Guitar-Combo-Amp?sku=480668
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

ZoSo0789 said:
I'm looking at completely ditching my Marshall MG10CD (yeah I know, but I was retarded when I bought it as my first amp) that I keep in my bedroom just for screwin around. My normal amp is a Vox AD15VT that I use for everything, so this amp would be JUST for the bedroom. It doesn't need 500000 features or need to take pedals well, I just want it to sound half-ass enough to noodle on from time to time.

What'd ya'll recommend for something with some decent cleans, and smooth bluesy overdrive? I don't need high gain overdrive, just like 60s blues rock overdrive. An EQ would be very nice to have, and so would reverb, but I imagine I'm asking a bit too much for $100 max. Mainly I just want it to have a decent bluesy sounding overdrive and a cool clean channel. And it must be SMALL.... probably nothing over 10 watts if I had to imagine. And I'm not too sure if I like the Micro Cube or not, so lets cast that one aside for this. And no Line 6 junk either. And lets try to keep this more TOWARDS the $50 if we can.

How are some of these?
Kustom '66 DART
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kustom-66Dart-Guitar-Amplifier-?sku=480088

Kustom Tube 12A
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kustom-Tube-12A-Practice-Amp?sku=481230

Fender Frontman 15R
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-15R-Frontman-Series-II-Guitar-Combo-Amp?sku=480668
Click to expand...
Yeah Man and like I want an axe for $ 7.50 with the following restrictions Man ......
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

i just read in a magazine a review that these little wee Fender G-Dec Junior things are said to be really great for that sort of low volume small sized mini amp..
 
Last edited:
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

KGMESSIER said:
Why not just use the AD15VT for your bedroom?

cg
Click to expand...

because I'm not hauling that thing up and down stairs and it's in a fixed position where it's at in my basement. I keep a small amp in my room for the rare occasion I play up there. Yes the AD15VT is a small amp too, but it's also way too loud in a volume restricted household (my parents want to be able to hear themselves think from time to time). For me, it's plenty big for my "main amp." I don't gig or any of that whatnot, I'm just a hobby basement player
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

In that price range, any Crate, Marshall, Peavey, Epiphone, etc., solid state combo will do the job. I still like my first amp, which is a 15-watt Crate. At low volumes, it gets some awesome tones.
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

Epi has cheap solid state? I thought they only had those 3 or 4 tube amps....
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

I must also say that I'm been considering the Vox Pathfinder 15R fo $120. It's got two channels, boost button, gain and volume controls, treble and bass controls, reverb, and a fully shapable tremolo effect. I hear the overdrive is quite nice and smooth too
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

I have a couple of those darts. best deal in the world right now, still on clerance at The 'Fiend.. id love to pick up a couple more, since I now have only one, I gave one away.
It really does have lovely little cleans. Its very low volume though. Noice reverb. Built like a brick tank, and cool as hell lookin'. one thing tho, it has this screamin brutal distortion , which is cool, but you cant get a good classic rock crunch IMOand nothing in between clean and that over the top distortion, so you nmay want to use a pedal.I love my Dart , but i use it for practicing and cleans only, very seldom use the dirt.
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

Check out those little Kustom 15 watters with the Celestion in them.

Small, light, great clean, and the dirt's surprisingly good as well.
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

Bedroom amp that nobody else can hear, eh?

These little numbers by VOX are the ticket...you can run in a CD or Mp3 player, and it has a headphone out. You won't need anything else if the parents never want to hear it. You should think about the AC-30 one. It's gonna be the smoothest one of them all. They're so cheap, maybe you could buy two.



485_amplug.jpg
 
Re: Best $50 to $100 Bedroom Amp

I have the Vox Classic Rock amplug and it's great for clean even up to metal. I haven't tried running it through the amp yet, but I've heard good results doing that.

I also just bought a Dart 66 and it sounds decent for practice at low volume levels (one of the reasons I bought the Vox amplug first for. I figured for a small combo it might be loud enough if driven loudly but it was struggling to keep up even with a quiet drummer and bass playing on moderately low levels. I did everything to help the Dart push out volume too, I boosted it all the way with the Seymour Duncan Booster as well as boosting the gain AND volume with my MXR M-108 EQ and either a)Marshall Guv Nor 2 distortion pedal or b)MXR Doubleshot Distortion pedal. I even bypassed the speaker using my Raezor's Edge cabinet but 10 watts can only get so loud, and with all that it still sounded thin/SS sounding. The blue tuk n roll LOOKS cool though.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

FuseG4
Incoming amp
Replies
9
Views
347
Solarflares
S
ehdwuld
Amp Profiles
Replies
5
Views
397
Mincer
Mincer
Bfeeney
Multiple Amp Splitting
Replies
15
Views
859
Bfeeney
Bfeeney
ehdwuld
Converting a 230 Volt Euro Amp to 120 volt US POWER
Replies
8
Views
406
ehdwuld
ehdwuld
FuseG4
Anyone else get themselves an amp for holidays?
Replies
9
Views
580
Bill Dennis
B
Back
Top