cheap amp

[tonefreak1527]

if you had 700(per amp) to get an amp, what amp for the following genres

jazz
rock
blues
metal

 

[FuseG4]

Re: cheap amp

jazz + blues = fender HRDx, peavey classic 30 (never played one but they come well recommended)

Rock= Night Train, Haze 40, Tiny Terror, marshall MA50

metal = peavey 6505 112 (never played it but seems like it's the better thing in the price range)

 

[WhoFan]

Re: cheap amp

one anwser for all of that.... is an amp with a great Clean channel that i can use a pedalboard in front off to get all those different sounds...

i have stacks of amps and my most often used amp is a C30 combo... i use the clean channel with some pedals and can play any gig

 

[FuseG4]

Re: cheap amp

one anwser for all of that.... is an amp with a great Clean channel that i can use a pedalboard in front off to get all those different sounds...

i have stacks of amps and my most often used amp is a C30 combo... i use the clean channel with some pedals and can play any gig

yeah ask immortalsix how he likes his deville.

Clean amps with enough wattage and some good pedals can sound pretty fantastic. a touch of reverb and you're there.

for me tho, there's something about a british flavoured amp, cranked up, that sounds so great to me. I gotta have both, and for me I said "gimee the british tone first, I have a les paul dammit"

 

[tonefreak1527]

Re: cheap amp

no pedals

 

[WhoFan]

Re: cheap amp

no pedals eh...

well then my main large rig can do all that....

C50 Head
early 5150 head
Amp switcher to A/B between them
and a single cabnet...

4 channels of fun and i'm finding i can't find much else i love as much as that rig

 

[FuseG4]

Re: cheap amp

I made my night train decision knowing that I had pedals, cuz it doesn't even have reverb, y'know?
If I had to go for one amp for everthing I do with NO pedals I'd take a Haze 40. It's got the kind of throaty british overdrive I like, and reverb. The clean tone is a bit dark on it's own but the bright switch makes it decent. It's a loud amp by the time you really get it cooking, though.

 

[Gr8Scott]

Re: cheap amp

jazz - Fender Bassman (preferably a AA864 or AB165 circuit)
rock - Marshall JCM-900 Mk III
blues - Fender Bassman (preferably a AA864 or AB165 circuit)
metal - Peavey 5150

 

[drew_half_empty]

Re: cheap amp

w/no pedals you're asking too much; if any amp claims to cover all these bases i guarantee it's not great at any of them

Buy a hrdx or deville used; you can find them for $350 or $450, and put the rest of the money you have into them; new speaker(s), tubes, clip the bright cap off the MV, you may even have enough left for a new OT

spend the rest on pedals, a good TS or treble booster will go a long way on these amps

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: cheap amp

no pedals

=no fun

 

[firebirdV]

Re: cheap amp

I would just get a mesa quad, a mesa 50/50 and some assortment of cabinets that work for me (depending on your car or floor space).

 

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Re: cheap amp

At that price, I suppose I'd go with some kind of modeling amp. My only experience is with the Valvetronix series, and it's quite nice.

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: cheap amp

Jazz (new) - deluxe reverb reissue.
Rock (new)- Marshall ( i guess a DSL if you have to buy new....)
Blues (new) Blues deluxe.
Metal - sorry dont really know...
Jazz (second hand) - deluxe reverb.
Rock (second hand) - Marshall JCM900mkIII or a Jcm800 lead series.
Blues (second hand) - deluxe reverb.
Metal (second hand) - sorry again...

are you absolutely sure you cant use pedals?

 

[tonefreak1527]

Re: cheap amp

i'm wondering on all this, cuz i'm getting a new amp soon, and the only effects i ever use are distortion and reverb, i might get a verb pedal, but that's it