Vox NT2 vs. Fender Greta vs Ampeg GVT vs...?

[ItsaBass]

I'm looking for a better sounding "4 a.m. bedroom amp" than my current, cheesy solid state deals. Any thoughts on the Fender Greta or the Vo NT2? How about the Ampeg GVT5 on its 2.5W setting? Tone, quality, etc. Anything you can share about these two amps would be helpful, as I can't seem to find them in stock in the usual local shops.

I lean toward the Greta because it is a convenient combo, or it can use an extension. However, the Vox appears to have better controls...and sound quality does matter here, as it would be the whole reason for the "upgrade."

If it helps, I tried the Champion 600. I thought it was downright terrible, and also a bit too high powered for what I have in mind. I mean a serious BEDROOM amp, but that still has decent warm tone. I would never gig with it or record with it, but I would want to be able to hear the character of each different guitar coming through, and to have some fair tonal adjustability. I don't get that at all with what I have now. Everything sounds the same, and the tone controls do nothing.

I'm also interested in the Greta cab, just as an extension for my "real" amps. Appears to just be a Super Champ cab with red vinyl. Any thoughts on the quality of these SC112 cabs?

Thanks.

 

[Stratovarious]

Re: Vox NT2 vs. Fender Greta vs Ampeg GVT vs...?

Blackstar HT-1R combo!

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Vox NT2 vs. Fender Greta vs Ampeg GVT vs...?

Good suggestion. It seems to have a good feature set. It has the same aux. input and headphone jack as the Greta, but it adds another channel/gain knob and reverb. I think I can probably find one of those locally too. I'm just afraid it will have more of a Marshall flavor to it, which I don't really want in this case. I'd prefer something with a more old-school Fender/Ampeg-like sound to it.

 

[Stratovarious]

Re: Vox NT2 vs. Fender Greta vs Ampeg GVT vs...?

Granted, it may have that! But it is extremely enjoyable and yeah would most likely be quite easy to track one down

Some people may say "ISF this blah..fender" but I think the ISF does it's own entirely different cool tone thing

 

[Drunken Bowling]

Re: Vox NT2 vs. Fender Greta vs Ampeg GVT vs...?

Even at the 2.5 watt setting, the Ampeg will still be pretty loud.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Vox NT2 vs. Fender Greta vs Ampeg GVT vs...?

I've pretty much narrowed it down to the Greta or the Blackstar HT-1R combo. They both have aux inputs, built in speakers, headphone jacks, and are "true" 4 a.m. bedroom amps, unlike the Ampeg on the low power setting. The HT1R sounds better to me, because of the reverb, the two channels, and the more plain styling.