Guitar Combo Amplifier Whats is a nice?
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GuitarDaddy
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This is an amazing little practice/home/recording amp for the price. Just came out last month and has got great reviews.
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kustom-The-Contender-18W-1x8-Hybrid-Guitar-Combo-Amp-?sku=482292
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Kustom-The-Contender-18W-1x8-Hybrid-Guitar-Combo-Amp-?sku=482292
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Hey ZGOZZ
I noticed these on the Tech 21 website. They are a development of their successful Sansamp series.
If your computer has a decent set of speakers, and you have an AD input into the computer or a recording software system on the PC, then you could use these in place of a practice amp, save $$ and have another tool for your home recording system.
As someone who injured his ears playing way too loud on an amp in his bedroom, these little boxes of tone seem a good remedy to me.
http://www.tech21nyc.com/character_series.html
I noticed these on the Tech 21 website. They are a development of their successful Sansamp series.
If your computer has a decent set of speakers, and you have an AD input into the computer or a recording software system on the PC, then you could use these in place of a practice amp, save $$ and have another tool for your home recording system.
As someone who injured his ears playing way too loud on an amp in his bedroom, these little boxes of tone seem a good remedy to me.
http://www.tech21nyc.com/character_series.html
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ZGOZZ said:
I used to own the predecessor to the predecessor of that amp (the G50R I think it was called), it only had reverb instead of all the effects that come with the new one but it was a good amp and was capable of some really nice tones, sold it eventually and got myself a Fender Princeton 65DSP which is an amp I can really recommend trying out or rather the new version as the 65DSP went out of production a couple of years ago.
One thing you shouldn't neglect though is the used market you can often get some really nice stuff used if you look around long enough, in fact my Marshall was a used purchase ( only £50, £1 per watt was a good deal IMO particularly since I sold it 3 years later for £50) as was my current main amp but that's unsurprising since it is at least 25 years old.
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Dude... go tube. Just do it. There's no alternative.
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For $300 (apparently that's his budget) I doubt you'd get a tube amp as powerful as the MG50, sure there are plenty of low power amps in that price range but if he's after something with a bit of grunt, transistor or chip is the way to go, or buying used of course but that's always a little risky.
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Mg's don't suck, they're just wussy, thet need a big kick up the arse (boost pedal) and they're fine.gnome said:
But a tube amp would be better. If you got a 30wt tube it'd sound as powerful as a 50wt solid state, or I think thats how it goes. Just go to your music store that sells amps and test out as many as the sales guy will let you.
Wana's_makin'_a_guitar said:
each to their own i guess but i found the cleans on an MG too be horribly sterile and with a pretty thin distortion in my books that makes a pretty crappy amp
and with tube i believe it works taht a 30watt tube is atcually rated to the point at which it breaks up and actually distorting an amp causes an incrase in watts , in other words a cranked tube amp at full blast will actually sit aroudn 50 watts rather than 30 which is about as loud as an 80-90 watt ss
plus thats rather unnecesary for bedroom use, 10 watt woudl be more htan enough if still nto too mcuh for bedroom use
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Yeah... Epiphone VJ or one of those Crate combos on sale at Musicians Friend... I guess I haven't played either but I've heard good things about both.
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You know, I had a look at those crate V33 head and cab, and for that price, it's damn good value. It's got really good reviews too.
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I'm quoting myself, but i'll go see if i can test one out.Wana's_makin'_a_guitar said:
Edit: WTF? my local guitar store sells the V33 head for $859, but on eBay from popper music stores its $150-ish?
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