I have a whole bunch of effects pedals that I built a few years ago (and I'm probably going to get back into building again soon), so I'm looking for an amp that'll play nice with them. I have most of the dirty sounds covered with pedals, so I'm not too concerned about producing it with the amp, I just want something with a nice solid clean sound, and that won't get in the way of pedals. I'm guessing solid state is probably the way to go, especially since I have a 1-watt tube amp project on the table, which will probably be followed by a 5-watt tube amp project if it goes well. Mostly just looking for something to practice/play small gigs with right now. Any recommendations?
Looking for a good clean amp that plays nice with effects
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I bought a Fender Mustang I especially for this purpose and it works very well. On-board EFX, fully programmable via the Fender FUSE software over USB (keep it connected to my studio computer) and capable of some pretty good tones. Especially the clean tones. Drive tones -- meh, passable. I've dialed mine in via the software more or less how I like it but continue to tweak it here and there.
IMO, more than acceptable for a practice, light gig/jammin' with friends amp. Best thing is you can find them brand new for < $120.00 and oh yeah -- Hencho In Meh-He-Ko (which doesn't bother me, at least on a cheap practice amp). They also make higher wattage 1X12 and 2X12 versions with better amp and speaker emulation (the II through IV models).
IMO, more than acceptable for a practice, light gig/jammin' with friends amp. Best thing is you can find them brand new for < $120.00 and oh yeah -- Hencho In Meh-He-Ko (which doesn't bother me, at least on a cheap practice amp). They also make higher wattage 1X12 and 2X12 versions with better amp and speaker emulation (the II through IV models).
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My problem with the Blues Jr was that it had basically no clean headroom at all.
Got impatient, looked up some reviews, and said screw it. Picked up a Mustang. And daaaang I like it so far.
To be fair, I'm upgrading from something so crappy you can hardly call it an amp, so I'm probably not the best judge, but it's nice to finally be able to hear what my guitar is supposed to sound like. For the first time ever, I've put a clean neck pickup through my amp and enjoyed what came out.
Anyway, enough typing, back to playing.
To be fair, I'm upgrading from something so crappy you can hardly call it an amp, so I'm probably not the best judge, but it's nice to finally be able to hear what my guitar is supposed to sound like. For the first time ever, I've put a clean neck pickup through my amp and enjoyed what came out.
Anyway, enough typing, back to playing.
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