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Post by edoetsch on Sept 2, 2015 10:25:36 GMT -7
My son has been playing my guitar and my SWR bass amp and I want to get him a usable one loud enough to play along with drums. Under $200 is a requirement, Solid State is fine (expected). I would like a simple amp with 2 inputs if possible. Modeling one's are fine since they love the hard rock/metal.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Post by BritInvasion on Sept 2, 2015 12:22:08 GMT -7
Take a look at the Fender Champion 40.
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Post by simpleton on Sept 2, 2015 13:47:26 GMT -7
Peavey stuff was always good to me. The modeling amp they do has a ton of cool effects and can be used with acoustic, electric or bass. It sounded great when I tried them. Vyper is the name I think. EDIT***. Looks like they discontinued it but here is a link to A Sweetwater ad AND fits your budget.
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Post by Mark (Basement Enthusiast) on Sept 2, 2015 14:05:11 GMT -7
Maybe look for a 5-10 year old used Peavey Transtube. ("Silver stripe" on the bottom are even older, but very good. "Red stripe" on the bottom were after that, but still very good.) There were some models with built-in digital FX, but even the ones without all that jazz still had a "vintage/modern/metal" setting on the OD channel, and their clean channel was actually very nice. I've still got my 65W Studio Pro 1x12 combo model, but there was even a 40W Envoy 1x10 model that would be a great starter amp (all the same features as the bigger model).
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Post by zpilot on Sept 9, 2015 22:39:32 GMT -7
I'm really fond of my Vox VT-30 that I use as a practice amp. They can usually be found used for around $100. A VT-50 can be had for not much more and it has a 12" speaker and a little more power. It should be enough unless he is playing with a real beater.
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Post by John on Sept 10, 2015 6:01:36 GMT -7
Vox or Line6 offer decent solid state amps.
I'd cruise craigslist in your area.
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Post by thatstatuemoved on Sept 10, 2015 18:44:14 GMT -7
All good advice above. I have a roland cube amp that IMO is a great sounding solid state amp and would be a great choice in my opinion. Sounds great and is pretty bullet proof. My 2 cents worth.
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Post by Eric from Cheekago on Sept 10, 2015 19:24:26 GMT -7
Fender Pro Jr. They can be found used all day for around two hundred bones. I keep an older American made Jr for backup and recording. Simple layout and it sounds darn good.
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Post by edoetsch on Oct 8, 2015 12:56:34 GMT -7
After not being too happy with the limited set of 2 input amps I could find I went with the Line 6 Spider. Good call. Puts my 1985 Peavey Backstage Plus to shame. Fun to hit some METAL chunk on the INSANE settings. Gets decent tones in the twang settings. Great starter amp. I guess 30 years of Solid State technology had to be great for something.
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Post by simpleton on Oct 8, 2015 13:30:35 GMT -7
After not being too happy with the limited set of 2 input amps I could find I went with the Line 6 Spider. Good call. Puts my 1985 Peavey Backstage Plus to shame. Fun to hit some METAL chunk on the INSANE settings. Gets decent tones in the twang settings. Great starter amp. I guess 30 years of Solid State technology had to be great for something. My first amp was a Spider....when I first tried a Peavey Classic 30 after owning the Spider I had the realization that tube tone was WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY BETTER. But that wasn't until I was in a band. They keep the interest with all the settings.
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Post by daveyk on Oct 8, 2015 21:13:21 GMT -7
I played a Roland Jazz Chorus 50 as my first amp. I still have it actually. Love that thing! They can usually be found for cheap and take pedals better than any other ss amp I've played
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Post by Paul (TRANE) on Oct 10, 2015 10:01:25 GMT -7
I played a Roland Jazz Chorus 50 as my first amp. I still have it actually. Love that thing! They can usually be found for cheap and take pedals better than any other ss amp I've played I remember seeing Joe Satriani play his stuff with some boss pedals through a Roland Jazz Chorus amp. Sounded really great.
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