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selling_echoes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 07 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 113 |
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I bought a Fender Strat this summer, but due to vacation mobilisation and luggage limit, I couldn't buy an amp as well. Keeping in mind the budget of a 16 year old, and the parental authorities with their acoustic endurances, which brands / watts would you suggest? ![]() |
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Sweetnighter ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: October 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1298 |
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I have a Fender Frontman 15R with Reverb that I'm looking to sell in the near future... if you're interested.
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selling_echoes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 07 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 113 |
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Depends on the $$
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Sweetnighter ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: October 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1298 |
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i'd sell it to you for.... between $80 and $90, but that doesn't
include shipping. Its a nice amp to start out with thats not one of
those $60 amps thats got about 10 amps that you couldn't even hear from
the other side of the room. This one that I have has a
distortion/overdrive setting, has reverb, and your basic
bass/mid/treble settings.
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arcer ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 01 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1239 |
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relatively cheap and extremely cheerful is the Laney
LC15. This is a 15w valve amp featuring 2 EL84s and with hi and lo inputs and onboard reverb. It's a very nice little amp that will give you 'real' tone on a budget. While it's not up there with the little Fender all valve amp (can't remember its name) it will give you valve tone cheaply and valves are where its at. Even cheaper and maybe of more interest to you if you're budget is really tight is a new 15 watt valve amp from Behringer, the Vintage AC108. according their website behringer.com the canadian retail price is Can$89 which is a still a steal. They describe it thus: VINTAGER AC108 boasts a 15-Watt power section with a hand-selected vacuum tube feeding a 20-Watt 8" vintage-tuned guitar speaker. Despite its compact size, it produces an abundance of power and the distinct pleasure of classic tube sound. With a dedicated 2-band EQ plus mid-shift button for creative sound-shaping and a CD input, the AC108 not only sounds great, it allows you to play along to your favorite music. Add a dedicated master level control and a powerful headphone output, and you’re ready to get your music going. Sounds good and in tandem with their cheap and incredibly versatile x-v-amp modelling pedal Can$109 rrp (amps, cabs etcx) they could be a combination that might be all you need. |
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James Lee ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
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Maybe it's not what you're looking for, but I highly recommend getting a pair of headphones and a modelling unit instead of a practice amp. I use the Line6 POD almost exclusively, but the Johnson J-station is great too- they're discontinued now, so you can get one for under $100 with a little searching. There's a lot of other inexpensive choices...I know a lot of people who love their Korg Pandora, for instance. They're more versatile and sound better than any practice amp at a comparable price. Plus, if you do eventually get into a performing situation, you can pick up a power amp and a cabinet and still keep the sounds you like. I know for a fact that the POD sounds better than most amps when it's run through a 4x12" cab. |
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selling_echoes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 07 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 113 |
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Gee. All the technical vocabulary - I don't know what sounds good...
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James Lee ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
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Whoops...I could have been a little clearer, huh? If you don't mind the fact that nobody else will be able to hear you (unless you let them borrow your headphones or plug into something with speakers), the headphone amps are great choices. Almost all of them have things like "amp and speaker simulators" which make it sound like you're playing through much more expensive equipment, and you can wail to your heart's content in the middle of the night even with people sleeping a few feet away. And if you stick with the guitar, a good headphone amp can still be useful later on...whereas you'll probably outgrow a little practice amp pretty quickly. The ones I've liked are the Line6 POD (the new ones are probably over your price range, but used ones are much cheaper and there's thousands of them on eBay, for instance), and the Johnson J-station (used, under $100 US). There's also the Korg Pandora: they have a few different models..the newest is the PX4...the PX3 is a year older but still very cool and probably right around your spending limit, and the older PX2 is even cheaper...probably about half of what you're willing to spend. And Zoom has the 505II which is even cheaper (around $50-60 US) and will definitely do the job. But if you don't want to wear headphones to hear yourself play, I recommend the Line6 Spider II practice amp. It's right on the edge of your price range, but it's got good sounds at any volume and a headphone jack (just in case it's still not quiet enough to keep the parents happy). |
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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I totally agree - Line 6 Pods are AMAZING - with a capital AMAZING. It's like owning a set of great amps (and effects) - and you can stick it through any cheap practice amp and it'll still sound great. Plug it into a computer running almost any sequencing software and it sounds utterly professional. I haven't checked out their Pod/Amp combis, but I'd bet they're pretty unbeatable for the pirce. |
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selling_echoes ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 07 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 113 |
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![]() Thanks. Will get news-paper hunting for "Pods". |
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asuma ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: July 23 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 230 |
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you can buy a 10W Marshall guitar amp for about 40
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*Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.*
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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You can buy a 1W Marshall for $35 - guaranteed not to annoy the parents! http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--MSHMS2 /edit: I've got one and it's not bad - just not very loud! Edited by Certif1ed |
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James Lee ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525 |
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I had a Pignose that was fun...it sounded terrible, but so did my playing at the time. I think it was more useful as a gimmick to pick up chicks than it was as a musical device.
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Squirrel_monkey ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() Joined: January 05 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 32 |
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I just bought my new synth but can't afford an amp or anything at the moment. I've been plugging in a microphone and tying it to my head!
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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Have you tried plugging the synth into your PC and listening through the PCs speakers? |
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Or through your hi-fi?
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I am the proud owner of a Fender Hot-Rod Deluxe.
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sigod ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 17 2004 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 2779 |
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Cool redbar. Got a pic to show us? |
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Sorry I don't. I have neither a digital camera or a scanner to get a picture of my beasty amplifier, but here's one I found on Google image:
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