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I bought the new Fender Champion 600 which is actually more tweed like but for $200 for a brand new tube amp that looks as cool as it does it's bound to be useful for something but I'll probably still be looking for a nice home surf amp.

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I too just bought the new Fender Champion 600 "vintage modified" reissue of the 1949-53 original and like it a lot. Very cool and a really good sounding little practise amp with a solid quality feel. They cost a little more than $200 in Europe but still well worth the price.

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Im in Barcelona now and I picked-up a Roland Cube for 110 Euros. Has good onboard reverb (all digital, duh). It's not my 66 Showman nor my 63 bandmaster back home, but it's a great sounding little solo practice amp.

I brought with me a Speedster travel electric guitar; it fit in my suitcase!! The headstock is down where the pu is, in the body and has a removable armrest so it's super compact although the neck is thicker than my VM-110. It's a full-sized nec, very Gibson-like. One pu, bridge-only.

I must say it's a nice temporary rig. The amp stays here until next summer; I have another Cube waiting in storage for me in Berlin for July

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I see a european type 200 and I assume it's euros. it's 'cause Im a blind dork, you put the $ in front. I didnt see them listed at thomann though, I like buying from them, great store. I use other ones too though, depending on who has what.

thanks for the info. I was actually more concerned it might be too loud, as the epi defintely is. If they both had been available when I bought the epi Id have chosen the fender I think, even for a bit more money.

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They're not that loud and they stay really clean even cranked on the low-input. I haven't played the Epi one much but it seemed louder in the store and my only other small tube amp is a 7-watt Matamp which sounds a billion times louder...that thing can be heard over a block away if I leave my window open. I really like the clean tones here...run with a reverb tank it sounds very cool. Not as much snap and that deep bassy "boooong" of a high wattage black face but it makes me quite happy for jamming around the house.

I have an old 1965 Airline amp. It's an all tube point to point wired amp that can generally be had for under $200. It would work great. In fact I have used it on smaller gigs. It uses 2 6V6 tubes and a 12" speaker like a Fender Deluxe and has an amazing tremolo with a great throbbing sound. I lucked out and found mine at a yard sale for $25.

There is Surf east of Sepulveda.

I gotta rave about my fave new little amp - it's a Vintage Harmony H304A - only about 6 watts with a 10" SPeaker (mine has a Weber Classic Alnico) and I gotta say I think it sounds great. Nice and clean til about 3 then nice and bluesy after that. These little Harmony amps actually ARE pretty cheap - I go t mine for $100 but I got a great deal - you see them all the time going for about for $150 - $200 on eBay. The H303 is similar but it only has an 8" speaker and no tone control - it's more like a Champ.

As far as small cheap SS amps - I highly recommend the VOX Pathfrinder 15R - the reverb is not so hot but it sounds terrific and also has tremolo and a speker out and hedphone jack etc. I got mine about 2 years ago and I now have 5 amps so I am selling this one on CL - they go for well under $100 used and are a good deal - they also look pretty cool - very vintagy and small enough to toss in a car or just about anywhere.

Those Princeton Chorus amps sound pretty good too - they're very clean and the reverb is pretty nice for a solid state amp - and i've seen therm for as low as $150 on CL over the years - but if you have the option a litle tube amp really is the way to go. I've got 3 of them and also have a coupls SS amps.

Jim C

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Occam
I bought the new Fender Champion 600 which is actually more tweed like but for $200 for a brand new tube amp that looks as cool as it does it's bound to be useful for something but I'll probably still be looking for a nice home surf amp.

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I too just bought the new Fender Champion 600 "vintage modified" reissue of the 1949-53 original and like it a lot. Very cool and a really good sounding little practise amp with a solid quality feel. They cost a little more than $200 in Europe but still well worth the price.

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1950 original

I also bought it. Nice pix by the way. I like it and are thinking of build a external speaker, I think two 10" alnicos in 4 ohm. Tested a 12" 8 ohm, but that didnt do it. No wolume at all. Have anyone tryed to use an external speaker?

Maybe try the Fender Frontman 15G it has a reverb version but since you got reverb covered you won't need it, I have the 25 watt version with reverb and it works nicely.

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Got Laney LC15R and Fender Champion 600

so happy with the second one that going to sell Laney, it has some nice surf tones too but nothing compares with Fender...and I can drive it all the was up and the neighbours do not complain:) need to buy some reverb unit, I guess...

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