andrew00
Joined: May 24, 2011
Posts: 34
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Posted on Mar 12 2019 01:31 PM
Hey!
I'm looking for an amp to use at home. Something that can nail tones from surf to garage rock, by way of The Velvet Underground and The Modern Lovers.
Essentially that Fender valve, clean but breaking up tone.
I need something I can play with headphones as I live in a tiny flat heh. Would love to bust out a Princeton or Blurs Jr but it'd be pointless as I'd never get it above 1 on the volume scale!
I've tried a Katana which was alright, same for a Yamaha THR5 and a Fender Mustang GT. They're all ok.
I was just reading on here about the Quilter 101 or 101 Reverb, which sound awesome given that you can use headphones or plug into a cab.
But it's hard to find something I can play at low volume/with headphones, that will actually sound not digital and bad, especially as a solid pedal platform.
Can anyone offer some thoughts please? Thank you!
Oh, I bought a Strat so that'll be the guitar I'll be using!
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Chippertheripper
Joined: Mar 11, 2011
Posts: 819
Semass
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Posted on Mar 12 2019 01:57 PM
If you haven't already, take a good look at the Hotone nano series. They're really cheap, but sound pretty damn good. I like the Vox one better than the tweed one, personally, and should be a really nice fit for some garagey type tones.
Beyond that, the quilter rep is pretty flawless around these parts.
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SurferBill
Joined: Dec 20, 2009
Posts: 609
Jax, FL
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Posted on Mar 12 2019 02:44 PM
I have a little Vox Valvetronix modeling amp in the bedroom that cost about $250. I was very surprised by the number of nice and different tones it puts out. It comes in a 20 Watt version as well.
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Last edited: Mar 12, 2019 16:39:02
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Redfeather
Joined: Jul 30, 2016
Posts: 854
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Posted on Mar 12 2019 04:30 PM
Old solid state Peaveys are cheap, durable, and surprisingly flexible. They have active controls and decent crunch so they can go from mid heavy rocker stuff to scooped out reverby Fender sounds to raggedy tweed gnarliness.
I recently got a 20W Back Stage from the 80's with these characteristics and I was pretty blown away by how good it sounds. Given that it's solid state and I paid 20 bucks for it. It's the era with the three knob gain section with Pre (white), Saturation (grey), and Post (blue) knobs.
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Surfing_Sam_61
Joined: Jan 15, 2019
Posts: 1515
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Posted on Mar 12 2019 05:35 PM
I use to use the Fender G-Dec 15 watt practice amp with studio headphones that are pretty realistic - but sounds lousy with the cheapo speaker it comes with. It has RCA inputs in back for CD player etc. I have three and they all sounded different for some reason. They run 75 to 130 dollars used - there ok not good for gigs though.
If you have no budget to worry about, I use the Avid Eleven Rack for about two years or more now. The headphone jack output is lame so I run it through a single rack space 6 channel mixer for my CD player and drum machine gear I use with it. You can buy these around $ 299 to 399 without the recording software for your computer etc....some are lower used bidding - You could spend a 100 grand buying all the effects and amp combo's in this modeling unit - really amazing studio sounds. I wish they fix the headphone out put is totally lame though, but a mixer takes care of that, Unless you play out or in a band I would look at these or aome other modeling rack brand similar o it.
Last edited: Mar 12, 2019 17:41:49
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dannylectro
Joined: Aug 18, 2008
Posts: 360
Orange, CA
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Posted on Mar 12 2019 05:51 PM
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Samurai
Joined: Mar 14, 2006
Posts: 2141
Kiev, Ukraine
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Posted on Mar 13 2019 01:53 AM
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casey
Joined: May 18, 2006
Posts: 520
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Posted on Mar 13 2019 04:12 AM
VOX DA-5. No longer made but you can still find them on E-bay for $100 or a little more. I have a variety of original Fender Blackface amps including a Princeton, Vibrolux, and Super Reverb, and also live where I can't use these because of their volume. The DA 5 comes remarkably close to their sound and can do it at super low volumes; it also has a head phone jack. I've used this as a line out to record and had great results. It also has more than decent built in effects - reverb, delay, distortion, among others. I've bought several so as to have a spare or two.
Last edited: Mar 13, 2019 04:13:43
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taijiguy
Joined: Mar 27, 2006
Posts: 197
Newington, CT USA
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Posted on Mar 13 2019 06:21 AM
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da-ron
Joined: Jan 02, 2009
Posts: 1299
The original Plymouth, UK.
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Posted on Mar 13 2019 06:43 AM
I'd strongly recommend a Fender Vibro-Champ XD. It has a huge range of sounds and a very convincing blackface sound. Reverb is digital but convincing. It's a 5W tube amp. I love mine, I play it all the time.
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