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Practice Guitar Amp

  • 26-10-2018 11:24am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 477 ✭✭


    Gonna flog my old amp, cheap old Driver branded item and replace with something physically smaller but more importantly better sounding.
    Any recommendations?
    I was thinking Yamaha TH10, lot of features and versatile but also likely overkill.
    I honestly don't have any awareness of cheaper smaller amps, or more importantly the newer features that were never thought of when I was younger.

    Won't be gigging, busking etc but some portability would be appreciated for when I head off in the campervan for a trip along the coast.
    Playing an electronic accustic & Yammy Pacifica on it.
    Interested mostly in blues but will be trying to practice some Spanish/ flamenco guitar as well.

    Any advice appreciated, thanks all!


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    There are a whole tonne of amps in the low watt end of things. And there are a lot of amazing amps tbh, both valve and solid state. If I were you I would try and find a shop to try them out, as it's hard to find the best from youtube alone.

    I have a Roland Cube Lite:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/ROLAND-CUBELTBK-Roland-CUBE-LT-BK-Amplifier/dp/B00BJYOTQ2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1540554922&sr=8-2&keywords=roland+amp

    (Not sure if that's the best price around). But it's a fine small amp that also gets quite loud when pushed. It sounds like a much bigger amp than it is, and it doesn't suffer from the boxiness that a lot of small speaker amps suffer from. I'm a purely blues electric guitarist, and it fits the bill for me. Lovely tones, and I don't use any pedals with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    One of my favourites is the Pignose. Not very versatile, but great for blues and ultraportable. Battery powered, too, for outside playing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,573 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    I'd recommend a small solid state amp like a yamaha thr10 ...that's what i have and it's great. You can get some nice blues sounds out of it,.



    You don't need to mic the amp to record in a simple free recording program like audacity. The above sound was direct fromthe amp...no mic used.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭Keyzer


    Katana 50


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭martinedwards


    an amp with a good clean sound and a multi FX unit with amp modelling.


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