Guitar Amp Advice Needed!

the fnj

Well after all the talking I've finally managed to save up for my new guitar amp.

I'm going to blow somewhere between £300-£500 on it! So does anybody here have any suggestions, recommendations etc on what’s good and what’s bad in an amp for around that price?

jes

it really depends on what type you're looking for eg: what you will be using it for and what kind of music you want to play on it..

you could probably pick yourself up a nice secondhand Fender Twin for around £500...

http://www.fender.com/FrontlineExtra/product/show.php?partno=0215700000



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Shiminay

One name:
MARSHALL!!!!

Buy the best you can for whatever you can afford Tom - you will not regret it.

I wuv my Valvestate 265.

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When the Beefy King arrives, I shall be paying homage with Puunack The Receiver in a haze of green curry.

Karl Hungus

Listen to Dav...

MARSHALL!!!

Actualy... I need a new one too...
Might be able to get £30 for my old amp?

the fnj

Yeah I was defo leaning towards Marshall but I don't want a vavlestate. I don't know but alot of my musical peers say I'm better off getting a valve amp.

Kopf

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by The FANJ:
Yeah I was defo leaning towards Marshall but I don't want a vavlestate. I don't know but alot of my musical peers say I'm better off getting a valve amp.</font>

My valvestate serves me well... Get a marshal no matter what, they're the undisputed kings

AI_inferno

It depends really what you want sound wise - valves are nearly always better no matter what but they are a hell of a lot more expensive. Valvestate amps can sound kind of thin by comparison to valve amps - what type of mush are you playing and what guitar will it be going with?

Lemming

mmmm ... MesaBoogie amps ... teeheehee

ANyone have any ideas of prices for those things? I've heard the sound of them is evil!!

marshal are good though .. had my eye on a JCM900 2x12 for a while ... just didn't have my other eye on the £700 or so lol

So I'm stuck with a little sunn amp ... actually I quite like it. Its 38w, portable, and is DISGRACEFULLY loud for what it is!! MWWUAAHAHAAHAA

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tibor

if ya don't have the cash to go for a proper valve amp, get yourself a line 6, the flextone II is da bomb. the most versatile amp out there i dare say, and if ya get the big floorboard thingy with it your sorted, has all the POD features in it too. it's the business.

check out the offcial blurb on it

...course if ya gots lotsa cash to burn and wanna rock out heavy stylee, get yourself a big-ass marshall stack

the fnj

I play everything and anything really. I'm playing on a strat at the moment. I generally like to set up the guitar as clean as possible then add distortion via pedals etc. I'll be going in later today to pick one but thanks for the advice lads.

the fnj

Well Kharn it looks like your the winner.

I went for a Marshall Valvestate AVT 2000.

I spent around two hours playing different amps and it did really stand out. The only other rival was a Peavy I played in Waltons. It was cheaper but the Marshall just seemed to offer so much more.

I am now the pround owner of a very ****ing heavy (had to carry the thing from Music Maker up to Christchurch) Marshall amp but am also down £400.

Happy days

Lucutus

When's yer first gig FanJ?

cournioni

Randall all the way!

http://randallamplifiers.com/product/amps/warheadfs.htm

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Shiminay

played Tom!

My mate just got one of those too - I've heard nothing but great things about it (haven't hard it yet).

Good luck and enjoy man!

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All the best!
Dav
@B^)
So Bob Hoskins was about to roll a spliff when in walks Dana with her 3 foot Bong
[honey i] violated [the kids]
When the Beefy King arrives, I shall be paying homage with Puunack The Receiver in a haze of green curry.

Wolf

sorry used wolf's account by mistake FANJ.

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Wolf

GGGGGGRRRRR FFS it keeps changing my pass back to Wolf's. I'll try again

FANJ

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the fnj

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Lucutus:
When's yer first gig FanJ? </font>

Don't know still working on some material and need a good solo name somthing along the lines of

Thomas P Fanning
Thom Fanning
Hank Murdock.

Which do you think is best?

If any of your are interested this is the amp here http://www.marshallamps.com/images/avt2000/avt50.html

I have yet to give it a really good breaking in but I should get a chance to turn it up to eleven later today. I'm still very impressed with what I've seen and done with it so far. It really does sound very close to a valve amp.

amp

Huh?

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MiLk

marshall amps suck, VOX AC-30 is my baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Paladin

That looks like a nice amp Fanj. Im saving for something in a similiar range. Ill keep that in mind for sure.