Practice Guitar Amp

FirstinLastout · 26-10-2018 12:24pm #1

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!

Alanstrainor · 26-10-2018 12:58pm

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.