best electric guitar amp for $300?

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:52 am

College graduation from my parents coming up soon, don't want them to pay more than $300 on an amp, what say you guys on this?

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:19 pm

what kind of music are you playing, what kind of sound do you want? Are you trying to get a hendrix sound? a clapton sound? a mayer sound? etc.

Do you need effects? How loud do you need it to be? Gig worthy or practice?

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:21 pm

dude

i just got question KO'd

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:23 pm

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:36 pm

the sound of a certain person i can't really say, this will be my first electric guitar as well as amp, i have chosen the schecter c1 blackjack as the guitar

i've been playing (acoustic) guitar for about four years, i started with dave's music but then expanded into playing a little of everything like i guess most people do. i don't know if i'm really leaning towards one type of sound over another, so perhaps an all purpose amp, if there is such a thing would be appropriate.

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 12:48 pm

Small practice and studio tube amp
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=487825

Bigger and louder and really good tube amp
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=480491

Not a tube amp like the others but lots and lots of effects to play with.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=482272

I would take your schecter to GuitarCenter and try and plug it into all these and see which sounds the best. It's all preference but the ones i gave you are good values.

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:11 pm

thanks!

i like that third one

Wife Soup · Unread post by **Wife Soup** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:03 pm

i personally would get a tube amp. They are worth the exra money. I got my fender hot rod deluxe for 400 used on craigslist.

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:05 pm

what makes tube amps so much better?

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:06 pm

Tooooooooooooooone! So much warmer and very natural sounding, I second the tube amp recommendation. They are also customizable as you can switch out tubes to get different sounds.

Wife Soup · Unread post by **Wife Soup** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:35 pm

plus solid states amps may get some unwanted noise

if you do end up with a solid state amp, i heard bad things about the marshall mg series

SaxMan123 · Unread post by **SaxMan123** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:30 pm

3rd'd tube amps. I have a Fender Pro Junior, the much more simple version of the Blues Junior. 15 watts, 12AX7 tube preamp system and 6L6 tubes for the poweramp, sounds awesome as well and cranking it gives you a nice classic 60's distortion. If you are going to play blues and blues/rock then a Boss BD-2 Blues Driver will be a great pedal to plug into the amp. I play a Line 6 POD XT Live into my Fender Pro Junior with a Strat and it sounds great, loud enough for most smaller gigs.

wsosfr · Unread post by **wsosfr** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:29 am

Danny is right, tube amp is the real thing
But if u r tight on the budget, u can begin with a new solid state amp.

If it will become your life, u will definitely find yourself moving to the tubes

HumbleMonkey · Unread post by **HumbleMonkey** » Sun May 06, 2007 8:39 pm

im looking for an amp and figured i would just bump this instead starting a new thread :thumbsup:

so i want a tube amp in the $200 price range, any suggestions?

RunsWithBuffalo · Unread post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Sun May 06, 2007 11:34 pm

what do you want it for?

Recording? Gigging?

What kind of guitar do you have?

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best electric guitar amp for $300?

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