Low-watt tube amp that works good with fuzz pedals

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It does, sounds good enough at lower volumes and can get loud enough to have the neighbours call the cops on you.

I thought they had zero headroom, though? That's the impression I get from demos, anyway, and I feel like some headroom is desirable if you're feeding it pedals. :idk:

It's got decent headroom.
Crank the volume, and use the gain knob as volume, and you will have moar headroom than you know what to do with.

Man, and I had myself convinced I didn't need one. Now you go and do this to me. :lol:
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Has anyone tried the Blackstar 5w or 15w mini stack?
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I have tried the Blackstar HT-5. I wasn't impressed.
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The Blackstar HT series are the worst thing to happen to amplifiers ever.
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Fuzzy Picklez wrote:Master Volume knobs are the worst thing to happen to amplifiers ever.


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D.o.S. wrote:I read this and was all like "Sovtek MIG50, Ampeg B15, Ashdown Little Bastard..."

Then I realized how y'all were talking about guitar amps.


Do you know if there are any B15 clones?
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Blackheart Handsome Devil is my favorite, it's great with every fuzz and OD I've tried, from noisy punk rock treble fuzz to thick crushing Megalith or meathead doom fuzz. Much cleaner and brighter voiced than a Tiny Terror, I like the way pedals work with the Handsome Devil better.

Liked the Epiphone Valve Jr, tho the Valve Jr w/ the bitmo tonestack mod tames the spiky high end and is much better. I'm always on the lookout for a used Blackheart Little Giant or a JC Picovalve cuz they're sweet with pedals too.
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Moustache_Bash wrote:
D.o.S. wrote:I read this and was all like "Sovtek MIG50, Ampeg B15, Ashdown Little Bastard..."

Then I realized how y'all were talking about guitar amps.


Do you know if there are any B15 clones?


Not current makers off the top of my head (I think Matchless made one for a minute or two). I'd imagine ampeg would cease-and-desist anyone who advertised it pretty quickly, but if you can get in touch with someone who builds amp clones on a custom basis I'm sure one of them could hook you up.
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The pro junior takes pedals well, so I can only imagine the blues will smoke too....
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Oh yeah, I want a MIG50 SOOOO FUCKING BAD!!!!!
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Champs, Vibro or otherwise, and especially Princetons for studio stuff. The Traynor YGM-3 is about 18 watts, great pedals amp and just loud enough for smaller clubs.
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GardenoftheDead wrote:I have tried the Blackstar HT-5. I wasn't impressed.



This...I don't understand what the buzz is about blackstar, I've never played one that I liked. My local music store plugs the shit out of them too.
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ifeellikeatourist wrote:
GardenoftheDead wrote:I have tried the Blackstar HT-5. I wasn't impressed.



This...I don't understand what the buzz is about blackstar, I've never played one that I liked. My local music store plugs the shit out of them too.


The buzz is that it's a cheap, relatively high gain tube amp that can be marketed to the people who listen to the bands that endorse them.
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Epiphone Jr. Amps, with some mods, are ridiculously good and affordable. Also, they're rebranded. You can get them for even cheaper form Harley Benton, or another name I can't remember. Something like E80 for a nice solid tube amp.
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The new Blues Juniors - the IIIs - are not terrible.
for $400, I would probably just get a Frontman 212 or something, though.
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