Practice Amp Needed

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Practice Amp Needed

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Anyone have a suggestion for a semi cheap practice amp? All my amps are at least a hundred watts and stacks etc and I kind of want something small that I can just flip a switch and noodle around.

I had a Line 6 Flextone 3 way back in the day and that thing sucked. I haven't touched a Line 6 thing since then, maybe they got better? Or the little ROland Cube amps or whatever. If anyone has suggestions to try out lemme know, I don't have much time to spend at music stores during December (I work at UPS).

Browsin around on ZZounds and I saw Orange is making a 35 watt little guy too for only 250 dollars.
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get a used vox pathfinder for $75
and do l.e.d. mod
youll be surprised
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The Ampeg GVT series amps are on super sale at MF.
I picked up the GVT15H and I'm digging it thus far.
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vox ac4s are cheap as fuck
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My favorite cheap tube practice amp has always been the Silverface Fender Champ. Fantastic sounding and ridiculously easy to find.
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Vox Pathfinder 15R & Ampeg GVT15 combo.. both could be used as home noodling and small club gig! I love both of them
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+1 fender silverface champ. you shouldn't need 35 tubed watts to practice. also the fender pro jr is amazing sounding, just a volume and tone control.
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I don't want to do any mods. Just something simple. I'll check out the new ampegs. I have a vt-22 so it will match some of its bigger fellows :-D
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Guess they're sold out of the 15 watt one. :(

Whats the story on the VHT 6 watt guy?
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ryan summit wrote:get a used vox pathfinder for $75
and do l.e.d. mod
youll be surprised

i have a Vox pathfinder 15 that i could sell you, if you're interested, send me a pm
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Ampeg or a Silverface Champ (I prefer the Vibro)
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aeonrevolution wrote:I don't want to do any mods. Just something simple. I'll check out the new ampegs. I have a vt-22 so it will match some of its bigger fellows :-D
not really a mod mod
its like...uhh..breaking better?
if i had a choice id get the ampeg though ,so
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I hear good things about the pathfinders.
Try old peavey combos too. The 158 rage, I think is the right model, is pretty neat. They made two different versions though...one with IC's and one with Jfets.
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Those little amps that come in starter packs are actually pretty decent if you pair them with a real cab. I use an Ibanez 10B that I rebuilt the shell of all the time. Great for when I just want to play for a minute and don't need to warm the tubes.
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