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Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:01 pm
by ryan summit
i was gonna say pathfinder
but it seems kinda lame
compared to the other suggestions youll get
in reality it sounds freakin good
and i see them for 65-95 on cl a bunch
theres an easy mod
thatll get you more clean headroom
also this wooden crate i got sounds good too
Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:03 pm
by big jilm
hbombgraphics wrote:It's under powered but I am loving my AC4TV
Blues Juniors are pretty cool, I have had one and I enjoyed it but I felt like it was not super durable (older ones the pots are basically held on by the chicken head knobs)
The AC4TV isn't super durable either. I blew the power tube twice on mine.
Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:43 pm
by hbombgraphics
big jilm wrote:hbombgraphics wrote:It's under powered but I am loving my AC4TV
Blues Juniors are pretty cool, I have had one and I enjoyed it but I felt like it was not super durable (older ones the pots are basically held on by the chicken head knobs)
The AC4TV isn't super durable either. I blew the power tube twice on mine.
no way dude, anything I can do to prevent that from happening
Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:39 pm
by big jilm
hbombgraphics wrote:big jilm wrote:hbombgraphics wrote:It's under powered but I am loving my AC4TV
Blues Juniors are pretty cool, I have had one and I enjoyed it but I felt like it was not super durable (older ones the pots are basically held on by the chicken head knobs)
The AC4TV isn't super durable either. I blew the power tube twice on mine.
no way dude, anything I can do to prevent that from happening
I guess you shouldn't push it too hard with huge volume boosts as I did in order to play with a drummer
Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:55 pm
by blanket
sounds to me like you want a used Pro Junior. Fits all of your criteria.
Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:28 pm
by rfurtkamp
Price range, etc. I'd probably just buy one of the Fender Mustang II v 2.0's coming out (12" speaker this time, 40w), and call it good.
$200 at the big box stores.
Or find a used Mustang III v1 and call that good too.
You're not going to find small, cheap, good, headroom, *and* under $250 ..and be able to pick if tubes are involved (mercy of local markets and extreme luck in that price range), and the Mustangs sound just fine to my ears (I have a V head, but still have and use my Jazz Chorus 50 and Hot Rod Deluxe too).
Re: need recommendations on a small cheap good amp
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:19 pm
by Bartimaeus
Fender Eighty-Five
/not-at-all-greenwood-biased