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MikeS
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Posted: 27th Nov 2006 19:20
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I'm looking for a good practice guitar amplifier. I don't have big bucks to spend on anything super, so I'm basically looking for the best bang for my buck($50 budget). I've seen a few mini Fender amps, and a CD100 one that looked nice, but I can't really be sure. Doesn't have to be anything powerful either, as I'm still just learning the basics of guitar.

The guitar I have right now is a cheap Johnson guitar I got for about $150 years ago. It hasn't been until now that I've started to seriously play this thing, and I've felt like I've been missing out big time.

So again, any recommendations would be great.



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Posted: 27th Nov 2006 19:21
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ye get a fender 15watt practice amp they are cheap and from what i hear pretty reliable

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Posted: 27th Nov 2006 19:53
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Wow, a $50 amp, I'm hoping this is temporary, even when you're practicing at home the sound difference on the more expensive amps makes a difference.

I'd say go with a Laurel 15-watt practice amp, that's what I started out with, I couldn't find mine on the internet so here's the closest one if you want to spend a few more dollars

http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=374522
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Saikoro
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Posted: 27th Nov 2006 20:36
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I think your best bet would be to look on Craigslist or eBay for a used one, if you can find a Crate Combo, you wont exactly get the most desireable tone, but you'll be able to experiment with a lot of the built in effects, so even though your tone may slightly suffer, your songwriting wont.


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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 01:14
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Goto a used gear shop or pawn shop and start playing everything in your price range.

Crate, Fender, Kustom are likely to be in your range.

You could check ebay, but with shipping you probably wouldn't be able to find much for under $50. Craigslist is a good place also.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 02:05 Edited at: 28th Nov 2006 02:20
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I remember GK (Gallien Krueger) making a tiny, yet immensely loud and full bodied sounding practice amp for guitar. I'll look around and get back to ya.

My Bass rig is GK, I can't put it above 2 or cops will be knockin', but then again its stage equipment so...


EDIT: I havent priced them yet but GK has a Backline series you might want to check out



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MikeS
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 03:22
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Thanks for the advice guys. I've found some pretty good deals on ebay on some good (mini)amps that I'll probably look into the next couple days. Haven't found any steals on anything bigger unfortuantly, but I do agree $50 doesn't give much to work with.

I'll keep searching and let you all know what I end up with.



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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 12:22 Edited at: 28th Nov 2006 12:34
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haha another newb at guitar on here i'd go for fender but i got really really good quality sound city amp once for £12 sounds awesome

Edit: Pic of amp beside bguitar sorry bout the quality webcam for photo's isn't very good



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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 16:27
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http://treeofjurai.homelinux.com/davesg.jpg
Of course its a replica but still, for what its worth its my lil baby and it does its job well, just wish I had a whammy bar xD

As for amps, I don't actually bother! Not in the world of the phsyical anyway. For just practicing at home consider software amplifiers if there are any you can afford. Some of them really are quite amazing and generally they emulate multiple different types of amplifier so you get the most out of your purchess!

I originally started messing with ReValver which you can read about here:
http://www.alienconnections.com/products_revalver.htm

and can download the free version here:
http://www.alienconnections.com/downloads.htm

The free version has full functionality iirc but instead every 20 seconds or so there is a light beep noise. However I found that when I was jamming with it my guitar was much louder than the beep so i never actually heard it when it was in use and when it wasnt, who cares? XD

As its free its certainly a good substitute whilst you wait for a real amp to arrive. However, as good as ReValver is (and truely it is and i havnt even tried the newer versions) there is one amplifier that really stood out miles which a friend introduced me to called Guitar Rig 2 by Native Instruments. This thing sounds amazing. You get pedal control. It pretty much perfectly replicates any amp/speaker/effect set you could want :x

http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=guitarrig2_us&ftu=08e34dd56ad373e&flash=9

but its not cheap But its worth knowing things like this exist and they are good, I had no idea when i first started learning guitar. There are other software amps, I think theres one called Amplitube or something but I havnt investigated them. But they are probably good

just plug in your guitar to your pc's line in and the software amps will convert to a stereo signal etc etc. lotsa fun!

enjoy your guitar ^^


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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 16:39
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in that vein I have heard great things about the Line 6 Pod



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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 18:24
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Quote: "I have heard great things about the Line 6 Pod"

As have I.

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 21:51
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Wow,you guys have pretty freakin' awsome guitars. I think the SG is a little over used in hxc bands,so I didn't get it,just cuz I like being seperate from most musicians in a sense as I don't like following all of 'em(not saying I don't love the SG),but I have an Ibanez 7-string guitar. Its pretty decent. This is the samash page for it(I don't have a camera):
http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemPos=2&TempID=3&DepartmentID=1&STRID=155018&CategorySubID=683&CategoryID=683&BrandID=0&CategorySubPriceRangeID=0&pagesize=10&Method=3&PriceRangeID=0&SortMethod=&SearchPhrase=&Contains=&Search_Type=Department&GroupCode=&categorysubsearch=true

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 22:09
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I think Marshall are probably the best amps, I love them to be honest, but I don't know what the price range is, so if your a beginner, perhaps just go for something like a Fender or even a Peavy, but the last two Fender amps that came into this house were faulty Not saying its common, I wouldn't know.

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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 03:20
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Marshal amps no matter if it puts you into debt.

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