Best amp for practice/recording under $300?

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manning1 said:
one of the best guitar sounds i ever heard was when i was in a big studio once and heard an ace guitar player (this guy made his living as a pro studio player working as a session man) . all he brought in was a pignose amp (the one up from smallest) and some guitar pedals. totally blew me away re his guitar sounds. playback was stunning.
he could do anything with that pignose plus pedals. blues, rock, jazz,punk etc. a true professional. he was also a very kind warm person and shared a lot with me. i learnt from him various factors contributed towards tone.
strings, pickups, the hands and the way they work the strings etc
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Those pignose's get a really killer tone, the off-kilter brown-ish color makes them look like they'll sound like ass, but they can cover quite a versatile array of tones. I had purchased the 60W one w/ a 10" speaker in it...they're only about $150 or so.
 
Not expected but try this.

If you're looking for a modelling amp that's affordable, you might want to try a 15w Line 6 Spider II Combo.. I've played through one and was thinking about getting one myself.. The clean on that is really good and it provide a couple of different tones as far as overdrive.. My cousin does direct recording with his and it comes out really nice, you may want to give it a look.
 
I gotta give props for the Tech 21 and the Line 6 Spyder II.
 
I'd like to add the Roland Micro Cube to my original Trademark vote. I just picked one up last night for air traveling - 2 watts/7 pounds. It's not as flexible as my Trademark - but it will fit nicely in my suitcase and give out decent tones at hotel room volumes!
 
Traynor custom valve 20WR
Not a lot of flexibility, but very good at what it does (clean to dirty blues tones)

EDIT: Sorry a little out of your range (I forgot how much I paid for mine, yikes)
 
I've been really happy with the VOX AD30VT. Excellent cleans, and you can get really nice preamp and power-amp types of distortion out of it. More than adequate reverb, delay and tremolo (I don't use much else). It's actually wired like a tube amp, so when you crank it, it does the compression thing that sounds so sweet. There's a nice wattage output knob on the back, too, so you can get that cranked sound at semi-reasonable levels.

The only thing I wish it had was a line out, but it was still a great buy (used, for $180).
 
Sorry for dredging up a dead thread, but...

I see a lot of Tech 21 support in this thread.

Anyone ever mic one (specifically a trademark 60... or any other...), or is it better suited for DI for recording purposes? (reads "does it sound like shit miced?)

Thanks.
 
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