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the only guitar amp I have is a practice one that came with my cheap guitar. It's clean channel is about as clean as a dumpster, it distorts no matter how quet what I'm playing is.

Can anyone give me any recomendations for a tube amp that I could get used for under 300 dollars? Or any guitar amp that's good that I can get used for under 300. Maybe one of those fender twins or something? Thanks!
 
I doubt you'll find a tube twin for under $600...even a broken one. I sold my '72 silverface for $400, and it needed all new tubes, and other electronic work. In fact $300 is sort of unrealistic to be thinking about a tube amp in general.
 
alright, that's ok I guess, are there any decent sounding solid state amps for under 300 used?
 
antispatula said:
alright, that's ok I guess, are there any decent sounding solid state amps for under 300 used?
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Harmony Central and Ebay are your friends!

Dunno what kind of music you're playing, but some of the Randall SS amps get good review....

Just don't buy a Crate!
If you do buy a Crate, and you decide to Floam it, lemme know if it warms it up :D

Ashdown makes some pretty cheap tube amps, but they probably sound like your filthy dumpster :D
 
i'll probably get jumped on for this but for the price the marshall mg50dfx aint a bad little amp, by no means top shelf, but you dont get top shelf for $300
Cheers
Davo
 
antispatula said:
the only guitar amp I have is a practice one that came with my cheap guitar. It's clean channel is about as clean as a dumpster, it distorts no matter how quet what I'm playing is.

Can anyone give me any recomendations for a tube amp that I could get used for under 300 dollars? Or any guitar amp that's good that I can get used for under 300. Maybe one of those fender twins or something? Thanks!
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Vox AD30 is great.
 
This amp has, in my opinion, very smooth cleans and luscious drive:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Marshall-AVT50-...ryZ38075QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I have a friend who used one at a live performance and the overdrive channel was particularly impressive. It made his guitar soar. He was playing a gibson, though... semi-hollow with humbuckers.

As long as you dial it in right, it will sound great. As long as it's not from the MG Series, you'll get good cleans from Marshall.
 
antispatula said:
alright, that's ok I guess, are there any decent sounding solid state amps for under 300 used?
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You should be able to pick up a used Fender Blues Jr. for about three bills. I've got one and it sounds pretty damn good for a cheap amp.
 
I bought a Marshall AVT50 a few years back and used it extensively with a 80's Rock/Southern Rock band doing a lot of Allaman Bros...etc and I was very pleased with it. I A/B'd it with a Marshall MG and to me there was no choice about the sound. It was quite close to the Marshall a band member had in the late 70's, it was a tube head with full stack...of course the volume was far from his stack, but the distortion channel is very sweet~ ;)
 
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I bought a Marshall AVT50 a few years back and used it extensively with a 80's Rock/Southern Rock band doing a lot of Allaman Bros...etc and I was very pleased with it. I A/B'd it with a Marshall MG and to me there was no choice about the sound. It was quite close to the Marshall a band member had in the late 70's, it was a tube head with full stack...of course the volume was far from his stack, but the distortion channel is very sweet~ ;)
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True that.

I'd also like to add that the small Fender Princeton silverface combos have the best cleans I've ever heard, and are perfect for recording. If I could, I would have both the AVT50 and a Princeton silverface. But I have neither. :o
 
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