BASainty Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Im on a strict budget of £250 for a decent amp but not sure where to start or what to look for. Im looking for something that will stand up against the drums/guitars ect in a practice room but also be able to be used in small gigs (pubs/clubs the usual venues). Any suggestions? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooks79 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 You can usually pick up peavey heads and cabs dirt cheap, built to survive anything from my experience, and can get pretty loud. To give you an idea, I sold a peavey session bass head on here for £100 not long back, and I saw a thread recently with someone getting a peavey 1x15 cab of eBay for about £40! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASainty Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Wow thats alot better than I thought im gona have to check out ebay and the market! Thanks for the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thatguy59 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Have to agree with the Peavey optoin, use a TNT 130 that I bought for less for £100, its older than me but I've used it for the last 2 years in a rehearsal space aswell as the odd gig, great, robust amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbytodd Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 cant go wrong with peavey gear.its built to last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 You can have my Marshal stack for £200 if you want to come and pick it up MB4210 with MBC 1 x 15 extention cab. 450 watts of pure loudness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Having had the same set-up, that is a bargain. Really good sounding gear, the Marshall MB range, especially for rock/punk (kindof expected, really). And small gigs? This set-up will fill out most places. I used mine in a punk band with 2 guitarists using half-stacks, and in a metal band, again 2 guitarists with half-stacks. For rehearsals I just used to use the combo, only dragged the 115 out for gigs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASainty Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 [quote name='Blademan_98' post='1299351' date='Jul 10 2011, 10:13 PM']You can have my Marshal stack for £200 if you want to come and pick it up MB4210 with MBC 1 x 15 extention cab. 450 watts of pure loudness![/quote] Sounds like a bargin! But sadly i am lacking transport so i will not be able to pick it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 [quote name='4StringFortress' post='1299416' date='Jul 10 2011, 11:05 PM']Sounds like a bargin! But sadly i am lacking transport so i will not be able to pick it up [/quote] That's cool. It would need some transport as each bit weights 33kgs. Cheers Blademan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc2009 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 You'd be able to freight it for less than you think, try senditnow.co.uk I'd have to recommend a trace elliot (an old one on ebay/gumtree) over a peavey though. Better sound IMO, tend to have fewer things fallen off them/about to fall off them, and generally underrated power wise. I would also recommend the Line 6 Lowdown combo series, second hand they'll be cheap and even new they've come down a lot in price, a bit chunky but an unbelievably great range of sounds for the price. Plenty of people dislike amp modulation, but I can honestly say that this thing is capable of producing so many sounds as good as if not better than the amps it is trying to recreate IMO! Nearly bought one myself but went for a half stack instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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