G****r amp on a budget

[SteveXFR]

Hi everyone. I just gave my daughter a nice guitar for Christmas and she's only got a bass amp so really needs a guitar amp.  

Has anyone got suggestions for something with lots of gain and enough power for band practice but not much more than £100 used? She's playing metal so super creamy clean tones are not required.

[AndyTravis]

Roland cubes always seemed pretty decent.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Anything Marshall. What with the pandemic lots of gear has made its way into pawn shops and onto EBay, so prices should be down. For instance: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255281994107?hash=item3b6ffe197b:g:aGUAAOSwNZ9humOJ

[T-Bay]

Vox AD range, obviously not as good as the full valve ACs (but they are hundreds) but a great range of sounds from the onboard amp models and even has a few effects thrown in. I bought an absolutely mint AD100VT a couple of weeks back for just £120.

[Lozz196]

Laney amps often fly under the radar and are def worth checking out.

[SteveXFR]

  On 25/12/2021 at 18:20, Lozz196 said:

Laney amps often fly under the radar and are def worth checking out.

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I have looked at them but couldn't find a good one within 100 miles. Same with Peavey

[BassAdder60]

Boss Katana or Marshall MG series or AVT 

Edited December 25, 2021 by BassAdder27

[nilebodgers]

You can’t go wrong with an old Peavey Bandit.

[SteveXFR]

  On 25/12/2021 at 21:24, nilebodgers said:

You can’t go wrong with an old Peavey Bandit.

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Old Peavey stuff is bombproof. New stuff not so much.

[Newfoundfreedom]

Vox valvetronic AD50VT or if you can get one at the right price, maybe even the AD100VT.

 

They're louder than hell, and you can dial in pretty much any sound in the world due to the built in amp and cab sims. They also have a decent set of built in effects. Ridiculously good for the money. 

[PaulWarning]

out guitarist gets a better distorted sound out of his 50 watt Marshall valvestate than he does out of his all valve Marshall

[ezbass]

I like the sound of a guitar through a bass amp, just add appropriate fx.

[SteveXFR]

  On 26/12/2021 at 09:44, ezbass said:

I like the sound of a guitar through a bass amp, just add appropriate fx.

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We've tried it through my 500w Orange Terror and its a great clean sound but even with max gain and my preamp pedal at max gain it isn't particularly dirty. Probably for the best, I don't want my gear getting "borrowed"

[pete.young]

Epiphone Valve Junior would be an excellent choice if you can find a used one within range.

[PaulWarning]

  On 26/12/2021 at 10:37, SteveXFR said:

 

We've tried it through my 500w Orange Terror and its a great clean sound but even with max gain and my preamp pedal at max gain it isn't particularly dirty. Probably for the best, I don't want my gear getting "borrowed"

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probably for the best, but you could use a bass amp (you may have another?) with a cheap distortion pedal, I sometimes even use my Zoom B1on

[PaulThePlug]

  On 26/12/2021 at 11:33, PaulWarning said:

you could use a bass amp... I sometimes even use my Zoom B1on

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Thats my plan with my Epi LP

Marshall MB30 Bass Amp using the 'Classic Channel'... or the Zoom B1on with the Marshall Superbass SIM and a hint of Tape Echo.

[SteveXFR]

We have tried my old Marshall MB30 with an old ODB3 drive pedal and it sounded like a wet fart.

[T-Bay]

If you want really dirty tones then the Vox Ad range as mentioned by myself and others above would be perfect, some of the amp sims on there are really heavy even before you crank the gain up.

[ezbass]

  On 26/12/2021 at 10:37, SteveXFR said:

 

We've tried it through my 500w Orange Terror and its a great clean sound but even with max gain and my preamp pedal at max gain it isn't particularly dirty. Probably for the best, I don't want my gear getting "borrowed"

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Fair enough. In which case an old, 2nd hand, Line6 Spider might be the way to go. IIRC they had a metal voicing in the presets.

[SteveXFR]

I've found a Roland Cube 60 locally so I'll be off to pick that up later.