In order to avoid lugging equipment back and forth, I'm considering buying an additional guitar amp to leave at home for practice sessions. Not that I actually practice, but if I ever did decide to practice, it'd be handy. I'm looking for something (a) relatively inexpensive (under $300, which will probably limit me to something used), (b) not loud (5 - 15 watts), and (c) that breaks up a little or maybe a lot (but without that "always overdriven" sound of the small Smokey amp I have), and (d) Class A tube. (Why (d)? I could be an elitist and say that solid state amps can't match that tube tone, but instead I'll just be a poser and say that if I can't play like an elitist, at least I can brag about having a tube amp.)
I'm currently looking at used Fender Champs on eBay, new Pignoses, Peavey Classic 30s (I already have one and like it), and some other usual suspects, but if you have any recommendations, email me or drop a comment on the weblog.
Posted by johndan at July 11, 2005 11:56 AM | TrackBack