r/GuitarAmps

Hello all, long time lurker first time poster. I am finally in the position to spend a little money on a tube amp. I play mostly blues, a little metal, main guitars are a Schecter C1 Elite, Schecter PT and Jazzmaster. My issue is I have an 8 month old baby and I need an amp that has a low power mode and a line out for recording. I currently have an older Blackstar HT Club 40 I got from a buddy who absolutely abused the thing by running his 5 string bass through it. I cannot stand the drive channel on it and I can barely turn the volume past 10 percent.

I have it narrowed down to a few different choices but each has a sacrifice in terms of features…

1. Fender Princeton - I love the clean sound and reverb, but no line out, or low power mode. I feel like it’ll be too loud, and not thrilled about having to mic it to record.

2. Super Delta King 12 - great price, but again might be too loud when pushing into natural overdrive. Also no FX loop.

3. Marshall 2525c - it DOES have a low power mode, line out, but lacks reverb, is on the top end of my budget, and I’ve read some dodgy reviews here on Reddit.

I am leaning towards the Marshall even though it’s expensive and I would have to buy a reverb pedal. I play SRV-style blues and older metal like classic Sabbath.

I am very open to suggestions and appreciate all feedback.

I’m in the market for some new gear, and I want something that gives me something new.
Atm I have a boss katana and a Strat,getting a les Paul or an epi Sheraton soon
I love the Strat and fully intend on keeping it long term,the katana is ok.Im planning on starting some gigging so I’ll hold onto it for that cos it can do acoustic well too.

Anyway,I’m really into oasis,Gary moore and similar artists,and I’ve tried getting good amp sounds out of the katana,but it sounds a bit flat.
I know these artists are heavy Marshall territory,and I’ve nothing against Marshall,just want the best option.

Ideally around or under €700

Admittedly I think a head and cab would be cool,but I’d rather a better amp than a better looking one.
I play in my bedroom atm,so if you guys honestly think I should just stick to katana,pls lmk

I do like playing with headphones on but the katana can do that job if needed

Edit:I saw a Blackstar st James 50 on reverb.
Would that with a Marshall cab or a different cab with celestion v30s do what I’m looking for,if I want cleans too?

Hey everyone. I’ve been thinking about getting a blues jr but there are so many options. I was leaning towards one of the IV versions as I heard they have better reliability and reverb but there are so many versions with different speakers. Does anyone have recommendations or reviews that have heard different speakers run through a BJ? Also what are the odds I buy one of these and Fender release the BJV lol

I have a 60w solid state head. Would I have any problems pairing it with a cabinet rated at 60w? Is it necessary to get a cabinet rated higher when using solid state?

I've recently seen 2 Princeton RI's Tweed in perfect condition on my local but broad area Facebook marketplace. One was $800 the other was $875. I'm sure they're different sellers. Is the resale of the tweeds less than the black tolex reissues? I can't say I've ever seen any Princeton's that cheap. To me the tweeds look way better. I missed out on the $800 one a couple months ago but the latest one at $875 seems like a great deal but almost too good to be true. What gives?

Hello all! I’ve got a Fender Tone Master Princeton Reverb and it’s solid, but I keep wondering if a proper boutique tube amp gets closer to that vintage clean/edge-of-breakup Fender sound, or if that’s mostly hype. Open to boutique, but honestly open to anything else too if it gets me there.

I play mostly blues and classic rock — clean to just-barely-breaking-up, not into high gain at all (except Gilmour songs). Strictly a bedroom player, never gigging, so low volume breakup matters way more than loudness or headroom for a stage. No pedals yet but planning to start building a small board soon.

Budget is around $1500, ideally under $2000. Only catch is that nowhere near me to try any of these in person, so I’m buying blind off reviews and demos.

Looking for some solid recommendations on small combo tube amps. And regardless of boutique or not , what would you actually point someone toward in this budget for that vintage clean Fender tone or a very versatile amp. Thanks!

My current amp (Nux mighty30x) is doing really poorly and resonating a lot in weird ways, so have decided its time for a new amp.

My needs are relatively simple; I just want a small amp (preferably even with an option to cut power) for the apartment, with a nice clean sound, as I play clean 90% of the time and rely on a overdrive pedal and casette style preamp for any crunch.

I also recently got hands on an old synth and would like to be able to play it through the amp. I know that a DI setup or drum amp would provide a cleaner, less "coloured" sound, but I'll start out with just the one amp for the moment. Sometimes I'd like to run two parallel signals from the guitar and midi pickup thru the synth and then to the amp (the synth has two outputs and can also be used as a mixer sorta). So ideally it would have two inputs so I can run two signals from the synth (with one of them being untouched/unaffected)

So TLDR: Small amp, suitable for clean playing and hopefully for a synth aswell (two inputs)
Would be a bonus if it has reverb and can be used with headphones and/or for recording.

Budget is 100-200 USD/Euro an I expect to buy second hand on marketplace or something similar.

I often see models like various Roland Cubes (Micro, 20x etc), different Marshall's and sometimes a boss katana within that price, would any of those be a good shout?

Hope it makes sense:)

So I really, really like the tone of the Vox AC15, but the weight is a little much; I've got partially torn rotator cuffs, sometimes that amp weight is just a bit much. I'm trying to figure out ways to lighten it up, and swapping the actual amp over to, say, a pine cab was the first thing that popped into my head. Does anyone have any experience with this, or know a company that makes a replacement cabinet for a Vox AC15?

Alternately, if this idea is absolutely 100% asinine, any suggestions on Vox-voiced amps that I could pop for instead that are relatively lightweight?