Off Topic Practice Amps

[Voo]

Just curious what everyone is using for practice amps (by practice amps I mean an amp that can be turned up reasonably loud that wont get you evicted). Looking for a nice all around amp for blues, rock, maybe even heavier tones (please please please don't say Line 6, been there done that)

 

[fsmith]

OK, I won't say Line 6 although I do have a PodXT that I use through my mixer and monitors for practice too.

I also have a Roland MicroCube, that I use for practice as well as a travel amp. I take it on camping trips with me and it's great, 6 AA batteries seem to last forever.

However I can also get really nice low tones with my Egnater Renegade.

I like choices...

 

[Purple ASS]

I'm very pleased with the Roland Cube 20X (20 watt) I bought recently. Really good cleans and OD's and Distortions based on Boss pedals. FX pretty good, particularly like the tremelo. Built in tuner as well. Great for home but I reckon loud enough for a quiet band rehearsal too which is how we like to do it. Tried the equivalent Line 6 15 watt but the cleans on the Cube blew it away. There is a 30 watt too if this one is too small for you

 

[e.mate]

lol...no brother, no line6

I use a Kustom Tube 12A in my little room at home A cute little amp, that has a big tone....without the neighbours calling the police all the time

 

[conan02919]

i've been using a Peavey Vypyr they come in 15, 30, 75 on up I have the 75 watt version which can get very LOUD. Ok before people start in and start saying how modeling amps are crap compared to valves he did say he was looking for a Practice amp which to me means low cost, under 100 watts, typically one 12 inch speaker. The Vypyr actually sounds very good i traded in my Line 6 Spider for it plus it has a bunch of effects already built in. Again I wouldn't use it as a main amp but it works for me as a practice amp.

 

[Mike Y]

I don't own one, but I have played one of these. Being a Rivera fan as well makes me biased...

The Rivera Clubster 25 would make a great practice amp.

They are pricey for a practice amp brand new, but sometimes you can find them used in good shape........Great Tube tone in a portable size.......

 

[Voo]

I will have to check all those out

Mike Y, I am with you on the Rivera bias, I love my Quiana but good god its a loud little beast (and heavy too)

 

[beej]

Hehe ... my Guytron is a fire breathing monster, but it's built on a slaving/reamping design. You can turn it down to a whisper and still sounds like it's cooking.

So I use my Guytron to practice and to gig.

 

[Jonny Dubai]

Gotta be a vox valvetronix. Superb amps. I even recorded an album with one.


J

 

[Spudmurphy]

Wont get you evicted - Just for practising in a bedroom? - anything over 8 watts will have the neighbours knocking unless you live in a big detached property.

I use my pod xt through a hi fi amp just to have a knock with the rest of the band and get the basics of new numbers together.

I have used my 15 watt blues junior for practices - but in a bedroom it's too loud - it's great for smaller venues though.

The pod is perfect for rehearsals.

 

[jcm900]

I played the small Peavey Vypyr practise amp recently. sounded pretty good, and it's cheap!

 

[adam-antium]

Go for the 20 or 30 watt roland cube my friend, great sounding little practice amps and built very sturdy too for such a cheap little piece of kit

 

[peterd79]

just for practice i think the Epiphone valve junior isn't a bad rig- and it's decent enough to get a good read and they love pedals. I have two of them and one i've modded with a reverb and a few different voicings with an overdrive and it's fun.
I have heard great things about the Roland micro cube as well as the vox valvetronics (i have the 212 several years back and it ripped) and i've heard that the smaller versions are just as great.
another option is get a hotplate (attenuator) and run it on your normal amp to cut out on the speaker output... it'd set ya back about $200 but at least you're working with an amp you already know.

 

[peterd79]

Vox Amplifiers or something like this might work

 

[Hendog]

I use a Cube 30, but that's too loud to turn up in an appartment.

I also liked my Vox Valvetronix.

The Line 6 Pocket Pod is supurb with headphones and terrible into an amp.

 

[somesmerized]

Baby Swart all the way!

 

[GWDavis28]

They are discontinued, but you can still find them around, the Tech21 Trademark 10. Great little amp. I got mine off of Craiglist.

TECH 21 - Trademark 10

Glenn |B)

 

[izzy]

Not an amp per se but I bought an eBand over the weekend -- so far not regretting having done so. Sore fingers ftw.

 

[tommydude]

Gotta be a vox valvetronix. Superb amps. I even recorded an album with one.


J

Same here! I use the 15W for my students. Me, I use the limited edition Vox Brian May (white Tolex!!) for teaching guitar.

 

[Oh3AreSicks]

I got a Cube 30 for xmas and think it sounds pretty good for low volume stuff. It has great cleans.