How To Make Your Cheap Guitar Amp Sound Amazing
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2019
- At some point in your guitar-playing career, you’ll likely acquire an affordable (or cheap) guitar amp. Sadly, you might notice that your first experience with your new amplifier is a little unsatisfactory. But while these cheaper amps aren’t going to sound like something worth thousands of dollars, there are a few things you can do to make them sound amazing for the price!
All amps are a little bit different, but the main things you’ll be dealing with are the EQ and the amount of Gain or Distortion. Learning how to dial in the EQ and set the appropriate amount of gain for your playing style is the most important aspect to nailing down a great guitar tone.
Remember, almost every amp has a sweet spot. Take your time, fiddle with those knobs, follow the tips in this lesson, and you’ll get your cheap guitar amplifier sounding a lot better. Even a $50 solid-state amp can sound better than a $500 tube amp if you know how to get the thing dialed in just right!
Amps used: Fender Frontman 10G, Peavey Rage 158, Line 6 Spider IV 15
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Wtf is wrong with all you complainers out there!?! We all know these amps will never sound like high end studio amps. A fender frontman 10g will never sound a boutique amp. This video is to help kids and beginners get the best out of what they have. Lighten up people!
A man brother
@@lickmyfuckinnuts Men.
@@lickmyfuckinnuts bone apple tea
But dude, peddles cost more than these amps. Is that good advice over upgrading to an amp you can hear over drums first??
@@butthole4185 I’m not saying don’t upgrade your amp. I’m saying make the best of what you have while you have it lol
Tip #1 instead of spending $150 on a reverb pedal just ad it to the $100 you were going to spend on the amp and get a $250 amp with reverb and a better speaker
You can get a reverb pedal for $30-$40 new.
@@orlock20 ..and you can get bulk toilet paper for $30 - $40 too.
If you gonna be working with shit, get toilet paper!
The Peavey Rage in the video cost me $20, and I have bought a Danelectro Corned Beef Reverb used for $15 before. The instrument cable I used with that setup cost the same as the amp and pedal.
Maybe, but people already have these amps, and/or can only outlay the $100 now. If you buy a $150 reverb pedal, you can still use it later after you've upgraded amps. Plus, that pedal is likely to be better and more versatile than the reverb in a $350 amp. And maybe that strategy lets you get the better guitar now because you can add the reverb pedal later.
@@Caged63Man NAILED IT! get out of my head bro
"Lemme grab a cheap squier guitar" ...Grabs a squier classic vibe
Ultimate Reality well compared to that suhr he’s playing that is a cheap guitar.
A Squier Classic Vibe *is* a cheap guitar, dude. A brand new Strat model is only like $400, *maybe* even up to $500, depending on where you go. I've seen $600 but that's far too overpriced for any Squier lol. Buy used and be willing to shop around a bit and you can snag one for closer to $150ish. None of those figures is even close a high dollar amount for an instrument. ~$500 is what pretty much needs to be spent on a new guitar for a beginner if they're hoping to get something that doesn't require a lot of work to become playable.
@@danill4381 you’re a kook or a bum.
@@cladoxylopsida568 I D I O T 🖕🏼
Squiers are fucking garbage, dude. Literal fucking garbage.
Not everyone is lucky enough to own an expensive amp. So here's how to get the most out of something more affordable! Hope you enjoy the video. :)
GuitarLessons and not everyone is able to own a fender or a custom PRS use a squire or an epiphone on this
Good job man..
@@allthework9812 why do you sound so bitter?
Damn the boy on the right is cute
Thank you
This was fun to watch. One suggestion...and this goes for a lot of the demos I’ve seen. When you switch from setting to setting, and then amp to amp, I think it’s important that you play the SAME riffs at first. That way we can hear the changes you’ve made to the amp settings, in a more controlled way. Rocking through a different riff-while completely awesome!-makes it difficult to compare apples to apples. (I think you did do that that near the end when you picked up the Squire) Thanks!
I like how I’m watching this video with my mini toy amplifier hoping that I might be able to get a good sound with it when it has like 3 knobs that are labeled “volume”, “gain” and “tone”.
Great video and btw this video should also be a role model for most other guitar related channels when it comes to video audio level.
One of the very few you can listen to where the audio level of the guitar playing parts don't throw you off the chair because of the volume level difference with narration.
Well done.
Just seeing these two in videos together reminds me of a father and son talking about Guitars, I love it!
Great lesson I’m constantly struggling to get the sounds I want for different songs and spend way to much time adjusting the settings ! No one really explains it so we know what setting to use but you guys did a great job letting us hear the difference when you changed settings! I have the Peavey Amp andnow im much more equipped to use it 👍❤️🎸🎶👌 Thanks for Helping with an area that a lot of ppl struggle with and Rock on I am now going to subscribe
that 25 frontman is an amazing amp .i had it when i first started going electric and i often find myself thinking of it's sound.
I had that exact peavey rage amp during my youth and it kicked ass. Good reliable amp.
On the line 6 I turn all my knobs to 12 and start at the first volume set and turn it 0 to 10 because there are at least one or two sweet spots in each affect you were here it's swell and descend and find a sweet spot in that position for the high and low. I found out that a lot of controls have sweet spots you can find usually between 3 to 5 and 6 1/2 to 9 this will give you the most power out of each knob and from there you can fine tune your amp adding pedals to your sound.
Converting a "baby amp", as I like to call em, into a head and plugging into a nice cab really stretches the lifetime out of a cheapo amp like the rage or frontman.
It's super easy, as amp mods are concerned. Remove the speaker and head from the cab and chop the cabinet to a more manageable size and use the speaker cables to make a line out. Put the amp housing back and WAMMO! You got a cheap amp head!
fender frontman tends to be 8 ohm
peavey 158 will work with 4 ohm
Just check the back of the amp for impedance as it SHOULD be listed somewhere near the power cable (though some manufacturers leave it out)
Just a little money saving tip from your friendly neighborhood commenter!
Thanks for the video! I'm a beginner and have a amp that is cheaper than anything you had in the video... BUT, I LEARNED A LOT!!
I understand my amp a lot more now and can play with the adjustments to get a better sound.
Many Thanks!!
Good clip
Even with better amps this is still solid advice
I found that there is a point on the dails when you can start to hear a difference and a an end point, for example from 4 to 8 on bass. Remenber the spots and you might get a sort of mental preset lay out.
Plus, don't put your speaker on the ground, your ears are not in your ankles, or at least aim it towards them ;)
Best mod you can make to any small practice amp (especially solid state) is to fit a "speaker out" jack and run the signal to a speaker cab.
What you said about the presets is so true! When I got my first electric guitar a few months ago I bought a fender lt25 and was seriously disappointed at first because I was using the presets and thought my guitar sounded horrible. Once I started dialing it in myself I was so happy!
Weber signature alnico replacement speakers in 6.5" & 8" sizes are great upgrades too. I put one in my Vox mini 5. Highly recommend :)
Thanks for the tip.
I spend 95% of the time playing my electric unplugged anyway .
Me too bruh
So...maybe you shoulda just bought an acoustic. :)
@@mmccartney6579 i play electric guitar, it's just that sometimes I'm too lazy to plug in the amp...
@@dandeviant8866 Ha!! Gotcha!! :)
Me too.
I like the bit where it says even a $50 solid state amp can sound better than a $500 tube amp. I love my little portable 10g amp!
This was a cool video to stumble on. I bought a Used Line 6 Spider IV for 50 bucks and was looking around to find out what it was costing on the market and reviews for it. I think it's been a great amp for what I needed. It's only issue which, I don't think is a big deal, I could probably easily get inside it and fix the problem, but when I use the Chan Vol. or the drive knobs the sound will flicker in and out it will turn on super loud then I will mess with a knob and it goes all of the way down, and vice versa sometimes it sounds perfect then I go to tweak something and the distortion or the volume jumps up or down. It sounds like a loose wire to me but I'm not an expert! Great Video! Keep up the good work!
Putting reverb,delays in front of an amp😕 These amps don't have fx loop. Will it sound good?
Nice informative video guys! Obviously how you mic’d and post EQ via DAW makes a tremendous difference so would like to know this part as well. I’ve always had a problem getting good tones with rich harmonics and clarity. I must say you guys did a good job with quality guitars and low budget amps so kudos for that and thx for sharing your knowledge here...I’m a sponge 😀. Vr, Mike
I have that Rage 158 and an Envoy 110. Best two tones I own in solid state. Peavey is 90 miles away from me. $25-50 for any repair. It's nice. Except, I've never had a Peavey solid state crap out on me.
Thanks useful information Only caveat is I would have liked to hear it with you both playing more entry level instruments which are usually the kind played through this level amp...Video Part 2 ?
I have used cheap small combo amps as a head into something like a 12 inch speaker cab and it is amazing what it does for the sound of the small amp. They suddenly sound large and lush. Much of the circuitry used in small combo amps is the same as used in mid sized amps, just with less features.
I've got a 4x12 cab and a line 6 IV 15.. can you explain how I connect the two and I'll have a go at it ? Cheers 🎸
@@stephengolby7660 Make a patch cable with male spade connectors on one end (to plug your speaker wires into) and what ever type of connector/jack you need for the cab.
Yep, Paevey rules here. I miss my 'red stripe' SP112 every day.
Me too...me too..
Very cool how a few adjustments can make a big difference in tone. Not to be confused with Tone Loc
I bought a Marshall MG 15 about 10 years ago when I first started learning how to play after I retired. I play a Fender Tele , and a Washburn semi hollow through it. It has Gain and Reverb knobs, plus Bass, Mid, and Treble. It has yet to disappoint. I get every kind of sound out of it that anyone would want. Of course, it's not for a "larger" venue, but I'll never be asked to play at one anyway. Cheers!! :)
I literally GAVE my Marshall MG15 away to a friend who was learning to play. That thing sounded like absolute shit but we both figured free is free and better than nothing.
@@RC-bs6eb I must have been lucky...mine has no problems for over ten years...yet! :)
Good points... roll EVERYTHING back (including the pots on your guitar) and bring it all in slowly and in very small increments.
Quit diming everything!!
I just bought an old Peavey KB/A 15 for ny acoustic guitars, and I love it. Peavey actually goes back to the 70ties.
However indirectly or unintentional, you make the point that both jazz and melodic picking are both far more forgiving artforms that can be played on a cheap amp. That's probably why jazzers often gravitate toward solid state amps as do acoustic guitarists. Neither suffers greatly from the flatter sounding tonality of an inexpensive transistor amp.
In my experience, miced acoustic sounds far better on tubes; they don't have to be expensive. I've only used a few amps, but tube has always blown solid state out of the water. I even listen to RUclips on my tube amp.
You... tube..? I tube. Haha.
An inexpensive pedal can make a huge difference, as demonstrated by the addition of a reverb pedal. A cheap equalizer pedal can help shape the tone, too. I owned a Music Man 112RD 50W amp years ago. It had a beautiful clean sound. I was a noob, and bought it to replace a Peavey Backstage 30W amp (which sounded pretty good). I traded it away because I couldn't get a good higher gain sound out of it. Since I was a noob, I didn't even think about throwing a gain pedal in front of it. If I had, I'd still own that amp.
Listening to the line 6 is like a reminiscent of my behringer combo amp.
Lots of honk on the mid-range. Even if you put the mid-range at - 0, it still has too much honk. I eventually wound up getting rid of it.
Enjoyed the video. I have that same S2 in a solid body, and I love it.
I have an old, cheap Crate MX15R ($25-$50 on used market today,) and it sounded pretty bad no matter what you'd do to it. Perhaps it was just age, (it was from the late 90's,) but the generic 8" speaker in it just wasn't doing the job. I got a new Celestion Eight Fifteen (4 ohm) for like $29 and installed it in minutes, and the amp sounded WONDERFUL after that. Better overdrive, better clean, better bass, present mids and detailed highs -- made it sound better than most $300 new practice amps at the store. A friend had a CUBE-20X with the same speaker specs and got himself an 8 Fifteen as well, to pretty great results after. Before getting a new amp entirely, TRY putting a new speaker in it first because you'd be amazed at how fresh it can make an amp sound for a fraction of the cost of a whole new amp.
Note: I probably wouldn't try this on Line 6 amps though. They put tweeters in there that may not match well to other brands of speakers.
Sorry , sorry .., Randi 6:53 did you say ‘back in the day ?’
When was ‘ back in the day for you ? Like ,, Thursday 2 weeks ago ?
Patrick Caldwell can't get past the stupid looking hair either
@@mad4669 hes fresh off the womans world cup win
I have the steps up from all these. Peavey Bandit 2/12 is the best in cheap amps with 4 /12 and DI box switch to cab/ added on, and cuts the Peavey quantum noise down, replacing it with thickness 6/12 style. The stage lights up for lead. I have the Bogner Line 6 2/12 spider. Would have been great in the real day 80's90's but loud to get what you want out of line 6 tube is not today's headphone mixes everyone expects to hear live.
He clearly stated he was referring to 1999-2000. You tried to choke his wiener didn’t you? 😂
You guys have a good demonstration on how to find clean tones. I was wondering I have a line 6 classic 15 spider 15 watt amp and also using a blackstar fly 3 mini amp and also a orange crush 12 guitar amp practice amps which I just bought, but on top of that I have been collecting more amps than pedals. Now my first question is it good to use modelling amps compared to solid state without the knobs on a modelling amp and does it make sense to use pedals with modeling amps? my second question is I have sometimes been getting tone suck from one my pedals and using others like distortion chorus and also delay with a little tremolo. My question is that to much to going through a modeling amp cause sometimes the controls on my modeling amp get sucked out when i am trying to use my pedals to have good sound, now is that a good thing or bad thing? (smiles)...!
What are your guitar volume and tone settings for this demo?
You like that Peavy hum, do you? My first amp was a Peavy. It hummed like that, too. I got rid of it, got a Fender Roc Pro 1000 head and hooked it up to a Crate speaker cabinet. It plays great. I am about to build a 4x8 combo cab with luggage wheels and an extending handle on it to use when I play out.
Since the EQ (Bass, Mid, Treble) knobs do not add tone but are cut frequency knots it it better to max them and back them off to add frequency tonel?
So, I have a Frontnan 10G and a Strat, what settings would you recommend?
The mics that you use and the DAW you guys utilised for recording, how much of that should be factored into the resultant tones?
I used the rage as my gigging amp for 3 years. The only complaint I ever received was from the club owner saying the amp on a chair wasn't acceptable. The crowd didn't care. Those were my minimalist lazy days. Late I had a Deluxe Reverb. Then later a JCM 50w half stack. I've used cheap multifx, pro pedals, etc.. in the end no one seems to care but me. That Marshall sure sounded nice. Was it worth it to haul that big heavy rig to a local bar?......Hell yes! Could I have used a rage and a small zoom multistomp? Definately. Use what you have and don't let gear snobs dictate your life. Music is supposed to be fun!
"no one seems to care but me" You can say that again. :D
Any recommendation as to mix placement to get a bigger thicker sound? Kinda looks like you are near the rim of the speaker.
I am an old sound engineer and there is always more than one way to accomplish a desired sound. Many people think if there's too much bass you crank the treble. You can also get there by turning the bass down. This two way approach widens the flexibility and varies the sounds you can get. This is especially on vocals. You can gain clarity and elevate mids and highs by cutting or "rolling off" the bass.
6:30 +/- seconds in "Back in the day" LOL I'm 55 and "back in the day" means something much different for me. I survived "Gorilla" amps and Sears Robuck amps. Thank you for this demo- valuable info for those that can hear
Hey I still play through a Silvertone 1484!
Good video but one thing to keep in mind, very often on Major label albums guitarists have tracked amazing and BIG guitar sounds using a small practice amp. So, I agree there are ways to make a not so great sounding amp sound better but just wanted to clarify that just because an amp is small and cheap doesn't mean it will always sound bad
Not in most cases. They also double track guitars or even quadruple track, and most of the time they just use software.
@@ethanbilby9173 Somewhat correct. While often yes double tracking is definitely done, often it is done with a smaller amp. Regarding quadruple tracking or even more you will ironically end up with a smaller guitar sound. Regarding software trickery...well, yeah, that's kind of an open game ;)
@@chrisdunnettmusic most bands ive seen use a kemper live and in the studio. Trivium comes to mind first and foremost
@@ethanbilby9173 Yes...those Kempers are amazing!
Great video tips.
I wanted to buy marshal 15 or orange 12-20 after some research I decided to buy Peavey 158, it was great choice.
Great content. Sorry about the haters. Looking to upgrade my speaker in my frontman 15G. Can you list some of your favorite reverb petals?
I'm learning to play black metal, thanks for letting me know exactly what I shouldn't do for good tone. Max gain, dont go for moderate anything, deal in extremes. Use thicc treble, go for diminishing returns.
I play hardcore music with a band and I think over time it’s crazy how much less gain I use. I love I heavy smashing tone but I need to to have mods and sound musical
5 maxed out metal zones minimum for black metal. It should sound thin and unbearably shrill. Remember the forest you record your album in will fix any sound issues.
Orange crush 12 has a 6.5” speaker and it sounds massive! It’s also a ported box which probably helps. I once played a fender champion 20 that sounded huge for what it is. I suspect for recording performances, many of these smaller combos would be fine in a mix once you add drums and bass. A Vox Pathfinder 15R with its 8” speaker has a thunderous low end. Some amplifier companies just know how to make small combos sound great - others fail tremendously.
Almost sold my Squire Amp. The right settings make a huge difference! 🤯
Great presentation, good sound advice. Could you please do one on micro amps ?
I gig with practice amp called mustang iii v2
Flex on this to someone with xfx kemper n helix
I actually have a fender frontman 10g and a stereo system if you plug an aux from the amp to the stereo system it gives it a more clear tone
Very interesting video, now that you’ve mentioned that the fender frontman 25r can be a very good jazz amp, do you think it can handle metal, like death metal and very heavy stuff? 😯
Is it possible to get the sound at 4:18 with the frontman 10g and a fender squier strat? I'm trying to play the Top Gun Anthem.
I have an older Line6 15! Amazing amp! Bring it to school as well.
Use your guitar's volume knob, that's pretty much the only tip you need. Max the volume on your tiny lil' thing and use your volume knob to control gain
That works for me
Both the Fender Frontman and the Peavey Rage have versions with a buit in reverb. Frontman 15R and the Peavey Blazer. The Fender is a 2 spring and I think the Blazer is electronic rather than spring.
Funny that's exactly where I'm at at the moment Iv played acoustic for yrs till recently I got an SG which is ace and I got a 5 pound one lol still get a sound but I'm looking at scnd hand amps and these r the names popping up in my price range. I was holding out to get a black star but I have to say that peavey one sounded pretty good at doing a bit of everything. They dnt let u try them in the shops either so this really did help thanks guys good vid!
Where do you live that shops won't let you test amps before purchasing?
The Peavey Rage TransTube series are awesome little amps. U can get a Peavey Bandit for $150. Great amps. The small Marshall MG's are great also...Fender Champ ..thumbs up...
Sometimes, when I connected my tiny Marshall mg10 to a couple of 10" speakers, it sounds really good.
To my ears, it sounds like a Dumble Overdrive amp that I heard reviewed on RUclips.
I have a Marshall MG30gfx and honestly, once I cranked the treble and backed the bass of to like 2-3 and it sounds great despite everyone on the internet hating the MG series lol
Got the Peavey Rage for 30 bucks, tip on that is if you're using some super heavy distortion pedal, put it on the lead channel and back down the gain until it's clean before turning the pedal on. The lead channel with a clean tone deals with a distorted signal from a pedal much better than the clean one does.
Can I run a helix Lt in front of this amp and use it as just a speaker instead of amp?
Awesome, super thanks
I have Laney LX20R but I can never get good tone on distortion, needed your help if could be added on this list
This is sound advice. Thanks guys.
Probably better to buy a cheap amp and use the savings for more guitar lessons
I like watching these videos because it gives me confidence with what I already know
Cool! Thanks.
The front man 10g was my first amp
Honestly I still use it because I like the tone but it does kind of bring me to a point I’m not sure if they mention
“How to make an amp sound good” depends ENTIRELY on the listener
For example i always run all the knobs at 10 on that amp (besides volume) because that’s the sound I like but that’s directly against what they said
So it’s more important that you play your amp and see what you like instead of just listening to people tell you what sounds good
gain is just a pre amp like so if you got stomp pedals or fx board set up keep this in mind
My guitar came with a small amp with only 3 settings (volume, tone and gain) and an Od button. What does the 'tone' do?
I had a Peavey Rage amp 25 years ago...It was the cheapest way to get that saturated distortion. Anyone remember the little Fender amp with red buttons to switch sounds? John Frusciante used one on Blood Sugar Sex Magic.
What's that echo sound that happens when u plug ur guitar in ?
Need your advice, I had a Yamaha THR 30ii and Epiphone 1959 Outfit but can't get that sweet throaty fat LP tone, do I still need a better or a pedal?
Got a boss fender 59' bassman pedal $40 (pawn shop) made my $29 crate 15 (gc used) sound great.
I just disassembled my amp because the distortion channel sounds muddy . Opams are tl072 can’t see limiting diodes
I've had the Line 6 in my garage for over 10 years. Now I know how to use it! lol.
How did they get Stefan for this?
Out of these 3, which is the best for punk and metal?
The PV was the best! I had a Rage 158. GREAT sounding small amp, only thing that let it down it had a crap speaker! (Blue Marvel) Sounded great cold, but once warmed up it turned to MUSH! Plugged into a better, bigger speaker it was amazing. Recorded so well!
Unfortunately it had the worst sounding headphone socket I've ever heard, completely unusable. I bought a Boss Katana which thankfully sounds great from both speakers and headphones.
@@bikeman123 Ok, I'll TAKE your word for it as I never used the headphone socket!
(WHY would I? )
@@DMSProduktions night time practice, kids in bed, neighbours etc. I use headphones a lot.
@@bikeman123 Ok, fair enough! I tried it once or twice and it didn't work for me. I HAD to have the sound IN the room!
4:40 thats just amazing crunchy distortish tone for death metal
I have a question, I have a Fender Mustang Lt25. Should I get a reverb pedal. There's no reverb on the eq.
I have the Peavey Rage 158. A Peavey Rage 108 was my very first amp and someone local was giving away a Peavey 158 transtube last month and so I snagged it. It’s a great sounding amp for its size an age. I plan to upgrade the speaker with an 8” Eminence 820H speaker. A tip for better tone on the Peavey Rage 158 is that if you want to use pedals then don’t use the clean channel! Especially distortion pedals will sound terrible through the clean channel with a harshness you won’t be able to dial out. Instead use the drive channel with the distortion on the amp (pre) turned down and the volume (post) turned up and your pedals will sound a million times better. I have a theory this is why so many Boss Metal Zones got a bad rap years ago. Every beginner guitarist plugged it in on the clean channel and it sounded like a can of bees.
Just picked up a Peavy Rage 158 for $30 at Goodwill. Like new condition. So fun to play.
Damn that's a deal
This was a great video- but honestly- you both should just get a Boss Katana as your "cheap practice amp"- dial in amazing tones- play at home with crazy good feel at the .5 watt setting- gig with the exact same tone- only louder- at any gig- same rig. Seriously- I have some very expensive vintage gear from Marshall, Fender, Mesa and Friedman and my Katana gets all my home and gig time now. They're stupid good sounding, light weight and cheap as hell. Also- you're both great players- but the Fender guy on the right- now I have to go find more content from him- great touch- great tone! Loved what he was playing, not much here- but what was here was enough of a tone tease for me to want to hear more of that!
I bought a spider 20w with nothing but presets, and reverb/tone/drive. and there is a lot of feedback and buzzing, i just can't get it to sound good unless i have everything turned right down and either use the 'base/or acoustic preset, very frustrating.
Guys, just arrived my amp frontman 10g but when I turn up gain, it sounds the same, like 0. Dont get the rock sound in the guitar What should I do?
I use 2 of the tiny Squier SP-10 amps and drive them with a Digitech RP pedal. These little amps originally came in boxed sets with Squier guitars that were marketed for beginners. Looking at reviews online, most are extremely negative and many even regard them among the worst amps ever made. These are usually the opinions of players who simply plug straight in and try to play metal, etc.
I admit that the distortion mode sounds absolutely awful, but these little gems sound pretty good in “clean” mode - even with the 6 inch speaker. They're really LOUD too! The “trick” is, like you explain in your video, is to “shape” the sound with pedals and/or pre-amps and let the amplifiers simply amplify your sound. You'll never be able to plug straight in and sound like you're using a Mesa Boogie or a Marshall or a Fender Twin, but you can get amazingly close to those kinds of sounds with the right gear up front!
At any rate, when I plug in my RP into both of mine for stereo I get really rich and full and lush sounds galore. I set the volume a little over 1, treble on 2 and bass on 8 and then control everything else with the pedal. Even at this low setting, with the RP pushing it, it is plenty loud enough to fill the room with amazing sound. I can get ANY kind of tone I want - from blues to metal to country! Actually, this kind of setup would be great for small coffee house or restaurant gigs, etc.. Lightweight and portable with low power consumption requirements.....
I have larger well known amplifiers - both tube and solid state types that are universally well regarded. But for doodling around at home, these little “cheapo” amps are the ones I seem to go to most often. They power on instantly, don't consume much electricity, are very quiet (no background noise), and seem to be super reliable and dependable. Never had a problem with any of them after years of daily use!
Same excellent results with a little Drive CD100 amp, although I only have one of these so far and am looking for another for stereo use. These amps are a real bargain and seem to be plentiful at the moment. Newer, more fully featured amps with DSP effect, etc would probably be a better choice for someone just starting out, but if you are a savvy and seasoned player these tiny wonders are treasures waiting to be relished.........
A question: would an electric guitar amp work just as fine for an acoustic guitar? Or should I get an acoustic guitar amp? I'm not a pro guitarist, I just have a nice acoustic guitar that can be plugged into an amp, and I just want to hear what it sounds like with an amp.
I just use my regular amp for my accoustic and it's fine.
A shitty cheap 15w or 30w solid state amp will sound badass if you'll do a speaker out mod. Hook it up to an 8ohm or 16ohm speaker cab and you'll be in tone heaven. It'll never sound like a boutique amp but it's a great way to get awesome tones on the cheap (although speaker amps aren't exactly cheap). Most of these cheap amps have great circuitry in them but come with shit potentiometers and shit speakers. Don't give up on that 15w cheapo yet!
Or just save up for a real amp?
Haha funny, these "cheap ones" are still amazing compared to mine
Same here. Got a yamaha Ga15ii that sounded pretty terrible. Have to crank up the Treble, middle, and bass, and mess around with the gain.
@Kurt Cobain woah that sounds interesting, what's the guitar like?
@It's Jemmy set your master volume to ~4 to 5. Modeling amps have a tendency to behave as you're describing and it's not s problem unique to the Mustang.
That amp does suck ass, though. I had one and absolutely hated it.
I've got Fender Bullet 150..sounds quite good.
you should try Palco guitar amp.
I used this amp for 4 years.