Looking for a nice valve amp

[Shash]

Hi there, don't laugh too hard but I inherited a marshall mg100dfx, which is my current amp, I'm looking to sell this in the near future to finance my next amp. I could use some ideas as I'm not too knowledgable on what good amps are out there, I'm looking for a small model, anything from 5-20w would be fine. Reverb would be nice to have.

I'm only gonna be using it at home and would like to be able to push the volume a bit without pissing off the neighbours :P. My guitar setup is a Godin Freeway Classic its H-S-H, soon to have a Rebel Yell set for the buckers and a Slow Hand for the single.

I'll throw some artist names in if that helps Trower, Hendrix, Gilmour, Page, Greenwood...

So far I looked at some of the smaller Kustom models and the Marshall AVT 20 but I noticed the latter is a hybrid amp, I'd rather get an all tube. My budget is £200-300 so nothing too expensive.

[Antag]

I was going to say Cornford until I read the last sentence of your post :)

[_tom_]

Epi valve Jr (comes in head or combo) is 5w valve I believe, and isnt very expensive. The only trouble is that it doesnt have any tone controls, but as its such a cheap price I guess you could pick up an eq pedal to shape the tone a bit.

[CaffeineJunkie]

Epi valve Jr (comes in head or combo) is 5w valve I believe, and isnt very expensive. The only trouble is that it doesnt have any tone controls, but as its such a cheap price I guess you could pick up an eq pedal to shape the tone a bit.

+1 or the Epi Valve Special, not too much more, and it comes with an EQ and reverb (methinks, not too sure, and i'm meant to be working, so i can't really check, sorry) :D:D:D:D

[Shash]

I was going to say Cornford until I read the last sentence of your post :)

Well I realise that I might be budgetting too low, call the upper end 400 I guess.

[CaffeineJunkie]

look into the epiphone valve amps, pure tone but to a really nice budget :D:D

[CaffeineJunkie]

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=68827

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=68249

[38thBeatle]

Laney LC15 or  VC15.

[Tricalibur]

I just got my epi. valve jr. yesterday and I can alredy say it pretty much epitomizes the late '60's guitar tones of peoples like Hendrix, clapton etc... Only thing is u might have to use a boost in front of it to get a sound any more modern than 1970. It is mighty cool though  :D

[HTH AMPS]

I'd go with an old Wem combo - you can get the 1x12 or 1x15 versions fairly easily on ebay WELL within your budget and they will be ten times the amp that any modern equivalent will be for that sort of cash.

Look for the 2xEL84 version kicking out 15w - you can crank that at home without too much trouble and it's still loud enough to gig with.

A few pedals here and there will get you into the Trower, Hendrix, Gilmour, Page, Greenwood territory you want.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEM-DONINATOR-BASS-MK-1-ALL-VALVE-COMBO-1970S_W0QQitemZ260027435539QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WEM-VALVE-AMPLIFIER-TWO-CHANNEL-INPUT-WORKING-ORDER_W0QQitemZ170027388340QQihZ007QQcategoryZ933QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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[Underground_Player]

Good suggestion HTH. I played a WEM Clubman a while back and it 'felt' the most like a valve amp of any valve amp I've played, i.e. it compressed like hell when you turned it up  :D  It was priced at somewhere around £200, but I know you could get one for less than that. It was, however, very noisy and still quite loud (despite, I'm sure, only having a single output valve) and the treble response was nuts with the amp cranked, all of which put me off it a bit. It did have a great basic sound though, and it's certainly more interesting than your run-of-the-mill Laney LC15!

[HTH AMPS]

You should be able to tune the Wem in to tame any treble - they've all been ballsy, but not too trebly when I've had them in for repairs/services (also had one for a while).

You could try this baby on for size too... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMPEG-JET-11-15-WATT-VALVE-GUITAR-AMP-FLIGHT-CASE_W0QQitemZ170026898167QQihZ007QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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[LiamH]

I have a Laney LC15 which I really like. It is all valve and has a great little tone.

[JamesHealey]

my friend Joe had a WEM combo 50watt thing years ago and It sounded fantastic, I had a Selmer Treble n Bass 50 at the time..

Theres loads of great alternatives to Marshall, Fender and Vox that sound just as good and are vintage..

[Shash]

my friend Joe had a WEM combo 50watt thing years ago and It sounded fantastic, I had a Selmer Treble n Bass 50 at the time..

Theres loads of great alternatives to Marshall, Fender and Vox that sound just as good and are vintage..

Those WEM amps are so cheap I'd actually make some dough in the process of selling my mg to get one! Seems interesting, probably get a more origional tone than going with something run of the mill, thanks for the info!