Looking for a nice valve amp

[chrisola]

£200-300

+ your amp?

I;ve seen Cornford Harlequins on ebay for about £500.

Would suit you down to the ground, or a www.matamp.co.uk MiniMatt and 1x10?

Low power, built well, good tone for what you wany to do i think :)

[Shash]

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

Actually that reminds me, I was looking to buy pedals, could you be more specific on what you think would be good for these tones?

I was thinking of buying a multifx pedal, like a zoom or something, alternatively a few good select ones, I only have a crybaby at the moment.

[HTH AMPS]

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

Actually that reminds me, I was looking to buy pedals, could you be more specific on what you think would be good for these tones?

I was thinking of buying a multifx pedal, like a zoom or something, alternatively a few good select ones, I only have a crybaby at the moment.

The Line6 DM4 will give just about any overdrive / distortion / fuzz you could ever want.  Should get one for under £150 used on ebay.

actually, here's one for £90... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330025524379&indexURL=1#ebayphotohosting

 :twisted:

[dave_mc]

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

+1.

Laney vc15.

[sambo]

^yup or LC... depending on what hes after i guess... although i dunno what the two compare like...

[dave_mc]

well, from my comparison of the lc 30 and vc30 (i didn't bother to try th lc15, since I didn't really like the lc30, though I have tried the vc15), the lc is a little more american/fendery in tone, while the vc is more british, think vox (kind of), though they both have their own tone, obviously.

[FELINEGUITARS]

well, from my comparison of the lc 30 and vc30 (i didn't bother to try th lc15, since I didn't really like the lc30, though I have tried the vc15), the lc is a little more american/fendery in tone, while the vc is more british, think vox (kind of), though they both have their own tone, obviously.

Dave - whilst I know that you've tried loads of gear and mentioned it here I have completely forgotten what you have got as your own rig?
I'm sure you've listed it but I cant find it ............
What guitar are you pushing through which amp at present?

[dave_mc]

^ engl savage se through a laney 4x12 (vintage 30's), with (at the moment) a kramer striker (one of the newer, korean ones, unfortunately :(). I have an Ibanez rg470 as well, but it's kind of out of commission as I need to get it drilled so I can fit my new Gotoh trem... but once i get that done, i'll probably be selling the kramer, I just can't get on with the neck (stupid narrow nut!).

Thanks for asking, jonathan!

:drink:

[Siadern]

Epi Valve Jnr is very nice. If you go for the head version it has outputs for 4, 8 and 16ohms, so it'll work with any cab, plus it doesn't hum like the combo does (or used to anyway, they may have fixed that).

Only thing to remember is you won't get a dirty sound out of it at neighnour friendly volumes unless you use a pedal of some sort, as even at 5w it gets quite loud before the distortion kicks in.

I plug my Vox Tonelab SE in to mine and it sounds great (made my old Pod sound better as well).

A Minimat from Matamp would be a better option if you want to get it distorting at reasonable volumes without a pedal, as it has a built in attenuator. Costs about twice what the Epi does, but is still well within your budget.

[Siadern]

:oops: Sorry, should prably have also said that whilst the Minimat will give distortion a decent volumes without a pedal we're not talking Marshall or Mesa meltdown type distortion. More like classic blues rock style.

[Underground_Player]

There's a WEM Clubman in the latest Guitarist mag classifieds for £120 - Buy it before I do!!

[maliciousteve]

I'd say look into a Laney LC. For the same price as a Valvestate Marshall you could get an all tube Laney combo. They sound blimming good too.