small fender tube amp
Looking for a Electric Guitar Tube Amp with built-in effects? Open to suggestions within budget.?
I’m looking for a tube amp to replace my 15w practice one. I’m looking to spend $300-$600 on a 30w-60w or 50×2 dual speaker.
Preferably I’d want some effects on it. I’ve been looking at Hybrid amps also with lots of different effects built in. But also amps like Fender Blues Jr, Hot Rod Deluxe, Blues Deluxe, Marshall AVT100X and MG250DFX.
I’m open to suggestions. I want the amp to have the capability to play in small venues for future use. But mainly to jam at home and practice on. Something versatile that’ll handle all styles.
I play rock, classic rock, blues, and maybe metal but not a priority. I’m open to other brands also other than Fender and Marshall.
Thanks in advance.
Oh, and solid state amps are fine too. I guess they’re better for home use since you can get distortion without blowing out your ear drums.
Well here is my 2 cents. Just two days a go I was in the same situation. I had a nice little tube practice amp but wanted a real amp for playing out. I went to a music store that carries many different amps and tried them all in the $600 and under range. I have to say the Hot Rod Deluxe killed every other amp in the store hands down, no question asked, except for the Blues Deluxe. I played mostly tube amps but did try the Marshall MG series solid state amps, VOX, Epiphone, Kustom and Crate tube amps among others. Seriously I thought it was going to be a tough decision between all of those amps. I played the Hot Rod last and that was the end of the search. OMG this thing is just incredible. I couldn’t believe how good the overdrive was on this amp and of course the clean channel is sweet like any Fender tube amp. I did have a hard time deciding between the HRD and the Blues Deluxe. In the end I went with the Hot Rod but either would be great. In a nutshell the Hot Rod has better reverb and distortion and it has an external speaker jack if you want to add an extra cabinet later. The Blues Deluxe does not have the external speaker jack but it’s reverb is foot switchable where the Hot Rod’s is not. The Hot Rod has three channels (clean, gain and more gain) where the Blues Deluxe has two. In my opinion you should definitely get one of these two amps, you can’t go wrong with either.
Small Tube Amp Shootout – Vox AC4TV, Fender Superchamp XD, Marshall Class 5 & Blackstar HT5
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