Good Cheap Amps? List Your Favourites.

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Anything goes. I'm not looking for an amp, but I'd be nice to know what to look out for, if given the opportunity.

Some I think are cool:

Gibson L5 Lab Series: Solid state, but from what I can hear on King's X albums, they sound great! Full and crunchy, but super clear and articulate. It's perfect for Tabors rhythm style with lots of open and arpeggiated stuff IMO. I've seen them used for $200-$300. One day... :drool:

Vox AC4TV: I tried one this morning, sounded REALLY good for what it is IMO. Great sweet clean tone with just a touch of overdrive. I love it. The switchable wattage is cool too. 1/4 watt, 1 watt, and 4 watts of power.

Randall RG ES: From what I can see, Lynch and Amir Derakh both used them at one point, and they sounds pretty huge, especially on Rough Cutt's first album (I assume it was used here?) :confused:.

Garnet tube amps are pretty plentiful here in Canada. I see them all the time on Kijiji and Craigslist ranging from $100-$500. Canada's Marshall?


Any more you guys?
 
Peavey Ultra.... :rock:
Stay away from that Randall RG ES.

I owned one and you basically had to run a distorion pedal in it.
The amps distortion sucked really bad from what I remember.
 
Regarding the Randall, I've heard that you can pull the treble knob to get more gain.

Peavey Ultra :doh:. I was boned out of a local deal on that amp by some prick on HC. He backed out, after we made a deal, and he was the one that posted the ad up and was waiting on a sale for a pretty long time. He backed out AFTER he had said some shit about me on HC too :gethim:, but I digress, that amp reminds me of a Mark-era boogie, for a third of the price. :rock:
 
Carvin Legacy
Peavey Ultra, VTM, Prowler, Bravo
Laney AOR
Ampeg Jet

and those are just the tube amps.
 
Isaac":1qazo6yv said:
Peavey Ultra ...... that amp reminds me of a Mark-era boogie, for a third of the price. :rock:
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I was watching some clips of the Peavy Ultra A/B with a Mesa Mark III and DAMN if they didnt sound REALLY REALLY CLOSE!! :rock:
 
Mailman1971":3lon9iov said:
Isaac":3lon9iov said:
Peavey Ultra ...... that amp reminds me of a Mark-era boogie, for a third of the price. :rock:
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I was watching some clips of the Peavy Ultra A/B with a Mesa Mark III and DAMN if they didnt sound REALLY REALLY CLOSE!! :rock:
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I owned the Ultra and in my experience, it is not even close to a Mark III. But it's still a great amp for the money. Sturdy as hell, too.
 
Carvin MTS (best bang for buck IMO)
Marshall MG (new ones aren't bad at all)
Peavey classic 30 or 50
Line 6 Flextone II if you're not too picky
 
Variable":10wzk3a8 said:
Mailman1971":10wzk3a8 said:
Isaac":10wzk3a8 said:
Peavey Ultra ...... that amp reminds me of a Mark-era boogie, for a third of the price. :rock:
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I was watching some clips of the Peavy Ultra A/B with a Mesa Mark III and DAMN if they didnt sound REALLY REALLY CLOSE!! :rock:
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I owned the Ultra and in my experience, it is not even close to a Mark III. But it's still a great amp for the money. Sturdy as hell, too.
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Thats why I hate going off clips for the most part. The camera just compresses everything and hard to get the real tone. Just a 'close feel'....
I heard a Mark III blue stripe in person and it KILLED! :rock:
never heard the Peavey Ultra. Some say it sounds like the original 5150??
But I see the Peaveys go for a few hundred bucks so really cant go wrong. ;)
 
Ampeg VH140C. Chorus, Reverb, tons of gain and pretty decent cleans.
 
BIGKAHUNA":2y3c3ajk said:
Peavey FTW
5150
Triple XXX
Ultra XXL
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+1. If I were into Death Metal and played that kind of music, I'd get a 6505 and be done with it. That amp has a mid grind like no other. The old VTMs were killer too.
 
New amps, I like the Carvins. The Legacy's are great sounding and well built.
I also think the Blackstars are cool too.
 
Redbear MK60 / 120
Peavey VTM
Carvin X100B
Peavey 5150
Roland JC120 / others in the series.

Ampaddict":2n829237 said:
Crate Blackheart series. I'm serious!
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I was really surprised by one I played for a studio thingy for one of my bands. Sounded great, I had major doubts.
 
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