Practice Amp???

[aztwang]

Hey there ho there!!!! I normally play a DR Z Maz JR...however i'm looking for a good, smaller footprint, practice amp.Something that is a lil bit more portable. I was looking at the voxad30vt, i like the adjustable wattage feature. Any suggestions or feedback???

[Scott S]

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[The O.K.]

Pignose G40V. The Blues Junior serves me as not only a gigging amp, but a good practice amp, too.

[Rasputan]

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[dougc]

Check out the amp section--same people as here and focused on amps. That said, my son has a ad30 and loves it. Its not too big or too small. Sounds pretty good too!

[Telepatio]

Pignose 7-100, the definition of portability.

[sandman72202]

how small you want ?
i picked up a kalamazoo reverb 12 that sounds great..
12 watts el84
reverb and trem, kinda gibson's answer to the princeton
10 in vint. jensen for a bit over $200....
i had to put 150 in it to good shape but it gave me a great little amp

shop around there are some gems out there

[musicalmartin]

I use a modded Champ 600....nice

[Steve McGinnis]

If you like the sound of your MAZ I recommend the Bad Cat Mini Cat. They are tiny, extremely portable and sound great. There are two versions, the original with a 10" jensen and the mini II with a 12". I have the original and I love it. You can get them for around 350-500 used.

[jmclaren]

I have a 1980 silver face Vibro Champ I'm thinking of selling.

[Post Toastie]

I have the Vox AD30vt and love it for practice.It models 11 different amps and sounds fine.Dont get the AD15Vt, pay a little more and get the AD30Vt so you can adjust the wattage to the speaker, the AD15VT dosent have this feature.

[FcKw]

Originally Posted by musicalmartin

I use a modded Champ 600....nice

+1

Champ 600 + Weber speaker, new tubes and a tonestack bypass switch

[6942]

5 watt EV Jr. head & open-backed 1 x 12 with Weber 12F150 speaker

[1charger69]

I too use a Maz when i gig ...however what i use at home to mess around and practice with is 1 of those little Fender G-decs...what a great little amp!

[jazztele]

microcube? you can essentially get any sound out of those, and they're cheap.

but there's no cooler practice amp than a champ.

[Tim73]

Your initial choice is pretty good actually - that Vox series gives you serious value for money

[Telemarkman]

Originally Posted by The O.K.

The Blues Junior serves me as not only a gigging amp, but a good practice amp, too.

Because you can get real dirty tones at bedroom levels, it's ideal for practising. (Clean sound isn't a problem with most amps at low volume levels).

The Vox VR30 is another great practice amp with enough power for smaller gigs.

[Five Finger Fender Fiend]

There is also the Roland Cube to consider, especially the 60 (I've got one). The noise that thing makes is unreal for a practice amp.

[hondo76]

im saving for my ad30vt right now they are awsome.

[psychotelepathic]

Originally Posted by aztwang

Hey there ho there!!!! I normally play a DR Z Maz JR...however i'm looking for a good, smaller footprint, practice amp.Something that is a lil bit more portable. I was looking at the voxad30vt, i like the adjustable wattage feature. Any suggestions or feedback???

In terms of TONE, I think the Vox AD series are the best modelers out there for the tones I like (Vox, Blackface.) However, I went with a Roland Cube over the Vox because of reliability issues. Of all the amps I plug into at music stores, I have experienced more defective Vox AD amps than anything else. Plenty of stories referencing reliability issues, but you might get lucky.

[lasthippy]

I use a VOX AD series amp at our local rehearsal room. They're great amps, and I love the ones I've used, but the tech guys there complain of some reliability/build issues, particularly the input jacks falling out/in. That said, they're probably in use from 8am til 10pm 5 or 6 days a week and not everyone treats loan kit the same way they treat their own...

If I didn't have a decent amp already, and/or had the space, there'd be one right here right now.

[Pickalittle]

Fender G-Dec 30. Great practice amp!

[Spunky99]

I bought one of these bad boyz to play while at the cabin, beach or wherever. Easy to transport and can be used with 6 "c" cell batteries if at the beach.
5 watts with switch for 2 watt and 1/2 watt.


This is after I pimped it out.


The AD30VT is a nice amp but the bass is very woofy and undefined. I replaced the stock speaker with a MOD 10 which made a huge improvement. I upgraded the 12AX7 to a Tung-Sol which made another huge improvement and then I pimped the amp.

[Southern Ill]

Here is my Lil Buckaroo Valvetrain 205......It is lightweight and HIGH Quality amp.Loves pedals and sounds so much bigger than it is.

[SINCASTER]

I switched to a Roland Micro Cube RX after going through 2 Vox AD amps in 4 months. I liked the Vox amps out of the box but had to send them both back.

[garytelecastor]

Why are there two of these threads?

[crowden]

+ 1 on the Roland Micro Cube.

Cheap yet reliable, has a nice range of good sounding amp models and the little sucker is louder than it looks. Take it with you to the beach or camping and you get 10 - 15 hours on batteries.

One heck of a little amp.

[Tele5128]

Carr Mercury .... pricy for "just a practice amp", but good for much more. With the built in power attenuator I can practice/record all night an not wake my wife or our neighbors.

[Spunky99]

Originally Posted by Tele5128

Carr Mercury .... pricy for "just a practice amp", but good for much more. With the built in power attenuator I can practice/record all night an not wake my wife or our neighbors.

Precisely.....

Or if ya wanna rock...use headphones.

The only input that is missing from the ADxxVT series is a CD in so you can practice to music.
The DA5 has that and most of the modeling too.

[Scott S]

Originally Posted by garytelecastor

Why are there two of these threads?

This one got moved here from one of the other forums...

[Gilamnstr]

Originally Posted by crowden

+ 1 on the Roland Micro Cube...

'nother +1 on the Micro Cube. Great little amp.

[surfoverb]

practice like in your room or with a band? I use my little bullet reverb in my room...sounds great and even has decent fuzz and real spring reverb(not tube driven of course). I'd like to get a sf champ though.

[-PickupTruck-]

Originally Posted by Gilamnstr

'nother +1 on the Micro Cube. Great little amp.

Yep, all sorts of sounds plus a headphone out. I've got a Princeton but I use the Microcube way more. And it can get as loud as I care to go while at home.