good sounding, small, affordable giggable tube amp?

[Duncas]

Orange tiny terror 1x12. awesome sounding quiet i.e dorm room and can easily blast it at a gig.

[Mike H.]

A used Traynor YCV40. I've seen them selling for as little as $250-$300.

[Jazzerstang]

pretty rad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ua_b...eature=related

[Jind]

Eganter Tweaker - either the head and 1x12 cab or the combo. I'll admit - I'm biased. :)

Tube amp with a large variety of tones to choose from and the ability to change out the tubes easily for even more variety.

[sax4blues]

Originally Posted by caferacer

1 big plus on the just get a 1X12" cab for your head idea

This. You are just beginning a lifetime journey of "what kind of amp", and you already have a versatile head, so just get the 1x12 and now you have expanded your range of capability. I like head / cab because you can mix things up.

[studio1087]

Blues Junior....perfect for what you are describing.

[jkrischan]

Deluxe reverb reissue

[Okieactor]

Agree that the Blues Jr. and Peavey Classic 30 are good.

I have a Classic 50 and they sound decent at bedroom volume for an amp that big.

[bigmuff113]

A used blues deluxe reissue

[drdos]

Spend $299 and get a great 13Watt Tube amp from Fender. The Excelsior amp has a 15" speaker that delivers LOUD clean tones that can only be enhanced by your favorite OD/Distortion pedal, or turn it down for use in the dorm...

[lareplus]

I would love to see a 50W Pathfinder with a 12" or 15" speaker. .

[Old_Skool_Noma]

I'm gonna go different than everyone else here, I like my Crate Blue Voodoo BV6212 the BV60 is the same but with 1 12" speaker. You should be able to pick one up for $100-300 and with a couple tweeks mine sounds great (finally) I'm using JJ tubes and replaced a couple 12AX7s with 12AT7s for a little less gain, also the factory pots are cheap junk, but if they work I wouldn't replace them.

I use the overdrive channel for clean with the gain turned about 1/4 of the way up and the master volume clear up. It has a little breakup when played hard without getting too dirty, I also keep the tone controls under 1/2 way up.

[Pointmonger]

Originally Posted by drdos

Spend $299 and get a great 13Watt Tube amp from Fender. The Excelsior amp has a 15" speaker that delivers LOUD clean tones that can only be enhanced by your favorite OD/Distortion pedal, or turn it down for use in the dorm...

I agree. I absolutely love mine, and my wallet loved the price.

[63dot]

You can do it with 20 watts and a Deluxe Reverb depending on the style of music.

If it's harder stuff in rock with distortion or a band with many pieces, go for at least 40 watts.

[E.B.]

Check out the Hughes and Kettner Tubemesiter 18, that would probably get the job done, it's loud enough for most club gigs, and it has a direct out on the back for late night practicing. A new one will run around $600, but i've seen a couple used around $400. I also have a peavey classic 30 head that i'm in love with, but by far the biggest factor with heads is the speaker cab you get. I run through a vox AD212 with neodymium speakers in it, It sounds AWESOME. My room mate has a classic 30 combo, and the blue marvel speaker in it definitely doesn't get the right high-end imo.

[E.B.]

... i.e. if you go for a combo but don't like the tone, consider a speaker swap

[homesick345]

It does not exist

[homesick345]

If it did, we would all been happy campers, and this amp central page, a thing of the past....keep on dreaming.....and no, the pro junior and blues junior aren't good sounding amps. Not THAT good, anyways

[TRexF16]

The Nashville Craigslist sounds like a good idea. I just checked it out and they sure do have a LOT of stuff. You could watch it for a few days and get a feel for the market there.

[mrothe]

If you really like your Jet City amp head (and it's a pretty good one), I'll echo the 'add a 1x12 cab' suggestions made earlier. Check out Avatar cabs (they're great, with your choice of speakers, pretty affordable, and they're well-made here in the States & no, I am not affiliated, just a happy customer of theirs)

If you absolutely must have a combo, the Blues Jr's and the Peavey Classic 30's do sound good.