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Title: A good $200 guitar amp
Post by: Efflixi Aduro on August 30, 2005, 04:16:23 am: Ok long story short I had an ipod it was stolen withmone insurance I got my y back and now I want to use the money towards a new guitar amp since mine is way less that decent.

So far I\'ve had my eye on this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/482255/

But I want to see a few more options before I just jump out and buy this one. Any reccomendations?
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Post by: Sikarda on August 30, 2005, 08:44:01 am: (please excuse jumpin in here Efflixi)

Sadly, no, not from me, but....what in the world is that thing you posted in the \'Wazza\' thread. :)
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Post by: Drey on August 30, 2005, 11:08:01 am: OMG Spam!
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on August 30, 2005, 09:18:49 pm: *sigh*
Thanks for the help.
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Post by: dragonfire999 on August 30, 2005, 09:30:03 pm: Roland Cube 30 amplifier

Amazing amp, great distortions, great EFX and a seperate delay/reverb knob. I use it. See it in action in my song, which can be found here:
http://planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=18802&boardid=15&styleid=3&sid=8316c9f606b7d7aa5edb039667532b94 (http://planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=18802&boardid=15&styleid=3&sid=8316c9f606b7d7aa5edb039667532b94)

The best thing about the roland, is the JC Clean amp model. I also use the Mesa/boogie rectifier and black panel distortion, also bundled in.

Specs: 30 watts, 12 inch speaker, 20 pounds in a 16 inch package.
EQ: Bass/mid/treble, sperate Gain and Volume for the Lead distortion area. Lead distortion models include: Acoustic, Black Panel, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack (marshal), Metal (peavy) and R-fier (mesa/ boogie)

Has a 4 effect loop with Chorus Flanger Phaser and Tremolo
Seperate 2 effect Reverb/delay

Channels and effects ARE switchable with a foot switch

Auxiliary input for drum machines, keyboards , ect.

Headphone jack, and recording output.

225$ total price, available at guitar center (if you have one over there), Daddy\'s Junky Music, and any other major retailer.

What kind of guitar do you have anyways? Me got an ibanez sca220 :D

EDIT: Heres the Musicians Friend link :
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/480023/ (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/480023/)
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Post by: Drey on August 30, 2005, 09:31:25 pm: there is only onew real ibanez :/

*googles for a picture of Noodles*
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Post by: dragonfire999 on August 30, 2005, 09:37:00 pm: and you also might want to invest in the Digitech RP-80 EFX pedal, and then the Zoom 505, because 505 has insane distortions.

Yay for Wah Pedal Power!!!
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Post by: Robinmagus on August 30, 2005, 10:25:12 pm: /me coughs, \"try a vox if your only gonna use it for practice\"

/me runs before taser can comment.
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Post by: dragonfire999 on August 30, 2005, 10:26:17 pm: LEAVE ROBIN!
Get the damn Roland, its a beauty ^^;

I can make my neighbors hear it down the street.... way down the street... at half volume...
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Post by: Robinmagus on August 30, 2005, 10:34:57 pm: My vox has been good to me all these years.../me pets his vox while throwing picks at the roland. *die die die*
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Post by: dragonfire999 on August 30, 2005, 10:47:15 pm: You mean the 30 watt vox that supposedly falls apart after 3 months?
This rolan has stuck up for 3 years on me ^^;
Its my practice amp though, i have a nice big marshall for the live gigs :D
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Post by: Robinmagus on August 30, 2005, 11:19:48 pm: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/481958/ 179$ and it pwns../me glares at Taser...Years I say! not months!
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on August 31, 2005, 12:17:14 am: Quote
Originally posted by dragonfire999
225$ total price, available at guitar center (if you have one over there), Daddy\'s Junky Music, and any other major retailer.

No sorry no guitar centers here. Only this silly little store in hollywood called guitar center. Not to mention the biggest baddest one around. >:)

I\'ll check out the roland. I found another vox that looks pretty good too, not robins though.

This (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/482618/)

So when i go to guitar center maybe this weekend ill try out what I find. That line6 still looks like the best to me though. Iv plugged my guitar into a 15 watt model and I was blown away at how clean sounding it was.
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Post by: jpizzle3390 on September 02, 2005, 07:35:20 pm: well ive heard some really good stuff about line six, so i guess that would be a good choice. (especially for the price.) but, if you willing to spend a little more money, check out some marshalls. and whatever you do, dont buy an amp without going to the shop and using it first.
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Post by: zanzibar on September 03, 2005, 04:54:43 am: Quote
Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
Ok long story short I had an ipod it was stolen withmone insurance I got my y back and now I want to use the money towards a new guitar amp since mine is way less that decent.

So far I\'ve had my eye on this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/482255/

But I want to see a few more options before I just jump out and buy this one. Any reccomendations?

I really dislike line 6 amps. They sound too modern and sterile to me. You aren\'t going to get much for $200, the best bet is to actually walk into stores guitar-in-hand and try everything in that price range. Play before you pay.

If you live in Canada, check out a Traynor.
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on September 03, 2005, 05:39:33 am: Quote
Originally posted by zanzibar
If you live in Canada, check out a Traynor.

You do realize right under my name it says I live in Los Angeles...

I heard some great stuff about the line6 actually. The only problem it has is no room for a pedal. Ill check out what else I can find, once again I want a good practice amp, not a 150W marshall to blow out my ear drums.

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Eeeep I just found out my guitar teacher has a friend that works for ESP guitars. I might be able to get a $2400 Kamikazi for under 1K. :D
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Post by: Nyatar on September 20, 2005, 11:39:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
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Originally posted by zanzibar
If you live in Canada, check out a Traynor.

You do realize right under my name it says I live in Los Angeles...

I heard some great stuff about the line6 actually. The only problem it has is no room for a pedal. Ill check out what else I can find, once again I want a good practice amp, not a 150W marshall to blow out my ear drums.

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Eeeep I just found out my guitar teacher has a friend that works for ESP guitars. I might be able to get a $2400 Kamikazi for under 1K. :D

A Kamikazi? *drools*
You lucky man :)

And as for the Line 6...
I\'ve heard some great things about them, make no mistake. They make excellent practice amps, and the pre-sets are godlike xD

A word of warning though: The guys who designed this amp have deliberately given the last three settings far more gain than any sane person could ever use, so you have to go easy on the drive for a decent sound. If you drive it too hard it will compress the crap out of your signal and rob your sound of any individuality.

As well as that, as for the Spider series, i\'ve heard rumours about their reliability. Then again, unless you\'re going to emulate The Who and smash the crap out of your gear, I doubt that should be too much of a problem ;)

I suppose i\'m prejudiced as I really do prefer tube amps to anything else, and I believe that valve amps are massively overrated, but thats just a matter of preference, hehe.

The Spider is probably the most versatile amp for that price out there, so if thats what you\'re looking for, go for it :P

As for the Roland Cube, dragonfire, i\'ve never had the pleasure of playing one before, so I can\'t judge, hehe ;)

EDIT: Just out of curiosity, what\'s your setup at the moment?
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on September 21, 2005, 12:24:10 am: Quote
Originally posted by Nyatar
EDIT: Just out of curiosity, what\'s your setup at the moment?

Ha ha ha if you wanna know a BC Rich warlock and like a pathetic 12ish watt amp. The stuff like from over 3 years ago so when I was like... 13. I quit guitar for a while but since I got back into playing Im looking forward to 1000x better equipment. :)
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Post by: dragonfire999 on September 21, 2005, 01:49:01 am: my sca pwns ur warlock! Pssh noob!

Getting the cube? :)

I upgraded to an Ibanez TB100 full stack, but i still use the cube for practice
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on September 21, 2005, 01:57:47 am: No im probably going to get this (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/s=amps/search/detail/base_pid/480730/) because of the 2 channels.

Actually im going for the line6, I want a bit more settings than what the beringer offers.
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Post by: dragonfire999 on September 21, 2005, 02:03:04 am: roland has 2 channels. and much better averages on the votes than that one
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Post by: Efflixi Aduro on September 21, 2005, 04:20:39 am: get over your amp dammit
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Post by: Nyatar on September 21, 2005, 08:37:35 am: Quote
Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
get over your amp dammit

Roffle xD

It all depends on what styles you play, and whether you\'re looking for diversity or an amp which just plays one style well, like The Bluesbreaker.

A Warlock, hmm? *sniggers*
I can\'t talk really, up until a couple of years ago i\'ve owned a goddam awful Strat - copy and a Carlsbro amp xD

But now I have my Ibanez. Aww. *strokes*

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data/Behringer/GMX210_V_Tone-01.html

^ Thats the closest review I could find to that amp :)

EDIT: I wrote *snig(gers)* after \"hmm?\" and look what it came up with! O.o
I\'m not being racist towards your Warlock in any way, honest ;)