amp help pls!

[an old rocker]

hey guys long time not seen but it's good to be back,
so i'm planning to buy myself a new amp, at first i tought i'd buy myself a marshall ( just because it's a good brand( or that's what they say)) but recently i heard bad things about the MG's and stuff.so other brands are fine too So my price range is around 500 EUROS preferably a little less but i don't want to buy another amp next year,
i hope you guys find something on this site www.llmusiccenter.com (it's in dutch but i'ts almost thesame as english) just click on "amps" and you're there . but if it's not in that shop it's fine too just give me some ideas.

P.s i play a gibson les paul studio if that' helps a little bit



thanks

[Malakian]

Mgs suck, what music do you play?

[nemo]

Mgs suck, what music do you play?

Let's be fair now, in its defence if he likes playing really bland, tinny, shit metallic cyborg metal then it's pretty much ideal

[PurpleHaze]

cyborg metal

Such an overlooked genre...

[donnie dupre.e]

 ... dont you have a local guitar shop you can try different amps in? dont buy a amp just because of the name..i done the same thing and regretted it.

[King bumb.l.foot II]

i agree there are a lot of great sounding amps out there, u just have to try themm first using equipment similar to ur own

[an old rocker]

i don't play metal, i like to play blues, and hard rock and stuff. i heard that marshalls fit well with gibsons is that true?

[ktallett]

to be honest it the amp makes the major difference. it would be best if you could try them. marshalls do partner well with gibsons but that depends on what marshall you buy. obviously mg's arent very good at all. there are many good amp manufacturers out there so if possible then go and try as many as possible. you will be bound to fall in love with the sound of one and it will be perfect for you.

[nemo]

i don't play metal, i like to play blues, and hard rock and stuff. i heard that marshalls fit well with gibsons is that true?

A good Marshall and a good Gibson will go well together, but then any good guitar and good amp will go together (unless of course you're doing something stupid like playing a js1000 through an acoustic amp or a telecaster through a diezel etc), people just say that because it's the slash/page set up and therefore they assume that any combination of Marshall and Gibson will work

[Sean]

how much do you have to spend?
is it for bedroom or band use or room use or stage use?  primarily  like do you have a drummer?
will you drag it around all the time?

do you prefer tubes or will you settle for solid state?   Do you use effects?  Floor or panel?

[an old rocker]

i don't play in a band right now, but ii'm going to soon so i don't want to buy another amp again for playing in thye band, and yes i also use it for in my bedroom. I don't know much about the differences between tubes and solid state ones so maybe you can explain the difference to me. Uhm atm i'm using a crybaby wah pedal and i'm gonna buy myself a boss dd6 as soon as i get money after the amp. my price range is 400-600 euros. i won't have to rlly drag it around much as long as i'm not in a band, and for other small things i have my shitty amp  wich i can take with me( it's pretty small)

[Sean]

ah ok..       Peavey Classic 30

yea i know i keepp repeating myself.   but its all tube man..     read on it and tube amps.  I just got a classic 20 (discontinued)  but i've only played it with an acoustic so far       so far its fucking great and solid.

[an old rocker]

does the peavey classic work well with my gibson and i like what they say about the clean tone but is it also possible to play GNR Zepp AC/DC and stuff like that on it. (ex; SCOM)

[nemo]

ah ok..       Peavey Classic 30

yea i know i keepp repeating myself.   but its all tube man..     read on it and tube amps.  I just got a classic 20 (discontinued)  but i've only played it with an acoustic so far       so far its fucking great and solid.

Damn you and your sexy headphone jack

How is it anyway?

[wyldechild]

marshall dsl40

next guestion....

[Sean]

Damn you and your sexy headphone jack

How is it anyway?

 Well ...  from when I moved here, I don't have my electric with me  - It stays about an 14 hour flight away from me. I will get it next month though with my Sony headphones to test the headphone jack.  So I only tested the amp with my acoustic guitar. But the clean is nice and from what I can tell... it will sound great on electric as the clean is nice and I can get nice breakup early but not too early.     I 'll let you know more in about 2 months.

[Sean]

does the peavey classic work well with my gibson and i like what they say about the clean tone but is it also possible to play GNR Zepp AC/DC and stuff like that on it. (ex; SCOM)

I'm sure it will be fine. Does classic rock great.

[nemo]

does the peavey classic work well with my gibson and i like what they say about the clean tone but is it also possible to play GNR Zepp AC/DC and stuff like that on it. (ex; SCOM)

that's the style it was made to play.  You should easily be able to find a 30 within your budget as well.  It has the best classic rock tone you're likely to come across (it's like really creamy, buttery melted fudge)

Je vous exige achat il maintenant

[an old rocker]

that's the style it was made to play.  You should easily be able to find a 30 within your budget as well.  It has the best classic rock tone you're likely to come across (it's like really creamy, buttery melted fudge)

Je vous exige achat il maintenant

If that french part was for me i'll have to say i don't speak french, I'm from belgium and speak dutch. But i did understand it, just wanted to mention that.
thnx for the help but i'm still having doubts, maybe i'll go try some out today

[PurpleHaze]

Classic 30 is a smoooth sweet amp but it dosn't have the balls for GnR IMO.

Classic 30 + Tubescreamer = all bases covered.

[nemo]

Classic 30 is a smoooth sweet amp but it dosn't have the balls for GnR IMO.

Classic 30 + Tubescreamer = all bases covered.

Nah, Diezel Herbert amp and a ZVex Fuzz Factory pedal and you're sorted, maybe add in an MXR Blue Box or something as well

Then the apocalypse shall cometh forth frometh your ampeth.  All covered in mucus and shiny awesomness.

[an old rocker]

what do you guys think about the marshall avt 275x

[Sean]

poop comes to mind

[nemo]

poop comes to mind

As does aural syphilis

You'd be better as well running your guitar through a mobile phone

[SouthernSleeze]

 vox AD15VT-XLjust bought it yesterday its got a tube preamp perfect for little gigs  with a decent pa system. has a very nice tone too it and it was only 250 bucks. i also got the footswitch with it too so that was an extra 20 bucks but im really pleased with it. theres also another version of it that that has some different presets such as uk 70s uk 80s and an auto wah but the the auto wah kind of sucked. so i got the more metal sounding one. heres a link to it


http://www.voxamps.co.uk/valvetronixxl/ad15vt-xl.asp