some amp recommendations from you clever bunch...

[mooney]

decent amp, hard rock sound (im thinking UYI here) not too expensive, ie, bedroom/practise/possible recording use, anymore than 300 quid is a struggle.

mr purplehaze, nemo, i looking at you guys!

 

[johndoe]

Price range?

[mooney]

as stated, up to about 300 quid max if possible...

[CalumFarq]

Do want more effects than power or the other way around?

[nemo]

You don't want effects or power.  for bedroom and recording use you want like a 5 watt tube amp with great natural tone.  My practice amp is a Fender Champion 600, it's dinky and the only thing on it's a master volume dial but it sounds wonderful (maybe won't dirty up enough for you though, the tone is still fairly clean when cranked, I'm considering doing a Dave Davies and attacking the speaker with a pencil...).

There's no point in buying an 80 watt solid state amp for £300 unless you're planning on playing an arena but want really shitty guitar tone.  Similarly amps with in built effects just kinda suck, buy the champion like I have (not necessarily trying to push it, but just as an example) and from your budget you'll have about £180 left to buy a really shit hot overdrive pedal and another decent pedal (*delay* cough, cough) to give you more options.  Alternatively you could use the spare cash to buy something a bit freak-outy like a Zvex Fuzz Factory or a MXR Blue Box (glitchy octave fuzz pedal, lets you play sub-bass frequencies on a standard guitar).

[wyldechild]

line 6 is great if you're looking "everything in one package" kinda amp... it's not brilliant in anything but it does pretty good for putting everything in one box. So I'd say line 6 makes ideal practise amps eventhough 99% of you will disagree.

marshall dsl400 is also awesome practise amp and you can definetly get those UYI tones out of it at least if you get a overdrive and equalizer.

[mooney]

Do want more effects than power or the other way around?

if by power u mean gain (volume) then id say effects seeing as at best the thing would only need to be louder than drums.

nemo is on the right lines with the champion + an OD pedal to get that sound im looking for, though a combo would also be preferable...

i'll check out the champion though, and the marshall dsl400. anything else i should look into?

[stratocaster]

I'm guessing your after a GNR type tone? 

You could keep in an eye open for a second hand Marshall JTM30.  That should be around £300-£400 depending on condition... sounds decent at low volumes and can also easily handle most pub gigs where you will be able to achieve some nice power amp valve break-up without destroying your hearing!

[nemo]

line 6 is great if you're looking "everything in one package" kinda amp... it's not brilliant in anything but it does pretty good for putting everything in one box. So I'd say line 6 makes ideal practise amps eventhough 99% of you will disagree.

marshall dsl400 is also awesome practise amp and you can definetly get those UYI tones out of it at least if you get a overdrive and equalizer.

Dude, a 40watt valve amp is not a practice amp unless you practice in Madison Square Garden.

DSL overdriven tone is nice though, much better than the TSL.  if they did a 10 watt version of it or something then it'd probably be perfect.

And yeah, I'd be one of the people naysaying the Line 6 idea, although I guess if having more tonal options available is more important to you than the all out quality of the tone then maybe it would be a better option.

[mooney]

any opinions on the Vox VT15 15W combo?

a lot cheaper than my budget at 155ish, which is always nice, good size, anyone here give any feedback on this amp? (excuse the pun, not intentional)

[Milles]

I have a Roland Cube 30, think it cost me about £160 four years ago and it's the only amp I've had aside from a 15 watt marshall which was infinitely inferior. It has some basic effects such as Reverb / Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Tremolo and you can set the amount of each of them just as you would adjust the volume. It has a lush clean tone as I mainly practice and write with a clean tone but it has a fairly meaty, cutting sounding distortion which I love.

Actually, it may not have been £160, that mat have just been the Cube 60 I was looking at. Can't remember

[wyldechild]

Dude, a 40watt valve amp is not a practice amp unless you practice in Madison Square Garden.

DSL overdriven tone is nice though, much better than the TSL.  if they did a 10 watt version of it or something then it'd probably be perfect.

And yeah, I'd be one of the people naysaying the Line 6 idea, although I guess if having more tonal options available is more important to you than the all out quality of the tone then maybe it would be a better option.

well I can play with 40-50w amps at my home and no problem  but I'm a ninja
with good od pedal you dont need to crank the amp to max output levels to get those high gain sounds.. so at least it works for me 

[PurpleHaze]

Yeah you'd never crank a dsl401 in your house but it's easily capable of being played at those volumes. I've played the shit out of one at a friends house. Sounds fine at normal volume levels. Speaker is a bit cap though and it's a little mushy without an od boost.

[CalumFarq]

I have a Roland Cube 30, think it cost me about £160 four years ago and it's the only amp I've had aside from a 15 watt marshall which was infinitely inferior. It has some basic effects such as Reverb / Delay, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Tremolo and you can set the amount of each of them just as you would adjust the volume. It has a lush clean tone as I mainly practice and write with a clean tone but it has a fairly meaty, cutting sounding distortion which I love.

Actually, it may not have been £160, that mat have just been the Cube 60 I was looking at. Can't remember

+1 I have the same amp and I highly recommend it