I have decided to invest in a new amp

Mike_05

I have decided to invest in a new amp and am willing to spend around £150.However, i need help in deciding what is the best in that price range. The amps i have looked at include: Peavey Envoy 40W, Marshall AVT20, Line 6 Spider 2 30. If you have any comments on these, or any other amps in this price range, your advice would be gratly appreciated. Cheers, Mike

dan dan

what kind of music do you play?

personally even without knowing that, i would probably rule out the line 6 straight away - as i hate all sounds from them. the heavy's are way too OTT, the cleans are either too sweet, or too false sounding, and the crunchy tones are pretty non-existant. nice lights though.

the avt 20 i would probably ditch from that list personally as well, as it always sounds a bit weak to my ears?

the peavey i've never personally played, so it could be lame, or i coudl be missing out

i'd think you're around cube 30 or 60 territory which have been getting good writeups and mentions around here recently (read some of the other lower posts?)

Unknown

I remember being in this boat, for me it was the cube 30 or Vox AD30VT... and so what did i buy, a Kustom 65DFX. Out of the vox or the cube, for me it was the vox but despite the cubes size they are amazing! So what swung me towards the Kustom, Richard! and the fact that it was different and the tone was very pleasing.... even the effects are decent for onboard.... very decent (when they work...mines faulty but dont let it put you off, 3 year warrenty)

Mike_05

Just thought id mention im not really bothered about effects as i hav a boss me-50. Dan, im into a kind of wide range of music but i suppose i mainly play led zeppelin and GnR, not really any metal tho. Dunno if that helps
Also dave89 the Kustom 65DFX is way out of my price range but keep the suggestions coming
Cheers, Mike.

Truth Hurts

If you have an ME-50 already all you really need is a good sounding clean amp. The Cube 30/60 have a good clean as do the Fender solid state amps. My mate plays an ME-50 through a Fender Stage 160 and it sounds fantastic. Laney valve amps LC15, VC15 etc also have a great clean sound and take a pedal very well.

Any of those would do you nicely.

Unknown

Have you looked at a Vox ADT? I think those would be great for your music..

Scrooge

Fender stage amps are quite nice for being solid state, and would suit your ME50 well imho.
Avoid the spider.
Try the AVT20 at some point.
The Cube is nice, as is the vox, but isn't the vox more expensive?

Steve.

Mike_05

Cheers for the suggestions guys, i'll give some of the above a go and see whats best. Thanks again, Mike.

Unknown

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Originally posted by Scrooge:
Fender stage amps are quite nice for being solid state, and would suit your ME50 well imho.
Avoid the spider.
Try the AVT20 at some point.
The Cube is nice, as is the vox, but isn't the vox more expensive?

Steve.

You can get a 15 watt one for about £100 and a 30 for £130

Mike_05

Pinky i would be willing to stretch up to a VOX Valvetronix 30VT(is this what you were refering to?). However, where i can by this works out to be a very similar price to the Laney LC15. So it could be between these two as i have heard good things from both.

Unknown

Yes sorry, i should have said try the 16dfx or the 35dfx in the Kustom range. But like most people here i really do reccomend you try the Vox ad15 or ad30

Unknown

I have a CUBE 30 which I got for 100 quid from the unmentionable auction site. I cant fault it in any way.

I have an old Les Paul copy and through the amp it sounds almost as good as my "official" Gibson SG.

I wish I'd gone for the Cube 60 now just because it has an extra amp model and would be just about giggable.

Both are definitely worth considering.

LooseMoose

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Originally posted by zardoz:
I have a CUBE 30 which I got for 100 quid from the unmentionable auction site. I cant fault it in any way.

I have an old Les Paul copy and through the amp it sounds almost as good as my "official" Gibson SG.

I'm interested in this statement. Would you see that as a good thing?

Personally I prefer amps that show the differences between guitars and I've always found that with a modelling amp you just get everything sounding like everything else.

Cheers,
James

dan dan

sg's, lp's - whats the difference. slightly less mass behind an sg, but apart from that. its still wood. still 2 humbuckers.

*flame-proof coat*

Mike_05

I decided to go with the Laney LC15 and bought it from regents

Truth Hurts

Good choice. Hope you enjoy it.

Scrooge

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Originally posted by LooseMoose:
Personally I prefer amps that show the differences between guitars and I've always found that with a modelling amp you just get everything sounding like everything else.

I agree with this! Especially the cheap ones. In fact, using the inbuilt modelling that comes with the BOSS 8 track multitrackers (its a budget modeller if I ever heard one) we recorded 5 different guitars and could barely hear the difference back to back!
The better stuff (like the POD) will replicate rough frequency responses of your guitar, and generally if you dont have a guitar with a healthy high end it can come out muddy ime. On the cleaner channels you can hear the difference between cheaponasty and nice pickups too...which is almost a pity because I'd like my squier to sound like my mates american texas special

Steve.

Stephen S

You say that, but I have a friend with an £800 Fender Strat, and he *loved* playing my Squier Standard. Through a Laney LC30-II, so no cheapo amp either.

He's now looking for raised pole pickups