Best Combo Amp?

[ewright]

I want a new practice amp for the 2006 DK2 I plan to buy this week. I've had enough Crates and I don't really care for my Peavey TransTube 258 EFX anymore.

I'm looking at a Roland Cube 30/60 (everybody who owns one seems to love them) or a Marshall MG 50/30 DFX. I have no experience with Behringer, Randall, Line 6, or Vox but I'm willing to try anything. I appreciate any recommendations.

[SeventhSon]

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That Fender G-DEC is also way cool for a practice amp. It's actually a lot more versatile and useful for a practice amp than the cube 30 (which i own).

[PallarAndersVisa]

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the distortion on those GDEC is really noisy though, and alot more expensive than a cube

[thetroy]

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Buy a Korg PX-4 and run it into your current amp or your stereo or whatever. It's badass

[QuantumRider]

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I've got a Marshall MG15CDR and a Line 6 Spider II 30.

I like the tone on the Line 6 better, and it's got four channels as opposed to two on the Marshall. The built in delay on the Line 6 is pretty cool, too. You can set delay time just by pressing a button at the tempo you want.

However, the chorus and reverb on the Line 6 sound really "digital" and thins out the sound, IMHO.

Hope this helps, but the best judge for tone is your own ears, so get over to a music store and jam out on the display models [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[shredhed]

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I have 2 MG Marshalls a Crate and a Peavey Ultra Tube (all tube).

All but the Peavey are Solid State. I gotta say go for a tube amp. I couldn't believe the difference. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[FusionFarmer]

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Small tube combos are a nice way to go. eventually after going thru a few solid state amps almost everyone winds up with a tube amp.

[Speiro]

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I have a Marshall MG100DFX and that's really good, I've used it with my Korg AX1500G through and it sounded great.

[shredhed]

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I have a Marshall MG100DFX and that's really good, I've used it with my Korg AX1500G through and it sounded great.

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That's the 100 watt version of my 50 watt. They are really good amps and don't cost a lot. I wish it had an FX loop tho.

[ewright]

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This might be stupid question, but assuming the 30w 10" class has most of the features of the 50-60w 12" class, is the only real difference going to be max volume? I need this amp for practice in the basement, so a 30w may be loud enough, right? However, if the 50/60w also features heavier distortion, better FX, and so on, I'd pay extra even though I may never need to crank the volume all the way up.

For example: Marshall MG30DFX vs. MG50DFX or Roland Cube 30 vs. Roland Cube 60. Thanks again.

[jgcable]

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If you can afford it, when you are talking about solid state, always get the bigger amp. You can always turn the volume down.

[revelation212]

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Ive got a Randall RG100sc. its pretty good two gain stages and a nice clean boost option. real spring reverb, FX loop with level controls, i have no complaints with it except that that amp seems kinda bassy so i just use my eq to cut bass a bit and boost the highs.

just go to www.randallamplifiers.com find a dealer and demo one for yourself dude

[kmanick]

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depending on how much you want to spend,
so far I've been pretty happy with my B-52 At-100 Combo. all tube and it sounds great at vey low volumes as
well as cranked, and a sweet clean channel to boot!
Lots of different tones available out of this thing.

[jgcable]

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The Peavey 5150 combo sounds great at low volume too. Its super heavy but good for home or the gig.

[kmanick]

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The Peavey 5150 combo sounds great at low volume too. Its super heavy but good for home or the gig.

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+ 1, that's my other amp and I'm always going back and forth trying to decide which one I like better.
these are usually on Ebay for short money too. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]