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Hi all, first post here.
I have a slight problem and would like any amount of input to help me solve it
. I may as well lay out the background as to give you the idea of my maybe rather trivial predicament.
I've been playing bass on and off for a few years now until a few months ago I decided to pick up a cheap £100 Stagg electric guitar. I play the guitar through a Line6 toneport which I also bought a while ago. So anyways, I've been playing the guitar loads recently and decided to upgrade to a Jackson KE3 as the £100 Stagg sounded rather bad. Now I'm fed up of having to use headphones when I play my guitar, and would like to buy an amp to play through instead. Only problem is, I don't have THAT much money to buy one with, so I'd guess it would have to be less than £200 (about $300?). Also, we don't have hardly any music shops in town and the ones we do have only carry very limited stocks of mostly rubbish, so it isn't like I could just pop into one and test their range
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I also have a specification as to which I would need and like to meet:
Anyway, thanks for taking to the time to read all of this.. I'm sure I could have summed it up in a lot less words, but may as well lay it all out :p.
Thanks and regards.
I have a slight problem and would like any amount of input to help me solve it
. I may as well lay out the background as to give you the idea of my maybe rather trivial predicament.I've been playing bass on and off for a few years now until a few months ago I decided to pick up a cheap £100 Stagg electric guitar. I play the guitar through a Line6 toneport which I also bought a while ago. So anyways, I've been playing the guitar loads recently and decided to upgrade to a Jackson KE3 as the £100 Stagg sounded rather bad. Now I'm fed up of having to use headphones when I play my guitar, and would like to buy an amp to play through instead. Only problem is, I don't have THAT much money to buy one with, so I'd guess it would have to be less than £200 (about $300?). Also, we don't have hardly any music shops in town and the ones we do have only carry very limited stocks of mostly rubbish, so it isn't like I could just pop into one and test their range
.I also have a specification as to which I would need and like to meet:
- Must be powerful enough to be heard over my drummer friend whom I jam with pretty often. I'm guessing ATLEAST 30watts? He doesn't play that loud really, but the room is pretty small.
- I mainly play metal and hard rock, so I'd like something that sounded great with overdrive and distortion.. I'm not too bothered if the clean channel isn't too good.
- Something available in the UK. I know some people here recommend Crate amps, but I haven't seen them for sale on any UK online retailers.
- I can forsee myself doing small gigs in the not-so-distant future, so I'd like something that's giggable.. I'm guessing it'd probably need to be mic'd though?
- I'm not bothered about built in effects at all. I have access to loads with my toneport and I never use them.
- I'm also not bothered with modelling amps.. just as long as they sound great with medium and high gain. But if a modelling amp will do this, all the better .
Anyway, thanks for taking to the time to read all of this.. I'm sure I could have summed it up in a lot less words, but may as well lay it all out :p.
Thanks and regards.
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