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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6390964" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Amps:</p><p></p><p>pawn shops and Guitar Centaur are good places to find used musical gear, including amps.</p><p></p><p>A few years back, I got a Spyder II 1x12 75 watt amp for $100 in good condition. new would have been $300, and the Spyder III was just about to come out.</p><p></p><p>That was a great bargain, and it is about as big as you should ever need to go.</p><p></p><p>I got my first solid state amp for $40 at a pawn shop, and that was a Crate. Probably had a 4-6" speaker. decent sound. I even sold it for $40 a few years later (gear in decent condition can usually be sold for what you paid for it).</p><p></p><p>So $40-$100 should get you a decent used amp. if the MiL buys it, it'll be a surprise on what you get, but it's free, and it's better than a battery powered practice amp (same kind of thing I started with).</p><p></p><p>Before you go gaga over tube vs. solid state, there's a key lesson on Tubes. They require energy to get that Tube Tone. Which means volume. If you can't turn up past 5, you may never not reach the warm zone, in which case, it won't sound any more magical than a solid state.</p><p></p><p>Plus, the Tube amp will cost more for same size/power as a solid state.</p><p></p><p>An extra lesson I learned was that my $40 crate compared to a friend's $40 solid state Fender just could not compete for warmth of tone. Sure, I had metal distortion down, but toward the clean end of things, the Fender had a warmer richer tone (and it was solid state).</p><p></p><p>So i would recommend a Fender amp, just on the chance that it'll sound warmer for the style of music you prefer compared to something like a Crate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6390964, member: 8835"] Amps: pawn shops and Guitar Centaur are good places to find used musical gear, including amps. A few years back, I got a Spyder II 1x12 75 watt amp for $100 in good condition. new would have been $300, and the Spyder III was just about to come out. That was a great bargain, and it is about as big as you should ever need to go. I got my first solid state amp for $40 at a pawn shop, and that was a Crate. Probably had a 4-6" speaker. decent sound. I even sold it for $40 a few years later (gear in decent condition can usually be sold for what you paid for it). So $40-$100 should get you a decent used amp. if the MiL buys it, it'll be a surprise on what you get, but it's free, and it's better than a battery powered practice amp (same kind of thing I started with). Before you go gaga over tube vs. solid state, there's a key lesson on Tubes. They require energy to get that Tube Tone. Which means volume. If you can't turn up past 5, you may never not reach the warm zone, in which case, it won't sound any more magical than a solid state. Plus, the Tube amp will cost more for same size/power as a solid state. An extra lesson I learned was that my $40 crate compared to a friend's $40 solid state Fender just could not compete for warmth of tone. Sure, I had metal distortion down, but toward the clean end of things, the Fender had a warmer richer tone (and it was solid state). So i would recommend a Fender amp, just on the chance that it'll sound warmer for the style of music you prefer compared to something like a Crate. [/QUOTE]
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