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littleknowitall · 07-10-2012, 05:59 PM

I've had a lot of awful amps and some nice one's. Orange for me produce the best clean sound around but they're really pricey....so it was really of no benefit me mentioning it. =/
I had a 150 watt Laney amplifier once. Terrible distortion sound but the clean channel worked really nicely. Especially with my Gibson Les Paul. Out of all the amps I've owned the only nice clean sound I really ever got was through a Laney and although they don't have a great distortion sound to my mind you can always just buy a little Boss pedal or something later on if that was the route you wanted to take.

I'm pretty sure this works in under your price range. They're not a high end make. it's 65 watts which is a little small for gigs but it is a valve amp which I was once told makes a difference.

Laney LV100 65 Watt Guitar Valve Enabled Combo Amplifier

I've owned a Fender guitar amplifier before now too and I own a Fender Bass guitar and I love the make. The only thing I would say out of experience Is I spent a lot of time trying to invest in the high end makes e.g Gibson and Fender only to reflect in later years and wish instead of buying a £1500 guitar I could have bought two £500 guitars and still had £500 over to piss about with and I would probably have been happier. The audio benefit of paying that much for an instrument unless you're really at the high end of the spectrum doesn't make a worthy difference. It's more about how good you are at working with what you've got and any difference it does make most people won't appreciate anyway so...

Aim low is I guess what I'm trying to say. Go to some shops, try out as many amps as you can. Be as much of a pain in the arse as you can and really listen for a good, clear clean tone that you like and go with it. Personally I always find valve amps to be a nicer choice. I can't stand things like the line 6 transistor amps. They just sound awful.

Laney, Fender, Orange. All Good.

The amp you picked I can't really comment on without it physically being in front of me to test. But you can't really go wrong with Fender so I guess I just should have written go with it and saved us all some time.

.....Go with it!

07-10-2012, 05:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	I've had a lot of awful amps and some nice one's. Orange for me produce the best clean sound around but they're really pricey....so it was really of no benefit me mentioning it. =/ I had a 150 watt Laney amplifier once. Terrible distortion sound but the clean channel worked really nicely. Especially with my Gibson Les Paul. Out of all the amps I've owned the only nice clean sound I really ever got was through a Laney and although they don't have a great distortion sound to my mind you can always just buy a little Boss pedal or something later on if that was the route you wanted to take. I'm pretty sure this works in under your price range. They're not a high end make. it's 65 watts which is a little small for gigs but it is a valve amp which I was once told makes a difference. Laney LV100 65 Watt Guitar Valve Enabled Combo Amplifier I've owned a Fender guitar amplifier before now too and I own a Fender Bass guitar and I love the make. The only thing I would say out of experience Is I spent a lot of time trying to invest in the high end makes e.g Gibson and Fender only to reflect in later years and wish instead of buying a £1500 guitar I could have bought two £500 guitars and still had £500 over to piss about with and I would probably have been happier. The audio benefit of paying that much for an instrument unless you're really at the high end of the spectrum doesn't make a worthy difference. It's more about how good you are at working with what you've got and any difference it does make most people won't appreciate anyway so... Aim low is I guess what I'm trying to say. Go to some shops, try out as many amps as you can. Be as much of a pain in the arse as you can and really listen for a good, clear clean tone that you like and go with it. Personally I always find valve amps to be a nicer choice. I can't stand things like the line 6 transistor amps. They just sound awful. Laney, Fender, Orange. All Good. The amp you picked I can't really comment on without it physically being in front of me to test. But you can't really go wrong with Fender so I guess I just should have written go with it and saved us all some time. .....Go with it!