Members thom Posted September 29, 2013 Members Share Posted September 29, 2013 Just as I finally made up my mind about what my new practice/backup amp should be, I found out I'm pretty much broke:(It doesn't look like that'll change anytime soon. It's not like I have a gigging band nowadays, no recording plans, etc...So I need the cheapest possible way to play at home. I was thinking somthing along the lines of a sansamp pedal, something with a couple of decent amp sounds I can put at the end of my pedal board, and hook up to my -rather nice- stereo. Anything in particular that's very "plug and play", compact, affordable, easily available on the used market, not too many bells and whistles,..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted September 29, 2013 Members Share Posted September 29, 2013 Vox Amplug sounds pretty good. Many flavors. 50$ lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thom Posted September 29, 2013 Author Members Share Posted September 29, 2013 I was kinda hoping to find something that'll allow me to use my Denon receiver and Wharfedale bookshelf speakers. The Amplug is a little headphone amp, right? If at all possible, it'd be extremely cool if I could get really close to the sound of an actual tube amp. I play almost exclusively at home these days, and I'm used to playing through fender/vox/marshall/orange rigs. I don't mean to sound like a corksniffer, I'm probably not even in the financial possition to be picky... But I already have something generic that can "make do". A Johnson J-Station. Aside from the hiss and noise, the best sounding amp model is just not even close to the sound of the fender it's supposed to mimmick:s So I'm looking for somekind of serious upgrade, without getting into the price range of 1x12 or even 2x12 cabs. A challenge, I know. I wouldn't turn to you mahfakkas if it were easy, would I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I have been really impressed with the Tech 21 amp sim pedals - I've only tried three of them (Blonde, VT Bass and Liverpool) but they all do a really good job of emulating the lines of amps (Fender / Ampeg / Vox) that they're shooting for, and they sound fantastic direct. Add just a touch of reverb or delay to get rid of the dead dry DI syndrome issue, and most people would never be able to tell you didn't use "the real thing" in the context of a mix. As far as playing through your stereo, it can be done, but proceed with caution. Stereo speakers often don't do very well with lots of distortion - especially at higher levels, so keep your volume levels down and don't push it, or you could easily fry a speaker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thom Posted October 2, 2013 Author Members Share Posted October 2, 2013 Thanks Phil!I'm comfirming my order tonight. It's a tech21 character pedal of sorts;pThe poor man's alternative I guess.A used tech21 won't be easy to find used around here, and a new one costs about the same -if not less- than a cheap 1x12 cab with a decent speaker...Which in my case would still be the better option.You mensioned the risk of speaker damage...I can't play at high volumes at home anyway, so probably no problem there:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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