Guitar combo suggestions

Posted by: Earwicker on 13 February 2006

I'm after a guitar combo with enough poke for a pub gig in the £200 - £250 region. Got a LP Custom, will soon have a Strat too, play blues/Jazz, MUST have good clean channel...

Shortlised the usual suspects from Fender and Crate... what do you think?

Thanks,

EW
Posted on: 13 February 2006 by Rasher
The amp for you with that spec is surely a Mesa Boogie, but that's way out of the budget. You're going to have trouble with a Strat AND a Les Paul to play blues AND jazz AND have a great clean channel. Something is going to have to give. Especially for that budget.
Posted on: 13 February 2006 by Earwicker
The Fender 212R is an option, but I gather the overdrive is crap. It's bloody cheap though and I gather it goes LOUD.

I also like the look of the Crate GT212, and there's always the latest version of the Peavey 112 Bandit.

Any other ideas???

EW
Posted on: 13 February 2006 by Earwicker
..I'll stretch to £350 if it's worth it! Winker
Posted on: 13 February 2006 by blackfalldown
Personally I'd go for a Fender if you want a great clean sound. I use a Champion 30 with a Clapton Strat and that's loud enough to take your head off. The Clapton Strat mid-band boost is supposed to emulate a Humbucker, so it would be worth trying with the Les Paul. As for the overdrive, I use a Boss OD-3. If the 30W isn't loud enough for you, there's probably a 50W to try.
Gary
Posted on: 14 February 2006 by NaimDropper
Don't get a Crate, they just don't sound that good and are built like junk.
Check out Carvin, it's decent stuff with good VFM.
Look at this amp, the Nomad. $499.99 US, not sure what it would take to ship to you though.
They even have sound samples on line!
David
Posted on: 15 February 2006 by Earwicker
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Originally posted by NaimDropper:
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Thanks Dave, that's looks better than some of the stuff I've been considering!

I ought to pay more but I'm just thinking for the amount of use it's likely to get... I need some kind of a mullet setup that won't break the bank basically!

EW
Posted on: 15 February 2006 by bhazen
I'm particularly fond of my warm-sounding Vox AD50VT; a 1 x 12" speaker "modelling" amp, with several good sounds therein. I am able to nail Eric Claptons's sound on Fresh Cream using the "UK 80's" amp model (go figure) with a bit of 'verb, and this with a Strat. The Fender(s), Vox AC-15 and -30 emus are good too. I tend to play somewhat quietly, so if this ain't enough "poke" (I presume you mean volume), consider the AD100VT, which is a 2 x 12" speaker combo. All the amps in this series have a tube (not sure what sort) in the preamp section, which is probably why I like 'em.

Buy British!! (even if assembled in Korea, or wherever)