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dancingmisterd
the marshall 1962 bluesbreaker is a good choice for the budget conscious

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RobberBride
A 65 Princeton Reverb will get you a great tone, apartment friendly, and easy to mic if you have a loud drummer. Reverb and tremolo built in of course, and as with most Fenders, throw in a stomp box for those ferocious ovevrdrive moments.

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Koen


For instance, have a look at the Peavey Deltablues series. Or if you have some more money, the Fender 65 deluxe reverb reissue. The Fender HotRod series (and also Blues reissue) seems a good deal, but many players get rid of them after using for a while, since they are very loud (even when playing with a band), and it is very difficult to get a nice tubesound out of them). And they weigh a ton.

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I always like to keep at least two stage amps and for years I had a Peavey Classic 30 and a Peavey Delta Blues. They are really similar amps. I think maybe one has a built in tremolo and the other doesn't. The Classic 30 was a 110 and the Delta Blues a 112 but both were 30 watts. I usually miked whichever one I was using but have played indoor venues before without miking. My only real gripe with these amps are that neither one of them has a standby switch. I also bought a Fender Hot Rod Deville 410 back in the Summer. As Koen said, it's really massive. I had the opportunity to buy it second hand for $400/and change and had always wanted a Fender tube amp so I went ahead and bought it. I haven't used it live yet, preferring to stick with the amps that I was used to on stage. It would probably be a good amp to use if I were playing larger venues, but it's tough to get a good sound out of it at low volumes as others have said. It's quite sensitive. That's my two cents on the afore mentioned amps.

I no longer have the Classic 30. I traded it in, along with some other stuff, on a Gibson ES-335. It (the amp) had developed a bit of a buzz or hum over the years, but otherwise was still in good shape. It was always durable and was the amp that I used the most out of the two Peavey's. My decision to trade it was based on the miles and wear and tear I had put on it in comparison to the Delta Blues which had been used less and was in better shape.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-12-31 22:05 by Tumblin_Dice_07.

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Koen
@Tumblin_Dice_07: would you mind fixing that quote, I think all you need to do is to add a "[" before "quote]"

So you get all the credit of those excellent points.

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dancingmisterd
the marshall 1962 bluesbreaker is a good choice for the budget conscious

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A 62 Bluesbreaker is well over $2,000.00, even through the online/catalog discounters. Not exactly "budget conscious".