jdpeyton2012

I know this topic has been beat to death but i'll ask any how. I am an intermidiate guitar player ready to step up to a better amp looking to spend between 500-800 new or used does not matter. I do not want a amp with a bunch of banked presets just a straight forward pedal hungry amp that does a little of everything from metal to country and back again can anyone help me out. my current guitar line up is a tele ec1000 an a jackson dk2m

Charvel1995

Peavey Vyper tube 60?

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jdpeyton2012

I think i'll shoot for something else I dont like the programable amps. I use to have a line 6 an could not stand it but thanks for the advice

gerraguitar

well a fender hot rod would be a good choice but you wouldn't get naatural amp distortion out of it. fender amps are great for pedals, and if you don't care if you don't have true high gain amp distortion then you'll be fine. are you gigging?

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jdpeyton2012

I dont gig home use only I was looking last night at the hot rod deluxe seems like that might be a nice one. A friend of mine wants to sell me his fender bassman 59 ltd but may go a diff rout

romeozdistress

probably peavey ultra, jsx, xxx, the bigger wattage jet citys.

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gerraguitar

if he gives you a good deal that's a really great amp, if you don't want it then i'll grab that shit!

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jdpeyton2012

well its more of a trade he wants my ec1000 are the bassmans that good? not sure if i want to do that but the same amp online new go for like 1400 bucks

gerraguitar

the bassman was a pretty groundbreaking model for Fender, and the 59 combo was a really early model, then they turned it into a head. the super reverb and then eventually the devilles were modeled after them. they are great amps for what they do, but to be honest i don't know how many people out there use them for anything other than blues and other fender heavy styles. something like a hot rod would probably be a more practical choice, but you're not looking at a bad amp

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Charvel1995

Sorry, I misread your post as you DO want one with presets built into it. My bad.

Look for a used JSX combo if you can

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Way Huge Aqua Puss Delay
MXR 6 Band Eq
TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb
MXR Phase 90
Peavey JSX 100
Randall XL 4x12

RedMist

I have a Fender Deville tube amp 4x10 (65 watts I think). It cost around 700 and it kicks ass.

romeozdistress

these fender amps wont work for metal.

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Boss NS-2
Electro Harmonics Big Muff

gerraguitar

yeah TS, we are getting a bit caught up in Fender fever here, fenders are great for a lot of things, but remember that metal is definitely not one of them

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RedMist

The OP said metal to country. I'm a Mesa Boogie fan for metal. I think the Fender does metal better than the Mesa does country IMHO.

Charvel1995

The Fender can't do metal very well. The Mesa could do country better than the Fender could do metal.

Putting a Tubescreamer in front of the Fender won't make it do tight, percussive, articulate chugs.

He'll b lucky to get thrash or speed out of it.

A used JSX combo will cover everything he wants.

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Way Huge Aqua Puss Delay
MXR 6 Band Eq
TC Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb
MXR Phase 90
Peavey JSX 100
Randall XL 4x12

Drew-A

Why not try a Jet City - a 2 channel combo, for example. That will give you your clean "twang" tones, and your high-gain tones.

They are not too expensive, and don't have any of that stuff you don't want - just pure tube tone.

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zl1288

If you strech your budget a bit, you may be able to pick up a used mark IV combo. I've seen them go for around 900 before.