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Looking for suggestions on a good practice guitar amp. I plan on learning to play the blues so I am going to need something with some limited effects, at least reverb and overdrive. I have been told by a friend who actually plays in a band I should get a tube overdrive separate from the amp. He says the ones built in to all amps are garbage. His suggestion is to get a plain amp with no extras and then get separates as I need them. Be that as it may, I have been looking and I think at this point I am leaning real hard of getting a Fender Mustang 2. It does have quite a few effects built in, but the main reason I like it is it emulates most of their really good bigger amps and the reviews say it does a good job of it too. I also saw a Marshall that I liked quite a bit but it was a fair bit more expensive. Didn't have all the effects like the Fender but that would make my friend happy cause he uses a Marshall himself and loves it.
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24-04-2015, 11:36
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My personal choice for the best guitar practice amp would have been the Peavey Vypyr 15. In fact, that's the amp I use for practice. But the old Vypyrs were discontinued by Peavey a little while ago, to make room for something new. My Vypyr 15 is an awesomein music mixing service with little amp, but Peavey decided to make it even more awesomer with the new VIP 1.
Everything is controlled by Peaveyâs WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) interface, which basically mean you turn the knobs where you want them and the amp responds. There are no digital processors to figure out, no funky buttons to decipher and no bizarre names for the different presets. You simply turn the knobs where you want them, and you play.
Good Luck
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I don't have a horse in this race but the Amazin's seem to have a good selection new and used with user comments, etc:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0...Caps%2C209
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ToniSteele Wrote:My personal choice for the best guitar practice amp would have been the Peavey Vypyr 15. In fact, that's the amp I use for practice. But the old Vypyrs were discontinued by Peavey a little while ago, to make room for something new. My Vypyr 15 is an awesomein music mixing service with little amp, but Peavey decided to make it even more awesomer with the new VIP 1.
Everything is controlled by Peaveyâs WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) interface, which basically mean you turn the knobs where you want them and the amp responds. There are no digital processors to figure out, no funky buttons to decipher and no bizarre names for the different presets. You simply turn the knobs where you want them, and you play.
Good Luck
My old practice amp was a Peavy, I don't remember what model it was, but it was okay. Had no effects built in except OD, not even reverb. Problem I had with it was it seemed to need to be cranked up pretty loud before it really started sounding good. Plus the OD in it was pretty much all or nothing as well. The gain scale kind of went 1.2.3.4.5.6.10 <G>
I will look at some reviews on amazon, that is a good idea.
