https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:32:18 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248387 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:56:36 +0000 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ibanez-AS83-SemiHollow-Electric-Guitar?sku=519764
Got it used for only $249. Looks brand new and plays great.]]> Opinions and Polls DennisF6 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248387 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248361 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:02:04 +0000
Thanks though

Dennis, what is that guitar? (not the 51)]]> Opinions and Polls Triple_C https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248361 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248348 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:02:01 +0000
You might not need the extra power but, ironically, this model plays at low volumes better than the AD15VT.
The difference is that the 30 has a variable power control. You can set it to run with only one watt or so, then crank up the gain and get nice distortion at low volumes. With the 15 the only way to get real, overdrive distortion (as opposed to digitally modeled distortion) is to play REALLY loud. Really loud might be ok for you if you don't have any housemates and your neighbors live far away, but that isn't the case for most of us.

You won't be unhappy with either the Roland or Vox 15 watt amps but if you can afford the extra price, the AD30VT is a really great practice amp!]]> Opinions and Polls DennisF6 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248348 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248324 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:30:41 +0000 I REALLY need to try this out :twisted:]]> Opinions and Polls Triple_C https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248324 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248264 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:17:14 +0000
It is the best sounding 15 watt amp I have ever played. Infact nothing else has come close(this doesnt mean I didnt think marshal half stacks didnt sound better...).

You can reach a pretty wide variety of sounds on it.


I was also going to buy a Spider 3, I played one in a guitar center while I was on vacation and it didnt sound good in any way shape or form.....the concept was good though.....

My only complaint about the VOX is that the headphone/line out jack sounds like shit.

My amp is used I am told it is a few years old, but hardly played, it works fine. If someone didnt already tell you the warm up is about 4-7 seconds.]]> Opinions and Polls benpari https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248264 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248182 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:19:28 +0000 Opinions and Polls Triple_C https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248182 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248176 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:35:00 +0000 Opinions and Polls Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/3/#post-248176 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/2/#post-248165 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:34:03 +0000
From my shop of choice:
Roland Cube 15X: £79
Vox AD15VT: £109
Line 6 Spider 3 15 (Not so keen on this now): £99 OUT (unless some can convince me otherwise.

I haven't tried the Vox yet, but I'll definitely try to at the weekend.
Out of the Cube and Spider 3, I like the cube most so spider 3 is out.

That leaves Vox and Cube, but there is a £30 difference (60 dollars!) which will affect my decision, but if I love the Vox, then I'll go for it for sure.

So anyone who has played both these amps, can you give me your verdict?

Keep the good advice coming!]]> Opinions and Polls Triple_C https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/2/#post-248165 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/2/#post-248153 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:57:12 +0000
As for tube vs solidstate: ignore what is harder to fix/maintain/whatever. Go for sound first. Right now I'm doing everything with amplitube, sounds better then my digital V-amp, hybrid Vox AD, analogue modeling GMX212 and tube Epi VJH. But that's just taste. Don't look at the label, listen to them.
Anyways, a tube will give you a better tone, and a better clean. It's music, not NASCAR-racing. A car can be faster then another, an amp cannot be better then another. That's the glorious thing about music, and arts in general. By making such mental shortcuts you're shooting yourself in the foot, probably. Ever thought about why those jazzers love their solidstate JC120s so much? It's not because the clean is so bad...
Effects are like a toy. You play with them, they are entertaining. Take any of your favourite guitarists and check the effects. Don't forget that even the 'straight into the amp' guys use plenty of effects: just because it's the sound engineer doing that post-recording don't mean they aren't there! The weird thing is that effects don't seem to mature in guitar-land that much. When was the last time you saw someone use expression pedals for delay times, flanger depths or reverb roll-offs? All I see is people turning effects on or off, but hardly anyone (Muse is an exception eg) learns to actually play the effects in a musical way. Strange, because so much better stuff is being done in the synthesizer-land, where people can play melodic solos just by changing parameters to multiple effects on the fly.

Effects are more then a toy, if you treat them as more then a toy. We have to quit thinking a flanger is a 'reptitive woosh-woosh' sound, it's the unnatural and static use of effects that make them sound so lame.]]> Opinions and Polls Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/2/#post-248153 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/2/#post-248146 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:49:56 +0000 I have a Pandora PX4, which offers a whole raft of effects - basically the only one that I use is one that I created myself and sounds similar to a VOX AC30 with some 60s reverb added. The 50 presets and the few custom patches never (OK, rarely) get a look in.]]> Opinions and Polls greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/my-first-amp-advice/paged/2/#post-248146