What's a good combo amp

[jimilee]

So I was looking at a Bugera V5 but I'm finding mixed reviews. My brother has a 22 that I like but I don't want to spend that much. What's a good amp for 199 or less? Tubed is good and I really like the fender sound, been listening to blues lately.

[atreidesheir]

find a fender champion 600.  It is little, sounds great and can be found @$100. 
For $200 smackers, check out the a Yamaha THR amp.  I want one badly.  Not tube, but may be better.  I am serious.

[Leevibe]

The Fender Pro Jr is a stellar sounding little combo. You might be able to find one used on CL in that ballpark. Mine has NFB disconnected and it rocks!

[miter53]

There are a lot of mods online for the 600 if you feel like tinkering. I tweaked mine quite a bit. Step 1, replace the speaker and speaker cloth. Weber has a little speaker that fits fine. Check this out
http://www.300guitars.com/articles/hot-rodding-the-new-fender-champion-600/

[slimtriggers]

If you don't go too crazy on the iron, you could probably build a head for that much, anyway.  I think I spent about $200-ish on my 18watt build. 

I used THIS circuit board.

Wouldn't be much good without a cab, I guess, so I'm not much help 

[flanagan0718]

I'm a peavey guy. I loved my valve king 212. They make a 50 watt 112 version. I have a peavey prowler right now. Sounds good I also had a fender pro jr but I use  a lot of distortion so didn't fit the bill for me, however the clean is beautiful on those.


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[pryde]

So I was looking at a Bugera V5 but I'm finding mixed reviews. My brother has a 22 that I like but I don't want to spend that much. What's a good amp for 199 or less? Tubed is good and I really like the fender sound, been listening to blues lately.

What Fender sound you after? Tweed, Blackface, etc. Very different worlds that might help you narrow down some choices

[jimilee]

I like the tweed sound

[pryde]

I like the tweed sound

Alright sounds like a perfect opportunity to build yourself a KILLER little amp. Maybe a bit more than $200 but so worth it.

Fender F51 Champ
Tons of kits out there and a great first amp to build (assuming you have not built before)

[jimilee]

I like the tweed sound

Alright sounds like a perfect opportunity to build yourself a KILLER little amp. Maybe a bit more than $200 but so worth it.

Fender F51 Champ
Tons of kits out there and a great first amp to build (assuming you have not built before)

I have not, challenge accepted.

[Leevibe]

I like the tweed sound

Alright sounds like a perfect opportunity to build yourself a KILLER little amp. Maybe a bit more than $200 but so worth it.

Fender F51 Champ
Tons of kits out there and a great first amp to build (assuming you have not built before)

I have not, challenge accepted.

You're going to love it. I did a 5E3 tweed deluxe scratch build that is my pride and joy. If you want to keep the budget tight, you could try a Baby Will. I've done a couple of them as conversions from Epi Valve Jrs and they sound great. They are a simplified Marshall 18 watt lite IIb and they're PCB based and cheap!

http://www.guitaramplifierpcbs.com/liteiib.html

[jimilee]

Cool. The budget part is because I'm a bassist and will probably never be a rhythm guitar player in a band. Is hate to spend a lot but I want something that sounds good, a sub 200 tubed amps don't seem to be good quality.

[Leevibe]

Cool. The budget part is because I'm a bassist and will probably never be a rhythm guitar player in a band. Is hate to spend a lot but I want something that sounds good, a sub 200 tubed amps don't seem to be good quality.

The Baby Will is fully tube except SS rectifier. It's a rock machine. I put VVRs in them too so I can get them cranked at reasonable volume. I put one on my tweed too. Works perfect!

[jimilee]

Looks good. Do they sell cabs also or just the pcb? I haven't looked too much at it just yet.

[Leevibe]

Looks good. Do they sell cabs also or just the pcb? I haven't looked too much at it just yet.

Just the PCBs but there are detailed instructions and a good BOM. If you can pick up a VJ donor you have a cab, chassis, and power trafo already supplied. I've bought like new VJ's for under $80 on CL. You can't buy a cab and trafo that cheap. Then you can have fun retolexing and making your own face plate if you want. It's a great way to learn if you haven't done it before.

Here are the two I did. The white/black one is mine and the silver one I did for a good friend. I flipped the cabs and modified the front baffles and retolexed them. Controls are voltage, tone, volume. No bad settings and they take pedals great.

(Sorry I don't have the photo bucket thing figured out yet. I'll get there)