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Guitar Amp Help...

AfternoonDelightAfternoonDelight Posts: 25
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
Right so im about to start learning guitar and im about to buy a Mexican Fender Telecaster, that much has been decided, but for an amp ive been told that it should really be between a VOX and a marshal amp...as both are known for making excellent 30W amps...

Which one do you lot reckon i should get?
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    AfternoonDelight wrote:
    Right so im about to start learning guitar and im about to buy a Mexican Fender Telecaster, that much has been decided, but for an amp ive been told that it should really be between a VOX and a marshal amp...as both are known for making excellent 30W amps...

    Which one do you lot reckon i should get?


    How much are you wanting to spend? If it's a marshall MG you're looking at, don't buy it. Get the vox. The inexpensive vox modelling line sounds very good for the money and it's got a variety of options for you. I'd go with the vox.
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,212
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    How much are you wanting to spend? If it's a marshall MG you're looking at, don't buy it. Get the vox. The inexpensive vox modelling line sounds very good for the money and it's got a variety of options for you. I'd go with the vox.

    I can't stress the same thing enough...

    DO NOT BUY ANY MARSHALL MG SERIES....worst peice of shit on the market. For the same price you can get something great. I'd go with the Vox as well. Since it's your first amp and you are just starting I dont think you should spend anymore than 200$. Stick it around the 150 area and you will get a nice amp for the price. The Vox has many options to the amp to play with, which every beginner loves. The Line 6's are nice too for that type of stuff but the new Spider II's sound very fake, doesn't sound like true tone. The original Spider I's were nice, my friend has a 2x12 spider I combo and it's a nice amp.
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Ya, stay away from the MG's.
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  • jambayleafjambayleaf Posts: 646
    I have the Spider II, Line 6 and like it alot, but I know what you mean by sounding fake, with the effects. But just playing it straight up without using that stuff, it's a nice amp.
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  • AfternoonDelightAfternoonDelight Posts: 25
    This helped a fair bit...

    thanks guys
  • LikeLukinLikeLukin Posts: 29
    yeah, please don't waste your money on a solid state marshall amp. Around 6 years ago I dropped nearly $700 on one.

    Although I really love the tone I can get out of the clean channel when I crank the pre amp gain (or should I say the imitation pre amp) the overdrive channel blew on me about 2 years after I bought it, and I could've gotten a really great tube combo of some sort for that amount of cash.

    If I had known then, what I know now....
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