Reece B Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 (edited) ok so ive got a vox ad30 30 watt amp, which has a small tube in it for that nice warm sounds u get with real tube amps.so heres the story.....Friday night had band practice and was play rather loud( so loud you could hear it from the end of the street:D) got a bit drunk as well and carried on play my amp at full volume for about 4 hours didn't take much notice. so Saturday morning i turned my amp on picked my guitar up and the amps f**king blown up i have two options buy a Celestion speaker.... or buy a more powerful amp ive seen a few that i like( epiphone triggerman60, line 6 flextone or a vox ad100). but this is more costly but because ive got a few gigs coming up i think im going to need more grunt. so heres my question what would you do?? and if its buy a new amp which one? cheers for the help Reece Edited January 28, 2007 by Reecerazor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 How much do you have to spend?What sort of music do you play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Do you know what's actually gone? It might be worth getting it repaired. I got my Fender amp repaired at some random electronics shop for £40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 well ok ive got about 0 money to spend lol, until a few weeks time so im borrowing money, i play all sorts of stuff from blues to heavy ish rock. ive seen a line 6 flextone for about £200 and they are soo nice...well its just the speaker that f**ked... i mean i could get a new one, but as i said ive got gigs coming up soon and i need more power as our drum is f**king loud mother f**ker.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 well ok ive got about 0 money to spend lol, until a few weeks time so im borrowing money, i play all sorts of stuff from blues to heavy ish rock. ive seen a line 6 flextone for about £200 and they are soo nice...well its just the speaker that f**ked... i mean i could get a new one, but as i said ive got gigs coming up soon and i need more power as our drum is f**king loud mother f**ker....marshall 100watt (mg100dfx) combo i have is fantastic, crazy loud and versitile. i prefered it to the line six, fender and vox. they are about £240 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Marshalls blow, theyre ok but not great compared to others. For that price you could get an Ashdown Fallen Angel, which are fantastic. I'm also going ot say Line 6's suck, but i hate digital in general.Ashdown clips:http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.royal/...piss%20take.mp3http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.royal/...l%20testage.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 ah that blows my idea out the window.....got any links for the ashdowns ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 I really would recommend trying to get a tube amp over a solid state one, just sounds so much nicer, plus, the only big band I know of that uses solid state amps out of preference is Slipknot, and well, that says it all really.Another vote for the Ashdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 well ive been looking around for an ashdown and there out my price rang:( the only reason ive said the line6 flextone because ive managed to find a stack 150 watts version for £200. im not a amazing guitarist so i dont see the point in spending loads of money when im not goin to make much use if it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Stacks are a complete pain in the arse to move anywhere.Plus I really don't rate Line 6 amps, and I'm not even biased, I own a POD XT Live and love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Stacks are a complete pain in the arse to move anywhere.Plus I really don't rate Line 6 amps, and I'm not even biased, I own a POD XT Live and love it.im the same. i dont like the cheap (sub 300quid) line6 amps. however my pod xt live is beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 have a look around on the second hand market... at least over here, there are tonnes of old valve amp combos going for very nice prices.. (valve = tube, just that tube is the american word ) i am personally not a fan of neither ashdown nor marshall heads.. i am more of a vintage/less distorted kind of guy. i love the vox ac15/30, fender twin/super reverbs, as well as other stuff like hagströms, selmers, etc. but yeah, if you fancy something different/special, try looking around for a used amp. but that is what i say about all instruments, i recently bought a 1973/1974 l6-s guitar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 ok, ive seen a mashall valve-state 80 watt for about 140 notes.. what do you people think of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomR Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I got my Ashdown FA60 head for 250 notes in some xmas sale a couple of years ago, www.codamusic.co.uk and a cab off my mate for 60 notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 ok, ive seen a mashall valve-state 80 watt for about 140 notes.. what do you people think of that?go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece B Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 koool or ive seen a Marshall Valvestate VS 265 130 watts for about £200 which is a steel i think ill see if the guy take £240 for it.. wish my luck lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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