[uyasgali]

You might check out a Fender Blues Deluxe ($749 - new).

[kaicho8888]

For $1K, that's quite a bit for a bedroom amp.

Fender DRRI...great for gigging too...and light enough to carry.

[Hall]

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[93DMTX]

I'm in the DSL 100 camp. Add a TS9 or an SD1, an EQ in the loop and rock. Pick up a used half stack for under a grand easy.

[charlie brown]

Well, 100 watt Marshall's are not "low wattage," as the OP specified.

So, Marshall Haze, 15 or *40 watts (*still not low wattage, really)
Marshall Class 5 (5 watts)

Fender, Blues Jr. at 15 watts.
Fender, Deluxe Reverb Reissue, at 22 watts.

Epiphone, Blackstar, Egnator, Orange, and other's all make great amps, below $1000.00

Go out, and try as many as you can find, of each brand, and see which one(s) work,
the best, for your "style"/type of music/playing.

CB

[theForgottenCereal]

I got an Ampeg Reverberocket, made circa 2000-2004 i think, used for about $350. I doubt you could beat it for the money for a big ballsy rock'n'roll/alt-rock sound. I'm not sure of the wattage but I would guess 50-ish. 2X12 combo, all-tube, and I could swear that they specifically had the Les Paul in mind when they were tweaking the sound. Awesome gain channel when paired with a humbucker LP, clean channel isn't bad but could be better.

[gibsonjunkie]

I agree with the posters who suggest trying various amps out. That being said, I spend about half my time playing my Gibsons through a Deluxe reverb Reissue and half the time through a Hughes And Kettner 20th Anniversary amp. They both sound terrific and the DRRI is in that price range. The H&K is discontinued - got mine from MF on closeout for around $400.

[Namvet]

My 2 cents worth. I have the Marshall Haze 40 watt combo which I play my Les Paul 50s Tribute through. I can use it in the bedroom at low vol or I can crank it up if needed. A friend I played with who moved away visited last week and commented that the Les Paul and the Haze were made for each other. The amp has 3 preamp tubes,2 power tubes, clean, overdrive, reverb and a couple of effects. I can get a variation of tones without pedals. Price NIB is $700. I suggest you take your guitar to the local shop and plug into one. Sounds like this might be what ur looking for.

[guitarhead]

In fact, I am in between the Haze 15 1/2 stack and the new Egnater Rebel 30 combo, what I like about the Egnater is the option to play at 1 watt all the way to 30 watts, as I am mainly a bedroom player, and would like to play with gain at lower volume,

icvmcky, on 23 August 2011 - 07:47 AM, said:

My 2 cents worth. I have the Marshall Haze 40 watt combo which I play my Les Paul 50s Tribute through. I can use it in the bedroom at low vol or I can crank it up if needed. A friend I played with who moved away visited last week and commented that the Les Paul and the Haze were made for each other. The amp has 3 preamp tubes,2 power tubes, clean, overdrive, reverb and a couple of effects. I can get a variation of tones without pedals. Price NIB is $700. I suggest you take your guitar to the local shop and plug into one. Sounds like this might be what ur looking for.

[Duffy49]

This may sound like overkill but I bought a Peavey 6505+ 112 combo and it is an unbelieveable sounding modern sounding all tube combo amp for 599US. It has essentially three channels, two physical channels - lead and rhythm with separate eq's for each channel and separate pre and post gain knobs for each channel, plus resonance and presence knobs for each channel; boost on the rhythm channel is like a third channel of hot overdriven tone similar to the lead channel. This is sixty tube watts with five pre amp tubes and two 6L6 power amp tubes. It gets window rattling loud and sounds really cool cranked, BUT you can turn it down real low to bedroom level and get great tone out of it - all without using any pedals, and it makes a Les Paul sound beautiful, like Leslie West or something. This is no wimpy thin sounding amp for sparkly clean country twang, it's a high gain amp with some awesome full tone. I have to say it is the best amp I have ever owned and if I want a super clean sound I'll use my Fender Super Champ XD wihich is another possible amp for you at 299US that has a full tube compliment including power tubes but has sixteen amp models from super clean to super high gain, plus about eight essential good built in effects - but it doesn't roar like the fully saturated Peavey, even at low volume, even though the SCXD is a super nice amp for what you are looking for, in my opinion, and it has a five year warranty.

I encourage you to check out one of those Peavey 6505+ 112 combo's for 599. Play with turning the pre and post gain knobs up and down, one up and one down, and visa versa and see what kind of comparison you can get at low volume to the other amps you are looking at. This amp has a lot of potential and can crank for when you want to have fun or drownd out a loud drummer that tells you to "get a real amp". Ha ha. That is always really rewarding to be able to see him frantically waving you down instead of insulting your underpowered amp. The day may come. My Super Champ XD on one of the louder voices has, with its fifteen tube watts, had some drummers sternly waving me down while I casually take my time to do so like I'm not sure what they mean. Very rewarding. But very embarassing when he yells at you to "get a real amp". So in the big picture getting a more powerful but versitile amp that you can turn down and still sound great, is a good idea in my opinion. Plus high gain amps just sound great, in my opinion, especially if you have a clean amp you can use when you want that sound.

[Farnsbarns]

I played a Marshall class 5 and found it to be flat, muddy and boring unless it was cranked. I have a jcm2000 TSL60 and I only use it at home. To be fair I live in a detached house with some distance to the neighbours but I don't find I really have to crank it for tone. I am in the market for a small (fit in the back of a classic mini over the seats) tube amp and I'm thinking of a fender BJ. Not good for rough gainy tones but take pedals well. I also liked the 5 watt Blackstar I played. The reverberated was digital but it was £199.99 and sounded excellent. Only about 15"³ too.

[DRIFTER]

Who needs to spend a grand for 15 watts. Plenty of Fender sparkle and most of the time you can leave your pedals at home. $300 for the amp and I put another $180 into the 1X12 extension cab and speaker to make it gig worthy. Still came in at below $500.



Or, if you need to get really serious and simply must spend $1000 snag yourself a litely used TRRI. The belief held by many that a 15 watt amp can't gig and an 85 watt amp can't be used for practice is an assumption not based in fact. Of course both can do either. That's why guitars, pedals, and amps have volume knobs.





I'm a big believer that Fender amps are the best thing that ever happened to Gibson.

[69tele]

I have a Fender Blues Junior and although great clean tones etc.. too loud for home use.

I would get something with 5 watts or under.

[lashurst]

I bought a Hughes and Kettner Matrix 100 combo, used for £125. It's a great amp for home use. It has effects and a headphone socket.
I've used it for a band rehearsal with a Marshall extension cab and it sounded great. 4 channels with footswitch.
I know valve is supposed to be better, but it's good to have both. Keep the Marshall and get a one of these I'd say.
Don't forget you can get an A/b box and run both together too. Lots of pros run two or more amps together to get 'that' sound.

[bbrodie]

I'm a big Egnater fan too. I have and Egnater Rebel with two Egnater 112 cabs. I just bought a Gibson LP Studio 60's Tribute and it sounds incredible with it. Built way better than any of the Fender Hot Rod Series. The Fender DRRI is a really sweet amp too.

[jrplefty]

I'm really enjoying my Mesa Trans-Atlantic 15. As with many Mesa's it has a 3 different power levels from 5 to 15 watts. It has multiple voices. I'm a really big fan of the EL-84 chime so I spend a lot of time on the top boost side of the amp. Both channels have a master volume. However, the master volume on the Top Boost side disables the Cut function. The downside for you is that it is a head, so total package for a cab would run you over a grand unless you have an extension cab already available to you.

All of that aside, it looks really cool with the blue LED lights when I play in the dark

Just my .02

JRPLefty

[Duffy49]

I would definitely check out the Blackstar Club 40 at 700US. I have played them several times and it is an outstanding EL34 based amp and has two channels with two voices per channel and some other swithes and buttons something like an Egnater Tweaker, but it sounds way better in my opinion. It is one of the best amps I have ever played in terms of sound. I liked it better than the Dual Super Lead by far and it costs way less. You can get some awesome tones out of it and it has a great speaker in the combo. Totally an awesome amp and sounds great clean or with distortion at low volumes.

Although you, and others, may like different amps more, this is an amp that I would seriously consider before spending 700 on a different amp. You can go anywhere from clean to ultra high gain, with plenty of sounds in between.

Hope this gives you something else to look at.

Also the Bleackheart "Hot Head" is another amp head that is highly regarded with 100 watts, but with switching to go between A and AB class that lets it put out as little as 30 watts. It is built with ceramic tube sockets and quality components, with a five year warranty. Four EL34 power amp tubes and something like six preamp tubes. Can be very high gain and has been compared to Marshall JCM 900's in sound. This amp, interestingly, sells for only 499 for the head; so that leaves plenty to get a good cabinet for it. You may want to check out this supposedly great amp head.

[Hyote]

Well, this is a risky first post, but here goes nothing.

I wouldn't buy any "real" amp if I were you. Instead, get one of the better modelling rigs (a used Line6 Spyder perhaps), and play that long enought to figure out what kind of amp suits your style best. Then when you're sure you have something in mind that will work, sell the modelling amp and invest in a good tube amp of the appropriate type.

You may find that you're really only happy with a Marshall type tone, or maybe you will grow to think that you're more of a tweed Fender man. For years, when I was younger, I lusted after big, high powered amps. I kept buying the most pwerful amps I could afford, and then getting terribe tone at the low volumes I was forced to use with them. Only later, I realized that what I was really after all along was a small, simple Fender kind of sound. I can't tell you how much money and time I wasted on that quest.

Right now, in addition to my expensive amps, I'm having a lot of fun with an Egnater Tweaker, definitely within your price range. But, you may decide only something heavier would work for you. A decent modelling amp will reveal all...

[charlie brown]

VOX makes some excellent "modeling" amps, well within the original poster's price range,
and with plenty of power, for gigging, as well. Even the all valve AC-15 and AC-30's are within
that price range. AC-30's at $999.99 or less (Smile)...unless they are the "handwired," versions.
AC-15 is $599 or less. But, even those, are less, if "Used," but not abused.

So, LOT'S of great choices, available. Again...Try them all, or at least, as many as you can!

CB

[RUSHian]

Josh James, on 15 August 2011 - 11:03 PM, said:

Maybe a early 80's Fender Super Champ? 22 watts...drive channel....sick!








J

I loved my Super Champ!! I used it to drive my Fender Twin!!


Now , I have a Hughes& Kettner Switchblade 50 all tube amp and I love Love LOVE IT!!!
I paid like $875.00 for it.
Sounds awesome loud or soft.