Guitar Amps

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Q: What Electric Guitar Amplifier should i Get?
What amplifier should i get for my Electric guitar? (not too expensive)
I am looking for one that doesn’t muffle out the sound of my electric guitar. I am looking for a 16-30 watt amp. I don’t really need effects though
thanks for the help!

A: Without knowing your budget it is hard to answer that, but a tube amp is always going to sound better than a solid state. If you are just playing at home the VOX AC4TV is a beast. I just picked one up a couple weeks back for home practice. It is $249, only 4 watts but will blow away any 15 watt solid state amp. Two other options would be the Fender Pro Jr. at $399 or the Fender Hot Rod series Blues Jr at $499. Both Fenders are 15 watts. All 3 amps are class A power which cannot be compared to the wattage of a solid state like a Line 6 for instance. The 4 watt class A Vox is as loud as a solid state Line 6 15 watt.

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Vox-AC4TV-4W-1×10-Tube-Guitar-Combo-Amp?sku=476326

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Pro-Junior-Combo-Amp?sku=480511

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Hot-Rod-Series-Blues-Junior-15W-1×12-Tube-Guitar-Combo-Amp?sku=481861#used

Q: If I were to get a bass guitar, would it work with my regular electric guitar amplifier?
If I were to get a bass guitar, would it work with my regular electric guitar amplifier? I would like to know.

A: I have tried this and it is not a good idea. I had a very nice guitar amp and I blew it out. BUY A BASS AMP!!!! But for the long term if you play guitar and bass buy a keyboard amp it can handle the low and high frequencies of the two instruments.

Q: can an electric guitar and a microphone both be connected to one electric guitar amplifier?
what i mean is lets say you buy an amplifier for your electric guitar and u have a microphone an a electric guitar, can u connect both microphone and electric guitar into the same amplifier? Because me and my friends are getting drums, guitars, and microphones but my friend has one amplifier already but i need to buy another one and a microphone so can u connect both of the microphone and one electric guitar into one amplifer?

A: yes, technically, but DON’T DO IT! The different range of frequencies could possibly blow up the guitar amp. And you can’t have effects like distortion on because it will, well, distort the vocals. My advice is to buy a bass or keyboard amp and plug the mic into it. Good Luck!

Q: can i use an electric guitar amplifier for my bass guitar?
A guitar amplifier can be use specifically for guitars, but can I use it for my bass guitar. I wonder if that will work. Or can i use it the other way around. Say I have a bass amplifier, can I use it for an electric guitar..Will there be any sound deficiencies if I use it.

Can you suggest any brand name of an amplifier that can be use for both electric and bass guitar..

A: it should work with most any brand

Q: How do an Electric Guitar and a guitar Amplifier work??
I need to know how and Electric Guitar and an electric guitar amplifier work. I need to make a power point for a class.
Thanks,
Love…me

A: Here’s a good resource for both:

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/electric-guitar.htm

Q: why does my electric guitar amplifier sound fuzzy on Drive mode?
hey guys,
i just bought an Electric Guitar, and i dont know how to tune the amplifier.
when i put it into “Drive” mode, it the rock sound is too fuzzy.
can u guys help me tune this?
my amp. has volume, treble, and bass.
Thanks

A: I don’t know exactly, but try messing with the EQ settings etc. Maybe the treble is too low.

Q: what are these settings on your basic electric guitar amplifier?
What is Bass, Mid, Treble and Drive controls on your basic guitar amplifier. What are these controls and want differences do they make in your sound of guitar? What are the differences in volume should each knob be on for different sounds or do they even have to do with the sound? Please help me im a great guitarist after 5 months i just dont understand the controls very well.

A: Bass, Mid, Treble are levels. If you turn up the treble the higher pitches (sounds) become louder and more audible. If you turn up Bass the deeper and boomier pitches come through. Mid acts as an equilizer between both the high and low pitches. Drive is basically an effect included in many begginer guitar amps, It is a fuzzy sort of thing that usually is used for heavy metal of punk rock stuff. This usually works best with the basss and treble at high level.

Q: What can I do with my fender electric guitar amplifier if I have given it larger voltage than it requires?
My fender guitar amplifier requires 110 volts and I have supplied 220volts. Thus it is not working. What should I do now?

A: Hello, Abeer! Most likely you have burnt out your power transformer; unfortunately, this is one of the most expensive parts in the amplifier! It is remotely possible that you only blew a fuse; but even so, the transformer windings may still have been affected. If you have a tube amplifier, there should be an externally-accessible fuse, which can be easily replaced to check function. If it is a solid-state model, you will need to remove the chassis to access the internal fuse. If you do this yourself, don’t go poking around inside the circuitry; even off, the capacitors can store a charge for a long time, and you can get shocked! My recommendation would be to carefully check the fuses, and if their replacement does not awaken the unit, take it to a Fender Service Center (see http://www.fender.com/support/service_centers/ ) and have it repaired. Best regards, Dana

Q: Can I use a semi acoustic archtop guitar with an electric guitar amplifier.?
I am about to buy semi acoustic guitar and already own a small (15w) Marshall electric guitar amplifier. Are they reasonably compatable?

A: You can use it, it just won’t sound acoustic. If you are looking for a true acoustic sound out of an amplifier then you need an acoustic amp. But judging by the fact that your only running a 15 watt amp anyway, it’ll work fine. You can run any guitar through any amp, it’s just a matter of the sound your looking for. If it’s just for you to practice on or play with a couple friends you’ll be fine.

Q: What is a good but cheap amplifier for an electric guitar?
Im looking for an electric guitar amplifier from 100 dollars to 400

P.S. My guitar is this http://www.guitarcenter.com/Squier-by-Fender-Black-and-Chrome-Fat-Strat-Electric-Guitar-103212932-i1147427.gc?CJAID=10449560&CJPID=1759905

A: marshall amp at a pawn shop.

Q: How load are Electric Guitar Amplifier Watts?
Ok how load can a 15 watt amplifier get? How about a 25 watt amplifier?

Im talking about guitar amplifiers. Please put in to much detail on how load they can get For example as load as a airplane.

I really just need a amp that can do both practice and a small gig

A: Wattage only one part of “how loud is an amp”. The speakers play a very large part in that as well. How well the speakers take electrical energy and convert it into acoustic energy is measured by their efficiency. Just a small change in the efficiency of the speaker can equate to doubling the power of the amp!

What I’m getting at is that there’s no way to say that X amount of watts will deliver a certain sound pressure level without knowing what speakers it’s connected to.

Just as an example, 40 watts into an 18″ woofer would barely be heard. That same 40 watts into a good JBL high frequency horn would be heard several hundred feet away.

You just need to put down the mouse, get out, and try some amps. And remember that you can almost always put a guitar amp through a PA for more volume and coverage if you need it.

Greetings from Austin, TX

Ken

Q: How would I go about building a super-simple, non-tube electric guitar amplifier, and will this even work?
I have a couple of old speakers lying around, and I was wondering if it would be possible to use them as an amplifier. No tubes, no tone controls, probably just a volume control; basically some speakers in a box. Can this be done, and where could I find some basic guidelines/instructions? I don’t plan on using it for gigging or anything, I more or less just want to experiment, so it really doesn’t have to be anything fancy.

A: go to tabcrawler.com and ask those guys know what theyre talking about

Q: Would it be okay to play a bass guitar through an electric guitar amplifier? What would be the sound quality?
I have a Vox AD30VT and I use it for my Epihone Explorer, as well as my Taylor 110 Acoustic.
I have a Vox AD30VT and I use it for my Epiphone Explorer, as well as my Taylor 110 Acoustic.

A: As the other two have said it may wreck your speaker, but after many an experience of playing through P.A.’s, Guitar Amps, Bass Amps, you name it, you can really tell the differance between an guitar and bass amp. You lose most of the sound from you deepest strings (E, A) and the sound quality overall is poor, as the others said. Hope this helps, Capt. Groove.

Q: what is a good quality but cheap electric guitar amplifier?
i have a marshall MG50DFX at the moment, but i’m not very happy with the sound, so i was wondering if there was something better but for a similar kind of price, and also a good mid ranged, cheapish electric guitar, i have a hollow body epiphone dot studio but that isn’t great either, so would like ideas for something better to replace that also.

A: Hey Mark I don’t know where you are located but I would certainly try www.thomann.de.

Myself and my son have bought an AMOUNT of musical instruments and stuff here and have been very happy with their prices, quality and service.
They will ship worldwide – for example up to 30 Kg for 30 Eur

Worth a look for comparison if nothing else.
Peter

Q: What is the best electric guitar amplifier money can buy?
hypothetically lets say money is not an option, whats the best guitar amp? im just curious

A: “Best” at what? Tone? Man, that’s really subjective.

There’s an amp called a Trainwreck that was designed by a guy named Ken Fischer that’s almost legendary. Supposedly while he was designed it, he would move tubes and components around a mm at a time and then place them where he though they sounded the best.

Brad Paisley, David Lindley, and other have said this was the holy grail of amps.

Sadly, Ken passed away in 2006. There are several companies building clones now but the people who have played the originals say nothing comes close. If you can find one for sale now they’re going for between $30-40,000!

Another legendary amp is the Dumble, made by Howard Dumble. They’ve been described as a really great Fender on steroids. These amps were played by David Lindley (again, what an amp ho!), Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, Santana, and Eric Johnson. And again, Howard was very much into component placement and signal path routing. Each amp was literally custom built for a customer. But, his business model wasn’t the greatest. You sent him $10-15,000 for the amp, and then waited 6 months to 1 year. If someone with a bigger name than you came along and wanted one, he would sell your amp to them. If you called him and bugged him, he would just send your money back (kind of like the soup nazi on Seinfield). But, if you got one, it was an amazing experience. I got to play on a Dumble Overdrive Special, and it was like the guitar was playing itself.

Supposedly, there are fewer than 300 of them in existance now. Since the 80’s, Howard has been covering the circuits in epoxy to keep people from ripping off his design. However, some have been “de-gooped” and copied. The most famous Dumble clones are made by Fuchs amps, and are available for about 1/10th the cost (Joe Bonamassa is a big Fuchs amp user).

These amps are in the clean to mid-gain class, so if you’re a blues or pop or rock player you’ll probably love ‘em. If you’re a metal guy, then they ain’t gonna do it for you. You’d probably want to try to seek out a Lee Jackson modified Marshall from the 80’s. Lee was one of the original amp hot-rodders, and eventually started selling his own line of amps (Perfect Connection, Metaltronix, and he designed for Ampeg for a while). Lee’s in Austin now, supposedly working on the ultimate digital/tube hybrid amp.

If you can find on of his modded Marshalls, you’ll pay $5-8000 for one.

FInally, I’ve gotta give props to Kendrick Amplifiers. Gerald Weber is the owner and head amp guru there (and a fan of my band The Rhythm Dawgs even though I play a digital amp). Gerald probably knows more about vintage Fender amps than anyone else out there, and is now building his own signature model for around $5000 that’s one of the sweetest amps I’ve ever heard. Being a technical guy, I usually hate the artsy-fartsy descriptions people use when describing tone, but that amp truely has what I consider a 3-d sound that just envelops you.

My ultimate amp that I’ve owned? Believe it or not, it was a Peavey Ultra 60 1-12 combo from the late 80’s. There was just something about the little amp that really let me play well. I’m still kicking myself in the head for selling that thing.

I supposed that if I was going to buy another amp right now, and had a few thousand to throw down on it, I’d be looking at a Mesa Boogie Roadster or a Marshall JVM. Just my opinions.

Greetings from Austin, Tx

Ken