Electric Guitar Amp

[dojo]

NDA said:

dojo said:

A Fender Princeton?? Thats an AMAZING amp

Yes, he's lucky to have it.... his uncle was a successful recording artist and it's been given to my son. It was locked in a room for over 25 years, untouched - turned on first time on Christmas Day and worked faultlessly.

Then for the love of god let him play and enjoy it, don't force him to play through some awful digital piece of crap!

Get a ToneKing Iron man attenuator so he can play the Princeton quieter or buy/build him an isolation tank to put it in but please don't make him play through a POD or something similar when he has such an iconic bit of gear sat next to him!

OR - Sell me the Princeton and buy him a Kemper - everyone wins

[6th Gear]

The Yamaha THR series are brilliant little amps.

Worth trying one.

[Elysium]

dojo said:

NDA said:

dojo said:

A Fender Princeton?? Thats an AMAZING amp

Yes, he's lucky to have it.... his uncle was a successful recording artist and it's been given to my son. It was locked in a room for over 25 years, untouched - turned on first time on Christmas Day and worked faultlessly.

Then for the love of god let him play and enjoy it, don't force him to play through some awful digital piece of crap!

Get a ToneKing Iron man attenuator so he can play the Princeton quieter or buy/build him an isolation tank to put it in but please don't make him play through a POD or something similar when he has such an iconic bit of gear sat next to him!

OR - Sell me the Princeton and buy him a Kemper - everyone wins

That's a bit of an 'elitist' view.

The line 6 pod is not a 'piece of crap' - its actually a great way for musicians to experiment with different tones, without need to drive an amp at ridiculous volumes.

No issue with it at all for home or practice use, particularly if it used as an effects loop in conjunction with a decent amp. It's also a good way of deciding what tone works for you before investing in a proper pedal board.

[NDA]

dojo said:

NDA said:

dojo said:

A Fender Princeton?? Thats an AMAZING amp

Yes, he's lucky to have it.... his uncle was a successful recording artist and it's been given to my son. It was locked in a room for over 25 years, untouched - turned on first time on Christmas Day and worked faultlessly.

Then for the love of god let him play and enjoy it, don't force him to play through some awful digital piece of crap!

Get a ToneKing Iron man attenuator so he can play the Princeton quieter or buy/build him an isolation tank to put it in but please don't make him play through a POD or something similar when he has such an iconic bit of gear sat next to him!

OR - Sell me the Princeton and buy him a Kemper - everyone wins

He can play at full volume at home - I have a recording studio and no neighbours... but he's at boarding school, so this is for his study/bedroom. I think anything that is not the Fender is going to be a poor comparison - however the Pod looks a very good solution for headphone use.

[Turn7]

The Yamaha THR is a good bang for buck amp and sound ok though headphones as well....

[glazbagun]

NDA said:

Pothole said:

Most practice amps sound shocking.

This one gets good reviews, looks cool and has some good modelling and effects built in.

That looks good but is a little more than I want to spend.... is that the sort of price (around £200) I should expect to pay for a practice amp?

Thanks

I have one of these and can confirm it's brilliant as a home practice amp. There's also the THR 10 which is a bit bigger, and lets you save custom amp settings, etc.

Regarding the price- this is a home practice amp: Check gumtree for a month and one will pop up for ~£100 in barely used condition as another beginner gives up.

[gazza285]

Before some of the members on here get too overexcited by the possibility of a rare Fender they might do well to remember the rather less well regarded Princeton of thirty years ago, brimming full of solid state goodness. Perhaps the OP could furnish us with a little bit more detail?

[NDA]

Turn7 said:

The Yamaha THR is a good bang for buck amp and sound ok though headphones as well....

It does look good.... a possible birthday present.

[cherryowen]

gazza285 said:

Before some of the members on here get too overexcited by the possibility of a rare Fender they might do well to remember the rather less well regarded Princeton of thirty years ago, brimming full of solid state goodness

100%

The Princeton Chorus, despite being solid state, has wonderful clean tones and a very lovely warm reverb. Got some punch as well for 2 x 10" speakers, but (despite the name) the chorus is a bit primitive.

[gmaz]

Another happy owner of a Yamaha THR10 here. Managed to get it for £220 as it was ex-display.

[NiceCupOfTea]

I'm not a guitarist but I do have an electric I occasionally have a noodle on - bought a Line 6 Spider 3(?) I think from ebay, barely used. Pretty good "traditional" practice amp with some basic effects. Sounds like he may be looking for something more advanced, but it is small cheap, can plug in headphones, and I've found it more than adequate for spare room noodling.

[davidd]

My boy uses a Blackstar ID core. has a few effects built in, nice and small, decent headphone out and Bluetooth so he can use it as a speaker for his phone or whatever.


I believe vox, fender and marshall now do something similar.


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[Tired]

I've got a Fender Mustang floor effects thingy.

One of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Mustang-Floor-Mult...

Used it twice, it's not for me, but it does a bit of everything. I'm a man of simple taste, some crunch and a wah, and I'll do everything else from the guitar mostly.

You can use it as an effects pedal and output to an amp, or just plug your headphones into it.

Mine is basically mint and I'm struggling to sell it for ~£100, so you could probably pick one up fairly cheap if he doesn't want a practice amp.

I use a little orange, a medium sized Vox, or a big Marshall at home, but my experience of practice amps when I was learning 20 ish years ago, was a Marshall MG30RCD, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Awful thing.

[littleredrooster]

gmaz said:

Another happy owner of a Yamaha THR10 here. Managed to get it for £220 as it was ex-display.

...and another one here. Absolutely brilliant bit of kit!

[NDA]

davidd said:

My boy uses a Blackstar ID core. has a few effects built in, nice and small, decent headphone out and Bluetooth so he can use it as a speaker for his phone or whatever.


I believe vox, fender and marshall now do something similar.


D

Thanks - that looks pretty good too. Also a bit cheaper.

https://youtu.be/a3Sta6tTNvc

[rolo0151]

These are about the best practice amp I have tried if you are not looking at spending much

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-g...

[rlw]

dojo said:

Then for the love of god let him play and enjoy it, don't force him to play through some awful digital piece of crap!

Get a ToneKing Iron man attenuator so he can play the Princeton quieter or buy/build him an isolation tank to put it in but please don't make him play through a POD or something similar when he has such an iconic bit of gear sat next to him!

OR - Sell me the Princeton and buy him a Kemper - everyone wins

Wait - I have a solution. Why not use the volume control on the amp or the guitar and save a couple of hundred quid.

I've just moved to a Georgian terraced house, from a very substantial 30s house, so cannot play nearly as loud as I used to but that volume control really does seem to sort out the problem.

[Elysium]

rlw said:

dojo said:

Then for the love of god let him play and enjoy it, don't force him to play through some awful digital piece of crap!

Get a ToneKing Iron man attenuator so he can play the Princeton quieter or buy/build him an isolation tank to put it in but please don't make him play through a POD or something similar when he has such an iconic bit of gear sat next to him!

OR - Sell me the Princeton and buy him a Kemper - everyone wins

Wait - I have a solution. Why not use the volume control on the amp or the guitar and save a couple of hundred quid.

I've just moved to a Georgian terraced house, from a very substantial 30s house, so cannot play nearly as loud as I used to but that volume control really does seem to sort out the problem.

Not if you are trying to sound like Clapton on Hideaway!

[cherryowen]

Tired said:

I've got a Fender Mustang floor effects thingy.

One of these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Mustang-Floor-Mult...

That looks interesting.

Value, with a good suite of effects.

I'm looking at doing a few open mic nights this year, and a few of the tunes will be Pink Floyd so I'll need a preset for at least "Breathe" and another for the solos in "Comfortably Numb".

[Chicken Chaser]

To add, I had a THR10C. It was great and looked the business. Vox then went and released something called the Adio Air GT. I had seen some reviews on YouTube that it was better.

After buying one, I sold the THR. The Vox is better in every department, aside from looks. If you dont care what it looks like, then buy one. Its got Bluetooth for connecting anything to jam along to, is louder, has a better tone to it, more amps, plenty of adjustment and sounds superb for a small practice amp. Can take batteries just like the THR too.