Electric Guitar Amp

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I bought my son a decent electric guitar for Christmas and he has a Fender Princeton amplifier to go with it. He's a Grade 5 musician, 17 years old and actually quite good on guitar, trumpet and piano. Guitar is definitely his chosen instrument - I am a pianist and know absolutely nothing about guitars.

I'd like to get him a small practice amplifier with a headphone socket - but this type of product is a mystery to me. I don't want to spend a fortune, but would like something that is of moderate quality.

Any suggestions?

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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

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SamR380 said:

If it's just for practising with headphones, a Line 6 POD could be a good choice.

That looks good.... I wouldn't have ever heard of that gadget normally. Could be the answer. Thanks.

It looks good as an effects system on it's own too....

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rsbmw said:

Any of the little digital practice amps should be pretty good these days, and around £100, a line6 pod can only be used with headphones which is a negative.

I have one of these for example - https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-mustang-i-v2-am... - Nice sounds and you can plug them into a PC to piss around further

Yamaha THR is a good shout, but I would be looking at the 10 rather than the 5

It looks like the Line 6 Pod can go to an amplifier too - it has an amp out socket. Or have I read that wrong?

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I am looking at all suggestions, thanks very much everyone.

The Pod is probably the solution - he has an amp, the problem we needed to solve was to enable him to play his guitar without making too much noise. The Pod is useful because it's for headphones but can also be used with his amp when he wants to play more loudly.

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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.

Really good suggestions and tips from everyone.... I am following up all of them.

Cheers.

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dojo said:

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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.

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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.

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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.


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

https://youtu.be/a3Sta6tTNvc