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Do any of you guys have any love for a particular battery-powered amp? Not just for sound, but for battery life, size (definitely don't want anything too big), durability, extra features, etc. I'm looking to buy a "play this literally anywhere" amp, but there doesn't seem to be a wealth of info on the subject. I'm not concerned about price.
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Thanks guys, this should work out perfectly.
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ruinedhero posted:Fender Super Champ XD - it's tube amp that brand new goes for $300 and is pretty drat diverse for it's price. It has a good standard clean channel, then a second channel that emulates 12 different type of amp sounds from acoustic to metal and it even has built in effects. It's a 10 inch speaker, but it is plenty loud and the clean channel is tight as hell. Seconding this recommendation. As a budget guitarist, I've gotten a lot of mileage out of this amp. Pros: - Like ruinedhero said, the clean channel is very good. - The voices on the second channel are also good, some more than others (love the brit voices (voice 9 in particular, for those of you who have one), enjoy the blackface voices, dislike the jazz voice, hate the acoustic voice) - Messing around with the built in effects (delay, chorus, reverb, tremelo, vibratone) has helped me decide what effect pedals I want to get in the future (thus saving me from buying low-grade pedals upfront). - As far as the effects go, the built-in reverb is pretty nice. Cons: - The effects only have a single knob tied to them for tweaks, so you can't customize your sound a whole hell of a lot outside of their settings. For a personal example, I can never seem to get a tremelo effect that is quite what I want (I've noticed that that particular effect seems to kill the attack more than I'd like). Of course, I'm looking into buying a tremelo pedal as a result, so I guess it's all good in the end! - This is probably just isolated to me, since my buddy has the same amp, but I've had to send my amp in for repairs - twice. The first time was when it was right out of the box, the second time was about a week after I got it back the first time. Again, though, this seems to be isolated to me. - How big is your space? I wanted to try using the super as a bedroom amp, but even with the volume turned up past 2 and a half or so, it was a bit too loud. I use the amp when I'm playing with my buddies (not currently in a band) so this is hardly a con, but I use my Micro Cube for practice now. I definitely enjoy the amp. It's a drat good price for what you get.
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