What Beginner Metal Amp Would You Recommend?
Praetorian
Mar 15 2008, 11:30 PM
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I just bought my first guitar...it is a Yamaha Pacifica and still need an amp. My playing interests are metal and blues/rock...mostly metal though. I am looking for something to play personally, I won't be needing anything to play gigs. My interests are mostly Metallica, Sevendust Slayer etc. Are there any amps out there that I could pick up used that wouldn't be too expensive and would give a decent Metallica sounding crunch? I have looked up the amps listed in the sticky post at the top of this forum, and they are all WAY too expensive! What would you guys get?

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Sircraigery
Mar 16 2008, 07:55 AM
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I would recommend the Peavey Rage 158, and a distorion pedal. My peavey was only $99 new, and it has been rock solid and trouble free since I got it. And just about any pedal is under 100 bucks.

If your looking to jam with drums, I wouldn't get anything under 50W though. If the room is really big you can get away with 25W probably.

Hope that helps ya out man.

Also like to add that VOX amps are awesome too, but they are expensive. You might be hard pressed to get one you'd be happy with for under $200. Hopefully you'll get lucky.

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Mar 16 2008, 02:02 PM
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QUOTE (Sircraigery @ Mar 16 2008, 02:55 AM) *
I would recommend the Peavey Rage 158, and a distorion pedal. My peavey was only $99 new, and it has been rock solid and trouble free since I got it. And just about any pedal is under 100 bucks.

If your looking to jam with drums, I wouldn't get anything under 50W though. If the room is really big you can get away with 25W probably.

Hope that helps ya out man.

Also like to add that VOX amps are awesome too, but they are expensive. You might be hard pressed to get one you'd be happy with for under $200. Hopefully you'll get lucky.


I found this VOX DA15 at Guitar Center for $159. Is this price wrong do you think?

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Vox-DA15-15w-1...570-i1145868.gc

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QUOTE (Praetorian @ Mar 16 2008, 02:02 PM) *
I found this VOX DA15 at Guitar Center for $159. Is this price wrong do you think?

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Vox-DA15-15w-1...570-i1145868.gc


Well its ok for 15w amp with 1x8" speaker.I didn't hear good vox amps (for metal) but I didn't hear a lot of them also..
I would recommend looking for some amp with 1x10" speaker or even 1x12" speaker in it..1x8" may sound to thin.. wink.gif

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- Praetorian   What Beginner Metal Amp Would You Recommend?   Mar 15 2008, 11:30 PM
- - Tjchep   What is your budget?   Mar 15 2008, 11:37 PM
|- - Praetorian   QUOTE (Tjchep @ Mar 15 2008, 06:37 PM) Wh...   Mar 15 2008, 11:47 PM
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- - SensE   Crate is definitely a good way to go ! Crate 6...   Mar 15 2008, 11:48 PM
- - SinoMan   Fender makes very nice beginner amps. You'd pr...   Mar 15 2008, 11:59 PM
|- - Praetorian   QUOTE (SinoMan @ Mar 15 2008, 06:59 PM) F...   Mar 16 2008, 12:01 AM
|- - SinoMan   QUOTE (Praetorian @ Mar 16 2008, 12:01 AM...   Mar 16 2008, 12:05 AM
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- - Bogdan   I would recommend you to check out some Randall am...   Mar 16 2008, 12:16 AM
- - Fran   +1 for Randall. I tried some Randall Cube amps and...   Mar 16 2008, 01:04 AM
- - ActiveX   I picked up a brand new VOX DA15 for pretty cheap ...   Mar 16 2008, 01:17 AM
|- - Praetorian   QUOTE (ActiveX @ Mar 15 2008, 08:17 PM) I...   Mar 16 2008, 01:19 AM
|- - Praetorian   QUOTE (ActiveX @ Mar 15 2008, 08:17 PM) I...   Mar 16 2008, 05:12 AM
|- - audiopaal   QUOTE (Praetorian @ Mar 16 2008, 05:12 AM...   Mar 18 2008, 09:53 PM
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- - erik   Cube 60 or Cube 30, it's the perfect amp for y...   Mar 16 2008, 02:01 AM
|- - Praetorian   QUOTE (erik @ Mar 15 2008, 09:01 PM) Cube...   Mar 16 2008, 02:32 AM
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- - erik   yup   Mar 16 2008, 02:50 AM
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- - muntahunta   my first amp was a behringer v-amp 100W combo. gre...   Mar 16 2008, 02:18 PM
|- - Praetorian   What do you guys think of this one? http://www.gu...   Mar 16 2008, 03:19 PM
|- - lavendell   If you just need something for playing at home, th...   Mar 16 2008, 03:30 PM
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- - Milenkovic Ivan   +1 fo the pod - with it you get some other feature...   Mar 16 2008, 05:29 PM
- - Goliath   I think a POD with a set of headphones is the way ...   Mar 16 2008, 10:55 PM
- - Sircraigery   Reading this thread again, I changed my opinion to...   Mar 17 2008, 12:23 AM
- - RIP Dime   +1 for trying out the POD   Mar 17 2008, 04:38 AM
|- - Praetorian   QUOTE (RIP Dime @ Mar 16 2008, 11:38 PM) ...   Mar 17 2008, 12:49 PM
|- - Bogdan   QUOTE (Praetorian @ Mar 17 2008, 12:49 PM...   Mar 17 2008, 03:23 PM
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- - Praetorian   I just want to find something...be it an amp or po...   Mar 17 2008, 03:55 PM
- - Bogdan   well if pod is anyway similar to toneport you can ...   Mar 17 2008, 05:59 PM
- - Fran   You can use the pod with headphones, or with speak...   Mar 17 2008, 06:56 PM
- - Praetorian   Just got back from Guitar Center with my new Pod 2...   Mar 18 2008, 02:41 PM
|- - Bogdan   QUOTE (Praetorian @ Mar 18 2008, 02:41 PM...   Mar 18 2008, 08:08 PM
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- - Fran   Enjoy   Mar 18 2008, 03:05 PM
- - mattacuk   I can vouch for the Roland Cube 60, really fantast...   Mar 18 2008, 07:10 PM
- - Hisham   behringer cheap and not bad quality   Mar 19 2008, 12:22 AM
- - Hisham   behringer cheap and not bad quality   Mar 19 2008, 12:23 AM
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