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Posted by: bamba23 Nov 21 2008, 05:47 PM

after allot of talknig with my daddy.
he bought the ESP M II
im really happy

my amp gonna be 95% of the times in my house,and my room have an hole above the door lol
so i can play loud only when my parents isnt home.

after this,i might be intersting in a new amp
my budget is 300-500 bucks.
no fender pls ^^
im playing metal,rock,somtimes blues.
megadeath
bb king
eric clapton
nightiwsh
cradle of filth

thx for the time

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Nov 21 2008, 05:59 PM

Congratulations on your guitar mate, may it serve you well!

Since you play all sorts of music, a versatile solid or hybrid amp would do the trick. 12" speaker is a must, and power shouldn't above 50W, since you are playing at home. For home play you will use mostly 5-10W maximum. Solid state amps can sound good on low volume, and I can recommend some amp with a good clean channel, and good drive channel as well. Check out Randal solid state combo series, they have good cleans, and enough of gain for trash as well. They are not too bluesy, but with a tubecreamer/Boss BD2/SD1 pedal you can get a nice bluesy overdrive.

Other very good options are Vox Valvetronic series, and Line 6 combos as well.

Posted by: Jesse Nov 21 2008, 06:13 PM

My guitar teacher loves to trash randall' s. I asked, are these new koch amps better than the randdals? QUOTE: " Everything is better than a randall, theire junk"

Posted by: tommyboy Nov 21 2008, 06:15 PM

I second the line 6 idea. If you really like to explore many different tones they sure can do that. 12" speaker is a must. I agree with Ivan.

The line 6 Spider Valve 1x12 in a amazing sounding amp. The tubes warm up the tone a lot but because it's built on the spider platform you can get just about any tone you could ever wish for. Probably, at the high part of your budget range.

tommyboy

Posted by: Power_Arctica Nov 21 2008, 06:19 PM

Mmmm, ill choose the Vox Valvetronix...differents kinds of amps, effects...its a great amp!

Posted by: fatb0t Nov 21 2008, 07:16 PM

I think the Line6 amps are without question the best amp money can buy in your range. The tones are unlimited and professional sounding. I had a Spyder in my house for 6 months then my friend took it back I was so sad to let it go. I used it a lot more than my Mesa Boogie!!!

Posted by: MickeM Nov 21 2008, 07:28 PM

There's a new 5W amp coming from Blackstar, model HT-5, that has e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g at least I'd wish for!!! Tubes, headphones out !!, fx loop, cab emulator iiiihihihihihi
Won't cost you a fortune, 360€ so maybe you'd get to buy a couple of effect pedals aswell for your metal tones
It's out Nov 28 so there are no reviews on it yet but I dare to promise it's going to be awesome!

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Nov 22 2008, 01:31 AM

Only 360e ? that seems like a pretty good deal for home practice to me, I second to that MickeM !

Posted by: Marshmall0wz Nov 22 2008, 05:00 AM

If I were you I'd look for a used Line 6 Duoverb. They are sold REALLY cheap these days and sound amazing for the price. Also, though they're a bit heavy (Not by any means annoyingly heavy though) You can Split the signal between the two speakers or blend the sound for when you're playing loud. Don't let the price fool you, I played one and It definitely competed with any new hybrid/cutting edge solid state amps. Check em' out on ebay. Here's a couple links.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Line-6-DuoVerb-Combo-2x12-100-Watts-Stereo-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ110313518803QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item110313518803&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

http://line6.com/duoverb/default.htm

I'm thinking about getting one.

Posted by: besip Nov 22 2008, 05:47 AM

check out this For Metal is great

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGNx9O0d_Sg

i'm got a 30w version.....and you be able to buy it for the budget

Posted by: ChrisVdS Nov 22 2008, 10:26 AM

I dunno Vox is not so reliable my dad has a Vox, a week after we bought it something already was wrong with.

Posted by: bamba23 Nov 22 2008, 02:55 PM

right know i got 3 option

Peavy 112 TRANSTUBE
VOX AD 50 VT
and Spider 75 Watts.

the peavy cost me 2600 NIS
Vox 2300 NIS
spider 2200 NIS

Posted by: besip Nov 22 2008, 06:25 PM

QUOTE (bamba23 @ Nov 22 2008, 09:55 AM)

Posted by: bamba23 Nov 22 2008, 07:02 PM

main porb,i cant,they all in 1 hour drive from my city.
and beacuse my old man is on usa,he doesnt allow me to live my city (he scared)
but still,when his back im gona go try them.
ty guys il update you if il have anything to update u haha

Posted by: besip Nov 22 2008, 07:41 PM

QUOTE (bamba23 @ Nov 22 2008, 02:02 PM)

main porb,i cant,they all in 1 hour drive from my city.
and beacuse my old man is on usa,he doesnt allow me to live my city (he scared)
but still,when his back im gona go try them.
ty guys il update you if il have anything to update u haha

Posted by: bamba23 Nov 23 2008, 06:04 AM

haha i know
i problay work my ass for him (his busines il send some papers etc)
im in modiin
tel aviv is about 30 mint drive,really not far (little country lol)
i might have a deal with my mom P:

Posted by: besip Nov 23 2008, 06:13 AM

QUOTE (bamba23 @ Nov 23 2008, 01:04 AM)

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Nov 23 2008, 02:18 PM

QUOTE (bamba23 @ Nov 22 2008, 02:55 PM)

Posted by: Marshmall0wz Nov 23 2008, 05:14 PM

no duoverb?

Posted by: inertia Nov 24 2008, 02:27 AM

vox valvetronix vt or vt-xl, the new peavey vypyr is getting great reviews too
I would go for 30 watts for these two amps, when you start to play more you can look into getting a tube amp and pedals, with the valvetronix and the vypyr you should have all the fx and amp distortions you would really need for home play
You can always get a 5 watt tube amp that has been suggested but it's likely not going to come loaded with fx and versatile distortions, making it a much more expensive proposition