Archive for the ‘guitar amp’ Category
August 30th, 2010 | 
Author: I’ve hooked my player up to speakers before but my speaker isn’t working now and I wondered if an electric guitar amp would work the same as a speaker but I wanted to ask before I tried, don’t want to ruin anything.
A guitar amp is designed to accept an instrument level signal. An ipod or something like that outputs a line level signal, which is much higher than instrument level and could easily damage your amp.
Some smaller amps have a "line in" (sometimes labeled "cd/aux") jack where you could plug in a cd player or ipod. This is usful for practicing along with a song. If you have one of those, plug it in there. If it’s not clearly labeled "line in" or "cd/aux" don’t!
I’ve had an electric guitar for nearly two years but it was given to me broken. I just recently repaired it and am interested in playing it only I’m not too knowledgeable with electric guitars (I’ve been playing acoustic for a little while) so I’m not sure what type of amplifier is needed/suggested. It’s a J.Reynolds strat copy in ok condition. I just want a good cheap amp, nothing fancy. What should I be looking out for?
Get a Marshall pocket amp for $40. It’s a fine little practice amp, which is all you need at this point. I keep one on the coffee table in my livingroom when I don’t feel like cranking up the studio but I want to practice guitar.
Then, after you’ve played for 6 months to a year, you will know more about what you want to do and that’s the time to start researching a guitar amp. But if you buy an amp right now, it could just be a waste of money because 1) you might decide you don’t like playing guitar or 2) the kind of amp you will want in 6 months to a year won’t be the amp you bought when you were just beginning to play electric guitar.
A Marshall pocket amp is cheap, cool, and it’s pretty loud in a room. If you want to spice it up, get a used BOSS DS-1 distortion pedal for $35 or any type of fuzz pedal. DOD has a variety of fuzz pedals, you can find them cheap on eBay, and they’re all good. I have the American Classic Fuzz and if you ever find a DOD 250 (also known as the YJM), that’s an excellent pedal.
Beware the salesperson who tries to sell you a "real" amp instead of the little Marshall pocket amp. A lot of sales people are paid commission and there isn’t much commission on a pocket amp. Other amateur musicians may laugh at your amp, but let me tell you something – anyone who disses the Marshall pocket amp is a musical moron.
Trust me.
I build this LM386 based guitar amp, aka. “Little Gem”. Its pretty good!
I used a 8Ohm speaker for it! I want it to minimum size.
I don’t use any pedal for it! The amp have very high gain!!!
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I play guitar and am switching over to bass. Can a bass play on my guitar amp? I heard the phrase ‘bass amp’ many times, so I’m not sure.
Buddy Do Not play your Bass in your guitar amp.. The bass is too low and it WILL blow your amp out…. happened to me before but you CAN use a guitar on a bass amp as long as u dont blast some crazy shreddin’.
Hope THis HELPS :0
I have been playing guitar for about six months and I think it is time to upgrade from my little 10 watt amp that came with the guitar. I don’t know if I should go with the Peavey Vyper 30, Vox vt30, or the Orange Crush Pix 35. I play everything from classic rock to metal. What would be best?
If another amp is better then the ones I put, feel free to tell me.
The amps you’ve chosen are nice but they’re still in the "practice amp" category. They almost certainly have more features and effects than your 10 watt amp and are excellent amps to have around the house. The thing I would consider is that soon, you’ll probably want to play with other folks, and 30 watts just isn’t going to compete with bass and drums. If you can afford to keep buying amps as you grow into them, get any one of these.
If it was my choice, I’d spend a little more now and get an amp that I wouldn’t outgrow as fast. The Roland Cube 80x or the Vox VT50 would be near the top of my list. While they aren’t Marshall stacks, they’re big enough to cut through the mix….I have friends who use them for small gigs.
Bugera V22 guitar amplifier, mexican strat with Texas Specials in Front and Middle and a Lil 59 humbucker in back. Straight into the amp with no effects, amp is hardly even turned up and sounds better cranked. Great amp for the money…Recorded this with a small sony digital camera. I apologize for the bad off the cuff playing but I wanted you to hear the tone of the amp.
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Tags: amplifier, Bugera, fender, guitar, strat, texas specials, V22 | 
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i am trying to buy headphones that serve a main purpose to be plugged into an amp. i tried a 1/4 adapter with regular headphones (like those on mp3s) and the sound is horrible and low. does anyone have any recommendations? nothing over 40 or 50$ at the most
also, ive heard of the Vox amPlug guitar amp and i was wondering if (unlike with amps) any headphones work fine with it, or would i still need headphones with better quality than regular mp3-like ones?
Even with high-quality headphones, it’s always going to sound a little weird when you plug them into an amp.
A good pair of headphones comes in handy though. On a $50 budget I’d recommend the AKG K77’s. They’ll serve you well for recording, monitoring, practicing, etc.
a guy trying out the nano head in his studioI have a Behringer XENTX 802 mixer with two microphone preamp’s and a First Act guitar amp. Can I connect the mixer to the amp and then to some passive speakers?
The guitar amp has a speaker built in – why do you need to add more speakers? Otherwise your plan will work.
http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Bugera-333XL-All-Tube-Guitar-Amplifier-Head.html
Joe Delaney, Product Specialist from Bugera Amplifiers, demonstrates their 333XL Electric guitar amp Head.
This head is also available as a combo:
http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Bugera-333XL-120-Watt-2×12-3-Channel-All-Tube-Guitar-Combo-Amplifier.html
Joe’s guitar in this video is a PM20 from Parker.
http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Parker-PM20-Electric-Guitar-Flamed-Tobacco-Sunburst.html
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