Good Electric guitar amp for a learner?

mat1980uk

Hi,I'm looking for a good electric guitar amp for a learner,nothing to big or loud about 15w should be enough,just for use at home, price wise im willing to go up to £150 max. Electric guitar wise i have a Epiphone Les Paul Standard any suggestions please drop me a post.thx

bilbosmeggins

If you're on a budget you might want to check out GuitarGuitar.  They were clearing out Roland Cubes at great prices about a week back.  Not sure what's left, but they are cracking amps for the money.

Goooner

The Fender Mustang's are well thought of, i had a v1.0 Mustang 1 that I liked, plenty of effects and stuff on it and access to thousands of user made tones using the bundled Fuse software.

hyperfish

Hi, I researched this a lot a few months ago and really fancied the Vox VT20  but ended up with it's bigger and older brother (I sold it on as 50w was too big for my needs). Small footprint, valve power and 99 pre-set tones.

Gets great reviews and comes in under your budget. Used ones from eBay sell for around £80.

That would be my choice but there are loads within your budget.

The VOX Showroom - The Vox VT20  (VT20 Plus) Guitar Amplifier

RBZ5416

Roland Micro Cube GX is a dinky little thing that will also run on batteries. Only a couple of watts but plenty for practice in the early days & has a few effects. Around £100 new or £50-ish used for the original (non-GX).

Vox VT20 is more powerful with more effects, including some "famous song" presets. Has a valve pre-amp. Maybe too many knobs & settings for a complete beginner but then you don't have to use them all! Around £135 new, £75 used.

Both have headphone sockets so you can play without disturbing others. YouTube will have demos of what they can do.

mat1980uk

Thx for the replys I will give them much thought but must say likening the vox also I want something which would allow growing room as I learn  true it's not all about power as I would be using it in my spare room and true wouldn't to disturb my only neighbour ( semi detached) to much but then i do like to crank my music up every now and then. Christ help her when i really play lol!

unique

fender mustang for £100 at guitarguitar is pretty good. it's got loads of built in effects so you don't need pedals necessarily for practising. plus you can connect to your pc via usb and download free software and download various settings other people have put online for various songs and sounds and see a mock amp on screen. you can also plug in headphones, and the software lets you record and play backing tracks. and you can plug in a footswitch to change the in built sounds

Tom Tom

ID:Core Super Wide Stereo Entry Level Guitar Amps
Blackstar ID Core

It's my next practice amp!

RobbySpurs

Orange Micro Terror head and speaker. Can be had for your budget. Awesome little amp!

Christian 71

You are much better buying used at this price point, my money would be on a Mustang, Cube or MG for playing with a Les Paul.

Modelling amps sound best with headphones, but a MG30 sounds much better for that Marshall thump (crazy rrp tho!). The Cube is just a great sounding modelling amp with the Mustang having the edge for the Fender tone and features.

Valve amps never sound as good through headphones, but if you can live with that a HT1 or the Orange Micro are well worth a look. It's hard to beat playing through a valve amp through a real speaker. Also maybe give some amps out of your price range a demo/try such as the Line 6 Amplifi, Marshall DSL5c.