Stressing about what amp you’re going to buy? Well just sit back and relax, friend. Fender Bassbreaker 15 £509īassbreaker? It’s a guitar amp I’m looking for. Key features: 12” custom speaker, single-channel with boost and tone function, three-band EQ, reverb, power output selector and USB output.It’s also the most compact and lightest amp in this group test, so you get valve-like tone without the backache.
The Blues Cube Hot pumps out 30 watts through its 12-inch speaker, more than enough for rehearsals and small gigs.
That’s handy, but can I actually gig with this thing? You’ll also find a USB output on the amp’s rear panel for direct connection to your computer-based recording set-up. Figure in the usual three-band EQ suspects and the digital reverb, and there’s a fair bit of tonal variety available. Well, technically yes, but don’t forget that there are footswitchable boost and tone functions to give you more gain and top end at your stomping convenience. Turn up the volume and just like a tube amp, you get more overdrive and convincing valve-like compression. Roland’s onboard ‘Tube Logic’ technology mimics the performance of a vintage tweed valve amp so well, we reckon more than a few solid-state cynics would be fooled in a blindfold test. Should I be worried that this thing doesn’t have valves or not? Prev of 7 Next Prev of 7 NextĬonvincing tone, without the tubes. So, let’s agree to approach all these amplifiers with an open mind, and we’ll get you up and playing in no time…įor more top-notch amp advice, check out our guides to the best budget guitar amps under £500/$800 and the best guitar amps under £1,000/$1,300.
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The late BB King, an icon who had the most instantly recognisable blues guitar tone of all time, used a 70s-era solid-state Lab Series L5 amp.
We can just picture the gear snobs clutching their chests in horror at the inclusion of the final amp on our list while gasping, ‘You can’t play blues through a solid-state amp!’ Listen. However, if you really you want to nail a quintessential, classic blues tone then you’re probably looking for a low-powered, valve-fuelled combo that produces a warm overdrive when you crank it up and reacts to even the subtlest dynamics of your playing.Īnd that’s where we come in: we’ve picked out four 12-inch speaker-loaded combos that deliver all that good stuff – three of them via an arsenal of valves and one (Roland’s Blues Cube Hot) through the misunderstood medium of solid-state. The notion that you need a certain type of amp to play your chosen genre is nonsense – you can, of course, play blues guitar through any amp you bleedin’ well like. (Image credit: Joby Sessions/Future) Introduction
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