Tube amp choices

rgrice

This has likely been covered a bunch but things change frequently in the world of technology. What tube amps do you like for single coil Peche or other pickup use? Under $1000 and loud enough to gig without miking amp!

EmmettRay

I use a Fender Blues Jr tweed with Stimer and Pesche. Its plenty loud, I think the Fender Pro Jr would also work but has no reverb. Both sound great with mag pickups and are way under $1K.

EmmettRay

...or if you're feeling ambitious you could just build your own for way less. I'm currently building one with pretty much the same parts you'd find in a Pesche amp, all for less than $250. (It's way easier than building a guitar!)

ronzo4600

If you're handy with a soldering iron and other small hand tools and can follow instructions, you can build a 5E3 for under 300.00 and they sound great. You want a vintage sound, put a Weber Alnico in it and there ya go. I use a Peche and a modded Blues Jr. and they are both great. Used Juniors are going for 300 to 350 but will no doubt need a re-tube for that price. I use Genelex Gold Lion tubes in both and love the sound.

klaatu

Check out Vintage 47 amps. They're handbuilt replicas of 40s-50s Valcos. I have one of the Ric Style amps. Great tube sound at a reasonable cost.

I found that with the stock tubes it broke up too early for my taste, so I wrote David Barnes and asked his advice for a cleaner sound. He sent back an encyclopedic response about suitable tubes for the amp and made a suggestion that I followed, with very satisfying results.

rgrice

Thanks. I'm looking at Blues Jr! Confirmation helps.

Jehu

Those building 5E3s on the cheap -- are you using a kit or sourcing the parts individually?

Matteo

Has anyone tried the Laney Cub 8? I feel tempted by the small size and low price, but they don't have it in the shops anymore so I'm not able to try it. Only available at Thomann and other web shops now, it seems.

Nejc

Maybe this will help

rgrice

Looked at the Weber kits. if you get the cab and have to pay someone, much better off with Blues Jr. Just bought one. Thanks for the input!

jonpowl

I just bought a Krivo Djangobucker and tried it with both my guitars on a Blues Junior and an Epiphone 5W Valve Junior. The Blues Jr. sounded good, but the unmodded Epiphone sounded better. The Epi was plugged into a 60s Bandmaster 2x12" cab, and that might have helped. I'm not sure the Epiphone would be loud enough for a big room. Two thumbs up on the Krivo, by the way.