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Old 11-04-2006, 02:40 PM   #1
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My sister is getting a new amp for her boyfriend and she's asked me to help her find a decent one. Price range is about $300 but preferably less. He's using a Fender Strat of some sort. He plays a wide variety of styles but his main influence of style is something like Pillar or Day of Fire. He's sick of using a dinky little practice amp (I don't know what kind. Something cheap and crappy). Suggestions?

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Old 11-04-2006, 05:14 PM   #2
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Used Fender Blues Junior or Peavey Classic 30
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Used Fender Blues Junior or Peavey Classic 30
not for those styles...at least not without something to handle distortion. I'd save up a bit more for a Peavey Valveking.
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My sister is getting a new amp for her boyfriend and she's asked me to help her find a decent one. Price range is about $300 but preferably less. He's using a Fender Strat of some sort. He plays a wide variety of styles but his main influence of style is something like Pillar or Day of Fire. He's sick of using a dinky little practice amp (I don't know what kind. Something cheap and crappy). Suggestions?
I have a peavey triumph 60, which is an all tube, hi gain amp. If he is interested in used, I am getting the footswitch, and it should be a good match potentially in your budget.

Valvekings are made in china, and this is a USA made amp, just for what it might be worth...
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Sweet, you got a Triumph? I've tried one of those things out before, 'twas quite sweet.

The Triumph and Ultra are both from the same amp series and would do great. I saw an Ultra go for $250 once.
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Sweet, you got a Triumph? I've tried one of those things out before, 'twas quite sweet.

The Triumph and Ultra are both from the same amp series and would do great. I saw an Ultra go for $250 once.
yep got one for sale actually in a few days. I need to get a working footswitch. But that should not be too bad.
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Ok, thanks for the suggestions. I'll be searching for a used Peavey Triumph. Any other suggestions?
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Old 11-05-2006, 10:32 AM   #8
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Here's one right now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Peavey-Triumph-6...QQcmdZViewItem
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Seems good, however, I don't like that without the footswitch it only runs on the distortion channel.
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I didn't really read into it, so yeah, the amp seems to have some problems.
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depends on what kind of player they are. A Roland Cube 30 might be something they would like. It would depend.
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not for those styles...at least not without something to handle distortion.
Oops, my bad. I should have checked on the style of those bands although he did say for a wide variety of styles. Those are my favorite amps in that price range anyway. Would a Valveking or Triumph do clean sounds too. I don't know how wide a variety he plays. If he plays a very wide variety he could be better off with a modeling amp or processor.
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Oops, my bad. I should have checked on the style of those bands although he did say for a wide variety of styles. Those are my favorite amps in that price range anyway. Would a Valveking or Triumph do clean sounds too. I don't know how wide a variety he plays. If he plays a very wide variety he could be better off with a modeling amp or processor.
I don't know him all that well, but a good clean channel would be great. I'm open to pretty much anything.
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Yeah, they have good clean channels. I prefer a sorta dirty clean, where an Ultra would do better than a Valveking, which only has a volume on the clean channel rather than a pre/post gain setup.
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I didn't really read into it, so yeah, the amp seems to have some problems.
thats not a problem really, granted mine is stuck on the distortion channel till my ordered footswitch comes...
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