Small practice amp on a budget

Nice choice! Again, if you haven't already made your purchase, I suggest you buy it on eBay for less and see if you can get both head and speaker for less.

Nice choice! Again, if you haven't already made your purchase, I suggest you buy it on eBay for less and see if you can get both head and speaker for less.

I second that, why pay top dollar? consider an orange telexed brand X cab with a really good speaker in it, a great speaker will help the amp along. I am a dyed-in-the-wool celestion blue alnico and H-magnet ceramic speaker guy these days, I recommend them for any brit amp with nice top end. If you can swing the money the Blue is awesome though light on bass. Also, in the H magnet camp scumback and weber legacy series speakers are pretty good pre-rola celestion repros and I've had pre-rola S, M, and H greenbacks (still have some Ses and Ms). Warehouse guitar speakers makes a great H magnet clone, the reaper, I prefer the 55hz bass cone version in open backs or 4x12s....

Get a vox vt20

"The perfect combination of innovation and tradition, the VOX Valvetronix + Series combines sophisticated modeling technology with vintage know-how to provide an array of authentic guitar tones that are worthy of the name VOX. Based on the acclaimed VOX Valve Reactor circuit, which utilizes a genuine 12AX7 vacuum tube in the power stage, these advanced digital amplifiers retain the familiar warmth of a genuine tube amp. True tube tone is pumped through a custom designed 8” VOX speaker, while the intuitive control set makes customizing the VT20+ to your liking simple."

-VOX Amplification LTD.

Some kind of hybrid of digital amplification and some tube technology as well as modelling tech. Not bad, Go try it out. If it sounds as good as it does on YouTube, expect a good tone as well as the option of different effects and such.

Some kind of hybrid of digital amplification and some tube technology as well as modelling tech. Not bad, Go try it out. If it sounds as good as it does on YouTube, expect a good tone as well as the option of different effects and such.

its similar to the fender previously mentioned.... I think vox's cheapo digital stuff sounds a smidge better than fender's, but its a rotten apples and rotten apples comparison! there are basically 4 legit vox amps currently in production and they all have blonde nubtex and 3 of them cost a lot per watt, even the ubiquitous custom classic AC series are pretty so-so, then again if you have never played a JMI era vox you don't have a ton of expectations and we ARE talking about a practice amp, STILL as a passionate vox-head I really think the only affordable vox amp with the real deal vox tone is the ac4tv

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vox-AC4TV8-4w-Tube-1x6-Guitar-Combo-Amp-OS-4409-/301738060305?hash=item4640fd6a11

In case you want to spend $230 on verified tone. It's used, though, retail, that little beast is $320. Ouch, felt that one smack my wallet.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vox-AC4TV8-4w-Tube-1x6-Guitar-Combo-Amp-OS-4409-/301738060305?hash=item4640fd6a11

In case you want to spend $230 on verified tone. It's used, though, retail, that little beast is $320. Ouch, felt that one smack my wallet.

I remember a time when you could get great sounding vintage tube amps in good working order at yard sales for less than that, but these days under $250 is a steal!

here's one a little cheaper through my favorite online gear site: https://reverb.com/item/1078497-vox-ac4tv-4w-1x10-tube-guitar-combo-amp-cream

if you have a cab this is the way to go: https://reverb.com/item/1065391-vox-ac4tvh-cream-tolex

the ac4 REALLY excels through a celestion 12 for some reason (I really like 10 inches of various brands too, but this single ended el84 type amp really loves british 12 inchers)...

if it were me I would get the ac4tv head and a cheap 1x10 or 1x12 for the bedroom so I could use it with 2x12 loaded with blues later when I wanted to get my Brian May on at reasonable levels in the studio :-)