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MishraMishra Registered User regular
edited April 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I've already got my guitar, a 2001 American Stratocaster, I've got a Rockman Sustainor and Chorus/Delay for preamps. I like to think a decent little rig. The only problem is I'm still playing through my micro-cube. I'm looking for a good amp, 1x12 cone in the $600 range. I've already looked at the Fender Blues Junior and G-DEC 30. I'm torn between the awesome sound of the Junior and the features of the G-Dec. I've been playing about a year, so the drum track feature would be nice, but I'm worried 3 years down the road I will be wanting more than the G-DEC can give. So anyone here played with either? Or recommend another amp. I mostly play classic rock type stuff, though I do like to play some modern stuff.

tl:dr Recommend me a good amp

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  • carbon13carbon13 Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    If you have the moneys and licence to crank it up, go for a basic tube amp. Any bells and whistles you want you can pick up separatly, gives so much more flexability and will sound better than built in effects and stuff.

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  • The CheeseThe Cheese Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The Blues Junior is a proper tube amp. I've played with one a little and they seem pretty good. The G-DEC 30 is an all solid state deal, isn't it? It looks to me like you can get a Blues Junior for $400 easily, or less if you're willing to go used.

    The only advantage I see of the G-DEC is that (if it does what I think it does) it can produce a number of different tones and facilitates easy recording to a computer. If you can find a cheap Blues Junior, you can take whatever you have left over and maybe buy a Line6 PODxt, which are supposed to be pretty good for recording.

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