I have recently purchased a tiny Vox 3 watt mini amp for practice and I have to say I am really blown away by the results. It's very versatile with a range of effects and tonal variety and to my continuing surprise it's really my guitar amp of choice for recording, not only demos but real releases.
I was really pretty impressed at the options available prior to choosing the Vox. There are lots of superb quality and cheap options from makers such as Orange, Fender, Danelectro and Crate to name just a few and they are really dirt cheap, I am talking under $20 for some of the amps from Danelectro. I found a great review site that provides some in depth info on nearly any practice amp on the market at practiceamp.net which made the whole thing really easy.
The neat thing about getting a top quality practice amp is the mobility it gives you. When you have a guitar amp that weighs less than an actual guitar and is no larger than a typical shoebox you don't have any of the standard loading in issues that plague many of us when we want to set up for a gig or even a jam with full band.
I often play a Marshall JCM900 Stack and like it but there are times particularly when I need to practice that it is totally unrealistic, not only is it's size a problem but most larger amps don't actually sound great unless really cranked and that isn't going to endear you to neighbors late in the evening or if you have got a young family like me.
There are some options available for iPhone but after testing a number of these out I used to be a tiny underwhelmed though I've been told some of the options available on the iPad are much better.
I was really pretty impressed at the options available prior to choosing the Vox. There are lots of superb quality and cheap options from makers such as Orange, Fender, Danelectro and Crate to name just a few and they are really dirt cheap, I am talking under $20 for some of the amps from Danelectro. I found a great review site that provides some in depth info on nearly any practice amp on the market at practiceamp.net which made the whole thing really easy.
The neat thing about getting a top quality practice amp is the mobility it gives you. When you have a guitar amp that weighs less than an actual guitar and is no larger than a typical shoebox you don't have any of the standard loading in issues that plague many of us when we want to set up for a gig or even a jam with full band.
I often play a Marshall JCM900 Stack and like it but there are times particularly when I need to practice that it is totally unrealistic, not only is it's size a problem but most larger amps don't actually sound great unless really cranked and that isn't going to endear you to neighbors late in the evening or if you have got a young family like me.
There are some options available for iPhone but after testing a number of these out I used to be a tiny underwhelmed though I've been told some of the options available on the iPad are much better.
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So take it from me if you're finding your bigger guitar amp not awfully practical for practice try out a practice amp and try the reviews at practiceamp.net it's a great web site and actually helpful.
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