budget valve amps (1 Viewer)

[Pantone247]

there's that fender one Mark mentioned, the Epiphone valve jrs and

HARLEY BENTON GA5
http://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_ga5.htm

"I assume that you're referring to the GA-5 all-valve combo? In which case, yes they are very good. I own one that i'm heavily modifying to fender Champ specs, but the stock model does sound very good. It has a Jensen 8" ceramic speaker, and Sovtek valves (not the best, but pretty good). All the resistors in the signal path are metal film, and it has DC filaments, so it's very quiet in terms of noise. 5W is still a loud amp though, this is not for bedroom use!"

"The Benton GA-5 amp comes out of the same factory as the Epiphone Valve Junior, so it's possible that Harley Benton guitars are in someway affiliated with epiphones. Imagine that, a budget Epiphone.."

for under 100 bills thats sort of deadly

 

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Fender champ? It's mentioned in a Zappa song, and it's pretty cheap on Thomann. Would like to hear one ...

 

[Pantone247]

the cheap one on Thomann is a "Champion 600" a re-issue of a 50's amp

The Fender Champ is a small 10-15w amp made in the 60's that was much lauded by, well everyone, Neil Young used one for his big old whacked out the world is ending distortion. They're generally considered one of the best amps for recording... cause of their low power they break up a reasonable volume, and they had small 8 inch speakers that broke up really easily too.

I don't think they make them anymore... ????

Still any of those small budget valve amps, with a few new tubes, could be great for a similar sort of thing. Lots of talk (and clear diagrams!) about people modding them Harley Bentons too...