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Originally Posted by rwmct
I will check those out along with the 65 PRRI.
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If you're looking in the Princeton/Deluxe size and power range check out a Bugera V22 first; while it's got a bit of a British accent as it comes from the factory (albeit cleaner - more "posh" if you will - as well as a couple hundred less expensive than the similar Vox AC15), that's easily rectified (pun intended) with a speaker/tube swap. Good thing if you're just getting into tube amps is that it's exceptionally low-maintenance - the Infinium circuitry not only alerts you when your tubes are going on the fritz, but allows you to swap power tubes at will without the need for a bias job (simply put, matching/optimizing the new tubes to the amp's circuitry - about $100+/- in my neck of the woods); unlike the Princeton/Deluxe you've also got the option of powering down for home practice and balancing the pre-gain/master, to dial in the exact tone you want with as much clean headroom/volume as you need. May not be your cuppa tea - you can't please everybody - but objectively speaking there's a
lot going on for under $400 street, and it's well worth a try on that basis alone...
