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Monoprice 15 watt all tube amp.
I just got the most recent (the one with the upgraded spring reverb tank) Monoprice 15 watt all tube. It cost $200 and is just fantastic!
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I watched a Youtube review a month or two ago and it was positive but I can't recall the specs. Assuming single channel but does it have a lot of gain or mostly clean with some OD?
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Had the 5 watter they are no brainiers
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Yes, just one channel. I do jazzy fingerstyle on a floating pickup jazzbox so that is all I need or want. There are separate volume and gain controls so you can the amount of dirt you want. I set it so it is clean when I play softly but so that it has a little grit when I dig in. 15 watts is perfect for the volumes I need. Heck, it sounds fine in the one watt setting! I play acoustic when I gig, but I’ve been listening to a lot of Bruno Major and Emily Elbert and I wanted to start experimenting with that style of soft electric sound. This amp really sounds beautiful for a soft jazz/blues type of sound. You can also get really dirty but that isn’t my interest. Construction is is rugged with a bit of a vintage vibe. This amp competes with the Supro Blues King 12, Laney Cub and Fender Super Champ. From what I’m hearing so far, I really don’t believe I would be any happier had I gone with one of those more expensive options. |
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I’ve got one, and it’s been great so far. Speaker is finally starting to get broken in, and I like the fact that I can get some tube distortion without making my ears bleed. However, I am not confident it would really work in a band situation, but I’m not doing that much these days, so it works for me.
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These babies get a lot of love over on TDPRI as a less-expensive alternative to the Blues Junior, if you're into that sort of thing they also make great mod platforms, you couldn't build it yourself for the $199 - sometimes less - they're charging (BTW you're getting Ruby Tubes and a Celestion Seventy-80 for that price), and TMK the only reason they went to the front-load controls was at the request of Laney (for whom they produce the otherwise-identical Cub 12). Quite frankly, I've been looking at one of these myself (possibly a second for my wife as well) - while I love my Bugera V22 it scales in at over 50 pounds in its current modified form (about twice as much as the Monoprice - and I'm not getting any younger), the kind of gigs our band does (mostly small room and/or very small stage/setup area) generally don't require the power/weight of my '65 Super RI or Frontman 212R, and I like the idea of both the additional clean headroom and tonal control (not to mention the 12" speaker) over my Bugera V5; got my eye on a sweet decade-old major-brand NOS piece hiding in plain sight here in the Tri-State area , but if that doesn't pan out there's likely to be one (or two) of these in my future...
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I have zero experience with the Monoprice, but have owned 30-40 tube amps - both new and vintage. I had a Laney Cub 10 and it was the single worst sounding tube amp I have ever played through.
Having watched many reviews for the Monoprice and the new videos for the Supro Blues King there is no comparison IMHO. YMMV
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Hopefully it lasts longer than some of their stuff. After "great reviews" I purchased their top of the line bluetooth headphones. Two replacement pair also fell apart within a couple months of having them so I'd say once bitten twice shy for me.
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I've had great luck with their cables. Out of a hundred or so that I've ordered, only one was defective and they replaced it as soon as I complained.
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Absolutely! Their cables are very economically priced and top notch quality. I wish my couple of cable purchases were the only thing I had purchased for them, though.
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Well, as far as I can tell, this is a really great tube amp. It seems well made and I love the sound.
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For home use I have been thinking about the monoprice 15amp with the 12" Celestion or the Katana 50...apples and oranges for sure but both seem to deliver what I need. Power step down to 5w - 1w headphone jack, reverb, 12" speaker, light weight package. price within 25 dollars of each other..What do you folks think???
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I would love to hear them next to each other. One is computer modeling, the other is all tube. I opted for real tubes because some days I think I can hear the difference...
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Look at the Vox mv series or the Orange stuff. My .02 and I have played and/or owned both
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