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Smaller amp
Hi folks
I have a nice strat that’s not getting the attention it deserves. I originally got it with a blues jr tweed amp which looked cool, but was just too loud in the house with a new baby. He’s a little bigger now so with some free time I’m looking at trying my hand at electric today. What would everyone recommend? I’m looking at smaller practice amps with a headphone jack being a must. I’ve been looking at the Roland microcube and a few others. Budget less than $200. Thanks!
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amplifi tt by line 6. headphone jack, bluetooth and amp out if you want to go to an extension speaker or PA or your blues junior. perfect for you.
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Yamaha THR5 is a great little amp for around $200 new.
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Thanks I’ll look into those. Does anyone have any experience with the boss mini katana?
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I have the Mini Katana and like it. I am using it mostly to boost my parlor acoustic guitar to noisy room volume levels, but it sounds nice with my Les Paul. It has a delay, not reverb, but that delay does a decent ambiance effect and I always use it (acoustic and electric). I Velcro'ed a now discontinued Volto to the side for a rechargeable 9 volt power source. Compared to the Yamaha it is cheaper, lighter due to a plastic box, has full EQ, but only the one delay effect.
My acoustic guitar settings are shown in this picture: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1I1...O9fvTCc3pK0Qgj
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I have the Katana 50 and like it quite a lot, but I have not played the mini.
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I heard a review of the mini Katana where the amp was close miked for the recording and it sounded pretty good.
Then I got to hear one at a guitar shop and it sounded really boxy through the 4 inch speaker.
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I have the mini Katana and like it a lot. I also have the Blackstar Fly3. I take one camping and leave one on the coffee table in my living room. I use a looper pedal and create loops to jam over. I like them both. They are not a replacement for a larger amp but for practice and jamming on my own I really like them.
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Looks like I’m checking out a katana mini. Thanks for all the input !
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just a heads up, but certainly your call. good luck! play music!
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My first amp was a Roland Microcube and I still have it. (Fantastic little amp).
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I have both a Roland Microcube and a Thr5a for acoustic,
I like both but the THR series you can do more with - you can tweak profiles with their software connected to a computer, its very light and small and I think it's probably considered better for sound by musicians. Both models you don't have to play very loud and I don't think they project the way the larger ones do. Harriet
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I'd also recommend that you look into an older Line 6 POD, which you can find for about $100.00. The earlier versions of this have a surprisingly organic sound to them and enough different amp models and reasonably decent FX to keep you occupied for a good long while. You can use the headphone jack or plug it into just about anything that amplifies signal, although anytime you use a headphone setup, it's very easy to overdo it...leaving you with ringing ears/hearing loss (ask me how I know!).
I still gig with my POD version 1; gets me everything from Fender clean to Marshall roar & just about everything in between. It does like to have a compressor in front of it...I'm using the old standby Boss CS-3.
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