Best Small & Affordable Valve Guitar Amp Shootout - Updated for 2019

[darylcrisp]

found this last night and thought it might interest some folks with the recent threads involving small tube amps:

Marshall Origin 20W Combo
Orange Rocker 15 Combo
Fender Blues Junior IV Combo
Supro Blues King 12 Combo
Vox AC15 Combo
Blackstar HT20R MkII Combo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7ScercV9RI&t=391s

[SpruceTop]

I've got a Fender Blues Junior III Custom (Musician's Friend) with 12-inch Jensen Alnico Speaker that sounds great!

[srbell]

I picked up a Monoprice 15 watt tube amp a few years ago new for around $219. It's pretty awesome sounding. Has a 12" Celestion speaker. Its just one channel, but does include a spring reverb. I believe it's a clone of a Laney Cub 12. The thing sounds fantastic, and for the price can't be touched.

[M Sarad]

My brother has two Monoprce amps. They sound great.

[darylcrisp]

Originally Posted by srbell

I picked up a Monoprice 15 watt tube amp a few years ago new for around $219. It's pretty awesome sounding. Has a 12" Celestion speaker. Its just one channel, but does include a spring reverb. I believe it's a clone of a Laney Cub 12. The thing sounds fantastic, and for the price can't be touched.

Never heard of these, will check them out.
Thank you
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[Jaden]

Originally Posted by SpruceTop

I've got a Fender Blues Junior III Custom (Musician's Friend) with 12-inch Jensen Alnico Speaker that sounds great!

I believe the alnico Jensen is a significant upgrade and in price too - the Jensen P10R in the Pro Junior IV is promoted in the Fender literature for “extra sparkle” and some may detract on the extra brightness - but the high-fi touch responsiveness and high frequency expanded ceiling (always to be tamed with the guitar tone control) leaves the darker non-Fender amps behind in the dust.