I want a CLEAN amp.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:59 am

What's a good, light-weight, unfathomably CLEAN sounding amp that's loud enough for a big coffee shop? I only want cleans - doesn't need to play well with pedals.

Only requirements: reliable, low noise, no digital effects, reverb.

I'm leaning towards a JazzKat 8 based on features, but I haven't made the trip to try one IRL.

Ideas?

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:38 am

classic 30?

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:42 am

Hotrod deluxe, Classic 30, Roland Jazz chorus(120, or 50), pretty much any solid state amp.

Those will probably come up again, the best part about all of these is that they are fairly cheap.

kim · Post by **kim** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:41 am

may sound silly but my fender stage 100 sounds very clean too, it's solid state, 100watts though, has a single 12"speaker, very easy to move around and it looks nice too (i have the older version, non 'dsp'?) and has dual inputs.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/2896 ... 15.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/2896 ... e4.jpg?v=0

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:12 pm

How big do the Roland Cubes go? Isn't there a thirty watt one?

Will · Post by **Will** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:45 pm

heavium wrote:may sound silly but my fender stage 100 sounds very clean too, it's solid state, 100watts though, has a single 12"speaker, very easy to move around and it looks nice too (i have the older version, non 'dsp'?) and has dual inputs.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/2896 ... 15.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/2896 ... e4.jpg?v=0

This is actually what I'm thinking about. I need to wait for a used one to roll into my local shop, but I'd really like an old non-DSP Fender SS.

kim · Post by **kim** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:02 pm

they're fairly cheap too i think i got mine for about 250eur, keep in mind it does sound ugly when you push it too much (or hit chords really hard) but i take it it's not what you're gonna use it for anyway, just test beforehand.

oh and i forgot i LOVE the reverb on it. can get very splashy/bathtub lol when i first got it couldn't stop playing walk don't run

william · Post by **william** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:56 pm

those crate powerblocks were like 150 watts solid state, really small, and stereo, and cheap as hell, new.

looks like they dont make em anymore, but that and a 1x15 cab would be clean and loud, for sure.

the guitarist of deerhoof was playing this setup the second time i saw them, and he was peeling paint off the walls. not cleanly, but he had pedals, of course.

im sure without youd have lots of headroom.

(oh yeah, and its really ugly)

MrJulius · Post by **MrJulius** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:02 am

Bassman with a reverb pedal?

avj · Post by **avj** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:45 am

heavium wrote:may sound silly but my fender stage 100 sounds very clean too, it's solid state, 100watts though, has a single 12"speaker, very easy to move around and it looks nice too (i have the older version, non 'dsp'?) and has dual inputs.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/104/2896 ... 15.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/2896 ... e4.jpg?v=0

Nice! I have this same amp and I haven't seen another non-DSP version in a very long time. I dug it out a few weeks ago after a discussion here about the older Fender solid-state amps.

Something like this would be a nice choice. There was a Deluxe 90 in the same series that would probably also be suitable.

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:42 am

Deluxe 90 would be amazing. I'm taking a friend to a pawn shop tomorrow, so I'll do a little amp shopping as well.

chrisplayer7 · Post by **chrisplayer7** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:59 pm

Fender Bassman (no effects or OD), just great clean tone

Need pedal for reverb though...

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:33 am

Look for old fender heads... their fairly cheap at points lots of clean headroom, some have reverb. I'm shopping for one now for the band i started...

chrisplayer7 · Post by **chrisplayer7** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:58 am

I do think fenders are best for cleans.

Jesse · Post by **Jesse** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:42 am

william wrote:those crate powerblocks were like 150 watts solid state, really small, and stereo, and cheap as hell, new.

looks like they dont make em anymore, but that and a 1x15 cab would be clean and loud, for sure.

the guitarist of deerhoof was playing this setup the second time i saw them, and he was peeling paint off the walls. not cleanly, but he had pedals, of course.

im sure without youd have lots of headroom.

(oh yeah, and its really ugly)

Awesome amp for cleans, no lie there. I've been using one for a few years.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:14 am

Jesse wrote:
william wrote:those crate powerblocks were like 150 watts solid state, really small, and stereo, and cheap as hell, new.

looks like they dont make em anymore, but that and a 1x15 cab would be clean and loud, for sure.

the guitarist of deerhoof was playing this setup the second time i saw them, and he was peeling paint off the walls. not cleanly, but he had pedals, of course.

im sure without youd have lots of headroom.

(oh yeah, and its really ugly)
Awesome amp for cleans, no lie there. I've been using one for a few years.

those are bastard loud too, fran turned his crate up full the other day, i had the best shit i've had in years

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:04 pm

MGR has a Crate Powerblock for $60 - I'd need a 120W cab, though. Hmmmmm....