What is a good tube guitar amp to buy?

November 29, 2008  |  Vintage Audio Q & A

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va.halen_nut66 asked:


I 'M which makes building a custom guitar and was wanting to buy a new amps to go with it. So that the tube amps will give you the best sound period, but that is the most affordable tube amps that still will give a great sound of vintage? Thanks in advance for any Intel.



5 Comments


  1. Try Carvin Tube Amps.

    They are all nice, especially the Legacy’s. But they are very expensive.
    They have about three other tube amp models, each with different setups. You can get Combo tube amps, or half/full stacks.

    I would recommend the X100B series. They sound very nice, and are pretty affordable.

  2. Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
    Anything from Orange

  3. This is the cheapest I know.

  4. I have a Crate Blue Voodoo head and 4×12 cab. They sound great. Got the head on ebay for about 250. 120w tube head is plenty loud. Power section has 4 12xa7 GTs.

  5. I got your amp right here try the Mesa Boogie Express

    also check my blog for some really cool guitars

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