superchucker77
29 posts
Apr 28, 2008
2:57 PM
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I would like to know what would be a good solid state amplifier for harmonica for under $100?
I playing a gig in a few months and I need a cheap amp.
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eharp
15 posts
Apr 28, 2008
3:18 PM
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probably going to have to go used on the amp. i would take your mic into a second-hand music store and blow thru several. make sure it has a line out or you have an extra mic to send the signal to the pa.
if you want new; i would try the roland cube. it can be run on batteries, has lots of knobs so you can tweak different sounds from it and it is about $125.
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Patrick Barker
47 posts
Apr 28, 2008
3:45 PM
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I agree about the Roland cube- I've tried it out at a guitar center and it has a great blues sound under the setting "brit combo" (or something like that)
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bluemoose
10 posts
Apr 28, 2008
4:06 PM
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Hi:
My first love...oops, I mean amplifier, was a little '95
solid state tweed Fender Bronco. Looked a mini tweed Fender
Champ or a Pro Junior. I took the back panel off it to help
the projection. It has an overdrive channel that with the
bass at 10 and gain at 1.5 gives a real nice growly bark. It
was always getting mistaken for a tube amp.
I got mine new for around $200 Canadian but a used one would
be much less, if you could find one.
BUT, put a harp commander in front of it and it comes alive.
Kind of like jumping from 2 dimensional sound to 5!
I jammed with it for several years until my dream tube amp
arrived. I was starting to do Adam's dual amp setup with it
but a really nice gentleman who had been attending the jam
for as long as I had been kept offering to buy it for
himself and his son, both of whom were starting out to play
some and I finally caved and sold it to him for a very
good price. He keeps telling me how much he likes it.
If I come across another one I might buy one back.
moose
ps. one is up on ebay now:
Item number: 220227798144
Fender Bronco 15 Watt Tweed Amp NR
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superchucker77
30 posts
Apr 29, 2008
4:37 PM
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Has anyone tried the roland cube 15x ?
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