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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:35 pm
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65 DRRI you can,t go wrong. I gotta get one my self.


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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:06 pm
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First amp and good sound and cheap ..super champ xd....around $300 new. I have several amps and way too many guitars...scxd great because it has amp modeling along with effects...I really like the tweed or blackface settings...although it has some metal type sounds too
my hot rod reluxe..was fine for about 3 months then I hated it. took diff tubes and $300 mod to get it right (to my ears)
I was considering getting a bigger amp for playin out but then i tried using the line out in the back of the SCXD and plugged it into the clean channel on a peavey studio pro (30 watts used $125) that i also have just sittin around holy moly way loud....with the scxd on 2-3 and the peavey on 3-4 it keeps the fenders tone..I use it on my brand new artic white mex strat ...sounds wonderful..to me...tone is personal like religous/politics veiws ..what you like is perfect for you...best advice on whole string..try as many as you can with as much of your personal gear as possible...


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Ok, there are many esteemed colleagues here on this forum. Everyone has their opinions on what is a great amp and what isn't. Me I love the SCXD for MY style and tone. But, that is me and my tone! Do yourself a favor, take your guitar to the store and plug into every amp within your budget. Heck, plug in to every amp out of your budget and let YOUR ears do the deciding...and of course your wallet. This is no slam on anyone, just what I recommend. Hope you find the tonal bliss I have with my rig..:)
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+1 - great point.

Same with pedals - go to stores where you can bring in your pedals/pedalboard to see how well it plays with others.

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Ah yes, the Peavey Classic 30. A great amp...I had one for years before buying my Twin. An excellent option indeed.


I bought mine a couple of years ago, and it's been my only amp since then. Very well built and sounds great- I've had no issues with it so far. It might not have the same name recognition as a Fender, but it's becoming, I think, something of a classic amplifier in its own right. The C30 really has its own sound: warm cleans, punchy lead channel.


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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:11 am
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Don't sell Peavey short. They have a great reputation as well as tremendous name recognition. Way more than you may think.
You have a great trouble free amp which is a lot more than I can say about a lot of other manufacturers.


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Oh, I'm not. I'm just saying that they are to amplifiers what Yamaha are to guitars. At least, non-metal amplifiers: the 6505 is rightly as popular as Mesas and Marshalls. But when a lot of people are talking amps, Peaveys tend to get lost in the Fender/Marshall/Vox/Orange/etc discussion, despite the fact that they sound great and the quality is first-rate.

My main combo is a Yamaha semi-hollow into my Peavey, and I love both. I tried a ton of Strats before buying my Yamaha semi, and tried the HRD and Blues Jr. before deciding on the C30.

Love my Jazz bass, though. ;)


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That's where we differ. I found the sound boxy, sterile and very digital sounding. It lacks the dynamics that even my 6 watt SF Champ has. Could be I just have a lot of reference points. Neither the HRD, VM or any of the Fender DSP equipped amps do anything for me. They just lack character and warmth to my ears. YMMV


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Thanks alot for all the advices, everyone. I appreciated all of them. So, the result was that I took my Strat to several stores downtown, played for several hours, and ended up getting a real bargain on the Super Champ XD. To my ears it sounded as perfect is it can be taking both budget and tone in consideration. I am most sure that I will be playing a year from now on, so when the time is right, I will buy myself one abit better. Maybe even I will discover small preckles of what I like in sound and not. But for now, I am pretty convinced that I made a good choice.
Thanks again!


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63supro wrote:
That's where we differ. I found the sound boxy, sterile and very digital sounding. It lacks the dynamics that even my 6 watt SF Champ has. Could be I just have a lot of reference points. Neither the HRD, VM or any of the Fender DSP equipped amps do anything for me. They just lack character and warmth to my ears. YMMV


As I said last week they are junk. They lack warmth and are very digital sounding. Plus i personally know people that have had problems with the vibro champ and super champ xcds and the vintage modified, and everyone knows the problems with the hot rod series. Junk, junk and more junk.

OZZY RULES!!!


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My personal rule of thumb is the amp should cost at least the same or more than the guitar for a good quality gigging amp. Naturally a small bedroom amp will be less. My guess is 4 or 5 hundred won't be enough for either in your case. There are amps available for that price but they would be mismatched to a nice guitar like yours. You bought a nice guitar ... don't cheap out on the amp and ruin everything. Soon after my post there will be a long line of people telling you to by a Hot Rod or Junior amp. Do yourself a favor. Don't.


+1 Friends don't let friends buy HRD series amps. You could probably find a used DRRI for $600-700. That's the way I'd go. I use Egnater and Fender. Mostly Egnater now. I dumped a HRDlx and picked one up and never looked back. A used Princeton is about as low as I'd go. If you're handy build a 5e3 Tweed Deluxe kit .


I agree with my 2 friends here on their choice of amps if you are sure you will stick to playing. Even if you don't the resale on this better quality amps is worth the extra expense. YMMV!! :wink:


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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:14 am
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I have been playing about thirty years and last year played to a crowd of about 75,000 people at one show. The amp I used was my SCXD. You made a good choice. I have had lots of amps over the years, Marshalls, Fenders, Traynors, Vox's, and if you close your eyes and do a blind ear test, the SCXD will be the equal of just about any amp. And I have not modified mine at all. It is completely stock. If you were gigging with it I would recommend a replacement set of tubes, although I still have the originals in mine and it is close to 2 years old. Good luck with your amp and guitar. Have fun.


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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:51 pm
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I have been playing about thirty years and last year played to a crowd of about 75,000 people at one show. The amp I used was my SCXD. You made a good choice. I have had lots of amps over the years, Marshalls, Fenders, Traynors, Vox's, and if you close your eyes and do a blind ear test, the SCXD will be the equal of just about any amp. And I have not modified mine at all. It is completely stock. If you were gigging with it I would recommend a replacement set of tubes, although I still have the originals in mine and it is close to 2 years old. Good luck with your amp and guitar. Have fun.


I'm glad it worked for you. 75,000 is a big crowd no doubt. No disrespect intended, but personally I couldn't compare it to any of those amp manufacturers you listed. Especially Fender. To my ears it's not even close and I have also have owned many amps in the 40 years I've been playing also. I wouldn't gig heavily with one unless I had a backup. YMMV and it's only this man's opinion. I do know people who gig with them, but I also know people who gig with GDec 30's and POD's too. It's just not my thing. I do love small tube amps, but the DSP and modeling amps just don't do it for me.


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I personally wouldnt gig with one either,however I feel its a great inexpensive amp with effects for a beginner to get a feel for what they like and dont like.Once they can figure that out ,then I would move on to what they really want .I would hate to recommend a 900 dollar amp to someone when a year later they might find out that its just not what they want.The scxds effects arent the greatest,but it will allow the OP to decide which effects they like .I think of how I arrived at where I am today as a guitar player.I went thru the multi effects bit ( I have only been playing for about 17 years even though I am 51) and it allowed me to experiment with alot of different tones.It helped me decide what I didnt want and also allowed me to develop as a player in the meantime.Sure someone can resell the other amp if they want to,but you almost never come out ahead.My recommendation for a beginner would be find something you can afford that sounds decent,practice your butt off,find people to play with(maybe a teacher as well) and develop your own voice.Once you figure out who you are then find the tools that can make that happen.At that point buy the best equipment you can .Just my approach and opinion.


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My comments were not meant to insult John. I saw his website and he is in a band that seems to be very successful in the wedding/event industry among other things and he has my total respect as a musician as I respect everyone who picks up an instrument and expresses him/her self. I'm just too set in my old ways to deal with whole digital effect and modeling thing. I can hear it as soon as I walk into a club. I can also tell if the guitarists are usinga HRD Deluxe, DeVille or a Blues Deluxe and especially a Blues Jr. The tone just grates on me. Huge pedal boards and tons of overused effects bother me too. I can tell if the amp is solid state too by the way it cuts the mix or not.

budglo, I'm only a few years older than you but I started playing when I was around 11 years old. LOL I used to play weddings and parties as a kid. Lots of fun. The 70's and 80's were the big years with big venues and opening acts at festivals, then wife, and family commitments slowed it all down. I just decided to get back into playing out again but on a much smaller scale. It's just too much fun not to. I play in a couple of part time blues bands now and I'll see how it all works out.


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