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Location: Fairbanks, AK | I absolutely love my uk2 and cant think of ever needing any other guitar. I have been thinking of buying an amp that complements the sound of the uk2 and is loud enough for small gigs.
I currently have a small fender bullet practice amp and a fender deluxe 90. I am looking for something that is all tube and doesnt just sound like a wall of noise. An amp with a nice rounded out low end that doesnt sound empty and hollow like most solid state amps.
I have considered marshalls, but i sorta find them to be too high pitched, although I havent tried one with a uk2. I have also considered mesa/boogie, namely the nomad series. I really don't know which amp would be the best. I don't have enough experience and the amp selection in fairbanks, alaska doesnt leave much room for testing amps out in stores. There are many amps I wouldn't even think of considering because my background with amps isnt very broad.
I am looking to spend around 1000 for the head, but could probably spend a little more, up to 1500. I would also like to know about cabinets, but the amp is most important. I tend to like to research quite a bit before I make large purchases. I read up a lot on all kinds of guitars before I decided on the uk2.
So what suggestions do you guys have on amps? What sort of amps do you guys with uk2s use? |
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Location: NJ | well you don't like Marshall so how about Fender?
Or hughes and kettner,
mesa boogie.
soldano
carvin
all make some nice stuff |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Carvin has some rugged, good priced, great sounding work horses. I have an anniversary stack, which is a bit more than you have mentioned interest but I have used a lot of Carvin gear over the years.
My current favorite amp however is a Velocette twin. They don't make them anymore I guess, but if you can find one, you won't regret it.
If you like playing with the guitar "wide open" you may not like what happens with most fenders and a UKII. Those rails are hot, very hot, if the distortion don't get'ya, the noise will. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Louie,
For the money you are talking about, you can't do any better than a THD BiValve or Flex50. If you don't fall in love with the sound of the original tubes, just switch them out for some different sounds.
I believe that the THD line has won just about every award from every guitar mag in both the US and the UK. |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | I got to thinking about this (ALWAYS a bad sign) and my suggestion is to try a bass amp; such as a Fender Bassman '59 or a Traynor YBA series. Both would give you a deeper sound. Another option is to use a guitar amp with a larger speaker such as a 15 inch. The lower resonant frequency of the speaker tends to increase the bass projection. |
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Which amp for a uk2?
