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The Boss Katana Mini is surprisingly good, runs on batteries or a standard pedal power supply, and weighs almost nothing.
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05-25-2021 08:03 PM
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Mambo 8, Henriksen Blu.
My Mambo 8 is still going strong after 10 years.
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The Roland MicroCube would fit the bill—small, lightweight, runs on batteries or corded. You can play an auxiliary source through it with a wire. No hiss that I have noticed.
A few years ago I had an Epiphone Valve Jr. that was a nice little 5 watt amp. Excellent for playing at home. I wish I hadn’t sold it.Last edited by Doctor Jeff; 05-26-2021 at 07:43 AM.
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Originally Posted by 0zoro
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
OK, so I see reports of the Roland JC series having a hiss. Is that older Roland technology? Because hiss out of a Roland BLUES Cube (or Microcube) is not something I have ever read... and I researched these amps heavily before buying my Blues Cube Artist, because they are not cheap. Is the "Cube 40" from the 1980's??? Solid state has come a long way since then...
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My main amp is a ToneMaster Deluxe Reverb whichis very light but quite bulky sowhen I want "small and portable" I use a tc electronics BAM200 head (about 7 inches wide) parked on top of a Toob 6.5" Metro BG speaker (on a small platform with velcro). It simply doesn't get any smaller and portable - total weight of 15lbs. This setup is works equally well for my ES175D as for my Höfner violin bass. Since the amp has no reverb, I place a Fender Tre-Verb in front of it, and I find it has one of the best plate reverbs I've heard outside of a studio (at a reasonable price). The setup is very quiet, furthermore the BAM200 also has a headphone socket for silent playing which is great late at night.
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TOOB Metro BG 6.5"Last edited by Ray175; 05-27-2021 at 07:11 AM.
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Originally Posted by ruger9
Btw, I love solid state amps and have couple of them : Session Rockette:30, Session Bluesbaby 22 and AER Alpha. The Rockette hisses and hums a little, but it’s 30 years old, could be caps or resistors. The others only hiss when you put your ear agains the grille cloth or crank the volume way up. Normal indeed.
All I know is that my Cube 30x had a weird hiss and did strange things at the end of the note decay (cut it off).... the reason I let it go. I read it’s an onboard or build in limiter but have never really seen that confirmed in official Roland documentation.
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Thanks for the many ideas and points of view! Appreciated in my ongoing search for a new, small, QUIET practice amp. Anyone who would like to add a word please do.
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The Little Jazz weighs about 15 lbs, sounds great and is quiet. I use it for almost everything. Including 19 pc big band (admittedly, a stretch for the amp, but no complaints). Apparently $300 at Musicians Friend right now which is cheaper than I paid at GC.
For a really low budget, a used Crate GFX15 is worth considering. They sell used for about $35. They sound great IMO, but FX are preset and not adjustable. I can get my sound, but maybe not everyone would be happy.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
Because of the heat given off with my Peavey Classic 30, I usually play without an amp this time of the year.
I like the idea of being able to use headphones, and record directly from the amp. Plus it won't heat up the room!
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I use an HX Stomp into some bookshelf speakers I had lying around.
With this setup I can use my phone via USB to the HX Stomp as an audio interface through the speakers for backing tracks/metronome/YouTube/etc.
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I sometimes play with another guitarist who use a QUilter Micropro. I haven't noticed any hissing out of that.
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Probably the most economical, and lightweight solution:
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
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Originally Posted by Strbender
Originally Posted by Dave70
I took mine apart and was going to mount it in a cigar box as a cool vintage thing, just haven't gotten around to doing it. I did do that with a Pignose amp--in an old farm radio--and it looks and sounds awesome (too bad the battery power supply was kaput, so it has to be plugged in.)
Just my advice unless you want to use headphones exclusively the Roland Microcube gives the best bang for the buck that I've tried. The Pignose is not a bad idea either, though it tends to get fuzzy unless you turn the guitar volume knob way down.
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Agreed on the HoneyTone & all those tiny amps- they are toys.
I'm actually looking at a Fly3 as a "uber small but still good-sounding carry around amp"
This person is playing a solid body guitar, so an Archtop should sound even better for "jazz tones", I would think:
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Judging the sound of an amp through a YouTube is not the brightest of ideas.
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Originally Posted by Marcel_A
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I recorded a whole bunch of songs in college using a honeytone placed in a closed box with a microphone in it. Sounded awesome, but not a jazz tone, for sure.
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I've been using a Jazz 12 for the last 2 years and love it. The LIttle Jazz is also a great amp, but for the extra $50 you get a serious box that will handle most gigs in most venues and weighs almost nothing. I'm the house band leader in a little club that does jazz and blues shows, and the owner found it (used and cheap) to put in our backline for harmonica players. I plugged my AF207 into it and claimed it for myself after the first notes! We just let harp players use the Blues Deluxe or the Bandit .
I've used the Jazz 12 with my Epi Les Paul 7 (a true Frankenaxe with an EMG active at the neck, the bridge P/U removed, and all holes filled and refinished) and now my recently acquired Raines Tele7, for most shows of any kind. And it's fantastic with my AF207 or Eastman 810 CE7 for backing jazz vocalists or when I'm a "featured artist" and not just the usual nameless, faceless sideman .
Either DV Mark Jazz is a wonderful amplifier well worth having. The L'il "only" has an 8, which limits it on stage for walking bass lines on a 7 string - but even that 8 makes a lot of great sound. At bedroom volumes, you can't go wrong with it for $300 brand new!
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont
Would love to hear one of your recordings! ;-)
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Used Fishman Loudbox Mini might be in the ballpark for clean sound with reverb and chorus.I like to combine those with a tube amp sometimes.The editing through a computer Jon Herrington did plus his musical ideas was impressive with the Yamaha practice amp.
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Victoria Ivy League is a clone of the tweed-era Fender Harvard. You get a 10” speaker, three inputs with increasing levels of attenuation, a volume knob and a tone knob. More recent builds feature a half-power switch. The cab is small and surprisingly light and should be easy to schlepp around the house for most people. I use input 3 (most attenuation) with the volume between 3-4 for home practice—a fantastic clean tube tone with rich mids for jazz.
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Originally Posted by Marcel_A
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Another DV Little Jazz 8" fan here. It isn't sexy but it is so consistent and good.
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