Chappers & The Capt Choose An Amp for Under £100!

[@cmdrcrimbo]

Guys you got to remember that a practice amp under 100 quid will be played in a bedroom quietly enough so parents / room mates cannot hear in the next room, I dont know why you are banging on about who's is loudest. You should have put them on volume 1 and see who's has the best sound and tones at low volume.

[@nightraven5760]

I would disagree. If you're young, youre likely gonna get an amp that's as loud as possible so you can practice with your band, and an amplug/marshall ms2 for bedroom. That's what I did

[@harrypottershead8331]

@@nightraven5760 i need one for my bedroom, so...

[@nightraven5760]

@@harrypottershead8331 yeah, so get a VOX Amplug or Marshall MS2, then when you lpay with a band spend the main cash on a really loud amp

[@TubeDupe]

@@nightraven5760 Practice amp for bedroom and practice amp for the elusive "garage you can practice in with deaf neighbours" are like chalk and cheese.

[@simon_patterson]

Nah mate, half the fun is playing with your mates. For that, you need some volume.

[@emmey8865]

You could say Orange *crushed* it I'll see myself out

[@JobForAMaxboy]

Please do because that was *terror*ble. I’ll leave with you

[@djhavickofficial]

LOL YES

[@ampcruz2540]

Lol 😆

[@futbolkid1997]

Couldn't you guys have found some amps that weigh less? 100 lbs. seems pretty heavy

[@tripleforcium8003]

Nice one

[@jackgeddesmedia]

Hey guys, I’ve got an idea for a video: buy an all valve rig for under £700 but one of you has to choose a combo and the other has to get a head and cab. I think that’d be pretty cool to see!!

[@joelcoool]

Jack Geddes I think they should make a huge video out of it, and do 3 price points: combo vs head&cab at £300, £500, £700 Or maybe somehow work solid state vs valve in there too

[@therhythmist9156]

6:28 basically every day a guitar center!

[@terasankka]

LOL... I am just visiting USA and went to two Guitar Centres. It was exactly like that. :D

[@RoachDoggJr2112]

The Orange Crush would have been my choice, too.

[@rmg222]

I have one, and a valve amp, still like the orange sound

[@darktempest53]

Oddly enough the Marshall did sound leagues better through the Cap10

[@twistedemise]

Love the punk demos more than random shredding

[@Chet1138]

Agreed.

[@PeteHawthorne]

Also agreed.

[@craiglarbes1546]

Is it even politically correct to plug a $2,000 Fender elite into a $150 Marshal amp?!

[@jfinkle456]

Craig Larbes no, it is not

[@craiglarbes1546]

jfinkle I was just joking around

[@jfinkle456]

Craig Larbes me too lol

[@fagyu7502]

Craig Larbes that amp is less than 100€

[@chipbipple2593]

No. Do it.

[@gamergod9182]

I'd go with the Boss. A practice amp doesn't need volume, it needs good tones that inspire you to play.

[@20quid]

The Boss seems like a good little "bedroom" amp, for when you're just noodling around on your own. The Orange is definitely the best amp for jamming with other people.

[@groverjuicy]

Never cranked my crush 12 to full volume, it's just sooooo loud. Best 1st/practice amp EVER. Having gain & overdrive knobs as well as 3 band e.q. makes it incredibly versatile. No I am not Cliff Cooper.

[@ShoreyJr]

I love the Orange Crush stuff. They have this awesome kinda fuzzy sound that I can't get enough of. And man, do they cut.

[@chrisdavidson911]

the boss sounds like a really good amp, that someone's playing in the other end of the house

[@napkinshoplifta5163]

When I started playing, I couldn't afford an amp so... Years playing an electric unplugged

[@landonfranklin1170]

Napkin Shoplifta' i plugged mine into a record player input

[@stuartbegley2085]

Mark knopfler done that for years.

[@marshallzingkhai889]

Same league here.

[@jbish1479]

I still have to do that when the Mrs is watching real housewives of Cheshire 🤢

[@giltyakhtar]

Not to knock you down,but you miss a lot of essential skills not plugging into an amp. Ability to dial a tone,knowing when to reduce volume and tone on the fly,and also learn to mute strings when distortion is on

[@desvonbladet]

One of our old guitarists used a Focusrite into Amplitude into the PA. It sounded fine. Another one played a Pocket Pod into the PA. It sounded fine. Current one plays a Zoom Something.3 into a clean amp or just the PA live. That sounds fine too. My theory which is mine is that if there's a PA anyway then modelling will be fine. My other theory which is also mine is if you can stretch to a Boss Katana 50 then your life will still be better.

[@riffdude]

I've got a POD Mini of a good friend of mine. This thing is amazing. Sounds pretty good and works well infront of a clean amp. If you only want one sound this thing is good for practice and live applications. All you need is get the thing loud 😍 wish I had it anymore but no I got the Boss GT-1 from my buddy and this amazing. I'm going to make a video for my channel 😀

[@liamanderson4456]

Fender MIM/Squier Classic Vibe/Epiphone guitar + Boss Katana 50 + Zoom Effects Unit = Probably the best value for money rig. If the internet is to be believed that is.

[@robertpurdy4452]

Sounds a lot like my rig.

[@davidstorm4015]

Oh, forgot to say, if you have £100 you absolutely have to buy something second hand, you can get some quality kit for this if you're prepared to have something from the previous decade or so.

[@msspi764]

But Andertons isn't selling us on their used gear.

[@nightraven5760]

Avt50s are 50-70 quid down here! It's just silly that you would go for an 8 inch, 10 watt amp when for LESS, you could get a second hand, semi valve, 12 inch 50 watt amp

[@willowilson5753]

I tried this out in my local guitar store and I fell in love with the boss katana mini. Great birthday present for myself. Perfect sized bedroom practice amp

[@andydaniel3070]

I’m with Rob on this. I’ve got an MG15CFX and only ever use the clean channel with a pedal in front. It’s still not great, but it’s loads better than using the drive channels.

[@charliet.sanford2495]

I just bought my daughter her first guitar & amp for Christmas. I bought the Acoustic G20 Lead or whatever for $80. It sounds light years better than anything I’ve ever heard in that price range.

[@oleksiizhuk2331]

Vox VT series are killer amps! VT20+ used to be my first amp back in the day. Loved it a lot. The variety of amps and effects was sufficient, and the volume range allowed to sound good both at home and at a big hall. Really tempted remembering the times. It's a shame you haven't done any videos on that for 7 years. Guys, up this, if you are interested in it. It's a bargain for new players.

[@timfletch]

I wonder what percent of the beginners with that kind of gear actually get together and jam out. At that stage I just figured the decent lower volume Boss amp in the basement office or your bedroom just learnin learnin learnin

[@sublimingmule6356]

Mg 15 was my first amp. I still use it for practice and writing. I broke the gain channel. It took a nasty fall. But I have an fx processor, so I can get amazing sounds through the clean as a pedal platform.

[@andrewl5127]

I have a soft spot for the MG series because of a little MG10 that I used to make a bee-line for at my lessons. It was so easy to get the right tone for what I was playing and used to sound much better than the bigger amps they had. For a Les Paul type guitar it used to sound pretty ok even when fairly loud. Just bought a MG15 for my Dad (who is a beginner - BTW I am >50) and its pretty good when played at room volumes. The sound gets worse when loud like most cheap amps. What did surprise me was how big it is physically - much bigger than the MG10 and wider and taller (just) than the Code 25. Its not as discrete as the old MG10!

[@GuitardedAndBroke]

I thinks it's a ride of passage as a new guitarist to play with sh*t gear. I know I did... and I loved every sh*tty minute of it!!

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Totally agree. Your first guitar shouldn't be a really nice one, it should be an ok one that's not complete garbage but one that you still like. That way when you finally get your dream guitar (I recently got mine- a PRS S2 satin that I love dearly), it'll mean the world to you & you really appreciate it. Plus a lot of beginners don't stick with it so that expensive gear will end up being a waste of money.

[@tehking23]

I have a Squier Bullet Strat and a Frontman 10G and I love them 😂

[@rev0lvingd00rs6]

I think that Chappers had a fair point, i play on an MG15CFR and I know for a fact that the gain channel sounds shit. Clean channel with a drive or distortiob sounds not only so much better, but sounds genuinly good in my opinion.

[@CJMartial]

The Fender Champion 20 is an excellent amp in that price range. Ton of different voices of amp & gain. And built in effects. Great for practice, I really like mine

[@markwhitehead6965]

Very useful comparison. I absolutely agree with the microphone choice. The room acoustic is a serious consideration at these sort of volume levels. Very interesting because this is exactly where I was 3 months ago (except I'm 63 and not 15). I bought the Marshall MG15CFX which costs a wee bit more but adds chorus, phaser, flanger, delay and octave fx as well as the reverb on the subject combo and takes the useful optional footcontroller (PEDL-90008). There is also the MG15CF which doesn't have fx or reverb and is a wee bit cheaper than the MG15CFR. I totally agree that the clean channel gives a lovely sound. Maybe it's because the crunch, od-1 and od-2 are somehow less satisfying, as Rob says, that I did keep hankering after a modelling amp. So I now have a Marshall CODE 50 as well (bought from Anderton's - great deal- thanks). So, should I have taken the Orange instead of the MG15? A very difficult choice. I'll probably stay with what I have for the foreseeable future. My instrument is an Epiphone G-400 PRO.

[@deanpolis4516]

Definitely prefer the orange. I even have the orange crush 20ldx which i bought as my first amp and recently I took it out of my cupboard and gave it a play and mate it sounds alright for a lil practice amp. I tried that marshall one time and rob isn't joking the clean is definitely louder than the gain channel which i think is weird. But tbh Im not a big fan of the marshall mg series and I love marshall amps but if you were to go marshall I reckon its worth saving more for the dsl range at least :)

[@GGRetroRally]

orange micro terror.. £99 plus £50 for the cab the chrismas after :-).. they are LOUD and sound great

[@fourkray4825]

Andy Lord My first setup was the micro dark for £100 because I got money off from points and a 4x12 Ashton cab I bought off someone near me for £40. It was such a great setup, I’ve got a blues junior now but I’m thinking of getting a micro terror at some point

[@MrBatf1nk]

I have a 2 x 12 1936 cab I run my Micro Dark through - Amazing Sound!

[@neptunethemystictube]

Yeah I'm not waiting two whole Christmases for a whole amp.

[@chrispouflis7331]

nah just until your birthday

[@andrewbailey7999]

Well what a coincidence! I bought an MG15CFX (basically the same amp as Rob is using but with a few more bells and whistles) about a week ago, and lo and behold, this video comes out very shortly afterwards!

[@STRATOHOLICRichman]

As of right now my practice setup is a Fender Champ 5F1 (Joyo Sweet Baby) with a 12AX7, 6V6, and 5Y3 tube compliment and a Celestion Eight-15 speaker (british voiced speaker). I get my drive from an Xotic SL Drive which is a Marshall Super Lead voiced pedal. When you get the amp just at the edge of breakup and engage the pedal it just starts to overdrive in such a natural and smooth way, but not farty or spitty like the champ usually is when cranked, and I think with that British voiced speaker and the Marshall in a box pedal make it sound like a tiny version of a Marshall amp on 10. It's very inspiring to play unlike most solid state/ transistor amps and even modeling rigs. The natural compression from the power tube and the sag from the tube rectifier really feel like a power amp that's working hard. A very interesting little setup that I think any tube amp lover, especially in a rock context, would love. Also the cleans are amazing, its a tube Fender amp. Then when I want the 5F1 Champ sound I just crank it without a pedal and that is awesome too, reminds me of a lot of some Zeppelin recordings. I mean, just look up how many albums were recorded with a Fender Champ on full tilt. Tiny tube amps cranked can give some awesome tones.

[@RantVoidTiggs]

As another "budget" video, I'd love to see you review some of the cheaper-end pedals (Hotone, Tone City, etc) alongside these amps. Both to look into what affordable pedals sound good and to see how versatile these affordable amps are when adding pedals into the mix. It would also be interesting to see such a review using sub-£200 guitars, maybe even sub-£150, to get a good idea of what effect pedals can have on a complete starter practice rig. Also then maybe, just for comparison, what the same pedal (and guitar) setup would sound like through higher-end amp. As knowing what cheaper pedals, if any, still work well when you start to upgrade the rest of your gear can be useful form a value perspective.

[@Todesnuss]

Blackstar Fly3 is probably the best thing you can get in that price range. It's very limited but it sounds good both driven and clean

[@nikhillobo7411]

it's funny watching the Captain squabble for damage control after Rob just goes for it at 4:07 xD

[@ASLUHLUHC3]

Hahaha

[@parcival2661]

I have the Fender Champion 20 and it's actually decent for a practice amp. It's very versatile and has loads of fx built in.

[@aikensource]

The thing Rob was doing around 7:45... man, that sounded great. inspiring

[@taffskates4150]

Definitely worth looking secondhand managed to pick a hardly used 30w Peavy Vypyr for £50 and some of the amp settings are amazing with 12 presets for your favourites

[@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy]

Apart from when it was full volume I preferred the Orange. The Boss also sounded good but personally I'd find the whole battery thing limiting. Plus if you're aiming it at kids or low budget that's another expense.

[@tomholton235]

Upgrades from a first rig would be a great video. Start with a cheap squire and one of these amps and set a modest budget for upgrades. Do you upgrade your amp, the guitar or add pedals/multi effects? Think that would be good for a lot of people starting out.

[@jimmyalber]

I was shopping for a small amp for my daughter and after trying several, I decided to go with the Fender Champion 20. It sounds great! It has amp models and built-in effects are very good, but it's not a "modeling" amp like the Fender Mustang.

[@alecmullaney7957]

Yes it is?

[@nosferaiuzial866]

To answer the question at the end... I just bought an orange 12... great lil room amp...snag a 1/8-1/4 adapter n you've got yourself a mean laptop speaker as well 😂...✌️be good y'all

[@timoconnor9950]

Love the Andertons videos but sometimes I get a little frustrated when things are said like "if you put a pedal in front of it then it would be a great amp.".... Then put a pedal in front of it and show us! I understand you want to stick to the rigidity of the concept for the video but don't let concept overshadow the practicality. Love all the videos though!

[@borderthisrecords6851]

That first jam took me back a few years. Practicing in an old caravan. Brilliant!!!

[@borderthisrecords6851]

I would take the orange without doubt. Boss is great though. But LOUD!

[@Payne2view]

I used to own the older, gold fronted, version of the Marshall 15 (I had to sell it so seeing that makes me a little wistful). Rob is right about the gain channel. An overdrive in front of the clean channel does sound better. If we are talking strictly about an amp to practice at home with, the Boss Katana Mini is probably the best since we want tone without disturbing volume.

[@sambenton45]

I'm all in on the Boss, Livingroom , bedroom , back stage, Back yard

[@ghty43]

My first bit of gear was a little Peavey amp(don’t recall the model specifically) Ibanez blue and white Gio and some dinky Behringer phaser pedal. I’ve moved up the chain since ‘99 but I still look back fondly to that little rig. I enjoyed the Orange amp.

[@charliepayne9248]

Sound like The Ramones for under £750- Guitar & Bass, 2 Pedals & Amp's? Failure to do so will result in this challenge not being shown! "Hey Ho Let's Go"!

[@orlock20]

A two humbucker guitar into a Marshall sounding amp.

[@simonfreer9076]

Why even pedals????

[@charliepayne9248]

Makes it more interesting, eg;- DS1 & Mosrite Fuzz Tone! Gabba, Gabba, Hey!

[@anthonysclafani3963]

I'd love to see them do this. You actually need single coils since he played a Mosrite with a DM FS1. I always thought he used humbuckers since photos show his guitar had a humbucker in the neck but he had it disconnected & never used it. He never used effects, just a tuner. I'd go with a cheap Marshall and add either an overdrive, micro amp boost, or something like a Marshall Jackhammer to tweak the sound further. You don't want fuzz or distortion, you need a cranked Marshall with the gain set to low or medium. His sound is actually fairly clean, just super loud.

[@charliepayne9248]

Anthony Sclafani good point, I've actually own a reissue of his guitar & your right the bridge is single, I had it imported from USA and it's spec is spot on from the volume & tone knobs to the tuner's, neck dot's, also I had the privilege of seeing them live about early 80's, I'm positive that J/R had some form of distortion? With so much interest shown on this topic Andertons have got to respond.... "I wanna be sedated"

[@stratmanuk]

Easy! I have a Roland Micro Cube, cost me £99.00 and is utterly ace! Does everything and gets used more than my Bassbreaker and pedalboard ☺

[@Foster9432]

I spent the first few years of playing guitar with a mg30dfx and a boss gt8 and got a goodish tone from it (Obviously not full valve quality but ok). Used it till it broke. Totally agree with rob that you need a pedal after the clean and its fine for newbies

[@mattheweastel129]

All sound miles better than my old Park 10 watt that I started with. Bedroom playing the Marshall, but if you’re a lead guitarist playing in a band I agree that the Orange will stand out

[@techwatch4202]

I like the Orange, was going to get the crush 20 as my first amp but then I saw a Blackstar ID Core beam for half price and swooped in on that instead cause of its reverb, delay and other features, plus I'm planning to get a bass in the future so it works out best for me since I'm on a tight budget

[@troyhill1924]

I prefer the orange, amazing playing in this vid I loved it

[@jr13227]

You sold me on the orange. I play bass but just picked up my old guitar and I’m using my fender rumble 15 bass amp. Doesn’t sound bad believe it or not but I would love the orange drive sound.

[@MrJimDG]

To get a good tone out of the Marshall, buy a secondhand one with a gold control panel and 1/4" headphone and line in/out. It will sound 100% better and be louder than the more modern one tested here.

[@harringtonsheritage2380]

I have the Marshall mg15hcfx cleans are lovely and the crunch nice. Good for a practice amp, no issues at all. And I would say a clean sound for a beginner in my opinion is always better, than stacking the gain.

[@riff1964]

My first amp was a Marshal MG15R (13 years ago). I still have it, although last year I ripped the inside out and replaced it with a Champ AA64 tube circuit. .... Awsome ..... I was surprised to find the MG has a real mini reverb tank in it. I have some bits if you need them.

[@rsmallfield]

Anyone looking for a cheap first or practice amp with no bells and whistles should check out the Vox P10. No reverb, but it sounds way, way better than it should at that price. It gives you all you need in a practice amp: good tone and no frills. Although it’s solid state, actually does sound like a Vox. Way better than you’d expect at that price point. (My last amp was a ‘59 Bassman, so I do know what a good amp sounds like.)

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

After 45 years - I’ve just bought my first real amp… the first being my old, original MicroCube. And the one I went for was the Orange Crush 20RT; a week after getting it, I played a few numbers - country and blues in a village hall and I had to wind it down to no more than 30% and the guitar was barely opened up! The Orange Crush amps are completely underestimated by everyone - hells - I’d love a fender valve job… but I’ve carried memories of Orange clean tones since I was a student back in Liverpool - and now with a modern Orange… I can let the fender idea go….

[@paniccleo]

My first amp was a Marshall mg10 from around 2004. A little while later I got an mg15 with the digital effects in it and that thing sounded awful. They changed something in the drive sound that made it really bad. I still have and use the older mg10 because despite the tiny speaker, lack of general volume and the now crackly knobs, it sounds legit and even cleans up with the volume knob in a really pleasing way.

[@13StJimmy]

I got that same orange for my college apartment amp and it's perfect with or without pedals

[@rezner101]

A good, really helpful video, first for a while. You should do more of this type. Agree with Chappers on this, Marshall with a pedal would sound better.

[@CaptAnderton]

"Helpful".... such a subjective term! Some people want help choosing a cheap amp, some people want help finding out about expensive guitars & some people want to be helped by watching something that makes them laugh! So I think every video is helpful to someone in someway!!

[@rezner101]

CaptAnderton I think people (mainly young) need guidance when starting out. That is why I thought it helpful. Keep up the great work.

[@CJ_YT.]

Exactly what setup I use in college, I use my mxr DD-11 dime distortion with it through the clean channel

[@kmdracer]

in answer to Robs question, I bought the Katana mini. I had a Marshal MG30cfx, and could never grow to like the sound. Luckily, the MG got ruined in the flood from Harvey,you I cashed in some hotel rewards points and bought the Minis daddy: 2x12 100 watt Katana. my brother in law loves the Orange amps, but again, not for me. I play alone, sometimes with friends, at home

[@Zelomeisterdude]

I've had the Marshall, thought it was terrible. A friend has the Orange and it sounds great. I have a Katana 50 which I love, but in this test they should have used a Blackstar ID Core10 V2 (looks to be 86 pounds at Andertons) instead of the mini Katana. Not as loud as the bigger ones here for sure but it has an awesome sound and being in stereo just makes it that much better. I owned one before my Katana, and I wouldn't mind owning one again in addition.

[@greywolf5374]

Love how honest you are with the review, thank you

[@frmcf]

Lee, whatever happened to the original 'CAP-10' strat? You used to whip it out all the time, but now that you've got new toys you seem to be neglecting it.

[@johnelrick8945]

Yep, the Orange for me, definitely. But... I already have the ultimate £99 amp, sadly, it's no longer available. The Roland GC405 mini stack (yeah, it was probably discounted). Perfect, unplug the speaker cab, you have quite a portable 15 watt amp. With the cab, 25 decently loud watts. The best solid state clean sound in the business and a reasonably usable overdrive channel. 8 5" speakers give a richness to the sound with a surprising amount of depth. Found it when I was looking for a Cube.

[@anvil_production]

When he said he got the better guitar and looked at rob.. (rob had fender, captain has Chapman) Man that's the type of support I need in a friendship

[@boilingpaul]

The magic of youtube makes the Orange sound like pulling nose hairs....the Marshall tone is much nicer on this side of the interwebs..

[@SamShearn]

Pablo Honey I had a similar Marshall in 30 watts and it sounded not bad for the price

[@morphine0000]

Yeah, at least in the video, the Marshall is just so much better.

[@mikestak]

Amen to that!!

[@nowwhat1]

Yep, totally agree!

[@acoffeewithsatan]

The old Valvestate series is much superior, I have a VS15R (equivalent to the one being reviewed) and I don't notice any of that mentioned lack of volume.

[@ChrisPreece]

It's a shame the old Roland Cube 15 isn't still around because that would have decimated this competition. I still have mine after 15 years and it is still the best practice and home use amp I have ever found. Started a love affair with Roland'Boss that has lasted my entire musical lifespan.

[@comeback1827]

I have an old micro cube, ans it's great for the size !

[@xxczerxx]

That orange colour is badass on the strat

[@JasonCone]

I agree with Rob on this one: out of those three I'd get the Katana because it sounded the best. If your budget is 100 quid you're almost certainly a beginner, and you're going to be doing a lot more practicing in your bedroom with a backing track or a click than playing with a band. If "needs to play in a beginner garage band" is a requirement, I wouldn't buy or recommend an amp at this price point, because you're just going to be disappointed. Save up a bit more and get something like a Katana 50. If I *HAD* to pick one of these for a garage band requirement (with no PA), I'd pick the Orange. Its volume and mids would give you the best chance of being heard with drums and bass. No chance with the Katana mini (unless you have a PA, in which case the Katana mini would be my choice). Probably no chance with the Marshall, either. And the Marshall sounded like crap. Absolutely terrible with the Fender, and moderately terrible with the Chapman.

[@austincouto4652]

I would have opted for a Vox AD30VT. The valvetronix amps are pretty good for home practice for beginner/intermediate.

[@gvtshorts2024]

These amps all sound great for the price, the only thing that lets them down is the small speaker they come with. The next christmas present should be a 2x12 speaker cab instead of an amp upgrade. Any amp can be easily modded to hook up to a cab. I have a Marshall MG10, for mucking around and testing guitar mods, and when I connect it to the cab it sounds huge, but I don't use the built in gain channel. Like Rob said it makes a great pedal platform when using the clean channel. I also like using the MG10 to see how pedals react with it compared to my DSL40c. If I hook up the tele to the MG10, on clean channel, with the Wampler triple wreck pedal set to moderate gain level and boost it with the BOSS SD-1 I get Jimmy Page tone. Somehow the distortion is decreased but all the goodness gets boosted. If I try this on the DSL40c I just get the horrible sound of two mismatched gain pedals stacked together?

[@user-po5bi6jb9g]

Marshall MG15CFX is good. 4 channels, 4 pedals, reverb, headphone and aux, pretty loud too.

[@dluten100]

I think I would ave up a bit more or talk the parents in on the Crush 20rt. I love my 35rt and it’s perfect for bedroom or small garage band stuff. It also takes pedals very well.

[@AndrewWilliams-bm9ik]

The Fender Acoustasonic 15watt is surprisingly good with an electric guitar and it’s $99.99. I use it with my fender Mexican HSS strat and I can easily play over a drummer.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

I am from another universe apparently, where I was a paperboy, cleaned and washed postal vans and filled the shelves of a supermarket. So I thought of how many hours of work my amp would cost. Feels different.

[@BeepBeep2_]

An extra few £ (£127) would get a Blackstar ID:Core 20w V2. I think it would be great in a video like this.

[@richardhuckle5715]

Quite funny watching an Andertons video from 2010, to see how much has changed. Not just Chappers hair style

[@MrBatf1nk]

If it is for practise, head on over to ebay and look for a decent set of closed back headphones a POD, POD UX2, or THR5 and have so much better tone.

[@joenamredla]

Kinda agree with Rob. I played through an MG series Marshall once before and it sounded okay-ish clean but its distorted channel sounded unforgivably bad. Even then when I knew jack shit about tone and amps i was just like "ohh noo... this is bad"

[@nathanquinn471]

Please put the shopping back into the videos! It's the best bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JohnnyVictor666]

Vox Pathfinder 10!!! Best small cheap amp ever.

[@JDStoneCreations]

The fact is, if you're buying an amp... or a guitar... or frankly any musical instrument for £100 or less, you buy used. But it was cool to see you can actually get something 'alright' brand new for that price!

[@Stropitor]

I like the room sound better than micking the amps individually.

[@srvthesheep4682]

Chapers and the captain need to release some albums of there improv

[@RogerSanderson]

In my setting I would have gone for the Boss Katana Mini. Well... Current home bedroom setting. In my youth I had a lame 80's Peavey practice amp. Though I loved those days, still. I think a young kid learning guitar should experience their parents telling them to turn it down & to experience a tone that isn't the greatest. Rather you get close to the amp in low volume or try to EQ it to make it sound the best, you're getting personal with it. You learn guitar but at the same time you learn what to look for in future equipment for the best sound. Boss Katana Mini is good for the later years when you're intentionally keeping it down for the kid(s) sleeping or taking it anywhere to show your mates a song idea & such.

[@juliettest.laclaire8931]

I rock that Marshall amp. Looking for a Cab and Head though. Blackstar maybe.

[@brutalbeetle]

I love orange's crush series, I'm sad I traded mine in and plan on getting another some day. But they tend to sound bad on KZbin. Play one in person before you judge them.

[@joeydeclue1294]

I also dug the sound of the marshall capt!

[@BounceBoomBounce]

I wanted to like the Katana Mini, but for me it just wasn't practical. The gain channel sounds great, but I couldn't get a clean sound out of it. Even with the volume turned all the way up I had to have the gain turned up to around 11 o'clock to get any sound out of the amp at all on the clean setting. I thought something was wrong with it so I sent it back. The second one did the same thing so I called tech support. The agent I spoke with was great. He got one out and tested it, but got the same results. He was a little surprised himself how much gain had to be added to get a usable "clean" volume. So I returned the amp. None of my other amps are close to that, even other smaller Roland/Boss amps. May not be an issue for some, but I occasionally like a nice clean tone.

[@paulsummerside]

Good advert for orange, and shows how well they've gone about producing a little amp that works the way amps used to and should do. The Boss to me sounded Shite. The Marshall was okay and it had a nice reverb. I would take the Orange any day of the week. Please do the same for Bass amps, but can almost guarantee Orange will do well.

[@SlowMenThinking]

Interesting, I still keep my ol VOX pathfinder 15r. But I agree a good loud clean amp with a peddle may be the way to go.

[@palethorn]

Got the Orange Crush 12 two years ago. I didn't see you demonstrating the cleans on the orange. If you crank the clean, remove the drive, and put some dirt pedals in front, it sounds really good. Drive on the amp kinda sucks, and it sounds horrible through the headphone socket. I only use it to add some volume. The speaker is also crappy at high volumes, but I don't care, I only use it my bedroom.

[@palethorn]

Just one note. If you're going to use it at the band practice, I would seriously consider swapping that speaker. Maybe put a larger one.

[@NextDefault]

I agree the drive isnt the greatest sound (i have the crush 35) and the headphone out sounds pretty poor... that being said, a low drive is really nice, and the clean takes pedals really well... As a side note, if you have the 35, and if you insist on recording DI from the amp, use the fx loop line out... it sounds much better than the emulated line out

[@benthompson2157]

I actually have the MG15CFR and it sounds exactly like that regardless of whether I play my cheap as chips squire or the custom shop Les Paul, and I don't use the gain channel, so definitely a shout there Chappers :) My question is when it's time to move on from the garage band, what should you get after this? Do you model, valve, or save up and go big, head / cab or combo. Next video for some time in the future.

[@mattmckivigan3382]

My first amp was a Crate gx80 in 1994. $90. Still have it.

[@TheLocalZeroChannel]

i'd like to hear a Tube Screamer into the Marshall clean channel, or any of these amps actually. That's kinda what i had going on in the basement in '85... although in my case it was a Boss DS1 into a Roland Cube 40. --- and i'd like to add that after years of gigging i still do pub gigs where i use the small cheap stuff. Practise amps are for always, not just for Christmas.

[@jamjunkies3639]

Katana sounded the best over all. Marshall sounded smoother. Orange sounded the most aggressive IMO. I owned a Crush many, many years ago and they're actually quite good. :)

[@gazzabel7040]

Rob didn’t start playing till he was 16 ? Eh? that’s the most inspirational thing I’ve e ever heard ....he’s sooo good and he obviously didn’t have rich parents who got him a les Paul and a Marshall stack and lessons with Eddie van Blackmore when he was 5.....

[@gm836]

Is 16 too old? He looks 40.