What are the best guitar amps under £200 for heavy metal? Im talking about playing like metallica, black sabbath. The usual sort of metal. I need it to have a high amount of crunch, quite a bit of heavy distortion as well I guess. I would also like quite a thick tone, I play mainly rythm but I also play lead so I would need it to accomodate both. Thanks

Your best bet is to go with one of the Line 6 spyder amplifiers. Yes, everyone that knows anything about guitar *HATES* Them but for what they cost you’ll get all the effects and such you need.

My advice however is to wait until you can afford a real amplifier. While you can find good deals, you’re really not likely to find anything truly decent for under 500 bucks.

My friends are constantly talking about ‘tube’ amps and ‘transtube’ amps and ‘model’ amps – and I have no idea what they mean!!
Someone please explain!!! In simple English! Lol

A tube amp, uses vacuum tubes (or valves as they say in the UK) to amplify the signal. A "real" tube amp has tubes both in the preamp and power amp stages.

Most guitar players will argue that an all tube amp sounds better, more "musical", richer in nuances and responds better. However, they are also more expensive, much heavier, gets hot, are more fragile and more costly to repair and keep running smoothly over the years.

Transtube is a phrase coined by Peavey amplification. Here one uses the other common way of of amplification, transistors, in the power amp stage and preamp tube/valve to simulate some of the characteristics of a tube amp.

There are many great sounding and affordable amps that uses this combination of a transistor power amp and a tube preamp.

Model amps is a term used of hybrid amps who models (claim to sound like) other well known tube amp types, like Marshall, Fender, Vox and Mesa Boogie. There is usually many models built into one of these amps. They are digital in nature, but some also has the preamp tube variety added.

Not sure if this made it any clearer for you?

Im looking to upgrade to a new guitar amp.Im strapped on cash right now so I need something budget friendly and that still sounds good.

you will. not. find an amp/upgrade that sounds good for $100.

Why is it that the majority of tube powered guitar amps not use cooling fans yet produce much much more heat than solid-state amps? My Fender Hot Rod Deville Produces a massive amount of heat and it stays hot for hours after use and seems like a cooling fan would help.

Vacuum tubes tolerate heat more than semiconductors, and require a certain amount of heat just to operate. Natural air circulation is all that is usually needed.

I am looking to buy one of these 3 amps

1.Mesa Boogie F-30
2.Engl Screamer 50
3.Marshall DSL401

I would like the one that has the best value and sound quality but I also want the one with the best tone for Pop Punk/Punk Rock music like Sum 41 or Green Day.

Thanks in advance.

the mesa and engl are a little to high gain for punk their more made for metal.but the marshall is more up your ally or u could try peavey 3150 cause i have a freind that plays punk and he uses that

i got a basic 15 watt amp that has a gain bass middle treble volume and reverb nobs and i cant get my guitar to sound like the songs guitar does )im trying to play animal i have become by three days grace on my electric guitar) so how can i arrange them to get what i want

Push gain up quite a bit, i like it full, try bass about 2.5, mids at 0, treble at full, volume at full and, i like a touch of reverb too just to give it a good edge to the song, thats a good distortion i think. contact me on YIM (Dekabreak_Omega) if you want any help on anything else guitar.

I have a Marshall Dfx 250 and a Line 6 Spider IV 120. Can I play my guitar through both amps at the same time? How?

STUPID QUESTION

Just wondering why these and some other guitar amps don’t have a back to the speaker box, seems like it would sound better and be louder if it did..

Most amps have an open back. guitar amps are far from high fidelity, so it probably does not matter much either way. They design amps to be loud and an open back probably helps to produce more sound.

so the stations don’t give the amp companies any free advertising.

Quality: good, great, or excellent/mind blowing
Price Range (most important) equal to or less than 200. and if it has to, 250.
size: doesnt really matter. but the smaller the better.
Guitar: Epiphone lespaul Standard

I dont want the mini ones. just a practice amp suitable for a house, cuz i dont wanna waste money on batteries

Thanks in advance

Line 6 Spider III or IV