I have recently purchased a tiny Vox 3 watt mini amp for practice and I have to say I am really blown away by the results. It's very versatile with a range of effects and tonal variety and to my continuing surprise it's really my guitar amp of choice for recording, not only demos but real releases.
I was really pretty impressed at the options available prior to deciding on the Vox. There are plenty of great quality and cost-effective options from makers such as Orange, Fender, Danelectro and Crate to name just one or two and they are actually dirt cheap, I am talking under $20 for some of the amps from Danelectro. I found an awesome review site that provides some in-depth information on just about any practice amp on the market at practiceamp.net which made the whole thing really simple.
The great thing about getting a good quality practice amp is obviously the mobility it gives you. When you have a guitar amp that weighs less than a real guitar and is no larger than a standard shoebox you don't have any of the characteristic loading in issues that plague many of us when we want to set up for a gig or possibly a jam with full band.
I typically play a Marshall JCM900 Stack and love it but there are times particularly when I just need to practice it's completely unrealistic, not only is it's size an issue but most larger amps don't truly sound great unless actually cranked and that isn't going to endear you to neighbors late in the evening or if you've a young family like me.
There are some options available for iPhone but after testing a number of these out I used to be a tiny underwhelmed though I've been told some of the options available on the iPad are much better.
I was really pretty impressed at the options available prior to deciding on the Vox. There are plenty of great quality and cost-effective options from makers such as Orange, Fender, Danelectro and Crate to name just one or two and they are actually dirt cheap, I am talking under $20 for some of the amps from Danelectro. I found an awesome review site that provides some in-depth information on just about any practice amp on the market at practiceamp.net which made the whole thing really simple.
The great thing about getting a good quality practice amp is obviously the mobility it gives you. When you have a guitar amp that weighs less than a real guitar and is no larger than a standard shoebox you don't have any of the characteristic loading in issues that plague many of us when we want to set up for a gig or possibly a jam with full band.
I typically play a Marshall JCM900 Stack and love it but there are times particularly when I just need to practice it's completely unrealistic, not only is it's size an issue but most larger amps don't truly sound great unless actually cranked and that isn't going to endear you to neighbors late in the evening or if you've a young family like me.
There are some options available for iPhone but after testing a number of these out I used to be a tiny underwhelmed though I've been told some of the options available on the iPad are much better.
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So take it from me if you're finding your bigger guitar amp not awfully practical for practice try out a practice amp and try the reviews at practiceamp.net it's a great web site and actually helpful.
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