Any Great Amps build for metal out there for less than 500?

[Shinji.Ikari]

Anyone?

I'm currently using a peavey vyper 15 and i am thinking of upgrading it or smth.
I usually play heavy metal and some alternative rock and clean.
Thanks

 

[EugeneSmasher]

First of all, what aspect of your current amp are you not satisfied with? It's a pretty versatile amp from what I've heard, and I even heard it sounds better than the Line 6 Spider amps.

 

[tyzjames]

kustom makes really good amps imo. their 25w sounds really good.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Kustom amps are under-rated. Good thing about under-rated is, you pay more for the parts, the sound and the quality and less for the branding. Hence, an equal amp but at a cheaper cost.

Another bang-for-buck brand offering good clean and dirty tones would be Sound Drive, sold at SV Guitars and Standard Value. Made in Korea. Best sounding solid-states I've ever heard, period. I'm not sure if you can get the 60W for below $500, but definitely worth checking out. The more expensive combos have Celestion speakers.

 

[subversion]

the Vypyr series have some of the best distortions out there but the ones with bigger drivers are the ones to get.

some stuff:http://theguitaraddict.blogspot.com/2010/04/slithering-vypyr.html

 

[Shinji.Ikari]

First of all, what aspect of your current amp are you not satisfied with? It's a pretty versatile amp from what I've heard, and I even heard it sounds better than the Line 6 Spider amps.

I was thinking of upgrading it to maybe a higher watts amp or another model amp. So yeah

 

[Shinji.Ikari]

Kustom amps are under-rated. Good thing about under-rated is, you pay more for the parts, the sound and the quality and less for the branding. Hence, an equal amp but at a cheaper cost.

Another bang-for-buck brand offering good clean and dirty tones would be Sound Drive, sold at SV Guitars and Standard Value. Made in Korea. Best sounding solid-states I've ever heard, period. I'm not sure if you can get the 60W for below $500, but definitely worth checking out. The more expensive combos have Celestion speakers.

Will check them out. Thanks dude!

 

[Shinji.Ikari]

the Vypyr series have some of the best distortions out there but the ones with bigger drivers are the ones to get.

some stuff:http://theguitaraddict.blogspot.com/2010/04/slithering-vypyr.html

Hmmmm. Any diff between the 75W and the 30W 1?

 

[LadyInTears]

vox ad50vtxl. im selling mine, great cleans and its a high gain monster.

50 watter hybrid with 2 12" speakers, how awesome is that

 

[subversion]

if there are major differences, it's gonna be minor inclusions as majority of the features are covered by the 15W version, just that the drivers are rather undeserving to the tones on board. however, if you don't play loud or have some volume restrictions, it would be an under-performing amp...

 

[zamir666]

I use a Vox AD30VT at home and I think the range of sounds you can get from it is just wonderful. Great cleans and surprisingly, awesome drives too. Even has built in effects. You should check it out

 

[LadyInTears]

I use a Vox AD30VT at home and I think the range of sounds you can get from it is just wonderful. Great cleans and surprisingly, awesome drives too. Even has built in effects. You should check it out

yea, and the ad50vt xl is the 50 watt version, its really awesomeeeeee