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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on June 12, 2016 at 3:22pm

store  bought  ?   " line  6 spider  2"  or  up  ..  or  roland micro cube  . 

 cbn member  amp  ?  depends  when  your  fair  is  .. and  time  aloted  for  build and/ or shiping .

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Permalink Reply by Josh Thompson on June 12, 2016 at 3:52pm

The fair in June 25th, so in 2 weeks.  I thought about making one, been looking for the part with reverb. I have plenty of big cigar boxes I could take a existing amp and tear it down and put into a cigar box.  It can be plugged in since I will have power at my booth.

I checked the local pawn shop, they had nothing.   I live in a small country town of only 2,500 people in NW Oklahoma so not much around here, I have to drive to the city and look at the other pawn shops.

Thanks guys for the suggestions, I'll look at those two.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on June 12, 2016 at 5:52pm

I have the line 6 spider.  It's a good amp, but if I were to do it again, I'd get the Roland... Not that the Line6 is bad...  But every time you turn it on or switch distortion modes you have to wiggle every knob... it's really annoying...

That said, I think it sounds spectacular...

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Permalink Reply by Rick Alexander on June 12, 2016 at 6:39pm

Get a micro cube.  These things make CBG's sound awesome, and batteries last a long time. I have a pignose Hog 20, and it doesn't come close to the cube.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Alexander on June 15, 2016 at 7:57pm

I will check that out Wayfinder. Thanks for the heads up. I have 2 micro cubes. 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 13, 2016 at 8:48am

http://www.guitarchords247.com/popular-guitar-amps-under-100-dollars/

http://truefire.com/blog/favorites/top-10-portable-guitar-amps/

I personally own and regularly play CBGs and commercial guitars through a Pignose 7-100, a Fender Mini Tweed, a Roland Stereo Mobile Cube, a Yamaha THC-5, a Fender Champ 600, a Cactus Ampworks Kegblaster beer can amp, and a custom LM386 chip amp in a CAO cigar box, as well as having two of the C.B. Gitty amp kits on the bench. I have also played through the Vox Mini and the Roland Micro Cube. For $100, you simply can't go wrong with either of those last two. I'm a huge fan of Roland amps.

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Permalink Reply by Tom T on June 13, 2016 at 10:00am

Don't overlook the Roland Cube 10 GX. This is a very nice 10 watt amp with three built in amp models and the ability to program in around nine more amp models.

It uses a 5.7 VDC 700 mh wall wart and is easily converted to use just about any kind of battery (car, motorcycle, etc) by using a DC to DC Converter that cost less than $5 on eBay.

This amp is a step up from the Micro Cube (a good amp). It has a lot of features and is in the price range you are considering.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 15, 2016 at 7:05pm

Could put a couple of springs inside the box of your CBG.

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