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Permalink Reply by Greg Potts on January 10, 2015 at 8:34am

I will second the MicroCube endorsement. Excellent sound and a great selection of effects. Mine runs about 20 hrs on a set of AA batteries, or I can plug it in with a 9V adapter. 

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 3, 2015 at 6:20pm

i  highly  suggest  a  line  6  spider amp  .   it  has  built in  effects  and  one   with   a    bit    of   clean echo  /  reverb  that  i  think  you are  looking  for  . all  the  way   up  to  insanity    distortion .

 its what i  use  in all  my  swamp witch   vids .

then  again   the amp  aint the  whole  deal   .  string choice ,  and   tuning  , and playing style  ,   and   guitar   all  come  in to  play  . 

but  one  answer at  a time   heres   a   demo  line  6

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/midnight-lightning-swamp-witch-...

shane speal   offers  another      secret  tip  here too ( not sure what amp  tho  )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-56V8Cza9Q

   

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 3, 2015 at 6:46pm

ps  ..  line  6  also  now  has a micro  amp  ..  portable   ,, and    has a seperate    PA amp   ontop .  making it  busker   awesome sauce .  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Line-6-Micro-Spider-Amplifier-/261602197253...

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 4, 2015 at 2:15am

.  even   better  .   :-)

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 10, 2015 at 9:16am

the  sound  is  great .. and   even   has  set       band  tone  ..  ie  :   u2  ,  ac/dc   etc  ..  you  can  even  download  your  own tone  .  and  use it as an   auto  set tone    at the  push  of a button  .

i'm  speaking  of the    larger  spider amp  ..  i   dont have the  new  micro   ,  but it  is  said to  have the same features and  more  . 

 

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on January 5, 2015 at 8:33pm

Ordered my Line 6 Micro Spider today from Amazon... $99.99, next cheapest price I found was $135...

Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 5, 2015 at 11:39pm

sweet ,  let us  know   how  ya  like  it  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on January 10, 2015 at 3:22pm

I love my Line 6... Batteries or plugged in, it works great.  It does have a couple quirks, like when you first turn it on the Chorus/Phaser/Tremolo and Echo/Reverb pots HAVE to be moved before it knows where you want them...  

BUT:  I plugged my guitar in, set it up, tied the headphone output to my android phone through a CHEAP iRig adapter and it sounds ok to my untrained ear...  Oh, piezo pickup ....

https://soundcloud.com/john-sawyer-11/20150108_224204mp3

Wayfinder:  I think you'll be happy... I turned it up and got yelled at by the wife... :-)

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 10, 2015 at 3:56pm

nice  , thanx for the demo  .. makes a  piezo  sound pretty   good  .   ;-) 

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Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on January 4, 2015 at 7:27am

That suitcase amp looks really cool!

and yes a pignose is my favorite, I like to buy them cheap, in the 40 to 50 range, I have never used the microcube, but I bet that is preety dang cool, it has everything on board...could be perfect for you!

be like a spider late at night on ebay and pounce on a used one

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Permalink Reply by Tom T on January 4, 2015 at 1:59am

I asked a similar question on the board just last week http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/pignose-7-100-amp

There were some very good suggestions made. The best one, I think, was that I should grab my favorite CBG and head down to a good music store and try out amps until I found the features and sound I was looking for. I think that is the best advice I could get. If you can get hooked up to some amps, you should be able to figure which one sound best to you and fits the budget.

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on January 4, 2015 at 3:44am

Don't be afraid to pick up something used at a lower cost.  I was lucky and got my little Fender Champ 600 for $79 and looked brand new except a little spider webbing in the cabinet.

Swampy delta feeling, to me says you want these features on the amp.   Any amp.

Bass - for the growl

Gain - for the crunch

Reverb - for the echo

Mix as needed.

BTW, my Fender Champ has none of these controls, but it is a sweet little 5W tube amp.  I have a Stage 65 that was given to me for free with the above suggested control.  It's OK and plenty loud.

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