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$165 tube amp new??? - Stage Right

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I would not ordinarily do this and I have no connection to this visitor but...........

I ran across this tube amp made in China and I but bought information technology (its on the way).

MONOPRICE 15-Watt, 1x12 Guitar Philharmonic Tube Amplifier with Celestion Speaker & Spring Reverb:

Model: 611815

Rated Power: fifteen watts
Frequency Response: 80Hz to approximately 10kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.5 percent (make clean way)
Hum and Noise: -75dB below rated ability
Input: Impedance: 1 megohm
Ability Consumption: 50 watts maximum
Amplifier Load Range: 8 to approximately 16 ohms
Preamplifier Section: 3x ECC83/12AX7 preamp tubes
Ability Amplifier Department: 2 ten EL84 ability tube
Dimensions: 16.8" x 17.one" x nine.25" (427 x 435 ten 235mm)
Weight: 25.4 lbs

Using the code I got information technology shipped to my door for $165.43

611815 15-Watt, 1x12 Guitar Combo Tube Amplifier with Celestion Speaker and Spring Reverb

I get information technology, information technology's a non proper name make only for $165?????

Subtotal : $169.99
Discount : -$34.00
Shipping & Handling Cost : $29.44
Grand Total : $165.43

Anyone else have i??? To good to be true????

Never heard of it. A lot of youtube reviews of it. You'll have to chime in with your thoughts one time it arrives.

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There is more than i other thread on this amp and Mono's deals. Several of usa here bought them, including me.

Short Answer - No it is not as well good to be true. Information technology's a great value. Now I desire another for stereo and for roughly 300 bux that'due south an insane rig.

Long Answer - The speaker and transformers are easily worth the cost. Add in the chassis and tube sockets and it'south just killer. The downside is the printed circuit board with quite a few surface mount components making some repairs and mods rather difficult, but at that cost I am very seriously considering a true P2P DIY build.

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I got one too. I was expecting to hate it but I'm actually impressed, peculiarly for the cost.

I bought one too. Super smashing value, of the three practice amps I have, (others are a Blackstar and an H&Chiliad), it sounds the nicest.

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BTW if your guitar has high output pups you may either similar the "gaininess" of the amp or have some minor difficulty getting a clean, chimey tone. There are a number of ways to adapt and non the to the lowest degree of which is the Voilume knob on your guitar. The amp responds rather nicely to input dynamics. I mentioned that the surface mount components brand some mods challenging only there are several for less gain and/or more than high end that are EZPZ.

I was just watching some of the youtube demos. Some sounds are so-and then, depending on the histrion and setup, merely there's 1 video with a guy playing the amp at its 1watt setting cranked via an Epiphone Dot guitar. Squeamish bluesy sound on that video. Are y'all current Monoprice owners ofttimes using the 1watt setting?

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Originally Posted past thenoodle ➡️

I was just watching some of the youtube demos. Some sounds are and so-so, depending on the role player and setup, but there's one video with a guy playing the amp at its 1watt setting cranked via an Epiphone Dot guitar. Nice bluesy sound on that video. Are you current Monoprice owners oftentimes using the 1watt setting?

Not me just then I like some headroom and "blossom" and live out in the toolies where volume is due north o biggy. If and when I get the second one for stereo I volition be glad for the 30 watts total and 2nd 12.

I never was a Kiss fan just I did like the message of "I Love Information technology Loud"

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Originally Posted past John Eppstein ➡️

I got 1 likewise. I was expecting to detest it simply I'1000 really impressed, especially for the cost.

Wow, seriously? If "Tell Information technology Like It Is John" likes it I`m going to look!

EDIT-It`s got a freaking reverb tank?!?!

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Originally Posted past BarcelonaMusic ➡️

EDIT-It`s got a freaking reverb tank?!?!

Yes and it is reasonably decent but inappreciably its best feature. If you're expecting Vintage Fender Lush, it isn't that. It's just OK merely everything else is more than good plenty to tape or gig with. It's flexible and sugariness.... and permit's face information technology Cheap AF !

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Originally Posted by enorbet2 ➡️

BTW if your guitar has high output pups y'all may either like the "gaininess" of the amp or accept some minor difficulty getting a clean, chimey tone. There are a number of ways to adapt and not the to the lowest degree of which is the Voilume knob on your guitar.

^^^This. It doesn't really cut it with a ring if you demand clean tone; it's either clean or loud, but not both.

Still, it's a killer amp for studio work. I got mine when the Monoprice special was $145!

Does it works for European votage?

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Originally Posted by Bob Ross ➡️

^^^This. It doesn't really cut it with a ring if you lot need clean tone; it'due south either clean or loud, merely not both.

Still, it's a killer amp for studio piece of work. I got mine when the Monoprice special was $145!

Clean depends on bulldoze. Loud depends on power. How loud and how clean depends a lot on musical tastes and genre. Personally nobody makes (or can brand IMHO) a 15 watt amp that is clean, loud enough for whatsoever band I desire to play in but thirty watts can practice me only fine, but then I don't play direct Country or Jazz where 1 more often than not needs a minimum of fifty watts if not 100.

That said, I would accept zilch problem playing Roots R'nR and Blues with ii of these Monoprice 15 watters in combination. At 30 watts total and two Celestion 12s.for under 300 smackers? Oh yes pretty damned heavenly and quite sufficient.

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Originally Posted past BarcelonaMusic ➡️

Wow, seriously? If "Tell It Like Information technology Is John" likes it I`m going to await!

EDIT-It`s got a freaking reverb tank?!?!

Yes, it has a reverb tank. I take non opened mine up yet but from the tube complement I would assume that the reverb is not tube driven, but at this toll? Also, the one watt setting really works pretty well. The amp is a bit on the dirty side, tone wise, but if you lot dorsum off the guitar volume it cleans upward more or less passably, and the dirt isn't actually cheesy as one might expect in this toll course. I'd say that it stacks up well against some name brands costing significantly more than, even twice as much if you go one in one of their periodic sales. Mine came in at just a flake over $150, including shipping, IIRC. That'south "can't trounce it with a stick" territory.

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I got my amp today and fired it upwardly.

This amp is very very good both on the xv watt and attenuated 1 watt setting.

*** Non merely "for the price" but menstruation.

They have fixed the spring reverb "rattle" that you may have seen on youtube, and mine came with a matched leather handle to the foam tolex.

Cranked I still had no reverb issues at all, in fact the bound reverb sounds great.

Cleans are clean and lound and at four ane/2 gain and vii volume it has an splendid crisis/blues tone which is what I was after.

I am stunned at the value for this little fella and it holds its own with far more pricey amps.

For the toll of a new TS808 tube screamer you become an entire tube amp.

At present clearly if it falls autonomously or dies on me I will have a dissimilar opinion, only for now this amp is then so so and so worth the price.

Sometimes an impulse buy pays off.

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Originally Posted past markustg ➡️

Sometimes an impulse buy pays off.

Yes, sometimes it does.

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