I am looking for a full valve guitar amp for around ?300.It needs to be loud enough to play with a quietish drum kit.Currently i have looked at an epiphone valve senior in both and combo and cab and head form. i have also looked at some smaller amps such as the vox ac4 but am a bit worried about its small size. any advice would be greatly welcome. many thanks in advance.
Well I have the Valve Jr. and the AC4. The AC4 is a good sounding amp, but even though it is only 1 watt less, the Valve Jr. is much louder. The AC4 is a great practice amp but not enough to jam with a drummer unless he is pretty quiet and you really crank the amp. Never heard one of the new Valve Sr. models but with all of the goodies they added it should sound really good. I had my Jr. modified but it still doesn't have all the cool stuff the Senior has. I think you would really like the Epiphone and at 20 watts you will be more than loud enough. My 5 watt Jr. will get very loud. All I own are low watt class A valve amps, it's the only way to fly!! The Marshall Class 5 might be worth looking at also.
