The 57′ Custom Champ is the best 5 Watt tube amp in this price range. It makes the classic tone more accessible for those who want to plug in and play. It may not be enough for a loud band in live use. But for practice, recording, or playing a light jazz gig, the 57′ Custom...
Low-watt tube amps are growing in popularity to meet the needs of today’s music scene. Here are Sweetwater’s top picks for bedroom-friendly amplifiers.
A low watt guitar amplifier, in general, will have fewer components to run. It should have a minimum of one pre-amp tube and one power tube typically you will find the cheap small tube amps will have this exact setup and not a lot more. The more tubes in the circuitry the more cash...
The Peavey 6505 head is a 120Watt tube amp with two switchable channels. The 6505 by Peavey has four 6L6GC tubes in the power amp, and five 12AX7 preamp tubes. From left to right, the 6505 has two inputs, High-Gain for the guitars with active pick-ups, and Normal Gain for the ...
The Bugera V5 Infinium is a 5Watt Tube amp combo with 8″ Turbosound Speaker. It has one 12AX7 preamp tube and one EL84 power tube. On the front of the amp, you can find the input, the control knobs for Gain, Tone, Volume, and Reverb, and the On/Off switch. On the backside, ...
Blackstar’s popular all-tube HT-5R wraps up this list with its incredible high gain tones. This 5 Watt 1×12″ combo amp comes with Blackstar’s ISF (Infinite Shape Feature) technology, which expands the tones that you can get.See our detailed description below ...
Best tube amp (Image credit: Blackstar) 3. Blackstar HT-1R MkII A single-watt valve combo with reverb that’s housetrained Specifications Type: Valve combo Output: 1W Number of channels: 2 (clean/overdrive) Tubes: 1x 12AX7 (preamp), 1x 12AU7/ECC82 (power amp) Speakers: 1x 8” ...
25-watt wired charging Eye-catching Light Blue color option Cons Slow performance Single audio speaker Mediocre photography Screen size 6.5 inches Processor Mediatek Dimensity 6100 Plus Cameras 50-megapixel (wide), 5-megapixel (ultrawide), 2-megapixel (macro), 13-megapixel (selfie) Colors ...
The Marshall Origin 20C is a 20-watt combo amp with a 1x10 Celestion G10 VT Jr speaker. It offers a balance between classic valve tones and modern features in a compact and portable design. The EL34 output valves contribute to a Plexi-style grind, delivering warm, natural tube-driven sou...
From boutique tube pedal builder Kingsley comes the Squire, a versatile preamp pedal. The Squire has enough output to run directly into a power amp, into a cab sim for direct recording, or as a boost into the front end of an amp. The Top Boost model is designed after the classic Vox ...