Re: [Harp-L] Small practise amps

[Isaac Ullah <iiullah@xxxxxxxxx>]

   Just to add my 2 cents: I recently bought a Jay Turser Classic-10 amp, and i 
love it. It is VERY affordable, has an onboard researchable battery, which 
charges when you plug the amp into the mains, and it has a really big big sound. 
This is more amazing as it has a 6" speaker. It sounds much bigger, fuller, and 
has more bottom than the pignose (which I used to own), or the Roland micro 
cube. I've not owned a DA-5, so I cna't compare it to that. It's all solid 
state, but uses a really good op-amp and FET transistor preamp, and really 
reliable, well known chip for the power stage. It has VERY effective triple-band 
tone controls, and head phone out. And it looks REALLY REALLY cool! It has WAY 
more cool factor than any other battery amp. The sound does NOT beat my modified 
Epi Valve Jr, but it still IS a good sound that comes out of this amp. It works 
better with Low-Z dynamic mics (any handheld vocal mic) than with High-Z. 
Essentially, you'll get more tonal range before feedback with a lowZ mic than 
with a high-Z.

Here is the Harmony Central page for it (I wrote the most recent review): 
http://www.harmonycentral.com/products/103995

Here is a detailed review of the electronics inside the amp that I wrote for the 
Solid State Guitar Amp forum: 
http://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?topic=1714.msg11293#msg11293

And here is a link to a YouTube video I made earlier this week where I'm playing 
a Low D Special 20 through the amp using a cheap Panasonic vocal mic: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC2_ZbMblxE


If you are after a battery amp, I don't think you can get a much better 
price/quality ratio. Especially if coolness is also factored in, you really 
can't beat this amp...


Cheers,

Isaac Ullah