They are good little practice amps, its just when you compare them next to tube amps, they aren't much at all. Great for bedroom playing though!

My friend has a Spider III 75 watt as well. Great versatility

I use many different amps but mainly use my Marshall 1959 100watt re issue and 1960 4 /12 cabinet's also a 1981 2204 Marshall i bought new and still have,Peavey Classic 30 as well as Fender Deluxe Blackface re issue 30watt .

Still think Marshall make the best allround amps for recording or live playing.

Parker

Nice setup dude! I love marshall too! I'm still waiting on my JVM to be repaired. Darn electrician!. MArshall JVM head and marshall 1960a cab.
Welcome to the forum!

I have 2 Crate BV 120H. The first ones on the market, the ones with the "Crate/St Louis Missouri USA" on front logo. The first one I bought new with a 4x12 Celestian Vintage 30 cabinet. The second I bought a few months for 300 Euros (+/- 400 Dollars) without the cabinet. Since I only have one cabinet, for now, I play both in the same cabinet, its a stereo cabinet and divides 2 speakers for each Amp. I like the sound very much, altough many people don´t like these amps. I´ve had the chance to compare them with other amps ( Mesa, Marshall,Engl, etc) and in terms of power its as good, the tone is different but each amp modell and brand as its own.

Crate surprises me a lot! I had a cheap crate once that sounded GREAT for the money! I def. liked it ebtter than the roland cube series and the line6 spider series

Indeed. The best thing is that you can just pick a preset, tweak it the way you want and create a custom tone^_^

I don't think that amp isn't enough for live performances or so. Just a week ago i performed at a local concert in my town and people said it sounded great! As for the tube-thingy. Not saying that you are one, Evan and Jordan, but there are such people called "tube snobs" who think that there is a great difference between transistor and tube amp. In reality there's not any noticeable difference. Tube snobs say that there's a certain warmth in tube amps that doesn't exist in transistor amps.

When I tested a Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier and a Line 6 Vetta II HD I found no sound or tone difference at all. The Vetta was set to California Treadplate which is a exact replication of the neutral distortion of a Dual Rectifier, means that it got neutral parameters (50%). I turned off all the extra things on the Vetta (stompbox, modeller, 2nd amp, effect etc etc) and just pulled of a C power chord (tuning drop C) through both of the amps (not at the same time ofc) and guess what? No difference.

I still wasn't really convinced so I asked the guitar-tech at the store (god bless him for installing a killswitch in my LP :3) so I said; "What's really the difference between tube amps and regular transistor amps." Then he said; "There's only one slight difference and that is that a tube amp needs to warmed up and you need to boost the volume for full capacity. Tube amps often have more power and are preferred at live performances... But between you and me, they're a ripoff. There's no actual sound or tonal difference and I think it's rather a con than a pro that it needs to be boosted and warmed up. A amp like the Vetta works just as fine as the Rectifier if you know how to turn the knobs and if you want it to be as powerful as a tube amp, just crank the volume up for crying out loud!"

Then again, this is only my opinion

Hahah sorry man, that is your opinion.

First off, if you play well and the amp sounds somewhat decent, people are impressed no matter what.

I understand it's your opinion man, but let me tell you that through my experience, there is a large difference between the sound of a solid state amp and a tube amp. You may not hear it now, but there is. If this wasn't true, then Marshall JCM's wouldn't be like the most famous rock recording amp.

About the guitar tech, they formulate opinions too, haha. They aren't genious' despite common belief. Despite people's belief of their honesty, they still target the items that make them more profit, and often times its cheaper items such as Line6 and roland and peavey(low end).

And about the "rip off" thing, you can find Marshall JVM's(tube) head's on ebay for about $850 USD used if you find a good deal, and that's cheaper than a lot of the new famous solid state stuff.

That's not to say that Solid state amps don't sound good! Some sound great, but I would take a Peavey XXX, Marshall JVM, JCM, vintage modern, mesa boogie rectifier(any), orange rockaverb, etc etc etc over any solid state amp.

Solid state amps do have great purposes for professionals as well though too. GREAT practice amps for both professionals and simple free-time players.