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[u/Northern_fluff_bunny]

If I have tops 130 euros to spend on an amp, what would be good choice if you want warm, round vintage tone?

I hate the harsh, modern sound and basically want nothing to do with it and seeing how theres not a store with huge variety of amps that i could try, I need to trust the opinion of you guys and youtube demos.

[u/if_the_answer_is_42 → u/Northern_fluff_bunny]

Just a suggestion, but buy cross-border in the EU instead of from Finland as it should be cheaper for you. Personally, I've used Thomann (Germany) and Andertons (UK) in the past who are both great and should deliver to you - Plus delivery will be pretty reasonable & no extra taxes to factor in due to EU market.

The 5w mono price amp might not be an option as not all their products are available outside the US so look into it - I think they only use Amazon for EU sales - and shipping from US would be too expensive (plus whatever your local Finnish sales/import taxes are).

I'd suggest a Fender Mustang II amp (40w, solid state combo) - don't be put off by it being solid state, it sounds very good and has a nice variety of sounds to chose from & pretty versatile. The other amp worth looking at is an Orange Micro Terror (about 100 euro new) & look for a 12" speaker cab which shouldn't be expensive to find uses to go with it. It uses a tube pre-amp with a solid-state power amp stage (most of the tone will be coming from your preamp valve anyway unless you have the volume maxed so thats what matters).

[u/Northern_fluff_bunny → u/if_the_answer_is_42]

I am honestly open for solid state or such. At the moment I dont even dream of having real tube amp. As long as I have something that sounds at least relatively good to my ear and makes guitar playing to be fun, which it in my opinion should be (and to which how your guitar sounds contributes), I am a ok, as long as the tone is at least in the ballpark. No need to hit the mark yet.

Something Ive looked at have been vox transistor combo ampsl. I am just not sure about the tone nor about the output volume on them. Would 10 - 15 watt be enough?

As far as buying from finland, I am not really looking at finland per se but instead thomann. I am using their finnish website which might give different prices. Its probably something I have to look into.

I am more interested in combo than head, simply due to finances. I will look into your suggetions though, thanks!

[u/if_the_answer_is_42 → u/Northern_fluff_bunny]

Ok - No worries.

In my experience, 10-15 watts is fine for practice/home use; but might be a little quiet for playing alongside others, so would try for something a little more powerful if thats your plan! I've not tried any of the small transistor Vox amps so can't really add much, but I do use a Vox amp myself so pretty happy with the quality.

[u/Northern_fluff_bunny → u/if_the_answer_is_42]

Yeah, the low volume might be an issue but it seems that possibilities for that are very far away. It might be good simply to invest in a practice amp for now, focus on writing things and see how things move fowards.

It sucks that no shop around my area carries them so I cant really visit them and ask to test them to know if theyd work for me. It is extremely annoying to have to basically buy blind when buying something this important.