Suggest an amp w/20 watts or less for gigs!!!!

Orange Tiny Terror, Vox Night Train, Ceriatone or Peoples Amp 18/20 watt clones

 

Egnater Rebel

 

Used DRRI. Just over 40 pounds, classic sound.

 

Traynor YCV20WR with a tubescreamer would be perfectfor that sound....

 

New Fender Super Champ DX into a good 1x12 with Tung-Sol 6V6's and a balanced EH 12AX7.

Don't laugh, it really works.

 

I just picked up a '68 Ampeg Reverbojet and it would certainly fit the bill. Way less than $800.00 too.

 

Used TopHat Club Royale 1x12!

 

Fender Deluxe Reverb. Get a used silverface or the DRRI. Fit's your requirement perfectly!

 

Dr Z. Carmen Ghia. You wont miss the second channel or the reverb.

 

Rebel 20 or Vox Night Train... both single channel and no 'verb.

 

used allen sweet spot..........saw one on here recently....i think.........

 

Used DRRI would be my first pick.
Maybe a Blues Jr. (use the extra funds to get a new speaker/BillM mods)

 

fender hot rod deluxe with JJs 6v6, don't try the others or they will not work, have them in my HR deluxe, hard to say exactly what the power is, the bias pretty much sets that, I put a dummy plug in the extension speaker jack, which sets the transformer for the 8 ohm speaker, HRDx about $600, tubes $35 or so, my HRDx came with a Vintage 30, but that may get the amp to loud,

the 40 watts go down to 20 watts, and your not stuck with an amp that you can not use if you decide you can use more power. A 20 watt amp you may find is a big mistake later on.

http://www.eurotubes.com/euro-e.htm

 

Soldano Astroverb 16 (20 watts w/reverb)

 

No more than $800! maybe used though.

 

The Working Dog line from Alessandro is well priced, PTP wired, and light weight, making them very easy to get around. Great cleans. Currently 25% off at the manufacturers website w free shipping. This amp is 40 watts but has a built in attenuator: http://cgi.ebay.com/Alessandro-Work...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

 

+another 1 on the DR. Predictable vote coming from me, but then you'll know why I prefer it to my Bassman. For you, probably a Celestion speaker like a V30 would be best. I'd lean heavily toward a player's SFDR if you can find one - look at it this way; it'll only go UP in value if you go that route.

 

I bought both of my Carmen Ghia 1x12s for under $800. Have they gone up that much in recent years?