Recommended Starter Amps and Effects

[Angel Of Death181]

Im kinda a noob to guitars, i dont have an amp so and i like metal, what would be a good starter amp for metal and what about a good starter effects pedal, box, wah, whatever. any suggestions?

[coyote]

Take a look at line 6. Lots of effects built into the amp.

[soulfly38]

Nothing beats a good Roland Micro Cube if youre just playing in your bedroom. As for effects, (I dont care if I get flamed) but a Metal Zone (Boss) is a solid pedal, along with a Morely Wah.

[The Sloth]

Im a fan of Marshall amps, they sound less fizzy than Line6 stuff and seem to sound better with pedals...As for distortion if the amp doesnt cut it on its own then a Metal Zone is a good pedal to have. I always use it as a backup if im going to a jam and there's a possibility i'll be playing through a shit amp. It works really well as a boost pedal too. The RAT is also a good pedal, it sounds a bit thicker but has less gain (think Entombed).

[rockinhockey]

roland micro cubes are great starter amps and also just great practice amps. that would be my reccomendation.

[ourherosresolve]

roland micro cube or line 6 spider 3... inexpensive and FUN!!!

[Matt Parsons]

Microcube. I own a Microcube and a halfstack, there is no point to anything in between for metal.

[The Jeeves 3000]

CUBES FTMFW or a Roland Cube 60 great for small gigs my my high school with and blew everything away

[ZephMan13]

I say go with a line 6, my buddy has a spider II and it sounds preety good, especally for only being a hundred bucks. it has phase, delay tremolo and everything u need. All u would need for metal is a distortion pedal(RAT, metal zone, uber metal) and a wah,MORLEY STYLE!

[Rising Force]

I'd go with a Spider 3.You get plenty of built in effects plus presets of of songs and bands sounds all with a press of a button.If you do go the Spider route I suggest the floor pedal when you can afford it,It makes a huge diffrence.

[MikeC]

if your on a budget then id deffinatly say the Line 6 Spider 3 on account of all the effects being build in. it will save you from having to buy a bunch of pedals.

[Imperium]

Amps:
Roland: Cube 30, MicroCube
Line 6: Spider II or III 30W 1X12
Vox: AD30VT, AD30VT-XL
Peavey: ValveKing 1X12 50W

Effects:
Boss: SD-1, GE-7, OD-3, CE-5, NS-2, TU-2, DD-3
Digitech: Expression Factory, Distortion Factory, Chorus Factory
Dunlop Wahs are pretty nice
Morley Wahs are nice as well
A Ibanez TS9 is pricy but awsome

Personally a awsome small rig, with good quality would be this:

Guitar > TU-2 > NS-2 > Origional Crybaby > SD-1 > Amp Pre > (FX Loop: CE-5 > GE-7 > DD-3) > Amp Power Amp - The amp being the Peavey Valve King

[soulfly38]

^why do you need all that extra bullshit? What ever happened to the amp > guitar?

[Imperium]

I was sugesting a killer, but good cheap rig there, altho a guitar and amp is the simplest way to go i aggree.

[TheDevilHimself]

I would strongly recommend you test the new Line6 III spiders. They impressed me a lot and sound way better than my Microcube.

[Bridge The Void]

I also heartily reccomend the Roland Cubes. Not only are the amp models and effects sick, but the acoustic sim is also sick!

[Rex Rocker]

how big do you want your amp to be?

if you're thinking small, then yeah, i'd say go MicroCube

if you're thinking big enough for pracitce, a combo, i'd say get a Randall G3 or a Spider III

If you're thinking half-stack, i'd say get a Randall G3 or Spider III

:D

[sahkojohto]

I've heard nothing but good about Microcube.

[MikeC]

Amps: Randall or Line 6 seem to be the best bang for the buck.

Effects with the randall: CE-5, ZW OD and Bad Horsie Wah should be good for a start. after that check some things out and see what you think sounds good with that. the ranall shouldnt need any extra distortion, thats why i didnt suggest it.

Effects with the Line6: i dont think you'll need any to start off.

[rockinhockey]

if you're thinking big enough for pracitce, a combo, i'd say get a Randall G3 or a Spider III


no way man still microcube. there's a 60 watt and 30 watt cube.

[ShreddyMcFunTits]

Spider III for a one stop shop.

[V]

Epiphone valve junior + OD pedal.

[sahkojohto]

I got a Cube 30x and its great.