popularxkot posted May 11, 2026 11:49 PM
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popularxkot posted May 11, 2026 11:49 PM
Monoprice Stage Right 15w Tube Guitar Amp $279.99
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It's a great amp when it's $200; but no thing is perfect. If you want a tube amp with balanced tube watts then this covers substantial ground. Classic tube circuit, 12ax7's and EL84's, after the Laney Cub 12R mostly(not exact). Oh, and the Harley Benton version is 240V. They also have a very interesting HEAD version of this, I hope we will get. This amp is a bit on the Marshall side (circuit heritage). But it is flexible for somewhat spanky cleans if you tweak it. And to about hair metal, if you gain it up. Of course a Tube Screamer or whatever in front can put it over the top, to higher gain metal and even creamy. And a fender (twin like) brighter toned box could be used up front too (without mods).
Make sure you don't use any bad speaker-out cables or you can blow the output transformer. It's built as well as famous name brand amps; but like them you should be careful with the connectors.
It is NOT 26% off really. Ironically It is more than 26% more here, than it was lately within a year or so, and it was of course far less historically.
You could think of it as better than most PCB Blues Juniors (many models), technically. For several reasons.
This thing only weighs 25lbs and it's not built poorly. Similar to typical PCB amps today. Great value. EQ, mild Reverb, Effects loop connections, and a complete combo with Celestion 12" guitar voice speaker well matched to its compact case acoustics. A V30 swap out did NOT help it. The speaker is far under rated. It's fine for all styles.
Oh yeah, this thing can do bedroom volume; but not best for apartments. Meaning with the gain up, the volume can be on like 0.8, not even 1. And this does mean it can play with a loud drummer too. And decent headroom for cleans too, with gain low. This is not limited to a practice amp as it is not a practice-only amp. It's the type of amp you can do almost everything with.
Currently running it with a Bantamp hybrid pushing the Monoprice V30 12" cab. Sounds marvelous pushing my Tonex DI Amp captures.
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You should (a value choice) also be looking for a Katana 100 something used (not new Katana prices), and deeply, DEEPLY discounted. With this tube amp then you'd have the non-tube stuff to mix and match with it. And this (new) tube amp can work well with a multi (effects/amps/IR's/USB) pedal/device, similar to Katana effects, if not quite as many.
Start with a Humbucker at least in the bridge, if you ever play heaver stuff. End with a V30 (bigger cab) or better. Or Creamback. Some enjoy a green back, or classic sound blue or gold AlInCo speaker swap and that might work for you. Fine business; but I'd save those for a bigger cab. That's all more weight though. And you can do a lot with the built in EQ. [If you ask me I will send some knob settings for you to try.]
I've tried (and failed) to avoid amp heads because they cost more (why??) than the combo values; but it's nice to pair with different cab(s) and speaker(s), or use other amp heads and devices. As usual, I condone tubes and non-tube possible mixed gear. That way can even be less expensive. Combined gear can save you money; but not all put together parts will. Oh and there are a billions of gear/tone chains and ways to do it, and people have there own combinations. Best wishes.
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