Small, travel rig

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Hey guys.
Looking for a couple good options for a small away rig. Going to be leaving it away at a second residence.

- Need to be small, not a lot of room.
- Needs headphone jack
- needs a small speaker so I have the option of playing w/o phones
- sound as good as possible
- budget $200 would be max.

There is a Spark amp near me for 140$. Is that about as good as I’m going to do for what I want and need?

Thanks
 
I had a Spark. Wouldn’t give $50 for one. That being said, the little Joyo Bantamps are awesome if a 1x12 is an option.
 
I love the Boss Katana amps. I saw they have a 7 watt one for $99 but not sure if it is as good as the bigger ones
 
What about the Yamaha head …how does it stack up
 
I would just get a small interface and use plugins with a laptop at that point 🤷
 
MrDowntown said:
Interesting. So IYO, what gives on the Spark? Just curious
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When I used any high gain tones they just had no presence. The first note sounded ok and then it was like a strong gate engaged. I tried everything to make it useable but it just sucked. The Katana is 100 times better. Wish I did t sell it.
 
MrDowntown said:
Interesting idea.

Never used them..Plug-ins…what’s some good ones to check out
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There's a million - the Jason Richardson suite is very useful for modern metal stuff, the SLO plug in gets rave reviews from everyone.
 
I recently got the Spark. So far I like it but I can see some limitations with it.
However I agree with the Boss Katana recommendations, such a great sounding amp with great effects built in, of course.
I think the 50 watt model goes for closer to $250 new so that's just above your limit you mentioned.
But I see them used in great condition all the time for well under $200 so that could potentially work.
 
there is a dude within a couple hours of me that has a 50w MKII Katana, and PE100...asking $200

seems like a decent deal...if he's willing to meet me on the drive :sneaky:
 
I got a Yamaha THR otw…
Until it gets here though. I’ve downloaded a plug-in…it’ll do for now.

Having some latency issues…
Any latency for dummies tips?

Thanks for all The help And suggestions guys. Very much appreciated
 
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