10 Best Practice Tube Amps 2020
Reviewed by Gareth Otwell
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After analyzing products, scanning reviews, spending more than 36 hours of research and speaking with our test users, we think the Vox Pathfinder Combo is the one of the Best Practice Tube Amp on the market.
Vox Pathfinder Combo – Best Overall Practice Tube Amp
- Distinctive VOX looks and great VOX tone
- 10 watts; 6.5" speaker
- Clean/Overdrive switch
- Volume, Gain, Bass and Treble controls
- Line/Headphone processed output
Fender Frontman 10G Electric Guitar Amplifier – Best Budget Practice Tube Amp
- 10 Watts
- 1-6" Fender Special Design Speaker
- One Channel
- Controls: Gain, Over-Drive Select Switch, Volume, Treble, Bass
- Other Features: 1/4" Instrument Input, 2-Band EQ, 1/8" Auxiliary Input Jack for Jam-Along with Media Player or CD, 1/8" Headphone Output Jack for Silent Practice, Closed-Back Design for Heavier Bass Response
Monoprice 611705 5-Watt 1x8 Guitar Combo Tube Amplifier
- As the title indicates, this guitar amplifier features a 5-watt tube power amplifier and a Celestion brand speaker.
- It uses a ECC83/12AX7 preamplification tube and a 6V6GT power tube for the amplifier section, plus a Celestion Super 8 GBA-15 speaker.
- The amplifier handles frequencies between 80Hz and 10kHz, with hum and noise -75dB below the rated power and 0.5% total harmonic distortion.
- It includes a Low input and a High input, with the former attenuating the signal by approximately 50% and the latter being easier to overdrive.
- While tone is always debatable, the increased dynamic range and even-order harmonic distortion of tubes produces the better sound.
Orange Amps Electric Guitar Power Amplifier
- 12 watt
- 6 inches speaker
- Dual gain controls
- 3 band EQ
- Master volume
Orange Amps Electric Guitar Power Amplifier
- Power: 20 watt (solid state)
- 2 foot switchable channels
- Speaker: 1x8 inches Orange Voice of the World
- Controls: 3 band EQ, volume, gain, reverb
- Built in reverb
Monoprice 611815 15Watt – Premium Pick
- Superior guitar tone and flexibility using this 15-Watt, 1x12 Guitar Combo Tube Amplifier with Celestion Speaker & Spring Reverb from Monoprice!
- Features a 15-watt tube power amplifier and a Celestion brand speaker. Amplifier Load Range: 8 ~ 16 ohms
- Uses three ECC83/12AX7 preamplification tubes and two EL84 power tubes for the amplifier section, plus a Celestion Red Truvox 1215 speaker.
- Handles frequencies between 80Hz and 10kHz, with hum and noise -75dB below the rated power and 0.5% total harmonic distortion.
- The cabinet is ported in the rear and features a leather handle, cloth speaker grill, and a cream-colored, textured, synthetic leather exterior with chrome corner guards
BUGERA V5 5-Watt Class Amplifier Combo with Infinium Tube Life
- Hand-built 5-Watt Class-A amplifier driven by 1 x EL84 tube
- Revolutionary INFINIUM Tube Life Multiplier technology:
- Way cool vintage look and feel
- World-famous, British engineered 8'' TURBOSOUND speaker
- Authentic preamp design from the '60s featuring 1 x 12AX7 tube—everything from purring blues to mind-blowing crunch
Ampeg BA-108v2 20-watt Bass Combo Amplifier
- 20-watt output
- 8" Ampeg Custom8 speaker
- 3-band EQ
- 1/8" stereo and 1/4" mono auxiliary inputs with level control
- 1/8" headphone output
Orange Crush 20 Twin-Channel 20W Guitar Amplifier
- Foot switchable channels
- Analogue signal path
- CabSim loaded headphone output
- New High gain preamp Design, 4 stage preamp
- 20 Watts
Fender Frontman 10G Electric Guitar Amplifier
- 10 watts
- 6" Fender Special Design speaker
- Gain, volume, treble and bass controls; overdrive switch
- 1/8" auxiliary input and headphone output jacks
- Closed-back construction
