15 Watt Tube Guitar Amp For Sale (2024 Update)

Where do I start? Well, how about, this is the best tube amp I have ever played! 62 years with many guitars and many amps, some owned, some borrowed, and some tested in music shops, might give me a little credibility. I have loved a Fender Twin Reverb, made in the 50s that my uncle Keith, and my guitar mentor, loaned me for a while. It just sounded so good. Never could seem to find cash, or justification to buy a tube amp, but have owned a hal a dozen solid states. THEN THIS LITTLE BEAUTY! Having played the Twin for a couple of years, and others such as a Mesa Boogie, VOX's, and too many others to recall, THIS monster sounds like most of them with just little tweaks of the knobs and my guitar switches. I have played country, 60s and 70s rock, blues, finger-style instrumentals, gospel, etc. I believe this is the PERFECT combo, with the correct (JJ) tubes, a sweet (and dirty when desired) Seventy/80 speaker, and an amazing diversity of sounds, which works in every genre I play! I do not know how anyone can find reason to bad mouth this. I had it for 2 weeks, was asked to fill an absent, guitarist's spot at an outdoor venue, I took this little amp. We played to an area the size of a football field. I set the amp on 1 Watt, until I could hear it cleanly (behind me on stage), let the sound man mic and mix me in. Never had to turn it above about 4, with gain between 1 and 4, and many complemented me on my sound, and musicians asked me WHAT IS THAT LITTLE AMP? Those are the good points. I can only think of two piddly things I would like to see changed, and one would be a standby switch, and the second being a way to run the external speaker WITHOUT cutting off the amp speaker. Until then, I will just keep playing this sweetheart amp, and enjoy the statements about "my sound," and the question of WHAT IS THAT LITTLE AMP? Keep playing everybody…and maybe buy one of these. I do not believe you will regrety it.New User

These amps are fantastic, and at these bargain prices you simply can't go wrong. I upgraded the reverb tank in mine to a Mod and changed the speaker for a Warehouse GC12. OMG, this thing is a beast! Another WGS option I've seen people use is the ET65 for a more British tone, also with good results. The stock speaker is not too bad, but this one simple upgrade of swapping the speaker takes the amp to the next level. It just sounds awesome. The upgraded reverb tank is also an improvement, but not as much as I thought it would be. If I had to do it over again I would just take out the stock tank and use a pedal for reverb and make the amp even lighter to haul around. The more important upgrade imo is the speaker. It really makes a world of difference. Grab one reasonably while you still can, the price keeps creeping up and up and up… !Jeff

After a number of FEDEX issues, I received my amp about 5 days later than estimated. It did arrive in excellent condition and was worth the wait. The Stage Right 611815 has a really sweet tone that sounds particularly good with the single coil pickups on my Fender Sratocaster Player. It breaks up nicely! The reverb works perfectly, and is fine for most playing but you might want an external reverb unit if you are playing Dick Dale tunes. A really nice feature for home playing is the 15W/1W switch, where you can limit the amp to 1 W (be aware that with sound, you have to increase the wattage by 10 times to double the perceived volume, so the 1W setting is a lot more than 1/15th as loud as the 15W setting). It is a bit unusual to have a tone control along with the more common bass, middle and treble controls. Personally, I would have labeled the Tone control as Presence, because that is what it seems to be. I have mostly been playing in the 1W mode with all the controls (including reverb) at 12 o clock, and that is working out great. As far as construction, the amp looks fantastic and gives a vintage look that hints at its tone! The dark grill cloth provides a nice contrast with the blonde tolex, giving a true vintage appearance. The retro red, jeweled pilot light and metal toggle switch complement the vintage styling Keeping with the vintage look, the control panel is chrome with retro chicken head knobs. As others have mentioned, the control names are a little bit difficult to read on the chrome panel. After you use the controls once, you know where they are, so does it really matter (I noticed the blonde version of the Fender Blues Jr also uses a chrome control panel…probably where Monoprice got the idea)? The tolex is neatly installed and glued, at least the parts that are exposed. The leather handle is also reminiscent of old school amps. And I really like the metal corner protectors…very nice. As proudly announced by a badge on the front panel, the amp is equipped with a Celestion speaker…a Seventy 80 The only criticism of the construction, and it is minor, is that the 8 external screws are not chamfered properly to mesh with the finishing washers, which result in the screw heads protruding above the washers. The amp has a jack for an external speaker. When you plug in an external speaker, the internal speaker is shut off, as is common with guitar amps. The reason is if you plug in an external 8 ohm speaker and the internal speaker would still be on, a (combined) 4 ohm load would be presented to the amplifier, which it is not designed to handle. The back is open. The line cord is not detachable, but can be conveniently stowed in the back of the amp. The amp has an effects loop, which I have not tried yet. The amp is now equipped with JJ brand tubes and a metal, two spring, reverb tank, which are upgrades from the original issue I wish I could find a nice, economical (i.e. $20) dust cover for the amp. The only ones I can find are priced at $50 or more, a bit much for protecting an inexpensive amp. In conclusion, the Stage Right 611815 amp looks great and sounds great, and I highly recommend it.Chris

Overall: Recieved this amp on saturday. Took it out of the box, looked great. plug in to 4*12 marshall cabinet and turned on to standby. Plugged in my Westbury custom to test. From the very beginning to was cracking, snapping then full blown static. I played all of two minutes before it started picking up radio signals and static was loud. No guitar signal was heard. Im not sure if its inherent in these amps but I am returning and not wanting another egnater productsVito

My Tweaker 15 half stack is my primary gigging amp. I don't like a ton of stage volume, and in any case this little rig is a lot louder than you'd expect from 15 watts. Using an angled-back stand for the cab, I can point it at my ear level and hear myself just fine w/o having to have guitar in the monitors. Hang an e906 in front of the speaker, and good to go. This rig's best feature is the broad range of useful tones. The various toggles and knobs actually DO something. Since I switch up between twp very different guitars (ES-335 to G&L SC2) in our current live sets, making a couple-three quick changes gets each guitar into its sweet spot and at the right volume easily. Foot-switchability would be even better, but it's quick enough. The gain control is particularly well done. There's some real range, not the "all or nothing" thing that a lot of amps' gain controls give. The Vintage/Modern voicing toggle offers distinct differences, as well. This rig takes pedals nicely. I use both individual stompboxes (recording) and an M13 (live…don't hate!), and both sound good. The one thing I dinged it a little on was that the lower ranges on the Master Volume aren't as useful as I hoped they would be when using the Gain. There's a big, non-linear jump in volume in the first quarter of the dial's movement. Not only does this jump bypass the volume I really wanted (for apartment playing), but the tone on the low side of that volume jump isn't nearly as good as the tone AFTER the jump. Not a problem on stage or even recording, but for those who have to be concerned about volume at times, it's not an ideal practice amp. Bottom line: a lot of great tones at a price that makes touring with it less nerve-wracking.David K

This amp provides a much better value than similarly designed amps by the top manufacturers. I was looking for small wattage amp to get natural tube break-up (previously playing 100 watt fender twin) at small room club-approved volume. I was down to this amp vs. Mesa Express 25 watt. Although the small Mesa's like the Express and TA models have more channels, I just really felt that the 2 channels of the Egnater were more versatile and responsive. I truly feel this amp does the best job of getting a Fender-ish clean and a Marshall-y overdrive in 1 amp. The overdrive channel is what really sold me. The dynamics make it really fun to play. It can get very saturated without sounding metal, and it compresses naturally. I've used on a couple recordings and can't believe the sound is coming from one 12" speaker and a 30 watt head. Sounds way bigger. This channel can also be used as more of a dirty clean channel. That is my one major qualm with this amp though… I like that the new 2 channel tweaker has a gain knob on both channels. I wish I could get a Stones-ish breakup sound using the clean channel on this amp without turning up to 10. So i'm forced to use a pedal and that's just not the same. Oh well, can't have everthing. I still wouldn't get the 2 channel tweaker because this overdrive channel is better to my ears – way more dynamic and responsive. The clean channel is stll great and I can turn it up to like 6 on gigs and get warm sounds. It can still get me the Fender cleans that I need – or close to them while still having a solid overdrive sound at the same time. That's the big win here. I agree with most that the wattage knobs are pratically useless – but to me, having both set of tubes is so cool. Clean channel can truly sound either Fender or Vox on 6V6 vs. EL84. I love being able to get Stratty Fender sounds with 6V6 and then flip to EL84 and get my Tom Petty sounds going. The distortion is slightly creamier with 6V6 but I like the feel changes depending on what guitar I'm playing. In general, it's nice to have 6V6 for strats and EL84's for Les Pauls all in 1 amp. I've had no issues with this amp (knock on wood) and have played steadily for over a year. Overall, this amp has 2 great channels instead of 4 decent channels. That's how I feel about it. Again, I wish they would have thrown a gain knob on the cleans for a slight break-up at low volume, but that is my only qualm. However, I'll gladly find a pedal solution for that instead of paying a lot on a bigger name brand. Thanks Egnater!WarrenHaynes4Prez

I started off with a solid state Laney that had a crunch mode and I fell in love with that sound from the moment I first heard it. I then spent the next ten years going through different setups trying to find that sound in a gig friendly amp but I only really tried Marshall's and Fender's. After years of frustration from trying amps with combinations of mods/speakers and OD pedals I finally heard a guitarist using a Vox AC15 in a pub gig and THAT was the sound I'd been looking for and since purchasing it I've never looked back. I can get sparkly cleans to perfect crunch and then great distortion (if needed) from this amp. I play a lot of Beatles, Stone Roses, Blur and Oasis so its a very Brit influenced sound that I'm after and this amp along with my Gibson Les Paul with P90's does the job perfectly. One thing I've read is that this amp doesn't take pedals well but I disagree. At low bedroom levels any tube amp won't sound too great with pedals but if you can open this up at the volume it was designed to play at then it sounds great with anything you put through it. Other reviews have said about the lack of an effects loop on this amp being an issue but honestly, once you plug an AC15 in you just get lost in the playing without worrying about anything else because their super clear sound cuts straight through in a band mix and sounds superb on its own. All in all I'm really impressed with the Vox AC15c1 and can happily say that I won't be looking for another amp anytime soon, except maybe to upgrade to the hand wired version…Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Oh, WOW! High quality manufacture, terrific sound and volume, excellently and safely packaged and arrived as promised. Beautiful, archetypal Vox chime – crunches and drives spectacularly when cranked up. Lovely reverb and tremolo. Quite a substantial thing and heavy with it, but I'm over the moon with this amp and if you're thinking about getting the same because you like the Vox sound – don't hesitate, it's everything people say it is and more when you're actually standing beside it. It might say 15 watts on the back but boy is it loud when you crank it up. Separate channel and master volume control means you CAN get it to work at lower volume levels. Awesome 🙂Ade

I have wanted one of these amps for a long time. I owned the ac10 and that was a good amp for the money but couldn't compare to the warmth and power of a tube amp. I don't gig out anymore so my fender blues junior has been a great little companion for the living room and does a great job for an inexpensive little tube amp. I've had it for over twelve years and it's all stock and still sounds as good as the day I bought it. I finally decided to upgrade to the vox AC15 today. I have to say that I really missed that vintage British sound that vox seems to so easily capture. This amp sounds so good it's almost unbelievable and at a price that's more than reasonable in my opinion. You could easily spend twice as much for half the tonal quality and build quality that you get with this combo amp. These AC15s are legendary work horses and are known for years of reliable service even under the harshest conditions. I got mine brand new today and wasn't able to put it down for hours. It will never leave my house so I'm sure it will provide me with years of trouble free enjoyment. It will definitely be the last amp I will ever need or want to buyStrummer

I recently purchased an Orange rocker 15 from AMS after returning another brand. The one I returned was a highly rated hand wired tube amp. All reviews said said it was unbelievable and the holy grail of small tube amps. Well I am no expert but to me it wasn't worth the $ 1000.0 price tag. I saw a you-tube video on The Orange rocker 15 and thought Id give it a try. Everybody says get a good clean amp and use a pedal for distortion. No pedal can sound as good as this amp when it breaks up. And man it can break up. From classic rock thud to heavy saturation it does it all. You know that feel you get from that thick distortion. This amp can get LOUD at full power but can still sound great on the headroom/bedroom settings. Sorry no Fender can sound like this. The rocker 15 has a really good full sounding clean channel that isn't over the top sparkly, but I don't use that sound anyway. Give it a try, It grows on you really quick. Thanks AMS for a no hassle return on the first amp. You guys ROCK!!!Dale

First I'll start with the Pro's of this amp 1. Fantastic Clean Tone. It is very dynamic and sensitive to pick attack. It really lets the sound of your guitar shine through, and with the tone knob and pickup selector I have not found any more EQ on the clean channel necessary. Turn it up and pick hard, you get a very nice break up, lay low and it shimmers. 2. Built solid. Birch plywood, heavy duty tolex, heavy duty chassis, good components, ceramic tube sockets, JJ tubes. A lot of places other amps cheap out, the Orange does not. 3. Adjustable power levels. Very bedroom and apartment friendly on .5 and 1 watt settings. 4. Volume and Portability. Enough volume to gig (I always mic my amps, but if needed it could still stay pretty clean over a drummer),easy to transport, and great weight and size. 5. Classic Rock and Modern Sounds. While I would not consider this a metal amp, it will still do a pretty good high gain modern sound and also classic rock crunch. 6. Tube effects loop. It sounds amazing with some chorus and delay in the loop. Now for the Cons 1. Mine arrived with tube rattle. I thought about sending it back but had an extra set of JJ EL84's and fixed the issue. I think it had more to do with the fact the UPS man threw the amp on my porch like a sack of potatoes. There was even a hole in the box from it hitting my rocking chair. It gave me chance to inspect the amps components and guts though. I also got a good deal on it, so it didn't bother me that much. 2. Low power modes (.5 and 1 watt) sound fizzy. It's nice being able to crank it up and play quietly, but the break up can sound fizzy. This goes away on the 7.5 and 15 watt modes. Honestly I think a headphone jack would have been a better idea. 3. Price. I think this amp may get looked over because you can get other 15 watt tube amps for less that even have reverb and some other desirable features 4. No footswitch. I will probably re review after 6 months of gigging abuse. But happy with my purchase.schwebel

Incredible value for money all tube head… Fantastic on stage as just quiet enough to crank the master past halfway and retain the full valve tone whilst being mic'd. Strangely bass heavy for a Laney… The VC30 and Lionheart I own have both been treble monsters, so I was really surprised to be dialling the bass off here and winding the treble right up. Decent head room to take pedals as well. Bargain.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Fantastic sounding amplifier in both 1w and 15w modes. Spring reverb and boost are excellent additions and the tone from the speaker is outstanding. I upgraded from a HT-1R and am certainly not disappointed. My strat and tele sound awesome! Only complaint is that it would be nice if Laney provided a foot switch in the box.Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

We have 5 Marshall’s in our studio 800.900, 2000, silver jubilee, plexi. We also have a Vox and a orange TH. Our first Laney and it sounds fantastic….what a sleeper company…. The sound is all British but it really has great rich smooth harmonics… It compares to our Friedman but at a fraction of the price. We can’t stop playing this boutique sounding amp… Good job LaneyShred Flintstone

I have a Marshall 412 cabinet with a 100 watt Marshall head. I needed a smaller amp to practice at home and for small jam sessions. I picked the Marshall MG15FX because I know and like the Marshall sound and quality. The Effects features sound good too. I bought the footswitch for it too. This amp sounds good and powerful enough for any small jam or studio work. Marshall makes a MG30 if you need more power.Max

I really like this amp. I don't have to turn up the master volume very much for it to get loud enough. I plan to hook up a Line 6 Pocket Pod for heavier distortion and more effects options. I'm a big fan of delay and am happy with the delay that comes with this amp but I did get a Boss DD-8 digital delay pedal and it works well with this amp. I previously had a cheap 100 watt amp but it only sounded well at low volume. I feel this Marshall amp is better quality and I am glad I got this one.Ferdad

i use this fun little amp at home to practice and jam. sometimes with friends. i've have owned fender and peavy practice amps and this Marshall is just as good or better. i like the clean and various overdrives..the effects do a good enough job and really like the two different reverb effects. i like the headphone option for keeping the neighbors and girlfriend happy when playing late night. i play a Epiphone Les paul traditional pro iv and the combonation sounds super for hard rock and blues but i needed to get a heavy metal pedal for metallica songs. wish it had a longer plug in cable. but over all it sounds really good for what i payed.. ;owned it for two years and keeps on rocking.rob

Sounded absolutely amazing — for about 30 minutes. Then it started smoldering. Amp cut out. House smelled like solder. Burning solder! Weak traces on the circuit board. The volume would fall and rise continuously. Beautiful cabinet and crystal clear cleans, great reverb, and great crunch tones and all controls were very usable. Had to return. This thing got so hot I'm surprised it didn't smoke. Never should have left the store.Startcaster

Love this amp! The creamback speaker and the cream exterior is greatness Loud proud and beautiful. I'll never get rid of this one. This and a Sennheiser 906 into the pa is all you need for a loud gig. This by itself for anything else I heard someone talking about more bass resonance in the normal channel. Of course what do you think Top Boost means? Treble boost maybe? That would be my guess!😁 And also the Beatles. That was the channel they preferred to use. The strat, The tele The Gretsch 12 the Firebird all love this amp Your guitar will too Not for heavy metalKenny

I have 3 of these amps so far and love them. You can't expect a big tube sound because it's not that but rather a smaller very useful sound. I customize them slightly with an 8" speaker that fits in them and do a few other little things. For very little money you can have a killer little tweed looking amp. Works great for rockabilly and roots music with an archtop for me and takes any pedals well. Can't beat these little work horses.Travis

Beautiful cover and vintage tweed appearance. Good for an office. If it got ripped off you would get over it quick. Have to use pedals or limited functionality makes practice boring rather quickly. Clean very good. Gain option is unfortunately toy-like and useless. Just leave it off.Records Reills

Cool little amp. Been spending some time playing with it. Love the tweed look. Wish they hadn't put the Rogue plaque on the front of the grill, and had kept true to the Champ 600 look by putting it on the top of the amp over the speaker. The clean channel is good, wish it had some built in reverb. The distortion channel is good too. I ran my "Bluesdriver" pedal into it and it sounded even better. I will likely change out the stock speaker for the Eminence 6.5 speaker to try and coax a little more sound out of this great little amp.KWB MUSIC

I started off with a solid state Laney that had a crunch mode and I fell in love with that sound from the moment I first heard it. I then spent the next ten years going through different setups trying to find that sound in a gig friendly amp but I only really tried Marshall's and Fender's. After years of frustration from trying amps with combinations of mods/speakers and OD pedals I finally heard a guitarist using a Vox AC15 in a pub gig and THAT was the sound I'd been looking for and since purchasing it I've never looked back. I can get sparkly cleans to perfect crunch and then great distortion (if needed) from this amp. I play a lot of Beatles, Stone Roses, Blur and Oasis so its a very Brit influenced sound that I'm after and this amp along with my Gibson Les Paul with P90's does the job perfectly. One thing I've read is that this amp doesn't take pedals well but I disagree. At low bedroom levels any tube amp won't sound too great with pedals but if you can open this up at the volume it was designed to play at then it sounds great with anything you put through it. Other reviews have said about the lack of an effects loop on this amp being an issue but honestly, once you plug an AC15 in you just get lost in the playing without worrying about anything else because their super clear sound cuts straight through in a band mix and sounds superb on its own. All in all I'm really impressed with the Vox AC15c1 and can happily say that I won't be looking for another amp anytime soon, except maybe to upgrade to the hand wired version…Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

Oh, WOW! High quality manufacture, terrific sound and volume, excellently and safely packaged and arrived as promised. Beautiful, archetypal Vox chime – crunches and drives spectacularly when cranked up. Lovely reverb and tremolo. Quite a substantial thing and heavy with it, but I'm over the moon with this amp and if you're thinking about getting the same because you like the Vox sound – don't hesitate, it's everything people say it is and more when you're actually standing beside it. It might say 15 watts on the back but boy is it loud when you crank it up. Separate channel and master volume control means you CAN get it to work at lower volume levels. Awesome 🙂Ade

I have wanted one of these amps for a long time. I owned the ac10 and that was a good amp for the money but couldn't compare to the warmth and power of a tube amp. I don't gig out anymore so my fender blues junior has been a great little companion for the living room and does a great job for an inexpensive little tube amp. I've had it for over twelve years and it's all stock and still sounds as good as the day I bought it. I finally decided to upgrade to the vox AC15 today. I have to say that I really missed that vintage British sound that vox seems to so easily capture. This amp sounds so good it's almost unbelievable and at a price that's more than reasonable in my opinion. You could easily spend twice as much for half the tonal quality and build quality that you get with this combo amp. These AC15s are legendary work horses and are known for years of reliable service even under the harshest conditions. I got mine brand new today and wasn't able to put it down for hours. It will never leave my house so I'm sure it will provide me with years of trouble free enjoyment. It will definitely be the last amp I will ever need or want to buyStrummer

I've been looking for a great, clean amp that would really accent my guitar's natural sound. I first tried the Blues Junior which was nice but didn't have quite enough warmth and power behind it, I needed something more. I did my research and landed on this beautiful Princeton. It has everything that I was looking for. I am an experienced player but also prefer not to have a super complicated setup with switches and pedals and knobs; this Princeton keeps the focus solely on the tone and sound. Yes, there is a reverb knob which can add a little more, but I usually keep that off. What's great about getting an amp like this is you really get CLEAN, crisp open/clean channels and can really hear your axe sing. Because of that, it also allows your pedals to shine without being bogged down with too much of this or that, or in my opinion not having enough power behind the amplification. This amp is perfect for those who just want a clean guitar sound, or who want to throw in an effect here and there and still get everything you want in the sound. 1000% recommend.GuitarGuy911

This is a fantastic amp after owning it for 5 months. I constantly wonder about getting rid of other amps and just playing this one all the time. It's a "just right" amp. It's extremely easy to get along with. It sounds good in any room, is less sensitive to placement in the room than other amps I've owned, it's easy to dial in with different guitars. The Reverb & Tremolo always seem just right and easy to adjust. It seemingly gets along with just about any pedal/effect you run into it, but you don't need any FX or pedals with this amp either if you don't want them. If I had to think of a negative it's the vintage style food switch that comes with it. You can't mount it on a pedal board because the back is just press fit and the cable doesn't detach. I usually just wrap up the cable and put the foot switch in the amp for transport. It's no surprise these have been popular for decades.Ben

I went back and forth between the Princeton Custom 68 and the 65 Reissue, and settled on the 65 as I will make better use of the clean headroom and 'pure' clean Fender tone (compared to the darker, snarlier sound of the 68). The amp is fairly light (compared to other Fender amps) and a compact size for transporting to gigs, it has plenty of headroom for small to medium-sized shows but is quiet enough for home recording. The tone is beautiful, clear and sparkling, with a very characterful spring reverb and a subtle but warm vibrato. It's a simple amp with 1 channel, no mid EQ control, no standby switch – but it has everything I ever actually need to use on an amp. It starts to break up around 6 on the dial, which is pretty loud in a small room, so if you're looking for a crunchy amp then this isn't for you.Robin M.

I've been playing night clubs, Casinos, Hot Rod Runs, Bike Runs, weddings, parties, and everything since 1979. I used to use 2 Fender Twin Reverbs with Celestian G-12-65's and a rack of effects processors (to run STEREO), with a octopus of wiring to set up at every gig, plus an octopus of switches and stomp boxes and wall warts on power sttrips on the floor. Set up time and tear down time took hours. Sometimes all that wiring maze would pick up the 60 cycle hum, and what a mess locating the buzz! After a gig I had to set all that stuff up again at my home studio to practice. Sometimes there was no time… In 1996 I bought a Line 6 Flextone 2-12 (stereo) and that changed everything. It ended all the major problems and electrical buzzes. I programmed the Flextone right next to my Fender Twins and matched the tones exactly on the Flextone. WOW! No more Octopus Monster and Heavy Gear! I have since had a Spider III HD 120 with 412 bottom, 2 Spider III 210 combo's a Spider Valve 100 head, and recently a Spider IV 120 210. I Use the Spider iii 120 210 and Spider IV 120 210 amps on stage exclusively, with an FBV floorboard. Very Simple for stage and Awesome Sound everywhere I play! But again, many times my gear is loaded in a trailer, or at the venue and I need something that sounds like my Spider IV,,, so I got a Spider IV 15 watt. I quickly dialed in my 6o's Fender Reverb Tone for Country and Surf Tone on Ch 1, my StevieRay Vaughan "Little Wing" tone on Ch 2, The Stevie Ray Vaughan Roto-Vibe Tone on Ch 3, and a Van Halen tone on the Insane CH 4. I'm good to go! The only thing missing, is that the larger Spider Amps have a separate Reverb knob and the Spider 15 shares either the Echo Delay or reverb on the same knob, so you can't have both to smooth out the delay. It's one or the other on the Delay or the Reverb, but that's not a big deal on a great practice amp, that i could use onstage if I had a mishap with my other amps. Sounds best when you aren't pushing the master all the way to the max. Crank it up, dial in your tones, then back it off about 7 on the Channel Volumes, match them, and run the master at about 6 or 7. I can switch the channels with my FBV Floorboard and use it for practicing in real small rooms with a band. If it's not loud enough…Mic it! The tones I use are there and I can pack this amp in 2 minutes and walk out with my guitar without breaking my back with the heavier stuff. Fits right on my front seat. Done Deal! If it's your first amp, it's probably the best starter amp for the money, and for me, I have my tones dialed in for practice anywhere with no hassles.Kenny

Ups dropped it off yesterday, and it is everything I hoped, but better. The metal and insane channels are perfect. The clean is gorgeous, for a sort of metal clean tone. If you want to play a lot of Zeppelin or Pink Floyd, you might be better off with a Vypyr. but if you want Mettallica and Crue, to A7X, back to AC/DC and Aerosmith, youll love it. The metal channel is heavy as hell, and can still get up and throw piercing highs and mids. Everything is tight and punchy as hell. The biggest thing that shocked me was the clarity at seemingly stupid volumes for such a small amp. MF was out of stock when I ordered it, and I still had it in 7 days with free shipping. I highly recommend this amp to all metalheads. Thanks Musicians Friend and Line 6. RNFRJag

Very satisfied with this guitar amp. It has a lot of great effects, like flanger, reverb, tremolo, and tape echoes (to name a few). It's very fun to mess around with settings to create great spacey sounds and heavy, sludgy tones. It's also very easy to use. The amplifier also has very useful features, like a built-in tuner and a "save" feature, where the amp can save and remember four different settings at the push (and hold) of a button. It has great tone, volume, and variety, and it picks up things like pinch harmonics extremely well on the Metal and Insane tones. It's also pretty light to carry. I'd definitely recommend this amp for someone just starting out and for someone who's rather experienced with guitar playing. Great price for an amazing amplifier.Katastrophecy

I have owned several amps in the last 40yrs. Always looking for "that tone" and never quite found it. Peavey's a Marshall and a Carvin. The last being a 100W head. And with all of them and a line 6 floor pod, was never happy. I am so happy with this head on my 4×12 marshall cab that all I have used the floor pod for is the tuner. I'm sure at some point I will probably use the pod for some effects, but for what I mostly play its not really needed. Of course there are many things that can effect this so ill just give a short list of the main guitars I use and the pickups. Gibson Les Paul with Slash Seymour Duncan's, wired 50's and a Gibson 137 all stock. I no longer play out so the 100w Carvin was just not good in my basement. Couldn't push it to the point of natural breakup in a confined space. This amp goes from almost crystal clean to a beautiful natural saturation. And the dirty channel picks up where the clean leaves off and goes to the verge of metal. Throw a overdrive pedal in the mix and there isn't much you couldn't play on the fly.Brad B

I have had it for a week and love it. It goes from super clean to full on metal overdrive. Price was good—delivered quick. Seems well built enough. The only thing I would change is to give the clean / classic channel some crunch so i could go from a light crunch to a heavy lead sound when switching channels because the clean channel is clean even when fully cranked. The DSL100 has a crunch option on the clean channel so it would be nice to have it here as well. But you can use the ultra gain channel and use the guitar volume to clean it up etc. I assume the clean channel would take pedals well from other reviews I have seen. Overall it rocks and gets really loud. Gig-able I think. Highly recommended.Tuckerman

I bought 2 of these heads to drive Marshall MX12 cabinets. I was previously using 2 Marshall DSL40CR combo amps. I thought I could save space by having the small heads instead. I was wrong. FYI, the DSL40CR amps sound great (mine are upgraded with Creamback speakers). First off, the amps both had horrific white noise when you turned up the reverb. 2) one amp made some weird static noise when you moved your hand around the face plate, touching the face plate actually changed the tone. I have never in my almost 30 years of using guitar amps had this. 3) The amps sounded thin and tinny. To the point they were unusable. I returned them for a refund and when both amps arrived at Musicians Friend, they stated that they only received one amp (although both amps arrived the same day). A day later the 2ne amp was marked as received. I received one amps refund on Saturday, and now I guess I have to wait till Monday for the second refund. What a joke. BTY, I also ordered a brand new EHX pedal when I bought the amps and they sent me a used one instead! Musicians Friend is such a joke now a days it's sad.MLM

Lightweight well constructed and great tone. Has Vox chime you want it and classic rock crunch. Nice looking head made in Vietnam. I have this thing about Chinese amplifiers but Vietnam we owe them the economic investment after what we did to their country. So much for my soapbox. You can't go wrong with this amp it's a keeper if I lost it I will get another Half power switch is it add a plus for playing and practicing at homegrw453

Great little amp with a wide variety of tones. Has fairly high gain, while retaining a focused tone with out the fizz of some amp's distortion. Also has that wonderful high end Vox chime. Kerrang!Uncle Bill

I recently purchased an Orange rocker 15 from AMS after returning another brand. The one I returned was a highly rated hand wired tube amp. All reviews said said it was unbelievable and the holy grail of small tube amps. Well I am no expert but to me it wasn't worth the $ 1000.0 price tag. I saw a you-tube video on The Orange rocker 15 and thought Id give it a try. Everybody says get a good clean amp and use a pedal for distortion. No pedal can sound as good as this amp when it breaks up. And man it can break up. From classic rock thud to heavy saturation it does it all. You know that feel you get from that thick distortion. This amp can get LOUD at full power but can still sound great on the headroom/bedroom settings. Sorry no Fender can sound like this. The rocker 15 has a really good full sounding clean channel that isn't over the top sparkly, but I don't use that sound anyway. Give it a try, It grows on you really quick. Thanks AMS for a no hassle return on the first amp. You guys ROCK!!!Dale

First I'll start with the Pro's of this amp 1. Fantastic Clean Tone. It is very dynamic and sensitive to pick attack. It really lets the sound of your guitar shine through, and with the tone knob and pickup selector I have not found any more EQ on the clean channel necessary. Turn it up and pick hard, you get a very nice break up, lay low and it shimmers. 2. Built solid. Birch plywood, heavy duty tolex, heavy duty chassis, good components, ceramic tube sockets, JJ tubes. A lot of places other amps cheap out, the Orange does not. 3. Adjustable power levels. Very bedroom and apartment friendly on .5 and 1 watt settings. 4. Volume and Portability. Enough volume to gig (I always mic my amps, but if needed it could still stay pretty clean over a drummer),easy to transport, and great weight and size. 5. Classic Rock and Modern Sounds. While I would not consider this a metal amp, it will still do a pretty good high gain modern sound and also classic rock crunch. 6. Tube effects loop. It sounds amazing with some chorus and delay in the loop. Now for the Cons 1. Mine arrived with tube rattle. I thought about sending it back but had an extra set of JJ EL84's and fixed the issue. I think it had more to do with the fact the UPS man threw the amp on my porch like a sack of potatoes. There was even a hole in the box from it hitting my rocking chair. It gave me chance to inspect the amps components and guts though. I also got a good deal on it, so it didn't bother me that much. 2. Low power modes (.5 and 1 watt) sound fizzy. It's nice being able to crank it up and play quietly, but the break up can sound fizzy. This goes away on the 7.5 and 15 watt modes. Honestly I think a headphone jack would have been a better idea. 3. Price. I think this amp may get looked over because you can get other 15 watt tube amps for less that even have reverb and some other desirable features 4. No footswitch. I will probably re review after 6 months of gigging abuse. But happy with my purchase.schwebel

I use the amp with a pair of 8 ohm Greenbacks wired in series so the cabinet is 16 ohms and the attenuator works no problem.Supernaut

Superb Vox tone, I use the top boost input cranked with a little sprinkle of overdrive on top, the guitar volume control can give cleaner tones rolled back. Perfect!Reviewed by Andertons Music Co.

I’m really enjoying the AC15CH, it’s simple and straight forward and all of the features are really useable i.e the digital verb and tremolo. The attenuator is especially useful if you play either early morning or late at night to drop the amp down from 15 watts to a watt and a half. But I will also point out if you’re a big overdrive/ distortion pedal user, Vox amps might not be the best option for you, as their is an inherent chime to them that makes using pedal gain quite challenging to dial in, not impossible but just a bit of a hassle! So bear that in mind, if you’re thinking about picking one up. Overall I really like this amp and it’s a nice replacement for an old ac30 I’ve had forever that hasn’t been running right for a long time!MR A. J. K.

It's a very portable 1×10 combo, weights 31lbs, has 2 channels and switchable 15/7/1w all tube. It is exactly as they advertise it. It can do just about any genre you like, from jazz to modern metal. The clean channel just has a volume knob and that's perfect for me. The dirty channel rips as good as any other Orange amp I've owned. Don't let the 10" speaker fool you. It sounds huge! Big, thick, and full sounding.Ben

First I'll start with the Pro's of this amp 1. Fantastic Clean Tone. It is very dynamic and sensitive to pick attack. It really lets the sound of your guitar shine through, and with the tone knob and pickup selector I have not found any more EQ on the clean channel necessary. Turn it up and pick hard, you get a very nice break up, lay low and it shimmers. 2. Built solid. Birch plywood, heavy duty tolex, heavy duty chassis, good components, ceramic tube sockets, JJ tubes. A lot of places other amps cheap out, the Orange does not. 3. Adjustable power levels. Very bedroom and apartment friendly on .5 and 1 watt settings. 4. Volume and Portability. Enough volume to gig (I always mic my amps, but if needed it could still stay pretty clean over a drummer),easy to transport, and great weight and size. 5. Classic Rock and Modern Sounds. While I would not consider this a metal amp, it will still do a pretty good high gain modern sound and also classic rock crunch. 6. Tube effects loop. It sounds amazing with some chorus and delay in the loop. Now for the Cons 1. Mine arrived with tube rattle. I thought about sending it back but had an extra set of JJ EL84's and fixed the issue. I think it had more to do with the fact the UPS man threw the amp on my porch like a sack of potatoes. There was even a hole in the box from it hitting my rocking chair. It gave me chance to inspect the amps components and guts though. I also got a good deal on it, so it didn't bother me that much. 2. Low power modes (.5 and 1 watt) sound fizzy. It's nice being able to crank it up and play quietly, but the break up can sound fizzy. This goes away on the 7.5 and 15 watt modes. Honestly I think a headphone jack would have been a better idea. 3. Price. I think this amp may get looked over because you can get other 15 watt tube amps for less that even have reverb and some other desirable features 4. No footswitch. I will probably re review after 6 months of gigging abuse. But happy with my purchase.schwebel

Have been gigging this for about a year. Cranking it up. Dropped out of my vehicle 3 feet off the ground, landed on cement…..keeps on ticking. Sounds so good with my teles. OCD and Paisley Drive sweetened the deal.Jake