Quote (aokmaster15 @ Jan 28 2010 01:46pm)
i would advise against the valve jr.
It is a tube amp, 5 watts. But it only has a volume knob. There is no equalizer or gain knob. So you will need to turn it up to max for any type of distortion and even for 5 watts it will be plenty loud. And how it sounds is how it will sound no matter what you do to it (unless you plan on buying pedals but if you are gonna spend more you may as well buy an amp that gives you more options)
I would suggest you look into something with gain and eq. The hodrod deluxe and deville have this and so does the blackheat little giant.
watch the demo/go try it for yourself. one of the coolest practice amps ive ever seen. as you turn the knob the tone also changes, very interesting and sounds freaking amazing.