Needed a cheap, portable amp

[Blaze]

Frank Zappa use to play a lot with the pignose ,even recorded with it on some albums.. Should be a cool amph

[piebaldpython***]

Let us know how that Pignose works out for you. Congrats.
Is that tube or SS?

Since you already have your new amp....I'll just mention that if anyone needs a small, portable inexpensive 5W amp.....there's the Vox DA5 (SS), Roland MicroCube (SS) and the Peavey Royal 8 (tube).

[R.B. Huckleberry]

Let us know how that Pignose works out for you. Congrats.
Is that tube or SS?

Since you already have your new amp....I'll just mention that if anyone needs a small, portable inexpensive 5W amp.....there's the Vox DA5 (SS), Roland MicroCube (SS) and the Peavey Royal 8 (tube).

The Pignose 7-100 is SS.


My daughter has the Microcube. It's fun, for sure, but I'm looking for something simple this time around.

[Soulstress]

In checking out that pignose it looks pretty cool. I like the portability of it, seeing that I will be traveling often. However, I dont see any reverb on it. Did I miss something? I like that microcube a lot too. Which would u say is better?

[R.B. Huckleberry]

In checking out that pignose it looks pretty cool. I like the portability of it, seeing that I will be traveling often. However, I dont see any reverb on it. Did I miss something? I like that microcube a lot too. Which would u say is better?

No reverb on the Pignose. "Dry & Ratty" is how I would describe it.


The Microcube has great effects built in.

[wingsdad]

... pignose ... microcube... Which would u say is better?

If you ascribe to the KISS formula, then it's the pignose. As basic as it gets. You have to work your guitar's volume & tone controls to modify tone and to an extent, how clean or raunchy at a given volume the 'nose will play.

OTH, for another 40-50 bucks, the MicroCube offers more versatilty of amps sounds, good (although not very adjsutable) effects, a tuning fork tuner, headphone jack, and you can attach a guitar strap instead of the handle-strap it comes with to it & sling it.

The MicroCube comes with an AC adapter, extra option with the pignose.

I'd had a pignose when they first came out, because it was pretty much the first of its kind. Had it for about 20 years, then it got riped off. I've had a MicroCube for a couple of years now. I'd had a Cube30; the Boss/Roland amps are excellent value packages.

Which is better? For a beginner like you, looking to learn the blues? I'd say the MicroCube because it will give you excellent clean or edgy tones withouth having to futz around with interfacing your guitar's controls with the amp's too much, and you'll have a healthy sampling of different types of amps & effects to experiment with without having to commit bucks to pedals and things.

[MichaelE]

If you just want a basic no-frills portable amp the Pignose is the way to go.

Battery operated, you can take it anywhere you can take a guitar.

30 years ago while in high school, a guy I used to jam with used to bring his LP to school with a Pignose slung over his shoulder and play between classes.

[Soulstress]

Thanks Wingsdad