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What a time to be a guitar player. You can gear-up so cheaply now & still have great tone.
BUT !!! good guitars became very expensive!
Landon, thanks for doing these videos on affordable gear. Love your sense of humor.
Yeah, Landon is my favorite music gear person on YT
Awesome review! I hate when amp reviews mask the sound with a bunch of pedals. This really gives us an idea of what the amp delivers.
I bought both the 5watt and the 15Watt. $102 and $209 = $311 for both. They are an awesome way for a dad to have some great all-tube amps on a pitiful GAS budget. I’ve seen ppl swap the speakers very easily and get sounds that they liked better. I think they sound great as is.
nice!
If you do anything to the 5W, I recommend the negative feedback mod. Just toss a switch across R22 to short the resistor. Easy peasy. Bit noisier, but the gain increases a bit and it adds some "presence." Can always put a 25-50k pot in series with the switch too, to dial in a certain quantity of negative feedback. Works much like the presence knob on other amps. I prefer it shorted out, sounds a bit more vintage tube-y. Of course, it's still a phenomenal amp in stock form too!
@@lllllllllllllllllllll1lll1 I’ve been enjoying the process of learning what tones can be dialed up from both amps. These are my 1st tube amps, so I’ve nothing to compare it to yet. I’m into the idea of adding a presence knob, but I know they can bite like an angry monkey, so I’m a little hesitant to reach inside without the necessary know-how to do so.
Thanks for the tip 🤘🏻
@@robraaiiiOr use a 10 band EQ pedal
Sounds like a great little amp , especially liked it with the regular Telecaster pickups.
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Nice! And you played my favorite note at the end! 😊 Thanks Landon 😅
Thanks for mentioning your appreciation for the front facing controls. Never understood why you would put them anywhere else.
Yea Vox and Orange! Jk. I love those amps.
Front facing controls are the best! I am a bedroom player and I have a really old squire amp that fits perfectly into an ikea kallax
I had the 15W version in 1983. Used it as a preamp. LOVED it.
This is the best deal going if you want a full on, 100% tube amp and they sound great!
GREAT amp. The only thing that stopped me from picking one up (got a Katana 50 MKII instead) was the lack of aux input. Also, don’t be fooled by the 5 watts. A 5 watt tube amp can get loud!
I have this amp, I love it. It distorts so well
Bought this amp from monoprice about 7 years ago for $110 (US). Had all solid state amps at the time so wanted to try it. For the price (and even not the price) I really like it. Still play. Handy little amp that sounds good and built like a tank. But yeah, that stupid mirrored control backing....and they still do that. One other difference between this amp and the old one...the controls are on top on the old one I have. Behind the handle. Anyway, I liked it enough to buy the Stage right cab and amp (30 watt tube). For the money, just can't beat it. Except for the stupid mirror control face. I printed up my own and laid it over the top...flat black with white text. 1000% better!
I agree with you there! I pulled the pots/switch/bulb/input jack when I did the negative feedback mod. Hit that control plate with a random orbital sander to give it a brushed (-esque) finish. Looks much better.
Yep. You got to memorize all the knob functions . . . I had the 15W and UPS would always bust the speaker loose in shipping. I finally gave up and repaired the broken screw holes . . . you gotta have a hot glue gun to secure all the peeling Tolex too . . .
My third try with the 15W had the A-Type speaker and hated it. The 80-70 had more chime . . . sold off the 15W for $180 . . . after upgrading all the tubes . . . total loss.
Love the little 5W amp . . . just need to add a Reverb pedal.
I have the big brother, great bargain. Mine came with JJ tubes. Since the tube shortage I don't think they are using them anymore.
I had the same amp and I loved it. Sounds great with the Harley Benton ac tone pedal.
It's amazing how good such a cheap amplifier with old technology sounds!
The amp design is "Class A"; which is one of the first amp topologies. So in a sense it is "old". There are lots of advantages to class A, and one very big disadvantage: low output at high AC power requirements. Also, heat generation and resulting thermal reliability issues. If you can deal with the low power output, it's considered to be the best sounding circuit topology by many amp designers. I own the earlier 2016 Monoprice label version with 2 inputs ( high/low) which is a direct copy of the Tweed F1 Champ used by Eric Clapton and others.
I like many have the 15w monoprice, and love it!
You can't beat the acquistion of a tube amp for $135 US. Dandy little rig. It seemed to really come alive with that RevStar & the P90s
I have one and love it. The Thomann ones are not 110 volts so you need a converter to use it in the US but Thomann makes it clear and you won't get a surprise
Well done! I was looking for a 2x12 cabinet for a Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister Deluxe 40. Pretty expensive until i saw one at Thomann, Celestion V30’s and stereo switchable for 250 bucks. Same or better as most other branded ones on the market, can’t beat that.
I have a VC508 5 watt Crate pure tube amp that is run out of my analog delay's remote output switch and the local switch into my Fender Deluxe 40 watt tube amp...the 5 watt amp I can crank the gain and it mixes beautifully with my clean settings on the Fender Deluxe...great little amp for gain.
Bought one for a friend. Took some time to break in speaker for him- and its not a bad little amp. I have noticed if cycled on and off quickly it will blow fuses- past that I found no weakness.
I have the 15 watt version. You get a lot of amp for the money. Very usable, as it comes. Easy to mod if you want to sweeten the sound to your personal taste. Thanks for the video!
Good to know!
I’ve had one of these for about 3 years now. I use it regularly to gig solo - I mic it through the PA. I can -lay any venue with this one and not break my back carry my equipment around. And it always sound AWESOME. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for sharing!
I had one of these, takes pedals well, especially a transparent OD. I did have a loose tube when it came in so before firing up just make sure your tubes are seated well. Only complaint was volume on mine seemed to go from Off to what I would consider a 4. The 1-3 range was just missing.
Have a few friends that own different models of Monoprice amps. They seem to like them alot. 👍🔊
I would stay away from their solid state amps... they are NOT well designed or built. These little tube amps though are pretty good.
I have this amp. It's ok for a practice tube amp but definitely comes to life with an eq to boost the lows and/or through a larger speaker. Nice review.🤗😘😄
Btw way, for a 5w amp it can get stupid loud!!!
1 watt will (usually) give you 90 dB, and then you'll get 1dB for every extra watt you have. That's just a rough guide, but yes, 5 watts (even 1) is loud enough to get everyone's attention.
I've got the 15w version. Awesome! And a great pedal platform.
Thanks! I stuck between this one and Bugera V5 for playing blues at home. Which one could you suggest? I don't consider TUBE15 (yet), less tubes - less waste.
Sounds great!
It is very good that you have connected the guitar directly, if other devices are switched in between it is not possible to assess the pure amp, and that is what the test is about.
Thanks and carry on.
I’ve been saying I don’t need any more gear but I may need to finally give in and get one of these.
Man that little amp sounds pretty dang great!!
Waiting for the buying the most expensive on Sweetwater series. Most expensive picks, straps, 9v batteries, strings, cables, capo etc. Should be fun.
Very good amp ! Thank you !
I have the 12 inch model and it’s impressive , so much so that I’m keeping it. I didn’t plan on it.
Thanks Landon.
As I've posted elsewhere ... The bad news = horrible shrill tone when fed with single coil Tele or Strat to my old ears, but the build quality was overall pretty good (bought 2023). The Celestion "Super 8" speaker is the prime culprit for crappy tone as it severely lacks in bass response and thus the tone control is exceedingly treble shrill unless turned off/down fully counter clockwise (killing some treble, but not enuf). The good news = replaced the speaker for a Celestion 8/15 ($45) and retubed with JJ 6V6 & 12AX7 ($26), swapped the 100uf/450v filter cap with a 22uf/450v cap for $3 (the cap change duplicates most Fender small single ended amps) and holy moly, single coil tone heaven! The difference with these mods is nothing short of Amazing - no BS, no hype, no shilling - promise!
Post a video of the mods!
That would be cool
Love this amp.
Thank you straight up info 10/10 from the start
I can confirm i have the 15 watt version i have been beating the hell out it for 5 years and it never failed plus it sounds great.
I have one of these and it sounds great! I like single coils through it best, but humbuckers sound good too. The Celestion speaker is decent, but it's not great. I upgraded to a Weber alnico and now I'm very pleased with the sound. Make sure you measure carefully twice if you are going to upgrade to a speaker with a larger magnet. The big magnet on the Weber barely clears the power tube, only about 1/4" to 3/8" of space, very tight but it worked out.
Damn, been looking at this one, and the 15w version, thanks!
It seems like the 15 watt version can be a good and affordable alternative to the Fender blues junior..
awesome video as always!! 2:24 haha
Damn, it sounded better than I thought it would. Even super distorted it never got icky. It was thick. A touch muddy on 10, but I’m guessing 6-8 is it’s sweet spot.
Wow nice little amp I like it man!
Sold my Marshall dsl40cr to get the 15w harley benton-branded monoprice when i went to uni, tone is great even on the 1w setting. Never looked back
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I did a few videos on this amp about five years ago. not a bad little amp
The single tone knob is a bit disappointing but then this is where a decent EQ pedal can be useful.
It has a nice sound. I just looked up a photo of the circuitry and it's very simple. The tubes do attach to the circuit board but via proper tube sockets (not directly to the board). Seems like a cool little amp.
I had the 15 watt one. Upgraded tubes and speaker. I sold it and have gone through a handful of much more expensive amps. In a way I kind of miss it. At home it sounded annoyingly too bright, but live it really sliced right through the mix. It also took pedals very well.
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Oh sorry, forgot to ask. Do any of these Monoprice tube amps come with an headphone out jack? I keep looking at pictures of the rear and it's blurry, but don't see it. It doesn't seem this one would nor the 15watt version. That's almost a dealer breaker for me.
It really emulates the Fender Champ well. Although! I think you may like a little 1watt amp I found. The Supro Delta king 8. You can get an open box price or even a demo for under $325. No reverb or Trem, but it is a blues and rock machine. I got the black with creme stripes. They have the blonde with black stripes and gold flakes. 8" speaker and it is absolutely inspiring! Think Led Zep, ZZ TOP, Chicago Blues, etc. It has a very great, and i do mean great sound with Telecasters. I literally put my Strat on the side to play my Telecaster! It LOVES the tele. It is just wow.
Is that your Vox Pathfinder next to it? How about a battle of the cheap amps (tube vs SS)? I'd be interested how they compare as pedal platforms.
You know the old saying…Mopeds, they’re fun to ride until your friends see you. 😬 (amp snob) That’s my category for this…but honestly they do sound great, and a very nicely done video!
It sounds pretty good to me it would make at the least a great practice amp.
Never had one, but I played a used one in a guitar shop. Think they were trying to sell it more than it cost new, lol. Kind of a one-trick pony IMO, but that 3-o’clock-to-dimed range in 5W mode is just classic rock heaven.
Cool video as usual buddy 😎👍👌💯🎸. I bought a Donner. Pedal. Awhile back. It has Delay, chorus, and Distortion. It was also cheaper pice. I love it Man works good so far. 👍👌💯
I have the 15 watt one and it's really nice.
Got it on sale for 199 I think. Verb and effects loop and a one watt switch.
I bought the next size up (Blues Junior size) and it rocks!
Have the tube 15 from hb and I really like the tone :)
Hair looking mint!!!
My first bass amp was a homemade 5W tube amp. I had a 12 inch speaker and the damn thing sounded great. I just ordered one and I'm going to mess with it with different speakers and see if I can play bass through it!
I had a Fender Blues Deluxe Tweed reissue. It also had that mirrored finish control panel. I have bad eyes to begin with so trying to read the printing on a mirror in lowlights was quite the challenge. AND Fender put the writing so that you can read it when you are standing BEHIND the amp! 😮 ?
I don't know any guitar player who positions himself BEHIND his amp when he is playing!
What were you smoking' Fender? 🤔
A great small valve amp for home practice, for me i like to have a full set of tone controls
maybe someday they will make a deluxe version with more features.
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I’m wearing Tube Socks and playing my 1994 Peavey Bandit 112 cranked at 2.
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Peavey made in USA, mono price= slave labor
What a fantastic video I actually enjoyed it how is your day going
Hello do you use an effect pedal with it in your demo? Thanks.
I don’t think so. Let me know after watching
Dang that thing breaks up like all my relationships, at about 3/4 throttle and smooth as four cylindars at redline! I love your videos Landon, you're talented and fkn unique! \m/,
That bionic robot wood be strong stuff😂
That was pretty cool
You should also look at the Monoprice tube 15 12" celestion speaker. I got one and essentially it is a fender blues Junior. 😊👍
It's essentially a Laney Cub12.
Shame, because at low home volumes the Blues Junior was disappointing so I sold it. Tubes are no good at low volume in my experience, and Yamaha THR, Roland Micro Cube, Boss Katana, Spark Mini all sound better.
Very Cool, Thankyou. Love these small Tube Amps, although this amp is not available in Australia, we have Artist Guitars 5W Tube Amp which has a great Reputation. I picked up a Behringer 15W Tube Amp for used Bargain and it is awesome too. So much fun. Cheers
I've heard good things about that brand
I have the 15/5W version from monoprice. I had to replace the power tubes because the rattled like crazy all the time. Since then I LOVE it.
nice!
I tossed some rubber o-rings on the the power tube of my 5W and it got the rattles down to inaudible levels. Definitely my main gripe when I first used it. But heck- I got it on sale for under $100. I've spent more on a fancy dinner! Phenomenal value.
Reverb pedal 🙏🏼🙏🏼😀…great sound tho
give it a line out for a bigger speaker wattage. Tubes love that.
This sounds alright. I guess with minimal tweaks it'll sound good, but the small speaker is a limitation.
I bought one of these off a dude for 50 bucks. It's way better than it should be. I put in WGS 8" ceramic speaker that made a huge difference. Mine is way too bright, but that can be modded fairly easily.
With your humor and Canadian accent, minus the molson Canadian beer, you are a one man Bob & Doug McKenzie.
I have the 2x12 V30 loaded cab. It has caster wheels and go handles. And ❤I LOVE IT!!! IT Pushes more air then the Willy. Wonka chocolate its awesome😂
It’s currently on sale, right now!
Great idea to do a cheap valve amp. It does sound very decent. I've been tempted to get one of Artist Guitars' Tweedtone 20R valve amps, the one Shane (intheblues) considers a contender to the Fender Blues Jnr. They are currently AUD$646 (US$429).
I would get the 15 watts version of this amplifier before ever thinking of the tweedtone, I don’t think that artist amplifier is any better at twice the price
Sounds so nice w vol on 10
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Thanks
Imagine about 10 stacked
Pretty good sound for 5 amps. I have their 15 watt amp and I prefer it all day over my 20 watt Orange. For someone looking for a solid tube amp without breaking the bank Monoprice is pretty good bang for the buck.
Almost got one but decided that the 15 watt with the 12" Celestion & speaker line out was a better investment.
The 15watt is $190 shipped in the US right now and I am liking it better than my venerable 1995 Fender Deluxe 112 solid state. (Less noise and better low level dynamics).
Might try a different driver in the box down the road but the stock speaker is decent.
Is it a Celestion seventy80?
@@castleanthrax1833 correct
@@castleanthrax1833 Yep. Not bad, just common.
@jon thomas Yeah, I often get the impression that if they were to cost a hundred bucks more, people wouldn't say they're crap. I've never heard anyone criticise my tone, but they get all "cork sniffy" when they know my cab has seventy80s in it. I think they sound fine.
Thought it sounded ok and usable and even a little overdrive.Usable I,d say
Their 15 watt is a great little amp. Someone told me these were made by Laney, but can't confirm that.
Great sounding amp.Most people couldn’t tell you the difference between amps with no pedals used if they were blindfolded.There’s a lot of snobbery in the guitar,amp world.Some would call those who claim that if it’s cheap it’s no good-cork sniffers.
Right on!
Theyre great when cranked. The 15 is an absolute cop caller. So loud and heavy and raunchy if you can crabk it that high.otherwose at a low volume it's quite....ok sounding.thats why solid state wins in reality, for most youtube watching hobbyists
Had one of these… excellent amp, wish I’d not sold it
Dime it and use the guitar’s volume!
put in a better speaker like an alnico and you will have yourself a little recording gem , the last 10% of the tone nob acts as a boost , i put in a vintage heppner alnico speaker and vintage tubes , wow what a little fire breathing dragon , same thing with the tube15 better speaker really makes it shine i put a vintage alnico in it as well as vintage tubes , the speaker swap makes the most difference , you will have a boutique amp on the cheap ...
Honestly it's a good idea they include the external speaker output because that little 8 inch speaker is kind of holding it back. I'm sure if you plug it into a better speaker, that little amp has loads of potential.
Well, it’s really the voicing of the speaker at the same time. It definitely does a better job with the jensens that were designed to go in champs. A lot of classic loved tones were done on champs with an 8” speaker. I do however think it would fare better with a 10”
I also want to add that it also depends on context. You usually see this amp style used in the studio opposed to live anyhow, but it makes sense in a studio context because you want a little more of a brighter and thinner tone when recording, it helps it sit in the mix better when it comes time to mix and master. Live is when you would want to consider a 1x10 or 1x12 to add in that extra depth that you would need to fill out your sound in a live context.
I’ve got a stage right tube head amp , it’s really a good amp , played it with several different guitars , on complaints
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@@landonbailey I do a lot of business with Thomann , my favorite toy store , really good people
Much much better with humbuckers, my les Paul deluxes with their mini humbuckers would probably sound great through the 15w model.
I got one of these about 6 months ago. Well built amp. I honestly don't know how this guy can sit right in front of it and play with it dimed. To my ears, this amp is pretty loud, even when I'm standing 10 feet away from it. I played mine for about 1/2 hour when I first unboxed it with both knobs cranked all the way up - to start to break in the speaker a little, and to make sure the tubes would at least survive the first 1/2 hour. Its a good amp, but I had to do some mods to mine. the electronics are all PCB, and mostly surface mount components, so its REALLY tricky to do any circuit mods - even if you're really good with a soldering iron and know what you're doing. But I found that mine had a bit too much high end and not nearly enough low end response (and its NOT the 8" speaker!). The amp sounds better on this video than it does in my living room. I find this amp to be VERY bright - annoyingly so. Mine sounds better now, but to detail the mods I did would take too much space here - and would really require a discussion at the schematic level. One thing I will note: the "1W/5W" switch on the front panel actually does NOT change the power or the output stage at all. What it does is reduce the gain of the first pre-amp stage on the "1W" setting. For the electronics geeks out there, I'll tell ya that the DC plate voltages designed into this thing are on the low end of the spectrum (around +300VDC for the 6V6 plates), so even the cheaper Chinese tubes should last a long time in this amp. All in all, for the money this amp is a steal.
I was wearing an earplug in my left ear
@@landonbailey very wise move! those amps DO sound really good plugged into a larger speaker, but I think the stock 8" Celestion sounds just fine too. I usually have mine with the push-button on the "1W" setting, and the volume is rarely past 3. at that setting it works pretty well with pedals and is still plenty loud enough for me.
I own a real '58 tweed Princeton. while the two amps sound different, I honestly can't say that the vintage tweed Fender amp sounds any better than the Monoprice - just different.
Mine is also pretty bright (pokey?). I'm nearing the end of my break-in period (20 hours), and it hasn't mellowed the way the 15 watt Stage right amp did. I was thinking about rectifying with a different speaker or eq pedal. Are you planning on sharing your mods somewhere, or could you point me towards someone who has published some wiring mods?
@@anthonypanneton923 forgot to tag you.
@@benbarckholtz8730 Not sure if my first reply got thru or not. YT comments has been acting weird with me lately. OK, here are my mods for this amp. on paper it doesn't look like much, but its tricky with this amp becasue of the surface mount pcb build. these changes will smooth out much of the spiky tonal quality of the amps frequency response.
1) short C7. this capacitor is redundant. C6 already provides DC blocking, and C7 serves only to squash low frequencies into V1B.
2) replace C20 (470pf) with 100pf. this is tricky. removing C20 is doable, but resoldering another surface mount cap there is VERY difficult. what I did was use a small radial lead disc cap and solered it directly to the volume pot leads. (no need for high voltage cap here - DC is already blocked - a 50V cap is good)
3) R20/C12 must go. remove either of those components and that will do the trick. doing this turns the tone pot into a simple high-cut roll off (similar to old Fenders), and removes the hi-mid boost that comes in when the tone pot is dimed.
Good Luck!
I love these amps. For a couple days they had overlapping 30% off coupons so I got 5 of them for about $300. I've been trading them for other gear on craiglist.
Also drives a 4-12 cab really well. Not enough power to battle drums but it actually gets really loud with an efficient cabinet.
@@iamroberty shit on mah cack big cack I havet big one big shitty on my CACK