We have taken a good look at the best acoustic amps, amplfiers with "wooden hearts" that faithfully reproduce minute details of your acoustic guitar sound and playing. ![]() With so many amps to choose from, getting the right blues amp can be a little daunting but this guide will set you on the right path with classic sounding blues amps. ![]() We will show you how far $500 can take you with our selection of the best guitar amps in this price range. Manufacturers are always on their toes to get the upper hand, packing as many quality features as they can, inside compact combo amplifier packages. If you're looking for a more affordable Tube Amp then see this roundup.Ĭheap doesn't have to mean low quality - so here we take a look at the best cheap tube amps that deliver those smooth valve tones without breaking the budget.Įntry-level guitar amplifiers have come a long way, thanks to tough competition. Related Articles: Blues City Music 10th Anniversary Soldano 44 Roland Blues Cube StageĬlick here for our Top 10 Guitar Amps List! Head over to Dean Markley for more information. The MSRP for the CD60 is $1,198, while the CD30 is priced at $998. Other features include Reverb, Effects Loop, 4/8 ohm speaker outs and each amp comes with a footswitch. Expanding the amp's sonic flexibility are two switches that affect both channels - bright and mid boost.īoth the CD30 and CD60 tube amps come in 1x12 combo format, with a Celestion Custom Designed Rocket 50 12" speaker. Basic tone shaping is provided by the 3-band EQ, Drive, Gain and Volume controls, while the drive channel features a voicing switch that adds more low-end. It has the typical two channel configuration of clean and drive. The amp comes with two inputs, normal and -6dB to accommodate both traditional and modern electric guitars. Aside from having more headroom, the CD60 also feature a preamp out and power amp in. Dean Markley describes the tube circuitry as "combining old school tube amp soul with modern gain control." The main difference between the two amps is their RMS ratings, 30 watts for the CD30 and 60 watts for the CD60. You can use the master volume feature to run the clean channel at pre-amp setting 7 or 8 and get a good Fender break-up sound for blues-oriented music. This time, the company is going to keep producing these amps, challenging the more expensive boutique style combo amps that are in the market today.Īlthough relatively unknown, the official press release named some big name guitarists that used the CD60, including Eric Clapton, Andy Summers and Alex Lifeson, and they say there are many more.īoth amps feature the same tube configuration, having 3 x 12AX7 preamp tubes and 2 x 6L6GC power amp tubes. It also has very powerful tone controls and a Fender-sounding clean channel, so you can produce a biggest, warmest, most buttery jazz tone you could ask for. I suppose they just couldn't compete with the bigger, more popular manufactures.Īny other TGPers have experience with these? It would be cool to see your rig or hear your thoughts about them.First introduced three decades ago, there aren't too many of these amps out in the wild because they were only produced in limited quantities. Smith, Alex Lifeson, and even Eric Clapton have all been confirmed DM users but the line never went anywhere. I did a search on Harmony Central's product review database and everyone whose owned one has absolutely loved it. The speaker was made by Celestion for Dean Markley, I think it was called a Magnum or something similar. ![]() They're so cheap it would have been a viable option. Maybe I could/should have bought another one. I could easily find great sounds, but switching to the other channel forced me to constantly twiddle knobs. It starts humming a few minutes soon after warming up. Ive got an older Dean Markley CD-60 that makes an annoying very low frequency hum when powered up - no guitar or patch cord plugged in. The only reason I didn't hang on to it was that darned shared EQ. 1 Dean Markley CD-60 (not a reissue) 04-20-2018, 06:15 PM Hey all, long time lurker, first time posting. The distortion was incredibly flexible and could go from an excellent blues crunch to some metal territory. The clean channel was absolutely beautiful, it ran on 2 6L6's and sounded like my older Hot Rod Deville. I've only owned one, a 2 channel monster call the the CD 60, but it was amazing! I sold it looking for something better and still regret it. I thought to myself: Someone needs to let people here know about Dean Markley's amazing line of tube amps from the 80's. Fellow TGPers- I searched Dean Markley the other day here and all I could find were posts about guitar strings.
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