I have been tossing around the idea of getting a small amp for recording and/or practice. Looking for some ideas. Could be something off the shelf or something that could be relatively easily hot rodded. requirements:
less than $1200 (including modifications if needed)
tubes
lightweight
Must have a good rhythm sound

I own Guitar Rig 3 and Amplitube. Not satisfied with any of the sounds. Ive also built a dummy load box so i can run a line from my Orange heads into a 4x12 simulator and then into my interface for silent recording... And still not happy haha.

So.. Is there any other programs or Preamps you guys would suggest? Ive looked at the ENGL and Mesa Recording preamps.

I need an affordable (-$900) amp. I love the sound of James Hetfield's guitar in Death Magnetic. I play mostly Metal and some Modern Rock. I've been looking at the Mesa/Boogie amps, but they're just too expensive (maybe sometime down the road.. haha). I don't really have a minimum watt limit, as long as it's not under 30-watts.

My room is about 11x12 and untreated. I'm looking for rules of thumb or something of the sort. Like amp placement, should it face a corner or wall or something. Should I have the amp shoot into the closet? Right now I have it facing the center of the room and I feel that this is not the way to go about things. My tracks don't sound horrible, but they don't sound how I want them to either.

Hello everyone, I have another problem for you! So, I am running my guitar totally clean straight into my PC through a firewire interface, and using only some VST plugins for guitar amp emulation, and an EQ and what not.

I haven't used my amp in months or even years because I've been away at college. Now that I am home I am using it to record. It's a Marshall AVT 50, and has one 12AX7 tube in the preamp section.

My friend got these monitors off of ebay, and apparently they hook up through speaker wire and not through quarter inch.

So does he need some type of reciever? Will a standard stereo receiver work? What exactly does he need to purchase to hook these up to his sound card?

I'd like suggestions for a guitar amp extension speaker cabinet that I could use to isolate my Matchless Hurricane (15 amp) or Fender Blues Jr. (after adding a speaker out jack). I'd be using it for jazz, folk, county, and blues right now. This would be used primarily for recording so I'd like it to be a single speaker and either have no grille cloth or a removable grille.

We just got 2 peavey sp2. And for now we use my Tapco J1400 power amp. This is my bass back up amp. And it is not that loud. What amp would you suggest for these speakers.

Sp2s:
RMS 500watts
Program 1000 wats
Peak 2000

P.S. We are thinking about adding 2 subs and an amp to run them may be next year and use it to run our own shows.

This subject came up in another thread so I thought I'd get an experts take on it.