Dual input practise amp?

Deijavoo

Any ideas for a dual input wee amp? Preferably very low wattage, and most importantly cheap cheap cheap.

Looks like I've got my wee boy a Squier for his birthday in June and I'm gonna get my daughter a different guitar to her 3/4 Stagg which she's pretty much just used as a toy since she was 2.

Anyways, I'm gonna get a wee amp for them to share and I figured if two inputs are available then that would save a few rows. I quite fancied a THR but this would be better for me.

Anyways, come ahead with your ideas please!

Thank.

gubble

how about an old peavey such as an audition 110?

they had dual inputs & i've ran two guitars into one no problems

Deijavoo

Cool cheers mate.

£179 new from shops seems like a pretty fair price too.

guitarfishbay

Not what you've asked for but you'd easily get 2 second hand micro cubes for that budget, they're small and built with thick sturdy plastic - probably a good choice for kids?

Deijavoo

Hhmm, they're only gonna be 4 and 6 so the cheaper the better too but those micros sound alright indeed.

guitarfishbay

S/h I've picked them up for £50 in good nick, but they can sometimes go cheaper on eBay. For the size and durability (had my original since launch, regularly used it and transported it, still working 100%) it is worth consideration if you can't find a dual input amp

Deijavoo

Might be an even better idea. I just thought one cheap amp would be cheapest all round, plus in theory quieter.....

ICBM

The problem with a typical dual-input amp is that you only get one set of controls.

Two small amps or an amp with two independent channels - very rare in that sort of size/price - is much better. If you don't want distortion a small keyboard amp would work though - they usually have more than one channel, and you can pick them up very cheap second hand.

Anything like that is going to be miles louder than two Micro Cubes though.

Deijavoo

Okily Dokily.

Cheers guys, I think the hunt can begin for two teeny amps instead. Well that and my little girl fancies a cherry sunburst guitar of some sort now that I'm not gonna mod her old guitar. I was thinking of a Epi or Vintage of some sort.

ICBM

The tiny Orange Micro Crush 3 amps are quite cool. Built-in tuner and headphone jack - although watch the volume they're capable of producing through phones, since if they're still like the one I had the headphone jack is actually an external speaker jack really! There's no pad resistor in it. Only £38 new. They sound miles better than the plastic amps of about the same size, eg the Marshall MS-2.

I'm actually tempted to get another one myself…

Deijavoo

I just remember having an absolutely shite 5 watt Yamaha grey and red plastic thing when I was learning. Sounded so bad but I learned on it I guess.

Aye if that's the case with the output I'd rather avoid that, kids being kids will do dumb stuff and probably dime it with cans on.... end nigh on as deaf as me.

thermionic

A Vox DA-5 is an alternative to the Rolands. The line in and mic input may be useful.

57Deluxe

This takes 3 inputs... in its day it took two guitars and  Bass from 3 frantic teenagers(!)... £35 new from Woolworths!

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee301/snotmale/Webhosting/Audition30w.jpg

not_the_dj

ICBM said:

The tiny Orange Micro Crush 3 amps are quite cool. Built-in tuner and headphone jack - although watch the volume they're capable of producing through phones, since if they're still like the one I had the headphone jack is actually an external speaker jack really! There's no pad resistor in it. Only £38 new. They sound miles better than the plastic amps of about the same size, eg the Marshall MS-2.

I'm actually tempted to get another one myself…

I got one of those for my eldest son (5) at the Birmingham Guitar show last year, excellent little thing.