In this same spirit of this post about the best electric guitars, I decided to make another list about… drum roll… best beginner guitar amps! Because what’s a good electric guitar without a decent amp to bring teh tone?

Like always, Google generously supplied the opinions of the Interweb. This one was a little trickier than doing the same with guitars, because there were such a large number of amps to choose from, and there was little agreement between websites about what’s the best amp! So, I had to embark deep into the third page of Google search, who does that?! So here it is, the list I got upon compiling books from the first three pages of Google search results of the query “beginner budget electric guitar amp”.

  • Important — Number of ★s against an amp indicates the number of times that amp came up repeating, so the more the better.

Top picks: Compiled list

There are a lot of diversity and no definite trend in the list with the exact amp models, so that isn’t really helpful. So, I decided to make another derivative list, in which I counted amp models from the same series as one. Usually, the main difference they had was in the power rating. I figured once you know what are the best amp series, you could choose the exact model depending upon your budget and how loud you want it to be. Also, I left out models // series which appeared only once.

  • ★★★★★★★★ Orange Crush Series
  • ★★★★★★★ Vox VT Series
  • ★★★★★★ Line 6 Spider V
  • ★★★★★★ Fender Champion Series
  • ★★★★★ Marshall MG Gold Series
  • ★★★★★ Blackstar ID:Core Series
  • ★★★★★ Orange Terror Series
  • ★★★★ Peavey Vypyr VIP Series
  • ★★★★ Fender Mustang I v2
  • ★★★★ Roland Cubes
  • ★★★ Bugera V5 Infinium
  • ★★★ Boss Katana Series
  • ★★★ Marshall Code Series
  • ★★ Fender Pro Junior III 15W
  • ★★ Blackstar Fly 3
  • ★★ Yamaha THR10
  • ★ Bugera BC15
  • ★ Fender Blues Junior IV
  • ★ Fender Super Champ X2
  • ★ Line 6 Spider Classic
  • ★ Peavey Rage 258
  • ★ Pignose 7-100

All the amps

  • ★★★ Bugera V5 Infinium
  • ★ Bugera BC15
  • ★ Line 6 Spider IV
  • ★★ Line 6 Spider V 30
  • ★ Line 6 Spider V 60
  • ★ Line 6 Spider Classic 15
  • ★ Orange Micro Terror
  • Orange Tiny Terror
  • ★★ Orange Micro Dark
  • Orange Micro Crush Mini
  • ★★★★ Orange Crush 12
  • ★ Orange Crush 20RT
  • Orange Crush 35
  • ★ Fender Blues Junior III
  • ★★ Fender Champion 40
  • ★★★ Fender Champion 20
  • ★★★ Fender Mustang I v2
  • Fender Mustang II
  • Fender Mustang GT 40
  • ★ Fender Super Champ X2
  • ★★ Fender Pro Junior III 15W
  • Fender Acoustasonic 15
  • Fender Mini Deluxe
  • Vox AC15C1
  • Vox AC10
  • ★ Vox Pathfinder 10W
  • ★ Vox Valvetronix VT40X
  • ★ Vox Valvetronix VT20+
  • ★ Vox Valvetronix VT20X
  • Vox amPlug 2
  • Marshall DSL40C
  • ★ Marshall Code 25
  • ★ Marshall Code 50
  • Marshall MS-2 Micro amp
  • Marshall MG10CF
  • Marshall MG15CF
  • ★★★ Marshall MG30FX
  • Peavey 6505+
  • ★ Peavey Vypur VIP 1
  • ★★ Peavey Vypyr VIP 2
  • ★ Peavey Rage 258
  • Peavey Solo 12W Transtube
  • Peavey Backstage
  • PRS Sonzera 20
  • Dr. Z Carmen Ghia
  • Grammatico Amps LaGrange
  • Blackstar ID:15 TVP
  • ★ Blackstar ID:CORE 10 V2
  • Blackstar ID:Core Stereo 100
  • ★ Blackstar ID:Core Stereo 20 V2
  • Blackstar ID:CORE 40W Head
  • ★★ Blackstar Fly 3
  • Blackstar HT1
  • ★ Boss Katana 50
  • Boss Katana 100
  • Boss Katana Mini
  • Behringer Ultracoustic ACX450 45 watt
  • Behrinder Ultracoustic AT108
  • ★★ Yamaha THR10
  • Roland Blues Cube Hot
  • Roland Cube Street EX
  • Roland Cube 10 GX
  • Roland Micro Cube GX
  • Roland Mobile Cube
  • EVH 5150 III LBX
  • VHT Special 6
  • DV Mark Little Jazz
  • Rocktron Velocity V10
  • Blackheart Killer Ant
  • Hotone Nano Legact Mojo Diamond
  • Monoprice 611705
  • Mugig Guitar Amplifier
  • ★ Pignose 7-100
  • Pignose 7-200 Hog 20

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