The 8 Best most versatile Amp heads (2023 reviews)

The joyo most versatile amp head should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. It does actually do a very good job of sounding like a dual rectifier Boogie. It features two totally independent channels and each channel also has the independent settings. The fx loop enables you to put your time based effects (or phasers, flangers and choruses) behind the drive section and keep the effects sharp and not prevent them from being too muddy.

It’s got a good sound and the touch dynamics are very tube-ish. The speaker and cabinet you use will have the most influence of it and it sounds decent. It does take pedals really well both in front and the effects loop. It features a dual channel, american classic vintage tone, the distortion has a lttle bit of fuzz, while the clean sound has rich lows.

Why We Like This:

Compact, versatile, sturdy, and good tone
New and hot release

Best For people: Orange solid state Power Amp

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The orange solid state power amp is capable of outshining several other head featured in this list in overall features for the price point. This is the perfect amp to get the "Woman" tone (Mississippi queen, sunshine of your love, big sugar, Randy Bachman, C'mon, Danko Jones, Black Sabath), and would suggest Boss Blues Driver BD. It has a unique sound that is decidedly british. It can go from clean to pretty dirty but if you really want to get nasty you will need a nice hot humbucker and a distortion pedal. This orange amp is straight forward clean sound and then added gain. It is perfect if you want some grit at all times with the ability to dial in more.

Sound great on it's own and works fantastic with pedals,Great for home use or studio. This could easily keep up with a live drummer, and would make a great practice amp.

Why We Like This:

Definitely really loud, great volume without losing any sound quality
Sounds awesome cranked up on its own, and loud enough for rehearsals
Sounds great, much cheaper, and integrates external audio better
About 30% volume and almost no gain, and it's plenty loud for home

Best For Orange Micro Dark: Orange Amps most versatile Amp Head

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The orange amps most versatile amp head should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. This new little tube amp cranks pretty loud and sounds clean and the distortion sounds great too. It can power anything you plug into. With a P-90 equipped LPJ, the resulting tone is a gritty, overdriven roar that doesn't sound fizzy or scooped like some American-voiced amps. Building on the outstanding micro platform, the micro dark comes equipped with a transparent, fully buffered fx loop, so you can use your favorite pedals with ease. The shape in the knobs is what you need to turn up the gain or turn up the shape form or highs and clean highs or turn down the shape for mortify muddy sound.

This thing sounds good with headphones, a single 10" or 12" speaker, and a 4x12" cabinet as well. If you dare to plug it into a full-sized cab, it can turn into a mighty studio weapon. It can be used as a signal out to a board.

Why We Like This:

Very rich high gain with just a touch of fizz
Great buy, perfect for apts & home studios
Perfect for home practicing and/or studio
Perfect backup head for a tube amp, and a great second guest amp

Best practice Amp: Orange most versatile Amp Head

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We would, of course, be remiss if we didn't mention orange most versatile amp head for regular usage. This little amp roars like a beast. It has such a broad range of tones and shines in all aspects. It will power everything from the 8" matching speaker to a 4x. It has a headphone jack and an fx loop. On it’s own, it sounds great, but it really shines when you pair it with pedals. It's got a heavier, darker tone.

Though you probably aren't going to get over a drummer with it alone, it is perfect for solo jamming, or jamming with a buddy or two. This brings serious power and sound for any player.

Why We Like This:

Play with attitude and it will growl with you
Very tight sound and very capable of driving a 4x12 guitar cabinet
Perfect low cost beginner or expert’s amp
Great sound and tone with simplicity

Best For buck: Valeton most versatile Amp Head

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Next on the list, we've got yet another head that manages to win our hearts. It's the valeton most versatile amp head and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient head you can buy. If you need a small guitar amp, this is the way to go. This versatile pocket amp is amazing for someone looking for a small form factor, good sounding amp. The simple 3-band EQ, 1-Channel with Gain Control, and built-in digital spring reverb means you can get all your practice tones in the one amp. It has a headphone jack that mimics a speaker cabinet.

The Amp is made of metal, weighs approx 1.8 pounds, and the build quality is excellent. The EQ is very effective, and helps you dial in the right tone, along with the gain. The cabinet has a removable panel about the size of one rack space that fits an amp. The eq is very effective, and helps you dial in the right tone, along with the gain. You can definitely use it with headphones only, with the guitar and also with an auxiliary input.

Why We Like This:

You can run with headphone output only for silent practice/warm-up etc
Great for home use or small club
Great combination for recording live guitar

Best For home recording: Peavey most versatile Amp Head

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The peavey most versatile amp head is the best convenient head on the market today. This amp sounds best through a 2x12 or 4x12 with British-voiced speakers. It's a beastly little amp that can deliver on all three wattage settings. It cleans with a ton of distortion when needed. The Mini Head has a lot of advantages such as multiple formats for output including a direct TRS cable to a cabinet, USB, XLR Blanced Output, and a 1/8 headphone jack w/ speaker defeat. The reverb and effects loop are footswitchable.

The wattage can be set to 20, 5, or 1 watt, it’s pre gain can be set to your desired distortion level and the post gain can be turned down for great sound at bedroom levels that will not hurt your ears. The sound will improve greatly and the amp will be pretty quiet.

Why We Like This:

Has pre amp tubes and sounds fat with somewhar loose low end
Love the clean, crunch and lead tones
Good investment for long term

Best For Classic Metal: Bugera Tube Amp

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Best part: bugera tube amp costs comparatively low and it is available to ship in 24 hours. Designed and engineered by bugera germany, the all-tube t50 infinium gives you incredibly pure, sparkling authentic rock tone. It has a switch on the back that allows the amp to run in A class or A/B class modes. It allows switching between channels and turning built in reverb on and off. This amp will let you get this magic sound at a medium and even low level volume.

A true 2-channel amplifier, the clean and lead channels are completely independent, and each has its own custom-tailored 3-band tone stack (treble/mid/bass) for the ultimate in tone shaping. It will push it just fine, just make sure you set the correct ohm level on the back panel when you hook up the cabinet. There are controls on the amp for tone that may help get the sound you are looking for. The tone cut feature is great.

Why We Like This:

Tube monitoring is a nice bonus
Responsive, natural, and anything but fake
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best For jazz: Bugera most versatile Amp Head

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate head. The bugera most versatile amp head is exactly that - it's a simple head that hits all the right notes. The crunch channel can work as a “halfway dirty” sound for rock and blues, if you crank the volume and use the gain as your master volume. It features an exceptionally-handy noise gate on the lead channel that won’t cut off clean passages. The sound is clear and crisp if you want to sound that way or adjust the knobs to make it sound the way you want it to. It makes up for the low end marshall.

The 333xL infiniums output impedance selector allows you to match any external 4, 8 or. Ohm speaker setup, and the power amp damping switch (high, medium, low) provides total control over your sound. The amp covering is really nice and construction is solid.

Why We Like This:

Makes great sound, tone, and is quite versatile
Tight singing sustain, midrangy with out sounding quacky or fizzy
You can produce many different tones, which is perfect for creating "your" sound
You can also switch the tubes for different sound affects