Hi All,
I just received my new electric mandolin from Gary at Nava Guitars. It has two blade humbuckers. I now need to buy a new amplifier, since I haven’t got one. Currently in the running are the Marshall Mini Jubilee 2525C and the Laney Lionheart (although I have read mixed reviews on that, but only good stuff on the 2525C). I have just found other British amp manufacturers such as Gartone and Emprize - are they worth the extra £££ ? Would much prefer a made in the UK. Tone wise, as long as I can get some reasonable cleans up to 1980s Priest tones, I’ll be a happy bunny. Thanking you most kindly for any opinions.
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As for the question, that's a cruchy mandoin sound and the mini Jubilee shoud do it. My understanding is that the build quality is decent.
For Marshall style amps Friedman are also popular. More experienced posters will be along hopefully to comment on their experiences
As for those specific brands. Gartone and Emprize may not do quite as gainy a Marshally amp and from what I've seen specialize in handbuilt versions of classics. Whether it's worth the extra £££ to you is based on comparing their 5e3, bassman, princeton or deluxe etcto a mass produced version and generally they will win out on build quality and tone. Gartone's "5e3" bluesman is very popular on here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_muVJLs3hUc
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