New amp day

papacitorick · February 5th, 2010, 11:38 AM

Hi everyone, got home from work yesterday and UPS had brought my new amp, a Epi valve jr hot rod . Got it from Music123 for $193. It had been returned. I was able to get their 2 year warranty and free shipping and it came to $6.00 less than the new price of 219. Haven't played around with it too much yet, will have to wait for the weekend. Has anyone else tried this amp yet? Have a couple of pics.

indianation66 · February 5th, 2010, 02:32 PM

The basics make this amp looking really inviting. I haven't tried one yet. I have the Blues Custom 2x12, and gave my brother-in-law a Epi Valve Standard, which is discontinued I believe. It's identical to the original Epi Valve Jr. which is 5 watts. The older Valve Standard was/is 15. I think the Senior at 20 watts is being promoted now, along with the Hot Rod. The older navy blue series are being replaced with the fire red. I do like the Epis for budget amps. I've said for a while that the Blues Custom and Valve Standards are the glassiest amps I've played yet. I wouldn't be surprised if the new "red" series equals...good stuff!

...wisdom

noname · February 5th, 2010, 03:24 PM

is it a combo amp, or just a head?

papacitorick · February 5th, 2010, 09:48 PM

it is a head, 5w same as the jr, but with the added gain and a spring reverb. I have it connected to one of my Peavey 2x12 cabs right now. I was also looking at the Sr., but thought the 18w would be too much, I just play for myself now and wanted something other than the rack set-up that I was using.

noname · February 5th, 2010, 11:43 PM

I've never messed around with something like that. I'm intrigued. cool.