I recently bought a Boss GT-8 from a friend who has decided to retire their electric guitar equipment

and i was wondering if you guys had any advice on a less expensive alternative to the roland JC120

i love the boss's tone all by itself and want a combo amp or poweramp to compliment it

any ideas

mostly this would be used for recording, but if I like it enough i may use it live

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I have an Atomic Reactor, and it sounded lovely when I tried it with my Boss Gt-6. Especialy the preamps sounded like.. they were actualy any good.

Realy, there is no reason to buy a stack or combo if you are going to bypass the preamp.

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You don't have to use the GT-8 with a JC120. Its only one of the many output functions of the GT-8. It can be output many different ways into almost any setup. You might want to check out http://www.bossgtcentral.com/ and read the tips. Make sure the firmware is updated too.

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I'm sorry for the ambiguity of the post

i knew that there were multiple ways to hook up the GT8 and have tried many of them but i like the sound of the gt8 as a preamp itself and would like a relatively cheap good sounding power amp either in combo form like the atomic reactors or alone with an extension cab and was wandering about recommendations

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In that case any low noise power amp would work. Carvin has some nice cheap ones that work perfect. All the tone will be controlled and come from the GT-8 but it actually does a really good job, even used directly into a PA system.

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