Epiphone Galaxie 10 Combo

Single channel, class A, single ended basic amp. 10watts, a pretty basic guitar tube amp. Made in China, fairly good craftsmanship but not the best of quality components internally. Seems like it would make a nice practice amp for my apartment. Master volume in addition to vol, treble, middle, and bass.

First impression was that this was a really cheap amp with a cheam amp sound. Absolutely lacking in bass, brassy mid range and screechy highs. Since I thought of this as a project amp, changed tubes and improved the sound right away. The stockers are Sovtec 6L6GC and a 12AX7, not very good quality. Remember, the manufacturers have a price-point to sell these amps at to make any sort of profit. They're not going to put top-shelf components in if they don't have to. Tried several 6L6GC tubes finally settling for JJ's. As for 12AX7, also JJ's.Much better sounding.
Threw away the Cheap Import 10" Celestion and replaced it with a Eminence Ragin'Cajun'. Much better drive, tonal range, and articulation.
Finally, replaced the puny output transformer with a Hammond 125DSE.

Still a 10watt amp but now it really roars. Sounds like a much bigger amp than it is. Tube and speaker swap were big steps but output transformer was a huge leap. Really love this little amp now. Easily overdriven, very warm sounding, creamy sustain, nice tonal range, and much, much, louder than in stock form. There are many other mods but these were simplest.

Just finished the mods, too soon to tell.

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A very basic tube amp with a fair amount of potential. Everyone seems to be modifying the Epiphone Valve Jr but these Galaxie10's are also a nice platform to start with. The only drawback with mods is a limited amount of chassis space to work with. Adding the Hammond output transformer required relocating the power transformer.

This started as a weekend project and I'm really happy with the results. The sound is now boutique tube-amp quality, it's very sturdy in construction, and it's perfect for small gigs or a home studio.

When I purchased an amp at a music store's clearance sale, the owner gave me the Galaxie10 to get rid of it. The goal was to take this amp to the next level or two without breaking the bank.

Nothing has been said that I can say; you do have a gain and a volume switch; I can say the gain dose act like a second or lets say a preamp volume switch. you have one 10 inch speaker and a preamp and power tube.

I play in a band using a big vox combo; I've got a standard 80's american tele as my main "axe", an 80's Ibanez Roadstar II; and a 90's Korean Epiphone coronet.
This is not a death metal amp. I am assuming that people, like me, buy this for a quieter smooth tube tone, a bluesy to pushed crunch, to record with a faster break up than a bigger louder amp, at a fraction of the price. There is a really nice vintage sound with the volume on ten, and the gain about 5-7. I am anxious to look into replacing the speaker and or the tubes. I can only hope that that may make it go from very good sounding to exceptional.

No history with this yet. Its used at a bargain, perhaps I will need to service it a bit.

I've been playing over 20 years, most of that time in gigging and recording bands. I can't really imgine using this alone live; I see it as a recording amp, practice amp. Perhaps my mind will change with mods. I also will try it with an eq pedal.

Right now, after a couple of hours or so, I think its just about on par with one of those valve jr or blackheart type set ups. With mods and work, it may far surpass them.

It has everything it needs. The only thing i missed, was a external speaker connect, but it is easily to mod.

The original Sound is too flashy or screaming. tehe tone stack don??t work very well. Too much treble, to less bass, no mids. But if you use a equalizer before it and crank the basses and mids the way up, you will be surprised how thick the tone will get. So I say in original it is 5 but with a eq it has everything for good bluestone. The overdrive is ok and is to optimize with other tubes. Try out.

Like others, no problems.

To old to know something about.

For the low price, you will get a good bluesamp, if you will kixk it in the ass with an equalizer or booster. Than it will work fine.

Update to review of 9/05. I still have the amp. Now has an Eminence Governor Speaker and a GT KT-66 power tube. You can squeeze it in there, and trust me when I tell you no 6L6 can compare. Makes the amp a monster, and looks like a 25 watt light bulb in the back of the amp!

I use a delay/reverb pedal, and a Keely modded Ibanez TS-5 in front. The amp has played many a gig. Really great for everything but super clean country, and only because if you get it loud enough to twang with a band, it starts to break up too much.

never a problem.

With a 12" speaker, the right tubes and pedals, this amp can get you to a lot of places. For the $ it's hard to beat it.

This amp has already been reviewed ~83 times. For the tech types out there you can download the schematic at my site (blueguitar dot org).

Replacing the tubes helps a lot with the sound but I thought it was still too bright. Looking at the schematic there is an extra coupling cap (C6 0.1uF) between the second tube stage and the tone stack. Although the extra cap is sometimes used to restrict bass response on high gain amps I didn't think it was appropriate in this design so I removed it and replaced it with a jumper. I replaced the 3 remaining coupling/bass/mid caps with 0.022uF 600vdc polyester Orange Drop caps (C2, C8 and C9, respectively). You could alternately use a high quality 630vdc polyester cap, preferrably from one of the suppliers who specialize in tube guitar amps. For the 470pF 1kv ceramic treble cap I put in a 390pF 500v mica cap (my own preferance).

The other mod I did was substitute a 1M resistor for the 100k series resistor R5 (between the 1st stage coupling cap and the 1M audio taper Gain control. This cuts the brightness a little bit and also keeps the amp from going too crazy if you set the Gain any higher than 8 (out of 10). With 1M series resistor it goes crazy only if you set to the max.

I have some amps which will become unstable if you set both the gain and the volume to the max; turning down either control will stabilize the amp. With this amp, setting the Gain control to the max will cause instability at *any* setting of the Volume control- not the best design. LOL

With these mods and the stock tubes, this amp sounds pretty nice- but replacing the tubes as well makes it sound really great. I happened to have a single Tung Sol 6L6WGB from 1956 and I finally have an amp to put it in.

This amp is pretty slick- most of the single-ended amps like this one use the lower powered 6V6 tube, which will put out about 5 watts. A single-ended 6L6 will put out about 10 watts, with enough gain to be able to use a regular 3 control tone stack to shape the tone. With the tone stack, this amp might be good for harmonica.

I gave a rating of 6 for the sound quality- this is for the stock amp. With the mods outlined here and different tubes, I'd give it 8 or 9 for getting a great blues tone. I would have liked to do more mods to it, but with the stock cabinet design there are not good places to add extra pots or switches (I've been thinking about taking out the pilot light and putting a pot there! LOL)

One channel, 10 class A watts, 10" celestion speaker, bass/mid/treble controls, gain/master controls, stand-by switch - basic, but all that you really need. Although, being able to add an extension speaker would be nice. One 12AX7 and one 6L6 for tubes. The Epiphone forums were saying that this is self biasing, which makes this very easy to experiment with new tubes. I use this amp for recording and practicing in my apartment. The 10 watts lets you turn it up without your neighbors calling the cops :)

I use a Strat with a bridge humbucker and a Tele with a P90 in the neck, and I find this amp has a good clean to starting-to-break-up sound. My humbucker is in danger of getting harsh distortion sometimes, but otherwise all of the pickups work well. It takes my pedals well, so there really isn't a need for a second channel (I use a Rat, a DS-1, a TS-7, and a Big Muff... but not at the same time). The EQ is pretty limited in its usefulness (as other have mentioned), although the mid control is fairly useful. All in all, a solid basis for rock of most genres (not metal though...). I have tried a few new tubes, and I haven't had the luck others have had with lower gain preamp tubes. However, I found that an Electro Harmonix 6L6 rounded off the harsh high end (I also have a 12AX7EH in it right now, which my Strat loves). The stock tubes weren't terrible though.

I have had this amp for about a year and a half, and it has given me no problems.

never dealt with them

I got this when they were on close out at Musician's Friend, and for the price, I don't think I could have gotten a better amp. It sounds good with the music I play, and it records well. If it were lost or stolen... I might try to find one on Ebay, but I might look elsewhere too.

separate gain and volume knobs are a helpful plus. 3 tone knobs treb mid bass and standby, which is a nice touch.

get rid of the stock tubes and you have a nice little class a 10 watt amp.

Like others have mentioned, this little amp has alot of features for the small $$$ paid. I particularly like the speaker (10" celestion tube 10), the standby, and the sep gain and volume. It lets you dial in the level of distortion you want without disturbing the neighbors.

Stock, I would give this about a 7. The sovtek tubes are ok but it can sound better. Try JJ Teslas or Tung Sol tubes and you will be pleasantly suprised! As with most tube amps, it does humm. I've heard others say there are mods that reduce the humm but it never really bothered me enough to bother. Amp does seem to be treble prone. Adjust the treb way down and bump the bass to help balance it out and it sounds fine considering it isn't a boutique amp.

No issues for me so I'd give it a good mark except I think an amp needs a year or two to really see what it is going to do so I won't rank this one yet.

No idea on this one since I haven't had any problems with mine over the past few months.

I've played alot of solid state and tube amps over the years. I'd say this is a very nice budget amp with alot of flexibility for the buck. I challenge you to find a more flexible class A tube amp for $150!

I purchased this amp new in 2004 shortly before it was phased out. The amp is simple but the gain and volume can be adjusted to produce decent clean tones and moderately dirty ones. The amp is loud for the bedroom if you crank it up, but not quite enough for a blues jam or gig with drums (I have tried it a couple of times and came up short). It can of course be miked.

I usually play it with single coils - strats or a tele. The clean tone is pleasant but very dry with no reverb or effects. It is not chimey. Add in some gain and it starts to sound pretty good with no reverb. I usually play it with a Deluxe Memory Man delay in front and that makes it sound very good.

I did not like the tone when I first got it and it was microphonic. I read about the tube changes on this board and bought a box of miscellaneous old used preamp tubes - 12ax7, 12at7, etc. All of then sounded way better than the stock Sovtek which I pitched. I have not found that changing the power tube is necessary.

It let me down this winter when I was in the Bahamas and had no access to parts - I thought the transformer had quit. I had to manage without it and when I got home I took it to the amp hospital where the guy told me it would cost $50 for his minimum labor and at least another $50 for parts - a lot for an amp worth not much over $100.

Since I have more time than money, I decided to try to fix it myself. I decided it was indeed the power transformer since it got hot and smelled bad.....so I found one on Ebay for $20 (without the second primary coil for 240V). I installed it with some modified mounting holes and eliminated the dual voltage switch. The amp works fine again - came close to heading for the dumpster until I got all that figured out though.

Ordered it new from a mail order house and haven't bothered them since.

It is a nice looking amp that serves a purpose. It sounds good after changing out the preamp tube. The construction and the speaker look pretty good. I was disappointed when the transformer quit though.

I probably would replace it with a Peavey or Fender of some sort.

The features look standard and make the amp seem versatile and adjustable.

Here we go..
Huge kudos to Epiphone for attempting to make an affordable low-watt tube amplifier. That being said, there should be an award invented for making a tube amp with absolutely ZERO presence and/or sparkle. They should have named it the "Epiphone Thud". No clarity here. NONE. And even with the Bass and Mid turned down all the way, and the treble cranked... it sounds like a can of rocks being shaken from behind a wool blanket... in the trunk of a Studebaker... underwater.

Who knows

Don't know

If this amp was stolen, I would pay whoever took it. If you have the misfortune of receiving one as a gift, do yourself a favor: Fill it full of cement and use it for a door-stop.

It's got what you need. That's all. I'm a fan of that philosophy, but if you aren't, shop elsewhere.

The real reason I'm submitting this review is because I have something to add to the other comments here - while I agree that this amp with the stock tubes isn't for everyone, it's PERFECT if you're looking for that intentionally-harsh, dirty-as-hell circa-1960 guitar sound. Hook up a tremelo pedal, crank the gain to 7 or so, and play "Rumble" and you'll sound more like Link Wray than Link Wray.

Or swap out the tubes for a less antisocial sound :-)

this is an update to my earlier post. i put some nos tubes in and the amp sounded way better. i tried a 1962 telefunken ecc83 and an amperex bugle boy 12ax7, the tele won out. for power i got a brown base tung sol 5881 (made in usa). it now sounds great on either clean or overdriven. i've switched boosters to an EH LPB-2 from the 70's. the nasty glass like harshness is all gone now. to the poster below, your squealing is not a problem (well it is, but it's not due to damage, it's bad design), these amps don't have a -ve feedback loop, so once the tubes are warmed up (say after 30mins) if you have the gain maxed out and are using you're neck pickup it will squeal like a pig. roll the gain back on the amp and it will go away. or don't use the neck pickup.

Features have been covered already in other reviews...Anyway, I bought this from musicians friend recently when it was being discontinued, it's the one with black tolex. I like the features just fine, I prefer simple amps..

I use a bunch of different guitars, but it seems to like humbuckers the most...It came with sovtek tubes, but I replaced them with JJ's. The JJ's took away alot of the harshness that it had before, but some is still there...Personally, I think this amp has too much treble, Even at low settings. I usually play classic rock, or alternative/punk...It does classic rock just fine, but for the alternative/punk, I use a distortion pedal with the gain set on low...It's sort of noisy with the gain past 6, but what do you expect? it doesn't bother me too much.

Well, this amp has had a problem.
It makes this LOUD squealing sound sometimes, so I wouldn't depend on it..I think it got damaged in shipping, there's someting rattling around inside. I've only used this amp a few times, so I can't really tell though.

I've been playing for three years, and I've gone through a number of small tube amps, and this is probably one of the good ones..I have an epi valve junior as well..I prefer that, but it's not as versatile as this amp. I don't know if I would replace it, it's a cheap tube amp, no big deal.

Hope this helps.

old stock from MF $99 with free shipping ;)) gain,vol,bass,mid,treb, stanbby, power, jewel light. very basic no frills. having a gain and mv is great when compared to the fender pro junior of the newer epi valve.

i'm using this with a us strat and tele. comes with sovtek tubes 12ax7 and 6l6. i have spare jj's so did a/b's, and i have to say for what i want which is more overdrive, the sovteks take it. the jj's are clean with a tad less gain, so you get a great clean sound but the overdrive is anaemic. i'm using a sweetsound booster, when i put the sovtek back in and maxed out the booster i was in heaven. so all you newbies out there use your ears, swapping in jj's might not suit your particular guitar/amp combo. if you use hb pickups maybe the lower gain is good. what i will say is i'm going to try some other tube combos too eg mullard ecc83, telfunken 12ax7, sylvania 6l6, maybe a svetlana if i can get one.
the one down side on this amp is the tone controls are fairly limited. i never had the treble past 3, the mid did hardly naything for the sound and the bass seems to be either on or off depending on whether you're above or below 2 on he dial.

n/a not had it long enough

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This is cheaper than buying a boutique pedal that tries to emulate a real tube sound. also get two of them and run them in either stereo or have one set for clean the other for overdrive and switch between them it's like a having a 2 channel tube amp for under $200!!!
if you can get one cheap please do. i think they are much more flexible than the fender pro junios or newer valve epi's as you can dial in the overdrive you want.

Galaxie 10.....just bought one of the last before discontinued by MF. I love the tone. To sound good, I set bass on 10, mid on 2-3, treble on 2.5, gain on 6-8, volume 8-10. Very good crunchy sound. Compared it to my Fender Bandmaster and the Epi breaks up much nicer. Of course my bandmaster only gets power tube breakup since it has no pre-amp gain stage for distortion. To get distortion from the Fender, I have an L-pad in the speaker circuit and set the volume of the amp on 10. Power tube breakup vs. pre-amp tube breakup on the Epi......Epi much nicer......Thanks Epi.

Compared it to my SState Peavey Special 130 with Saturation and pre-post gain/vol.....to see how the breakup/distortion compares. The Peavey sounds nicer, but lacks the dynamic response of the Epi. It took me 20 years to learn to heavily dip the mids with an eq inline from the pre-out to the power amp in (loop) on the Peavey and the distortion channel sounds great now with an eq in line.

I needed the Epi for a compact, lightweight tube sound.....got it!
Great small tube amp package with great looks and nice tube crunch........don't forget to turn down the treble.........enjoy!!

10 in celestion tube($40) speaker, power and standby switch, bass, treble, mid, no pressence, gain, and volume, i want to wire this with a banana to 1/4in so i can hook it up to my cab which are 12 inches. i don't know how i think i have to take apart the whole amp to do this.

i read someone say its a little trebly, i kind of agree. the gain knob sucks, but i'm gonna put a 12u7 tube in it to make it more clean, i really only want a clean sound from this amp or i mean that's all i expected, but for more volume you need to turn the gain up too, so again the gain sucks.

i don't know tube amps are tricky aren't they. i was at a small show watching a punk band play and the guitarist had two half stacks and one shorted out or whatever. but so far this thing has been fine.

well i haven't contacted epiphone about this amp, but i've noticed to contact epiphone you have to contact gibson. i've have contacted gibson in the past and i think their support sucks.

i like that it uses a 6l6 tube when so many small low watt combos use el84s. i wish it came with a 12 inch speaker. i wish it sounded a little better too. for awhile i wish i hadnt bought it and i have thought about selling it. i also take into consideration i paid only $150 for it and i'm not going to find much better, of course unless i spend more money than it's worth so i'm gonna keep it.

Everything you need in a Class A amp knob wise and the standby switch is great.

I played it stock for a while then swapped out the tubes. I have some Vintage tubes in stock so I put a CBS 6L6 (with silicone dampers) and a Mullard 12ax7 in it. This amp sings now - the clean is amazing, the break up is great and it's very quiet even playing single coils. A tube swap is definately in order for this amp.

Brand new, but it's pretty sturdy. The chassis is stamped from some very thin stock and feels flimsy, so if you take the back off be carefull!

Brand new and under warranty.

I'd buy another one for what I paid for this one. Of course then I'd have to buy some new NOS, or vintage tubes, but it's worth it. They have a good foundation here and with a little work and a few extra bucks you have a great little amp.

No frills amp with volume, gain, bass, mids, and treble controls. Also has a standby switch which should be mandatory on all tube amps especilly a class A that runs hotter than usual

This amp is not for heavy rock. It does sound pretty bland with the stock tubes but I took the advice of other people here in this review and from a few guys in the Discussioin Forums who seem to love thiers and swapped the tubes

its amazing how much of a change you can get by swapping out the tubes. these guys were right there is a noticable difference for the better and not just a little but it makes the amp sound really sweet. I dont know what a recent poster meant by saying there is too much treble as Ive not had that problem. I do think a tube change is a must for this amp. I did try out the Galaxie25 and even though it had a bigger speaker and more power I wanted to see what this amp sounded like with new tubes and Im glad i waited.

I have changed the sp[eaker with a weber but liked the stock better so I left that one in but I did add a jack to connect other speakers.

If you are wondering how this sounds after a tube change its very nice and clean and when pushed it gets a little gritty. The clean sound is so sweet, nothing like the sterile cleans on alot of SS amps and not nearly as bad as some guys are making it out to be. Im thinking they never went for the tube change. The amp is great for blues and jazz and anything that requires a nice clean sound. also, I have noticed a huge improvement in how this amp responds to playing, much more than my SS amps ive owned so far. those things did not have that glassy sound and did not change with how hard you pick

I dont know yet, ive only had it 3 months but its holding up fine and I can crank it in my garage whenever I want. Now I know why people like to turn up thier tube amps its different than having them low volume all the time

As long as you keep in mind that you are not going to get metal sounds out of it then its a great little amp. I run my bad monkey in front of it for Overdrive sounds and use a delay set low for reverb sounds.

When trying different tubes in it I decided to start with better 12ax7s and if I understand it those are hotter than other preamp tubes. They did not sound good in this amp. Then I tried what others mentioned and I found the glassy tube sounds that are something I hope to never be without again. No more SS crate crap for me. I dont even miss the distortion on those SS amps.

I have also found that you cannot hide your mistakes with these amps you haveb to play it right or you will hear it right away

This is a no frills, single channel amp. Gain, Volume, Treble, Mid and Bass controls - stand by and power switches. That's it. It does have a cool red jewel light when the amp is on.

Opinions really vary here on this amp. There is no question that the stock tubes are very harsh and brittle. However, if you swap out tubes you can get a very sweet tone from this amp. It's not going to sound like a Marshall stack - you're going to get what a 10 watt amp with a 10" speaker is able to deliver. To me, the beauty of this amp is that you can absolutely crank it to provide a nice bass tube tone - dynamic and responsive - that you can use as a foundation for a pedal board.

The beauty of this amp is that you can run it hot - really get the response from the tubes - without peeling the paint off the walls. It's not going to give you a heavy metal tone - if that's what you're looking for then this amp will disappoint you. This amp is no frills but a great value when used appropriately.

In the near future I'm going to modify the speaker output from being hard wired to the speaker to be a 1/4" jack so I can try it out with other speaker cabinets. I think the tone is limited by the 10" speaker, especially when combined with the fact that it's enclosed in a small, open backed cabinet.

I have a Mullard 12ax7 and Raytheon 6L6GC in mine and the combination of those two tubes makes this amp sing! I run a mid 80s Japanese Strat loaded with Lawrence pickups into the Galaxie and I can get sweet tones. I use a couple modified Boss SD-1s and an 80s Rat for my gain structure - this amp takes pedals very well. I play in my church contemporary praise band and people are always shocked to see me carrying that tiny little amp around. I often hear "wow - you get that much sound from that little amp?" Yes, that's the benefit of a Shure SM57 to the PA, but still - the base tone is there.

So far, so good. I've had mine for several months and not a single issue with it.

I got it from MF - I've had very positive experiences with them.

This amp, when retubed, is a very solid 9! It does what it's supposed to - provide a smooth, rich tube foundation from which to build your sound. I've been playing for 24 years now and have owned, or played regularly through, all the major brands. This little Epi serves me well in what I need it to do. If this would turn up missing I might look to get a 15 watt two channel amp with a nice gain channel and 12" speaker - but not because I don't like this amp. This amp is an awesome value for the money - you can't touch a tube amp for $130!!!

Epi Galaxie 10, probably made sometime in '04. Single channel Class A with one 12AX7 pre and one 6V6 power tube, bass, mid, treble, volume, gain and 10" speaker. Typical practice amp, but gets pretty loud for 5 watts. I play harder rock, punk, metal, folk and alternative. So-so for the last two, but not enough gain for anything but blues, in my opinion. Used it for awhile to practice with but I got tired of running a distortion box through it.

I've played several guitars through the Epi: Gibson Goth V, Les Paul Studio with Burstbucker Pros, SG Faded and a Squier Strat. Amp has quite a bit of hum but is less noticeable at low volumes but at high volumes, just play and you won't notice it.

Overall this amp has entirely too much treble, clean or driven. Even with the treble at zero, it's still way too high. The only way I've found to get rid of it aside from a speaker mod (perhaps) is to run a separate EQ pedal through the line. Too much trouble in my opinion for such a pedestrian amp. If your idea of tonal variety is lots of treble and even more treble, this is your amp.

Clean channel is useable, but I've found other practice amps to sound way better (Crate GLX 15 for one). Gain is about as brutal as a butterfly; only useable if you play blues and you like a lot of treble in your sound, in my opinion, although it does like pedals. Digitech Grunge gives you a nice punk sound. When you dime the volume and gain you get a very nice breakup good for leads, but by then the speaker farts out. I thought the whole point of a tube amp was the ability to push it? Very disappointing.

Does not suit any style of mine where gain is necessary, even when it's only a little breakup that I need. Too much treble.

I'll give it a two because I can clean up the sound with pedals.

Had it for around six months or so, not one second's trouble. Reliability is where this amp shines; too bad I'm not inclined to play it much. Never would gig with it; I don't want to be laughed off the stage.

Never dealt with Epi, but it does have a lifetime warranty.

I've been playing for about four years or so, mostly off and on until this year. I own a host of other guitars as listed above. My main amp is a Crate GLX 212 and I love nearly everything about this amp, especially the core tone. Also use a GLX 15 when I want to keep things quiet and a Fender G-DEC.

If you like bottom end and/or heavier distortion, do not even bother with this amp.

I would not buy it again if stolen or lost; I'd never use it. I like the way it looks but other than that, it's dank. I only bought this because I wanted to see for myself what the big fuss is about tube amps and not go broke in the process. While I'm certain this Epi is not the last word in tube amps, I'm disappointed. Sure, it won't compare to a Blue Voodoo stack, but how often does cheap gear compare to big tickets items?

I've still yet to figure out why people go ga-ga when someone says tube amp and I'm even more flabbergasted at seeing how much more money people are willing to spend on them. No real difference in sound in my opinion when you take cost into consideration. Anyone want to buy this amp? Please do!

It's your basic no-frills tube amp. Got it from MF at a closeout price to use as a practice amp. Out of the box, not bad at all.

As a little tube amp, it sounds marvelous. A 50th Anniversary American Strat sounds great, and a Les Paul with humbuckers sounds very nice too. It's not noisy at all -- just a little hum from the single coils on the Strat, but that's to be expected, eh?

It likes my chorus pedal just fine.

This is not a Marshall stack, so I did not expect to get that type of sound out of a little box. It's just a simple tube amp. As such, it delivers.

Seems to be well built all the way around. What can a person expect for $130?

Don't know. Hope I don't have to find out, but I'm not too worried.

I own tons of stuff. I used to have an Elektar 10 that I liked, but I gave it to a friend a long time ago. It had an 8" speaker, but it also had a speaker out jack, and I plugged it into a cab with a couple of 12s, and it sounded MUCH bigger. The 10" speaker in this amp is holding it back. I'll probably figure out a way to send the output from this to another cab at some point.

Overall, considering the price, I consider this a winner. Perfect little practice amp -- and more.

Basic class A, like all the above. I recently built a new cab, put in a 12" speaker and did a 3rd tube swap. I now have a BEAST! It does sweet Country Clean, AWESOME blues and classic rock now. I regularly play at a blues jam with some very good players, and when I first got the amp stock, I was basically blown off the stage. The little 10" speaker didnt move enough air to be heard out front over the band. I've owned enough amps to know this was a wolf in sheeps clothing, and I was determined to build the smallest cab possible to house the amp & a 12" speaker. I did, and boy am I happy now!

I built a new cab with a 12" Eminence Cannabis Rex speaker. The very efficient(102 db) speaker makes the amp now loud enough for use with a full band. I have a GT mullard 12AX7 now, mostly because it seems to give the amp the loudest clean tone it can muster. Tried JJ, Sovtek, etc, each sounded different. JJ gave the most overdrive, but not enough clean for me. On most guitars(LP, ES-335, Tele), it stays clean up to about the 6-7 range on the gain, then starts breaking up nicely. I can get country clean, blues crunch or rockin' out sustain. Not metal, but then there's pedals for that. The amp is dead quiet.

I recently got a Sovtek 6L6 WXT+, supposedly a copy of the RCA Black Plate, Sounds killer. Tried JJ & stock sovtek power tubes, JJ sounded good a low volumes, didnt cut it turned up, stock Sovtek was good, but the WXT+ is better, smoother, louder, better presence.

I agree with the guy who said the tone controls have limited effect. Just enough to give what you need, but not much more. EQ pedal might do more if you need it. These are great practice amps stock, but BETTER project amps. This little bugger sounds AWESOME now. Even though I bought one new and returned it for lack of volume, I bought one 3 months later used. In the back of my mind I knew it could be very cool, and I was right.

I have used it for a dozen 3 hour gigs, and left it on overnight by accident. So far, so good. It's a pretty simple beast, and only has 2 tubes, so you can afford to experiment with different tubes for tone.

At the price they cost used, I'd just buy another used. Probably cheaper than a tech. Couldnt get a manual on line. now discontinued.

Been playing 30+ years, have owned many amps. I currently have a Peavey Classic 30, my main amp, and a Galaxie 25 as a back up. The Galaxie 10 kicks ass now. Everyone who hears & sees it is blown away by the tone, and I must brag here, the looks. It looks like an old radio. I use a Boss Reverb pedal and an old DOD delay with it, and it rivals ANY amp I have come up against for tone. E-mail me for pics & details.

Class A design, 12AX7 and 6L6 tube....Treble, mid, bass, volume, gain, power on, standby.....the standby is great and at this price point, I'm glad they included it. The tone controls are almost worthless. Regardless of how much variation, most all settings still sound the same. You really need to set things at 0 or 10 to be able to hear any difference. Like others, a reverb would be nice. The 10 watts is just about right. You can easily crank it up in the bedroom. A few extra watts would have been nice (15-20).

Great sounds for clean. Capable of some blues tones as well as Pop and some rock. Unit is extremely quiet. Like others, I do notice some breakup when turning the Gain knob past 8. Even with a tube change (JJ 12AX7 and 6L6). I think some of that odd breakup sound might be the speaker. I'm planning on changing that out, probably to a Weber like some have mentioned. I haven't looked it over fully, but I think it might be possible to load in a 12". I may even modify mine so that I can plug in an external cabinet as I've never been a huge fan of the sound from open back cabinets. Probably build an enclosed 1x10 or 1x12.

The tube change (especially the power amp tube) made a substantial change. The sound is much fuller. More bottom end. Nice round tone to it.

Tough to say. I've only had it for a few weeks. It seems like it would be as reliable as most any other unit as long as you don't bang it around.

Don't know...

For the money, it's a much better amp than a lot of similar amps in this price range. I've run various pedals through it and they all sound pretty good. Turn the gain up to 7 and throw on an overdrive pedal and you can get some nice, heavy distortion out of it. Kind of like a Marshall lite. If it were lost or stolen, would I get another.....? Tough question as I've probably got more gear than I need. I'd probably try to pick up a used one in that case, although I'd probably only save about $50 after shipping.

Simple layout, might have been a nice amp if packed properly for shipping. As so many of you I ordered from MF. When it arrived today the box looked like it had traveled under the truck. The packaging consisted of the amp in a clear garbage bag then stuck in the box. The back panel was broke in two places at the rear ports. The guts of the amp were hanging down at an angle. I have aready arranged to have it returned and replaced with a valve junior.

Can't say, arrived un-usable

Again, can't say.

Haven't dealt with Epiphone.

Been playing semi pro/some studio work for about 20 years. I play mainly an american strat, american tele or USA Wolfgang Standard all loaded with active EMG's. Main amp is a dis-continued Peavey Prowler all tube 40 watt combo 12" open back on top af a 12" closed back ext. cab both loaded with Peavey Sheffields ,which I love, driven by a BOSS GT6.

Tube 10 Watt combo in blue tolex. There is a gain knob and three eq knobs. The features are enough for me. I don't like the cheap reverbs that are on amps under $300, so I am glad there is not one on this Epi.
I don't like recording out or effects loops either. The features on this are perfect for what it is: a small recording or practice amp.

I am playing a Telecaster custom with two humbuckers. The sound of the tubes are amazing. I owned a Blues Jr. before this and it was too loud and the reverb broke within the first week. I also had a Roland Cube 30 and let me tell you, nothing compares to tubes! Nothing. The clean sounds are great and the eq's allow you to sculpt your tone perfectly. With gain at about 3 o'clock or so you can get warm overdrive (not distortion). Honestly, I think if you want distortion you should get a pedal. The tubes in this will provide a bit of smooth overdrive but not any sort of heavy metal or Marshall sound. I don't mind the sound of the stock tubes. Maybe I am just not expecting as much as the other people...

I use it for practice and recording and it does fine for both. It seems to be built really well. Compared to the Blues Jr. I had, this Epiphone is superior in craftsmanship, looks and reliability.

Never dealt with them.

I have been playing for three years, electric and acoustic. I also record a great deal. I would definitely buy this again. I love the way it sounds and the way it looks. I think the tube sound is the only way to go. I hate solid state now that I have compared tubes to solid state amps.

We all know the features by now. Class A all tube 10 watts no reverb blah blah blah. And just like everybody else has said, reverb and an external speaker jack would be swell, but hey... it was affordable! I bought the amp about a year ago on music123.com who gave me free shipping. I really wanted to give it a fair shake before reviewing it on here.

I use mostly four different guitars with this amp: a Carvin AE-185, an Agile Les Paul Goldtop with ceramic P-90's, a Squier Standard Straocaster upgraded with all Carvin pickups and elctronics, and a Johnson "Vegas" hollowbody jazzbox. I've been in an oldies band for sometime and had learned the joys of vintage tone. I run them all through a Digitech RP-7 (that's the one with the 12ax7 tube in the preamp) but I usually have everything in it bypassed except for the compressor and the reverb. For leads I'll turn on a slight boost with its preamp so... kind of like one would use an old Tube Screamer. Our lead guitarist uses a 70's Fender Princeton which, as we all know, has tone to die for. Unfortunately, I couldn't afford a vintage Fender. When I discovered this thing in Musician's Friend and then read mostly positive reviews over here it seemed like a good way to go.

Like most of you, I discovered that out of the box the thing had tone but it was SHRILL! I read all ther reviews in here again and finally decided to take the advice of the guy who said that swapping the tubes for the JJ/Tesla ECC 83 S and the 6L6 GC was the best way to warm it up. I made the swap and he was right. It still doesn't sound like a vintage Fender, but it has a very useable tone that's all its own. I really like it now. The more I use it, the more I like it. That must have something to do with the tubes and the speaker breaking in.

A lot of people on here make clamis about how much better it sounds after swapping the speaker as well. So, I recently tried it with the Jensen in my brother's Princeton. The differences were negligible. The Celestion Tube 10 is a very fine speaker once broken in. No need to swap it in my opinion.

As expected, the amp has some noise (it IS a tube amp, after all), but nothing annoying.

Tip: for nice clean sounds leave the Volume at 9 and control your level with the gain knob... taking it as high as you can go without breaking up. All tube power amps wimpy at low volumes and that's a great way to get the most out of that 6L6 tube.

I've used the thing on all my gigs in the past year without any backup. I've had no problems.

When I took it out of the box, brank spanking new, the face plate was a bit marred... one small gouge and fine scratches around all the volume knobs like someone had lightly cleaned it with steel wool. Everything else (speaker grill, tolex, etc.) looked great. Very cool retro vibe about the thing (mine is the black one...music123.com didn't carry the blue one).

When I was on the phone with Music123 the guy asked me if I wanted to purchase an extended warranty. I asked, "How long is the manufacturer's warranty?" He said, "Lemme look"... long pause while he looked it up... "um... lifetime?" Of course I turned down the extended warranty. :) The amp has never given me any grief. I don't know what dealing with customer service for it would be like.

I've been playing guitar for 28 years now (eek!). My only other amp that I currently own is a 70's Peavey Pacer. It has it's uses, but vintage tone isn't one of them, y'know?

While I really like this amp, and would really reccommend it, especially now that it's used and tends to go for only $110 on eBay, if it were stolen I think I'd save up for something else... prehaps a Carvin Vintage 16. Now... this is a fantastic amp for $110, especially once you've got good tubes in it. I think it was a great deal new for $200. I can't think of anything that can beat it in its price range. We all just tend to continually dream of upgrading, don't we?

Its as simple as a tube amp can get bare bones no need for more features

Im really surprised at the sounds this amp is capable of after seeing one at a local pawnshop and then reading the reviews here I went back and pickd it up not expecting much but it sounded smooth clean tunil you crank it up so I did the tube change that seems imperative based on these reviews and my own experience and you know what? it sounds better than my blues jr which says alot because I love that little BJ and used to use it all the time the cleans are much more smooth and this amp has more sag if thats what you are in to than any other small combo ive played even the much more expensive one great little amp that seems to be the real sleeper of our times I also ahev a podXT for recording and a marshall AVT that was not worth half the money I paid for it I can say for sure the cleans on the epiphone galaxie 10 are much more real and alive than anything on the pod the blues jr and dfinately the marshall ATV

no opinion because Ill have to wait see Ive had it for about a week and it seems pretty sturdy I hope it holds up because I really lovew it The cleans are something special compared to other amps in its class

Im giving it 8 after changing tubes I readr a speaker change is improves but I like it just the way it is Just changing tubes alone makes it a better sounding amp than my blues jr Ive had for a long time so this amp is worth ewvery penny I paid I wish it were not discontinued or Id get more

This is as simple as a tube amp can get, which is just fine if you don't need alot of bells and whistles getting in your way when playing.

The controls consist of Bass, Mids, Treble, Volume, and Gain. There is also a handy standby switch, and I think all tube amps would benifit greatly from this simple but effective feature. It can really save some life of those tubes by caressing them as it warms up, as opposed to just ramming it in like a just-released convict who had his first encouter as a free man

Like others have mentioned here its not the sweetest sounding amp in the world stock. But I took the advice of quite a few here and tried the tubes suggested. Man this amp really sounds good after a tube change. I have no idea how other tubes would sound but the popular JAN 5751 preamp tube and SED 6L6 power tube really make this amp sound like a true classic. Take note metalheads; you won't get any heavy crunch even at louder volumes. What you will get is a sweet sounding clean amp that rivals many expensive combos out there when it comes to a silky smooth clean tone. It does not have sparkle like a fender, more like a thick sweet clean sound that seems to be a perfect base for any style of music.

Cranked up you can get some nice blues grit. I think I am going to try adding an overdrive effect to my arsenal to get more crunch, but only if I can find one that does not change the sound of the tone I get out of it now. 'Nuff said

Don't know how it will take years of abuse but I was expecting something made cheaply and I was surprised to see that it seems like a sturdy amp on the inside. Have you ever seen the inside of a Blues Jr.? well this is constructed much better than that so we'll see how it goes

So far I have to give it good reviews. I picked it up at a pawnshop about 2 months ago. I was in the market for a smaller amp for recording and this does the trick. Don't be fooled into thinking that its some low life copy of a tube amp, its the real deal and has great tones inside if you take the time to put some better tubes in. I highly recommend putting different tubes in even before you turn it on the first time. And while we are on the subject you may want to give something with less output than a 12aX7 because the amp seems to like lower gain tubes.

I could see this used on classic albums where clean tones are primary like the Beatles or Stones. This amp is a perfect pair for my ol'Rick, seems like they were meant for each other. It was either a smaller tube combo or a multi effects pedal run through my small PA system but after trying a few of the hip pedals (podXT, tonelab) I decided to pursue real tubes and glad to say I did. It will not do as many tricks but that one trick it does is much better than any of the settings on those multis. I just got tired of lugging my 2x12 tube combo to practice and then not being able to really turn it up.

If it means anything to you, I have also started looking for more of these little Galaxie 10 amps since I found out they are discontinued. I know how history goes, an amp will hit the market by a not so big name company and people will stay away from it because of the name. Then it will become popular years later based on the simple tone that it gets when cranked. Remeber those Fender Champs? They were looked upon as cheap practice amps at the time but a few years went by and people started giving them the credit they deserved and as far as the one good tone these amps get, I think this is a much better sounding amp than the Champ even though it will not get that dirty when cranked

I bought this new from Musicians Friend. When I opened the box and removed the plastic, I found: 1) 7 (yes, seven) tears/rips in the Tolex, most around curves and stress points. The Tolex had actually separated from itself from being stretched too tightly. The smallest was maybe a half an inch, the biggest about 3 inches. 2) The back panel was loose; one of the interior cabinet pieces to which the panel was screwed had a stripped hole. 3)The piece of wood with the aforementioned stripped hole had been glued to the cabinet, but alas, crummy glue job, it had come off anyway. 4) One of the power tubes was laying loose in the bottom of the cabinet; I imagine it had been rattling around there for quite some time, in spite of the spring-type tube retainers. 5) Two of the (cheesy-thin-metal) corner protectors were dented. 6) The nice chrome control panel was deeply scratched, it looked as if someone took a crescent wrench to one of the pot shaft nuts. I never plugged it in. I called MF and requested a refund and shipped it back. I'll never know what it sounded like, and I don't care. You get what you pay for- if you're lucky.

Bought this amp from Musician's friend. One input, no effects loop, but hey, $199=tax/shipping.

I play my Gibson Blueshawk (single coil Blues 90s). More hum than ideal, but not that bad. If you turn the gain up it sounds like crap, and I've got a newly acquired Mullard 12at7 that I haven't tried yet, but I'm expecting good things from what I've read online. I play rhythm exclusively, and when you kill the mids and keep the treble low it sounds good miced. My other amp is a Music Man, which I still use on songs where I use my baritone guitar--wouldn't think of trying to get this little thing to handle that.

The first one failed immediately. I have my MM for a backup live.

I hear that Gibson/Epi aren't good on making good on lemons, but Musician's Friend sure is.

I have been playing for years, though only recently have I felt OK about calling myself a guitarist. I play several guitars, and other than my Blueshawk they are mostly cheapos. The reason I play them is because I've got them tuned to baritone and alto. I like this little amp, and while I still need to tote around my MM for baritone/backup, it does the trick for me. This is my first Class A amp, so I can't compare it to others in that category, but I've spent more on other amps and have been more dissatisfied afterward. The one drawback that I expeienced at our last show was that I got out in front of the monitors--hot-dogging it with the audience--and I got lost because I couldn't hear myself at all. Nobody else noticed because I did a good job compensating, but while it was happenning I felt pretty inadequate. If it were stolen or lost, I'd buy another, but if it failed I think I'd look into another 5W Class A amp instead, one that was hand wired and dependable. Tell you, though, if it weren't for my baritone, I'd be real-assed happy not to have to carry a heavy amp into a venue that has a good sound system. I'd rather carry extra weight devoted to sound reinforcement for vocals, since they almost never give me enough of that.

its very simple but i love it that way

i want to follow-up on an earlier post.

i mentioned that i changed the tubes (JAN 5751pre and SED6L6power) and it really warmd up alot and i loved the difference. i just wanted to add that now i have wired the amp to 2 extension cabs (each a 1x10 cab) with better celestions and the improved even more!

so i give it a 9 based on the fact that after you change tubes its an 8, and after changing speaker & tubes its a 9.

i am not comparing it to my larger stack or more powerful amps - but im comparing it with small combo amps that are perfect for cranking up to get that tube magic happening that does not kill your hearing - and i actually prefer small combos in any circumstance, i like the detail and response

so far so good and ive had it 9 months

cool little combo that becomes an extremely usable and great sounding combo with tube swap - and even more so with speaker swap as well.

it does great cleans, and if cranked some and pushed with a good boost the overdrive really rocks in a classic way, the amp is so detailed in tone (after tube & speaker change) and so responsive. i sold my classic 30 but i had to keep the marshall stack for weekend jams - if it werent for that id sell the jcm808 and get a couple more galaxie 10s to do some parts-swappin with!

This amp was bought new in Dec 2004. Same controls as mentioned in the previous 50 reviews. Has everything I need, though an external speaker jack would be nice. Definitely loud for 10 watts. What more can you expect out of a tube amp for 200 bucks?

I mostly use the amp with a Standard Tele, and occasionally an SG. I play mostly blues...the nice tubey distortion is perfect for my sound. I usually am looking for a Bloomfield on Butterfield's first album tone...and this amp gets there perfectly. I don't use clean that much, but the clean sounds fine...after a preamp tube change.

And, as has been mentioned in many posts, a tube change is definitely in order. This particular one just doesn't like a 12AX7. I've tried a couple of modern brands, and a NOS RCA, and with all, the gain is unusable over about "7". A 12AT7 fits my needs, though I eventually will try a 12AU7. Either guitar sounds good after changing the preamp tube.

I've tried a couple of tubes in the power position, and also an NOS RCA, and to be honest, the stock Sovtek tube doesn't sound bad.

The amp isn't noisy at all, fairly quiet by tube amp standards...even with the stock tubes.

The speaker doesn't sound that bad after it is broken in. You cannot judge a speaker by how it sounds "out of the box"...10-20 hours of playing time is required to loosen up the spider and the surround. Even Ted Weber recommends a 10 hour break-in period for his fine speakers.

It seems pretty tough...but all tube amps are somewhat fragile. Never, never gig without a backup.

Never needed to use Epiphone customer service.

I've been playing about 30 years. I've owned pretty much everything worth having at one time or another. After selling, giving away, thefts, and dead gear, I'm down to this amp and a Silverface Fender Bassman. If this amp were stolen, I'd definitely replace it with another. I love the simplicity of this amp, in looks, controls, and circuitry...though I don't know why Epi is dead set on using a 12AX7...except maybe that people that don't know any better think they have to have one.

I looked at the Fender Blues Jr and Pro Jr, a couple of other amps, picked this one because of the price, and I'm glad I did.

Basic class A tube amp, Gain, Vol, 3 tone controls, standby switch. That's it. Basic. Has all you need for good tone. Get a reverb pedal.

Played woth Strat, Les Paul, Gretsch Anni, and a bunch of others. Once you dal in the tone you like, it sounds good, like a tube amp should. Clean tones were enhanced by a Tube Change, and occasionally farty lows were improved. Sounded ok with the stockers, but was really made much more useable by the tube change. I have good cleans and sweet crunchy overdrive. If I need more volume or overdrive, I hook up a TS-5 or any OD pedal you like. Sudedenly you have become very loud. The Celestion handles it well, and the amp really sounds very cool now.

Seems well built, time will tell.

Never hope to meet them service folks, but it did come w/ a 5 yr warranty.

I would have to say, post tube change, that this amp gets a high score. I used it at a VERY loud Blues Jam last night, and it was enough volume to be heard over some Loud Bass playing and a few heavy handed drummers. A 12" speaker would have made it perfect, because though it was loud enough, it needed to move a bit more air to really cut through the mix with a bit more bottom and fullness. Considering that it is intended as a mere practice amp, and I was able to use it at gig volumes with the pedal, I am impressed even more. I have to give it a strong nine.

Bought this at Musicians Friend on sale. It has to be of the better pratice amps for the money that are tube, not very loud and no way can be used with a drumk kit unless miced through a PA. Cleans are good and better after a change of tubes. I used a SED 6l6 and a Mesa Boogie preamp tube and it sounded much fuller and rounded. It has a solid state Retifier and phase inverter (drives the poer tube) Its a class A Cathode Biased amp, most one output tubes are. Good buy and great tolex retro amp for the price!

Sounds good with a tube change (sounded ok before) used SED 6l6 and Mesa Boogie preamp tube.

Look rugged

I bet this will be its dowfall if needed because of its price and ...will it be worth mialing off to fix, they wont pay to get it! Unless you find a local aurthrized sevice center localy.

Ok for what I paid, with the tube swap, I will more than likely use it for studio work, it wont have the police out here (i live in a townhouse) it is more likey less than its 10watt rating with stock tubes..I would say 3-5 watts RMS ( have one 10 watt yellow jacket in my 130 watts music man amplifier and its loud as hell compared) Clean sound

Well, this is just a basic amp for someone who wants tube tone but doesn't necessarily have tube money. It has Treble, Middle, and Bass EQ Knobs as well as Gain and Volume. I would have enjoyed this amp better if it had channel switching and possibly an effects loop, although I am not heavy on effects. I haven't totally checked out the back, but most of it is covered with an opening to see the glowing tube. It halso has a Power Switch and a Standby Switch

This amp was exactly what I expected with the exception that it is bigger than it looks in the pictures. It is a little loud for bedroom practice, I'd say, but I also like to practice at really low volume. For now, I turn the volume up to about 3 and put a pillow over the front of the amp so it will sound decent without being really loud. This amp also can be extremely piercing in terms of highs, but the pillow somehow manages to balance it out perfectly. Right now, I have the EQ with the Treble at 10, Middle at 0, and Bass at 10 and the Gain at 10. The cleans on this amp are fine for my purpose; I am not a professional at clean sounds, but I would say it does ok with the gain around 5, no break up there. This amp on it's own does not have Rectifier or Marshall quality distortion; it has more of a vintage sounding distortion thats suited more for blues and light pop or whatever. However, I have an Ibanez Tube Screamer (one of the cheap new ones) and it really makes up where the amp lacks, it can give me that Nu Metal Dual Recto crunch with lots of bass. It does have alot of hiss with a pedal in front of it, but I am also using crappy cables and the pedal itself is somewhat broken. For the money however, it is easily a killer amp.

I have had this amp for less than 24 hours.

Have not dealt with them

I have been playing for about 2 and a half years and I pretty much only play an Ibanez SZ. If it were lost, I would definately buy it again simply because in this price range, your most likely to get solid state crap or hybrid junk, and although they may have alot of features, I'd rather an amp that does one thing well than 20 things terribly. I should note, however, that I bought this amp without hearing it first and although I have played a bunch of other amps in this price range, I never did a side by side comparison. However, I probably won't be looking at amps for a while because this fits my needs perfectly. In fact, I am considering buying a Galaxie and an A/B switch and using the other one for my clean sounds.

I bought the latest Galaxie 10 Combo. It is a sharp looking amps.
I changed the preamp tube to a Mullard 12AU7 and the power tube to an
Jan RCA 6L6. The sound is sweet, full, round and robust. I have a 10" WeberVST speaker on order. This a must-have practice amp.
A headphone jack would have complimented this fine amp.

This is my harp practice amps. I like to play the blues. Since the tube upgrades, the amp is very clean sounding.

Still new, but the technology has proven itself for decades of reliability.

I am an amatuer harp for 2 years.
Because of the price and performance for a home enviroment practice amp,
I would buy the exact setup again with upgraded tubes and WeberVST speakers.

I like the features which are rather simple.

Gain, volume, treble, mid & bass controls. Sometimes with any more than that people get distracted from just playing!

I wish it had reverb but I cant hold that against the amp, I knew it did not have reverb when purchasing it so no blow there.

It also has a standby switch which is very handy when taking a break and just an overall nice feature in the longrun when you think about how a standby switch can make "tube-life" more pleasant for the tubes.

I got this little amp and fired it up. I did like the cleans but something was to be desired with the higher gain settings. The breakup was not very smooth - but as others have said new (better) tubes can do this amp justice.

I dropped a 5751 in the pre and a 6L6GC in the powerslot. This did cause the amp to loose a little "punch" at lower levels but I also noticed that at higher levels there is no indication of that, also the breakup is much more smooth in the sense of traditional tube amp breakup.

The cleans are also still very round and musical which is a great thing, this amp has good, smooth sounds and after changing tubes to find them one can turn it on, step back (its damn loud for 10 watts!) and just rock away with plenty of detail to playing nuances and the simple - no frills approach to the design means you can just have a blast making music and not worrying about more sounds because its a good little tube amp that loves to be pushed.

So dont go expecting a thousand different sounds like your modeller or processor......just good tube tone. This is not my first tube amp or my last so I know what a good amp can do. When you crank this up be prepared to have fun because it really is a fun little (but loud) package thats easy on the back.

Also this amp responds well to pedals so have at it!

The simple but effective design tells me this thing should be good & tough in the longrun, provided you give it the care it needs from time to time.

Dont know, and I hope I dont have to find out.

I gave this review pretty much all 8's because thats what I feel it deserves.

If you are not happy with the stock sounds, swap out some tubes and have fun experimenting because its self-biasing, just make sure the tubes you pick can be used.

Ive had it about 2 weeks and next week Im going to order another. I love a small amp that you can crank and with powerful tube amps its pretty hard to do that in most situations. There is a big difference between 6 and 9 or 10 with the volume knob on most tube amps.....get one you can push!

In all seriousness I just want to say that its a good little amp that comes stock with bad tubes. Maybe Ill try the speaker on my next one, but this one sounds good as is so Ill leave it alone and spend my time jamming instead of searching for new sounds.

It sounds great with my LP, and even better with my strat.

I want an amp to have usable controls and no more. If you need a degree in electrical engineering just to play it then I don't want it. This amp is nice in its functional simplicity. A reverb and an external speaker jack would make it perfect, but I like the design features.

Brand new. I use these amps a lot for bedroom practice and small jam sessions.

I purchased two of these recently when they went on sale. The idea was always to leave the stock speaker in one and do some experimenting in the other. Here's what I did.

Galaxie #1 got a Reverend Alltone 1030 speaker, a Groove Tubes 12AX7-M pre-amp tube and a Groove Tubes 6L6GE. It sounds very good. Nice soundstage and presence.

Galaxie #2 keeps the stock Celestion speaker, but benefitted from getting both the pre-amp tube and a power tube replaced. out went the SOVTEKS and in went an NOS JAN GE 5751 in V1 and an SED 6L6GC power tube. This set up has a firmer bottom end. The loss of volume from the lower gain pre-amo tube is noticeable, but also has the benefit of giving you a little more flexibility with the pre-amp gain. This set up gives a little grittier sound than what I get from Galaxie # 1.

I do not recommend using less than a 5751 in the pre-amp slot. You lose a degree of presence and soundstage to the point of robbing the amp of its identity.

I'm using strat type guitars, semi-hollows and Gibson SGs. Both humbucker and single coil guitars sound good clean. The drive could use a little help, but a few EQ adjustments at the guitar let me get good usable tones. Still, the amp definitely excels when played clean. Its best distortion comes in that "on the edge" range right between clean and distorted where you are just starting to get some nice breakup.

Only had these a weak. Very simple designs. Should last an eternity.

not an issue.

I bought two of these at the recent sales price. I'm very happy with them. They are nice little amps for the money that will get you that tube tone we all strive for.

I wanted to add that I gave a review a month or so ago of the stock epi galaxie 10, and although I liked it I couldnt get over the overly bright sound and harsh gain.

So I changed the preamp tube to a JAN GE 5751 and the poweramp tube to a SED 6L6 GC, and it did just what I needed - it warmed the amp up alot, got rid of the "extra" treble, and smoothed out the sound alot.

It did loose a little volume and punch, but that should be expected when you drop a tube in to lower the gain a bit.

Overall its very warm & smooth now, and if you need more drive than the amp can give just boost it with a good o.d. pedal, and you are set for some good classic rock & bluze!~!


If you are willing to swap the tubes out this can be a great little tube amp, not just for bedroom practice but jamming and recording. Just dont go expecting the stock tubes to give you the sounds you need, but this amp does respond well to changes in tubes, and is very responsive & spongy with your playing nuances.

Great deal on a great little amp

I just want to comment on what the poster below said, because his post may discourage someone from owning this great little blues/classoc rock amplifier if they need a small tube combo for practice/recording and don't want to piss off the neighbors.

You HAVE to change tubes with this amp.

Epiphone picked the tubes that come stock with this amp based on what........sound? NO WAY!!

They chose them because they are CHEAP!!

Anyone who's ever owned a tube amp knows that changing the tubes in a tube amp can lead to very different results. In the case of this amp, it can lead to very good results.

I will be the first to admit that playing this amp with the stock tubes in it the drive sounds are so trashy, and what little bit of breakup the amp has is almost horrible. The cleans are nice though - not sparkly like a Fender but that's a good thing to some folks, but round and very usable with the nice response expected of a tube amp at higher volume settings.

After finding the right tubes, this amp can be a real pleasure to play. No, the overdrive it has is still not suited for hard rock/metal unless you push it with a boost or ride your dirt boxes while the amp is clean.

But with the right tubes, you can get great blues tones, even classic rock breakup with this thing. The sound after finding the right tubes is very different from how the amp sounds stock which was not very good. It responds well to your playing nuances and has a sweet compression perfect for bluesy leads.

Also, with a good overdrive or clean boost the rhythm is smooth and chunky, with a little heavier driven pedal pushing it you can go into harder rock and heavy metal settings.

I just wanted to point this out if anyone is browsing through the review of this amp, and if they are looking for a small tube amp to get those chunky but smooth tube tones for recording or jamming at levels that won't melt your ears (but it is still damn loud for 10 watts - its a Class A tube amp!).

So if you are looking for that amp, do what anyone else would with a tube amp if they're not happy with it's stock sounds - try some tubes!! You can always throw a couple tubes in, see for yourself and if you are not satisfied, take it back to the store and get a more reliable (but no tube tones) SS.

As described by other reviews. No surprise there. No line out. The reverb missing can easily be fixed with a good reverb pedal... but that's where I start having a problem with this amp: adding or changing parts to make it sound better. Might as well buy a better amp in the first place. Let's explore.

Let's cut to the chase. This amp is mediocre. I compared it with a Marshall VS100 and it does not even come close. I was highly disapointed. Of course, you will say that it is an unfair comparison. The Marshall VS100 has more power, bigger speaker, etc. etc. Well. Yes, but I compared the two amps in similar settings: (very) low volume, no reverb, bedroom practice, clean or low distortion, same guitar setting. I wanted the Galaxie to have better quality clean and overdrive at low volume. Forget it. I can achieve much better clean and distortion/distortion at lower volume with the Marshall than with the Galaxie. That totally defeated the purpose. Then I thought, what the heck, might as well push the volume to see what this amp is made of. Worse! I pushed the gain to 7-9 and the volume to 9 and the distortion was simply murky. Another reviewer said it very well: the sound of a rattlesnake. Exactly. A rattlesnake. Disgusting, noisy, I started getting a headache.

Clean was good but limited in range. Distortion was awefull.

Most reviewers shared their wonderful experience after changing tubes and speakers. I don't want to buy an amp and have to put another $200 to get better speakers/tubes. Why would I not buy a better amp in the first place? I did not want to start experimenting and find out that the sound was not what I wanted long after I could return the unit. So, I returned it.

Versatility: terrible. I was trying different settings and the range of tone is very limited. No low frequencies. Too bright, too thin. And I compare with the reverb on the Marshall. Reverb is nice. You have to have it. You think you can do without when you have nothing to compare with. But when it's on, turning it off is like going backyard.

I play electric acoustic songs like "Wish you were here" (Pink Floyd) and some hard rock ala AC/DC. The clean tone could fit some of my playing style, but with limited range. Distortion: no way.

If the amp only works well with single coil, as one reviewer said, then that's not good enough. You can't produce good AC/DC or LedZep distortion with single coils. And what's a tube amp for if not for good 70s distortion.

Returned it after one month.

Only had the amp for one month. Did not need support.

I have been playing for 8 years. Tried various types of amp. Small and large. All tube, tube/solid state, solid state only. Peavey classic 30, Fender blues junior, Crate V1512, Line 6 (bad digital emulation), Marshall, etc. I love Marshall sounds of Led Zep, Slash, AC/DC, Zakk Wylde, etc. I love Brian May's signature sound and Vox tone. I wanted to try the Galaxie for its potential at low volume. If I wanted it to gig on stage I would have tried higher power. Headroom is limited on the Galaxie 10, but that's expected. Where the Galaxie fails completely is in the quality of its distortion at low volume. That's the only real appeal of low watt amps. Why bother otherwise. Get a good solid state and achieve better results if you want to stay clean. Distortion is what makes the difference. And this amp has the worse distortion I heard in a long time. No feel to it. Rattlesnaky, muddy, murky and no bass.

Otherwise, the packaging look nice. Mine was blue. It's light weight, easy to transport, tubes are well protected yet easy to access. The retro look is very nice. The knobs are small but seemed good quality. If only the tone had been there...

It is a fine amp, but for the lack of reverb and at least an extension out or fx loop - but then it would not cost $199 new.

It's a single channel, all tube class A amp.

Gain, volume, treble, middle, bass knobs

Standby switch and on/off switch.

My rating of 7 does not refer to sound, but just because I love the spongy response of this amp I cannot give it a high rating in this category. But I will say I got this amp BECAUSE of the simple design. Everything you need to rock/blues out

Great sounds!

The clean channel is pristine and very round. Not really with the added fender sparkle, but thats O.K., I like a nice round clean sound to work with, without much "flavor" from different manufacturers. The gain sounds are great for blues/crunchy rock - but dont expect metal without a pedal/boost of some kind. I will say, just like the peavey classic 30 or 50, this little amp loves pedals and that gives you all the more flexibility!

It is a tad noisy at high gain settings, but Im sure thats also a result of these tubes (stock).

I keep hearing people say to swap the tubes out - and I will in another month or so, but Im enjoying the sound as it is for now. Great detail, response is superb, and the feel is so much like elastic that I just dont want to put my guitar down. I know I am saying alot about this little beast but think about it - 10 Class A watts........that is a great foundation with so much potential. All the tubes out there to mix and match, you could have any flavor you want. Screw Baskin Robbins and thier 32 flavors!

It is not a brutal death metal machine, but perfect for blues and classic rock as is. With your favorite pedals you can manage any other dirt you set your heart to find. It is very loud for its size, and the other reviewer was right - go easy on the treble, especially with single coils.

The sound, feel, and response of this amp is great. I cant think of anything bad to say about it. Im sure changing the tubes can warm it up a bit more as others have said, but it sounds damn fine stock as well. If it gets better with different tubes then this has got to be one hell of an amp. Great for recording, you dont have to blow your eardrums to get good tones, and a good o.d. pedal to boost the amp will allow you to record at even lower volumes.

It has held up fine for almost a month, no problems to speak of.

The simple construction tells me that it should last a very long time. The reason I gave it a 7 is that its a tube amp. Its hard to call a tube amp reliable (with a 10 rating anyway) because we all know how tube amps can be. Kickass tone one day, then the next day it may sound like its been up all night smoking all the weed in the land with a sore throat - but its just letting you know it wants a tube change. If that happens the moment you fire it up to practice/jam, then there goes reliability untill you give this monster its fix!

Dont know, and hope I dont have to find out

This is a great little amp. I can honstly think of nothing bad to say about it. I would like an fx loop and reverb - but thats missing the point. This is a bare-bones small tube amp at its best. Forget the name brand for a minute and just enjoy it. The design alone is perfect. Just tube power for you to mold any way you can.

There are so many possibilities with this thing, and the class A sounds are great. Solid, spongy, full and ready to be manipulated are the sounds this little monster can produce and thats a fine thing for any style.

Ok, first up, i'll start by saying i know jack about tube amps! Still, i'll go by the tried-and-tested aural perception. Input, gain, treb mid and bass, and standby...all i would expect, and all i need. i spose it would be nice if the eq had more range, still don't go over 4 or 5 on the treble and you won't blow an eardrum (it gets a bit piercing after that).

At the moment i'm playing with a standard USA Fender Tele, and the bite and twang is awesome! great for Sweet Home Alabama etc, AC/DC rhythym at a push, but certainly don't expect any more gain than that. i'm getting a Boss DS-2 so i can get some hard rock/metal sounds out of it, and after i've cranked the volume i reckon i'll get some really great noise out of this thing. Clean is great, distortion nicely bluesy...pretty quiet amp though, maybe if i change the tubes and speaker like some others here have. i can have both gain and volume on full and still not bring the house down. Still, i don't really need to, it's great for the bedroom.

Reliability, hmm dunno, only had it about 10 hours! :)

If anything went wrong i'd just take it back to the local music store i got it from, so i wouldn't have to deal with Epiphone at all...so, "n/a" i guess...

Amp isn't too loud, so i can really drive it in the bedroom, making it sound great. looks great too. if it were stolen or lost, well i like to have different sounds every once in a while so probably wouldn't replace it, but that's not due to it being bad in any way. Great practice amp. Do what i did; read these reviews and then go buy one! :)

Made in 2004? The features have been well covered in other reviews which I studied here prior to purchase. It has enough features for me.. I want to hear what the guitar can do first. Trying to play some blues and rock numbers. Really I'm a classical guitarist by training. Maybe a reverb feature would be nice. I beleive that in many things "less is more" Volume, power is plenty +++

Using a new Epiphone Elite Les Paul Model with stock humbuckers. I sense a great variety of sounds from the combination of the guitar and amp. Sound can range from warm and sensual to clear and bright depending upon the settings on the guitar and amp. I am not sure what I am listening for when it comes to distortion or overdrive sounds. Too new to the elctric experience.

I don't play professionally. So far so good. I've had this thing for about a month.

Haven't had to deal with them.

The point of this review is to agree with and thank previous reviewers that suggested a tube change. I bought the tubes from JJ Electronics recommended in some other reviews and the amp became a different animal. I was ready to send it back with the stock tubes. It sat and crackled and made horrid noises for fifteen minutes everytime I used it with the stock tubes. Had to keep the gain low! I replaced the tubes it came with with the JJ Electronis tubes and it's been fine. Works when I turn it own, I can crank up the gain. No more "pop" going from standby position. Cabinet is compact. It looks great(blue model) For the money I don't think one can go wrong. Our other amp is a Crate XT120R. I've played for some 40 years and would by another Epi if this one was stolen.

I stopped by here before purchasing, so I knew what I was getting into. I wanted an amp for apartment playing/recording, and this has enough to fit the bill

I use a 1982 Gretsch BST solidbody and a DePinto Belvidere semi-hollow, both with humbuckers. I play rock/punk (a la Clash), so I was looking for something straight forward. It really sounds better than I expected. I swapped the 12AX7 for an 12AT7 (NOTE: I did not have a bias adjustment). I know with some amps, like a Reverend Hellhound, you can make this swap without needing the tweak, so I gave it a shot. I have found that this takes care of the crappy distortion issue. Lessy muddy with humbuckers, and has a much sweeter, less harsh bite to it. It gives you more clean gain, but growls when you crank it. Throw a pedal in front (I use a Ibanez Metal Charger and the discontinued Boss Gp20) to tweak it. Also, the lead guitar player for my band plays a Eric Clapton strat, which sounds really sweet with this amp, so good for single coils too. It would be a grand slam if it had reverb!

No problems thus far, but I've only had it for 3 months.

Same as above

I have been playing for 12 years as a rhythm guitar player. I own a Fender Deville 2x12, which is too loud to play at home, hence the Galaxie. I would definitely buy this again, because I haven't heard anything at this price point that sounds this good. Again, reverb would make it perfect.

If you are looking for a gigging amp, I would say get something else (like one of the new Reverend Kingsnakes - they look really sweet). If you want something to use at home and record with and are on a budget, give it a shot. Just ask a tech if swapping the 12AT7 without an adjustment is OK, and you are good to go.

its gotta stand by switch i liked that alot of companys don't use em for that i'll give it a 2 course u wouldn't expect or need a lot a stuff on a practice amp a headphone plug would be a plus.

we trid it with gibsons and fenders playin rock &blues tunes i didn't like it a tall i say didn't cause i already ebayed it i dunno maybe 2 tubes just arn't enough even in a small room it just don't do much the gain is not full its jus got no butt cleans are so so but why do ya want a tube amp in the first place warm crunch it ain't in there sorry

only had it about 6 months it didn't make any trouble and seemed dependable i guess i wouldn't try ta use it at a gig period but thats my thoughts , well my son didn't like it either maybe for a beginner but not really gonna last em long before they too would want more i suspect

never been in touch with em

i been around a long while i have a peavey classic 20,fender blues jr. laney lc15 a classic 30 and a coupla line 6s if it were stolen it would have to be off a some one else cause i sold it i only decided ta try it cause i like class a operation but this one left me soft ya'll can't run fast enough ta gimmie another un

This is a revision/update of a previous review of mine (it's a few reviews down...just look for my name). I'll split this into two sections: one for the Tele and another for the Les Paul.
I have tried several different tubes. The first batch I've tried (which is now what I have back in there) were a JJ ECC83S in the preamp and a JJ 6L6GC in the poweramp. I later stuck a JAN GE 5751 in the preamp. These are supposed to give the amp more clean headroom and tame the preamp distortion allowing the poweramp section to distort as well. However, I didn't notice much improvment there. The ECC83S sounded much more warm and lively. So I pulled that out and put the JJ's back in.

I'd definately recommend the JJ ECC83S and the JJ 6L6GC. Order these a set of these when you get the amp. They are considerably better than the stock Sovteks.

Keep in mind...for clean tone I have the volume set to 10 and adjust overall volume levels with the gain.
For overdrive tones, I use a pedal and have the gain around 6 or 7 and adjust volume levels with the volume control.

Route 101 Rincon Custom Tele:

After having had more time with the amp, I've warmed up to it a bit more. As I said before, the cleans are just fantastic. They are just so very thick, round, and warm. The amp really pickups up on your little picking and fretting nuances and cleans up well with the volume knob. Slight breakup is also quite good on this amp, and very light overdrive works well too.
However, as I stated in my previous review, the amp overdrive on this thing just isn't too great. It's actually quite dissapointing. You really can't get any poweramp distortion at all. And the more you crank the amp, the more trebly and harsh it gets. This amp is definately for low level playing (even less than what the amp should be able to do...the amp does get loud, but cranked it sounds pretty bad).
However, an overdrive pedal really helps with the overdrive and actually makes it quite good. Really good actually. I recommend the Guyatone OD-2 overdrie with this amp. It has good bass response (unlike other unnamed OD pedals *cough*TS9*cough). It helps take away some of the brightness. It also beefs up the amp a bit in bypass since there seems to be a slight mid bass bump in the tone while in bypass.

Gibson Les Paul (Faded):
The cleans sound pretty good with the Les Paul with one caveat: you can't get it loud without breaking up (obviously). You can get it loud enough (clean) to play by yourself at low volume levels, but you'd have a tough time playing with another guitarist.
When it breaks up...it breaks up and poorly. At around volume 10 and gain 5, you start to get some nasty distortion. The low end really farts out and gets ratty. I originally thought it was the speaker, but I'm not pretty convinced it is just the circuitry.
However, with the aformentioned overdrive pedal, the tone gets considerably better. You can get some decent crunch and smooth lead tones at fairly loud practice volumes. The pedal seems to take away the harshness and low end rattiness.
Overall, the amp makes the Les Paul seem quite bright (but it is a 10" speaker afterall). Nonetheless, with enough tweaking you can get some warm overdrive tones (even some nice "woman" tones...think the solo to "I Feel Free" by Cream).

Here's the individual ratings:

Tele:

Clean - 10
OD - 9

Les Paul:

Clean - 7
OD - 8


The amp also works well with the few effects that I have (a chorus and a wah).

Works every time. Although, there is a pop when coming out of standby.

In conclusion, if you have a single coil equipped guitar and an overdrive pedal, and you are searching for a practice (small gig, dare I say) amp that can give you great clean and overdriven blues, jazz, and classic rock tones: GET THIS AMP.

If you have a humbucker equipped guitar and a overdrive pedal, and looking for a similar amp...think about it. It does a good overdriven tone well (WAY better than any solid state amp in the price range), but the amp doesn't have a whole lot of clean headroom with a humbucker guitar. Volume levels are tough to describe...everyone's ears are different. What is loud to you might be quiet to me. You can easily get a good clean tone at a low bedroom practice volume. I will say that (with humbuckers...with singles you can get much, much more clean volume).

The amp is definately a good amp for what it is meant for: bedroom practice and low level jamming.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me.

Master/gain volume combo. Full tone stack. Low power so it can be driven hard without the cops showing up at the door. True, no reverb or speaker-out jack but that's because it's a retro-style $200 practice amp. For a price like that ya gotta cut corners somewhere. What matters most is it's a tube amp that most everyone can afford. Plenty of features for an amp in this price range.

I, too agree that the amp can be too bright & harsh. The treble has to be set very low (mine is at 2 1/2). Anything lower than that & it sounds muddy, anything higher than 3 or 4 & it's ear piercing. A couple of things that I did to my Galaxie 10 to help it sound better was put in a Weber speaker & changed the power tube to a JJ Tesla 6L6GC and I put a NOS 12AT7 in the preamp. The 12AX7 starts to overdrive WAY before the power tube does which is why the overdrive on this amp sounds so harsh. A 12AT7 has a lower gain output so the poweramp can overdrive without being overwhelmed with preamp overdrive. (There's actually a better, more in-depth explanation but that's the best way I can explain it) A 12AT7 will cut the volume and punch a little so it may not be for everyone but it works great for me (I play single coil and humbucker equipped guitars & the amp breaks up good at 7 or 8 depending on the guitar). One of the great things about tube amps is the ability to swap in different preamp & power tubes (and speakers) to get different tones and break up. A little experimenting can work wonders.

I've had it over a year & use it almost every day. It makes a "pop" sound sometimes when the standby is switched but no other problems at all

A good little amp for the money. The right speaker & tubes can improve the sound. Experiment to see what you like.

This is a sort of addendum or sequel to a much earlier review I posted. (Scroll down, 1/2way or so, look fer the word "DAMMIT!" in caps, if ya care) Anyhow, features have been pretty well covered in this forum.

Guitars- Lots, including lapsteel. Most have no pedigree, all have excellent pickups. I believe in the redemption of Japan/Korean/Mexican
made stuff through better pickups, wiring, and determined (if sloppy) playing. My style is twangy-arsed-what-country-music-might-be-if-no one-cared-about-commercial-viability-or-airplay. Yeah, I know that sounds like some sort of sorry-arsed reverse snobbery of an inferior musician, and it probably is in one way, but I like country music and just want to vomit at that stuff that passes for country music these days on the ray-dee-oh.But I digress. Glad I got that off my chest. This is, as I mentioned earlier, a one-trick pony doing a pretty good imitation of a Blackface Champ although with a midrange control and a conservative gain circuit thrown in cheap. I don't care much that it has no reverb. I use it mainly for home recording demo's, fooling around, and I like it pretty well. 'Nuff said.

Ok, I think I said something like "Too early to tell" in the other review. Well, it's later, and I found out it IS possible to break this thing. This may or may not be a big deal to those considering purchase, Gibson USA handles the warranty on this thing and it is parts&labor for 5yrs, if I understand them correctly. More on that later. Most of us who own a few tube amplumfiers have collected a few favorite 1st stage tubes for tweaking mostly more complex & unruly amps than this, but it has been mentioned elsewhere in this forum that the gain stage in this thing is kind of unusable after "7" or "8". It'll squeal, like a microphonic tube, but I tried a good EH 12ax7 as well as a real good Tesla JJ, same thing. (Should also mention to those of you here that obsess about this kind of stuff that the Svetlana 6L6GC brings out the best on the power section, without spending a fortune IMO) Anyhow, started fooling with lower gain tubes for the input. 1st, 12AY7. Too little gain for this amp. Next, a Sovtek 5751 as well as a NOS Westinghouse 5751. BINGO. Full, sweet, tone. You could dime both the gain & vol, set the tone how you like, and just not want to put down that gee-tar. It made me move quite out of my element and into a half-hourlong reverie of Johnny Winter type stuff,(Yikes, had my lapsteel picks on and was just DIGGING IN) when suddenly it became silent, cold, and dark. Changed the fuse, warmed up on standby, but take it off standby, and BZZLAPFTT! goes the fuse. Again and again. To be continued in the "Customer Support" category.....

As mentioned earlier, parts & labor 5yrs. Ah, but it's never that simple, is it?
1st, people at Gibson USA in Nashville ARE both helpful and friendly. I live in Wisconsin.It's a pretty big state. There are 3 authorized warranty service shops, all located nearby (to each other) on the east side of the state, all 4hrs or better from me. One in Minnesota, 2hrs west. Not real convenient, but I realize they can't foresee where people who might buy their stuff might reside.
Another option was to mail it to them in Nashville, where they might repair (or, given their cost on a machine of such value) simply send me out another. The catch here is I would bear the cost of packing & shipping it to them (abt $60) while they would spring for the other direction. Alas, I tried reasoning with them that since any damn fool knows good and well that Gibson is not going to waste any time or money trifling with the diagnosis & repair of a tiny amp which probably costs them less than $75 to build in Korea, wouldn't it be more sensible to all involved if they were to just ship me another while I provide them a gruesome video of the carcass being given a dignified cremation, or burial, according to their wishes? But they were having none of this reasoning stuff.
Some of you may be asking, at this juncture, "Pray, why do you not simply return this defective thing back whence you purchased it??" Ah. I hang my head low, friends, for I am old and should have known better. Please, stifle your guffaws, I purchased this mail order from Musician's so-called Friend. Have pity, no music retailer around here carried these things, and I dearly wanted a single-ended Class A 10W amp w/ a 6L6, for old times sake. Stupid, stupid me, I even anticipated such a catastrophic failure of the device and, when the very friendly phonesalesperson offered me a one year, full replacement, postage paid,insurance policy covering the thing for a mere $16, I tell you, I fairly LEAPT at the opportunity! "Why, yes!",said the friendly phonesalesperson at M.F.,(the irony of their initials has not been lost on me)"Even if it's just something as little as the pilot light not lighting up, any malfunction at all, all you do is call us, and we ship you a replacement! with the value being just under $200, we don't even require you to return the unit! Why,a somewhat slightly dishonest person could end up with two of these fine little guitar amps for just $216!!(Wink Wink) Well, who couldn't go for a no risk deal like that?There is just one catch.
You buy the coverage without seeing a contract. Hell, they don't even tell you it's an outside insurer underwriting the thing. About 3 mos. after you buy the thing, amp's still working fine, you get a copy of the policy, some slimy insurance co in Va. You think, Ugh, hope I don't need to file a claim, and put the thing away where you can find it. But it gets better, and here's where M.F. AND this little slimeball so-called insurance carrier ought to get a big slap in their collective little pee-pees. Get ready, now, this is a pretty high-concept con, as far as mail order retail goes: You may not file, or presumably, collect a claim for complete replacement of the defective device, until AFTER the manufacturer's warranty (5yrs, remember?) has expired!!??! Is this a good one, or what? Am I nuts,or
isn't that PRECISELY the OPPOSITE of what a full replacement supplemental warranty, covering shipping and all costs, is designed to achieve in any reasonable sense? Let's see, a scenario following their conditions might be: 1)The merchandise turns out to be defective
2)You spend $500 in postage the next 5 years, mailing
this $200 amp back to Nashville 10 times so
Gibson can send you another to blow up.
3) At last, the happy day has arrived. If you are
lucky enough to still find your little $16 insurance
p

Been playing over 40 years. I am a certifiable curmudgeon. I own a lot of stuff. I won't go into detail here, partly because I listed some of the stuff in the aforementioned earlier review (if it's important to see what sort of rehab'd junk I own the other review ain't that hard to find) and partly because the response to this question in many of these reviews becomes a rather impertinent list of gee-tars and goo-gaws that usually gives a seeker of information about a product no insight whatsoever just exacktickally what the hell the reviewer was trying to achieve with the object of the review, although we are seemingly bound by sheer awe and amazement to
marvel over the reviewer's impeccable, expensive, and eclectic taste in musical instruments as well as special ee-fects. This makes some folks highly nauseous, and I don't want to be a part of that if I can help it.
Oddly enough, I still am fond of this amp, even though it is presently deader than a mackerel. If it was stolen (!?) or lost I would not replace it, since the only way around here I can get one
would be mailorder and, since I've learned the hard way there are reliability issues, that would be just stupid. Not to mention one mailorder firm having proved themselves to be far from scrupulous.
I love the way it sounds & responds once you get the right tubes in it and turn it all the way up. (that is what a 10W Cass A is for)
I hate the way the power transformer burnt up just when I was really starting to love the thing. I hate the reality and inconvenience of dealing with any sort of warranty problems. I am going to happily pay a guy (who has probably forgotten more about amplifiers than anyone at M.F. will ever learn) to put a new (and better quality) transformer in it, and see how it behaves. I hope this review costs M.F. a hell of a lot more in lost business than the $16 they screwed me out of. Anyone knows that a piece of electronic equipment, cheap or spendy, can develop a problem. I sure ain't mad at the amplifier, and to prove it, it'll get repaired. Stay tuned for the next review.

This is a review for a 2003 Galaxie 10 in the blue colour. It is very cool looking. It has only one channel, but it has a gain knob for pre-amp overdrive. Basically this is a simple small, lightweight practice amp. I REALLY wish it had reverb, but I just didn't pay enough for it to feel like it should have it. It's best feature is its lack of newfangled features like built in effects. It is a classic type retro amp. I give it a six because it doesn't have reverb or a speaker out jack.

The guitar I use with it is a reissue Les Paul Junior, with a P-90 alnico single coil pickup. I play mainly blues and classic type rock, but play a little of everything, except heavy metal type stuff. (this amp would not be good for that anyway, I assume) Unfortunately, for me right now this amp is not that great. It is not bad but not great. I basically have very few options between my guitar and this amp. I know that the Junior with only one pickup has limited sonic options, but this amp adds to that. Of course I am only practicing when I use it, but I wish for recording that it was a little more versatile, and I will explain. This amp with the stock tubes that I am using right now has a overly bright and somewhat shrill tone. My pickup is already pretty bright and the combo is not to great. Of course I can work with the EQ knobs and get some good sounds, but I have to keep the treble rolled off at all times. Maybe some different tubes would help with the brightness of the tone. By the way I prefer a pretty strong midrange tone to give you perspective as to what I am writing about. As far as the volume it is pretty decent, very loud for practice and recording. The distortion is ok. It is a tube amp so you can get that, just breaking up, tone. The only problem is that I can't seem to be able to get power amp overdriven distorion out of it in any really noticible way, its all pre-amp, and I personally think pre-amp distorion is just too harsh to go it alone. For low volumes I can understand, but even when you crank this thing it doesn't ever quite "get it" (the great tube sound) all the way. Of course it is a lot better at the just barely breaking up tone than any solid state amp. Overall, it's pretty decent tube tone and for the price it really is pretty awesome tone, but I still like the Fender amps better, but of course they are much more expensive.

So far it seems really reliable, so I have to give it a good rating here. It is well constructed and it seems very sturdy.

I've never dealt with the company, and I don't know what kind of warranty it has, but that can probably be found on the web site.

I have been playing for 2 years so some of my opinions are not really based on years of experience. I love that this is a good practice amp with tube tone at a really cheap price. I love the way this amp looks as well. Again, I think that the Fender amps are a little better for the tone that I am looking for, but this is really pretty decent anyway, plus it is distinctive. Of course reverb might help this amp a ton, so I might get a really nice pedal, because that can always be useful. The brightness of the tone bothers me quite a bit, but maybe some different tubes will help this as in some of the other reviews. And some might actually want that tone. I definitely would not buy another, but I think that this amp really is a pretty decent value, just try it before you buy it.

Excellent array of features for a 10 Watt, all tube practice amp. Treble, Mid and Bass knobs. Master and gain with standby and power switches. I could have settled for just a power switch and a reverb, but that would cost more, so bully.

Don't listin to the last poster - he apparently doesn't get it. A 10 watt guitar amp that costs $199 usually doesn't come with a lot of expectations. One of those is the ability to turn it full on and only get clean tones. Even the venerable Fender Champ can't do that. Humbucker guitars do tend to drive an amp, so I don't know what he's expecting. In fact, most of us buy this amp because it does break up so easily and warmly. It tends to be a bit bright and harsh if you're not careful with the EQ.

A minor complaint, there is some rattle. Also, one should replace the tubes with something more toneful. The stock tubes are chosen for their ability to withstand harsh treatment (As in shipment), not for their tone.

What more do you want. This thing is hard to complain about for $199 with it's nice breakup and smooth tone.

One channel
10" Celestion Tube 10 speaker
Class A tube (2 Sovtek tubes)
Gain knob, volume knob, 3 band EQ, standby switch, power switch


HOWEVER! NO SPEAKER OUT! Even the crappy little Electra Tube 10 or whatever has one. What a shame. The lack of reverb is understandable.

It actually has a very good clean sound. It can kind of get nice and swirly like Fenders. The slight break up tone is pretty good as well. Low to moderate overdrive is pretty good for SINGLE COIL GUITARS ONLY! If you plan on using a guitar with humbuckers with this amp, FORGET IT! Only get this amp if you plan on using a single coil guitar with it. You won't be able to get any clean sound at really any decent volume (even for low-level bedroom practice). At audible volume with a humbucker guitar, the tone will already be breaking up. Just beyond that, the tone will get ratty and the speaker will start to crap out. At high gain (high gain for this amp as in cranked...) with either a single coil or humbucker, you're better off with a solid state amp.

I thought the stock tubes (whatever Sovteks they are...can't remember), the tone seemed a little bright and a bit harsh. I switched them out for a JJ ECC83S (preamp) and a JJ 6L6 GC (poweramp). They seemed to warm the tone up a bit and smooth it out. Not that the stock clean tone was bad or anything. Keep the EQ low. For example, this is the EQ for my Tele:

Gain: 6
Volume: 10
Treble: 2
Mid: 4
Bass: 5

With that, the clean tone is very excellent. Turn up the gain just a tad to around 7 and hit the strings a bit harder, and you'll get some nice breakup...roll back the guitar volume and clean it up.

I plan on changing out the speaker for some Weber speaker. I'm not sure which one right now though. I'm hoping that the problem with humbucker guitars has to do mainly with the speaker rather than the circuit. I'm getting myself a nice Gibson Les Paul and hope to play it through this amp. A nice distortion pedal might also allow you to play with a humbucker guitar...unless it's the speaker. I'll try both of those eventually.

It seems to be holding up pretty well. Sometimes when I flip the the standby switch the amp makes a pop sound. No big deal though. The amp is easy to swap tubes as well, since the amp is self-biasing. Just pop the new tubes in, turn it on, and let is run for 10 minutes or so to let the amp bias the new tubes.

However, the speaker (I believe) seems to be hurting this amp a bunch. It sounds nice with single coils when clean and low overdrive, but anything else and it gets all ratty and crappy sounding.

Well, the whole website is just sales driven. The forums aren't that great of a help. I've gotten I think one response in the past 2 weeks about this speaker problem. That's including a message I left at the "Customer Service Forum". Not too great.

I really hate to give this amp a bad rating, since I like it for what can be done with it. Clean and with low breakup, this amp sounds fantastic. If you plan on playing clean stuff this amp is great. It'd make a great blues, country, softer rock PRACTICE amp. But I guess I just expect it to be able to use humbucker guitars with it and be able to crank the amp without it sounding like utter crap. Epiphone is a company that mostly makes HUMBUCKER EQUIPPED GUITARS!

2004 Epiphone Galaxie 10 Class A tube amp comes stock with Sovtek 12AX7 & 6L6 tubes. Black or Blue tolex covering(I chose Black), Retro E logo, flashy sparkle silver grill cloth, metal corner covers, rubber feet on the base of the amp for stability, volume knob, gain knob, trebel knob, mid knob, bass knob, on/off switch with red jewel light , stand-by switch, closed back cab, Celestion 10 in. speaker, grill on back of amp offers tube protection. The only thing missing on this little beast is reverb, but for the price...just go get yourself a nice reverb pedal. You'll have enough $$ left over after buying this amp, because this thing is modestly priced.

I've tested this Galaxie 10 with a 1993 Gibson Les Paul Custom, PRS CE24, and G&L George Fullerton strat. Using the Galaxie with the Les Paul- thick/rock sounding, but not modern high gain metal like Korn. It's more classic rock ala Mick Ronson & Ziggy era Bowie or Zeppelin. The low end tone that this amp has is perfectly acceptable for a 10 inch speaker. Some people in the other reviews expect too much from a small speaker. If you want a huge sound you should buy a huge stack with 2 4x12s, not a little combo amp like this. The Galaxie's stock Celestion speaker handles all 10 watts when it's turned up all the way quite nicely. Roll back the gain on the Galaxie, and you've got some sweet overdriven blues tones with the Les Paul.
G&L strat yielded nice clean tones, not Fender Twin clean, but very good. My preference leans towards warm/clean tones on any amp, instead of harsh, shrill, or brittle. This amp doesn't have built in reverb, so if you want to do your best Dick Dale(theme song from Pulp Fiction) impression, spring the few bucks for a reverb pedal.
Using the PRS CE24(my favorite), I was able to get a lot of the in between mid rangey tones out of this amp that I like, as well as pleasing low end. This amp had VERY little buzz, no more than any other good tube amp. The Galaxie is great for practice, jamming with friends, and recording. It gets plenty loud for a 10 watt amp, but if you wanted to play with a drummer, you'd have to mic it up & run it to the PA. This amp doesn't have a hundred different amp sounds and effects built in like so many of the modelling amps these days. It wasn't made to be a do it all amp. This Galaxie is a nod to vintage/retro 100% tube tone so rockers and blues players will be pleased.

I used to think that Epiphone products were sub par/ low-quality/ import junk, but in the past year, Epiphone's products have really won me over. This amp seems to be built extremely well for its price. I like the metal corner protecters and the fact that they even thought to put a little grill on the back of the amp for extra tube protection. I'm not sure what type of warranty this amp comes with, but I know that Epiphone's guitars come with LIFETIME warranties. I'm going to see if the Epiphone website has warranty info. for their amps. I can't make an exact statement as to this amp's reliability yet. I've had it for about 1 week, and it's worked wonderfully thus far.

Epiphone has a nice forum on their web site. Customer Service/Support there seems to be quite helpful too. There is also a tool on Epiphone's site that helps you to locate the nearest Epiphone service center, so if your guitar or amp is under warranty(even if it isn't) and needs repair you're good to go.

I've been playing guitar for 11-12 years. I own several electric guitars, several acoustics, a bass, and a drum set. I try to buy equipment that not only sounds great, but is also solid an reliable. I also usually favor made in the USA stuff, but there are exceptions(THE GALAXIE) This Epiphone is a well made and sweet sounding little tube amp for a modest price. I love its retro/vintage appearence. It even comes in 2 colors blue or black! I got this amp for recording and practice. It will be much easier to throw this little Galaxie 10 into the car, than my 80 something lb. Mesa Boogie 2x12. The only thing that this amp is missing that I kind of wish it had is reverb, but if you HAVE to have the reverb, either buy a pedal, or take a look at the Epiphone Galaxie 25. The Galaxie 25 has the reverb and a larger 12 inch speaker. I think that this is THE BEST TUBE AMP FOR UNDER $200 YOU CAN BUY. It shipped for FREE from Music123.com (their service was excellent by the way). I think I'm going to save up a little more money and buy a 2nd Galaxie 10 before they stop making them, only this time I'll get the blue one.

FEATURES HAVE BEEN LISTED AND I AGREE A SPEAKER OUT AND REVERB WOULD BE NICE. PRETTY MUCH A GOOD TUBE SOUND THAT YOU ADD EFFECTS TO. DOES HAVE 3 EQ AND A STANDBY SWITCH FOR SAVING TUBES- NICE! MAIN FEATURE IS REAL TUBE TONE!

I PLAY A FERNANDES DRAGONFLY PRO AND VARIOUS STRATS. THIS GUY SOUNDS GREAT WITH ALL GUITARS AND FX I TRIED. SUPRISINGLY LOW VOLUMES. TO JAM WITH YOU NEED TO BOOST QUITE A BIT. DISTORTION SOUND IS UGLY. CLEAN AND SLIGHT BREAK UP SOUNDS ARE GREAT. SET PRE TO 5, VOL AT 10, BASS AT 10, MID AT 5 AND TREB AT NO MORE THAN 3 FOR A VERSATILE SOUND AND ADD EFFECTS. I PUSH IT WITH MY GT-3 MULTI BOSS. THE CLEAN DOES'NT HAVE MUCH HEADROOM BUT WOW! WHAT A COOL SOUND BY PUSHING THE AMP TO NATURAL DIST! NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE THAT SOUND WITH ANY OTHER AMP. AWESOME FOR RECORDING! I DO USE IT AT BAND PRACTICE BUT I ALSO MIC IT SO I DON'T HAVE TO TOTALLY CRANK IT AND LOSE ABILITY TO HAVE A CLEAN TONE. THIS THING IS GREAT FUN, A TUBE AMP YOU CAN CARRY AROUND AND CRANK. LOOKS CLASSY. HAVE NOT MODDED BUT A NEW SPKR MIGHT GIVE MORE CLEAN HEADROOM? NOT SURE. AND MAYBE NEW TUBES WOULD MAKE AMP DIST BETTER AND AMP A LITTLE LOUDER.

SEEMS RELIABLE BUT IT IS CHEAP AND A TUBE AMP SO....NO I WOULD NEVER GIG W/O A BACKUP

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14 YEARS EXP. OWN A HOT ROD DEVILLE AND A MARSHALL 4X12 CAB THAT IS MY MAIN RIG, ALONG WITH BOSS PEDALS. AT 25 POUNDS, THIS IS GREAT FOR SMALL GIGS OR PRACTICE OR BEDROOM VOL PRACTICE WITH GREAT TONE. I WOULD GET ANOTHER IF LOST. LOVE THE GREAT TUBE TONE, NICE CAB. AND PRICE! SNAG ONE!

could use a speaker out. that much is just plain missing. for the price, i wouldn't expect an effects loop or reverb, but that would be nice, too.

don't bother plugging it in with stock speaker and tubes. go poke around Weber VST and see what's good for this amp; i had a good, modern 10" 8 Ohm speaker lying around, so I used that and it sounds great. I tried several 12AX7s and I like the russian EH the best. this amp is about the best bang-for-the-buck you are going to find. i prefer it to my big, expensive, name-brand amp for many situations, including recording. it has great sensitivity and just about any gain settinng. a real, classic fender is better, but try finding one of those for $130

so far so good. it is about the most demanding circuit for an amplifier, so you have to figure you're going to burn thru tubes, but if you understand that, it's as good as any. standby switch helps a lot in this category

i got some good info from their web forum, so i guess that's a positive support experience.

great for what it is. if you upgrade speaker and tubes, and keep a lot of spare tubes on hand, it's a gem. i wish they sold it as a head, but at this price point, i'm thinking nobody would be interested in that. oh, well - that's what wood tools are for...

Pretty simple gain,volume,3 tone controls. Each has a large impact on the tone. Would be nice to have a reverb. But you can alway hook up a pedal. Also a output would be nice for recording or going to another cabinet. I play and effects pedal through it and it sounds great. Also it is small and quite enough that I can use all the effects.
Also it is light enough to carry around for jams.

sound great! single coils are definetly louder than humbuckers.
I play blues and classic rock. I also play in a praise choir at church and have used it there, it is plently low for a basement or small gig.
Sounds best with the gain at or over 5 and the volume at or over 4
Has some hiss, but nothing bad. Quieter than my Fender.

Only have had it 3 weeks.
No problems yet.

No contact with customer support. no problems with the amp

It's a small amp, good for jamming with friends or a very intimate venue. I've been playing for over 25 years. I have two solid state amps (Fender and Crate) and this is a nice addition.
Defintely a a good value.

PURCHASED NEW IN FEBRUARY OF 2004, DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE MADE. 10" CELESTION "TUBE" SPEAKER, BASIC CONTROLS, NO REVERB, CLASSY LOOKING LITTLE CAB.

IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS LITTLE BOX ROCKS. THE TONES ARE ACCURATE FOR THE GUITAR BEING USED AND WORKS PERFECT AT BEDROOM LEVELS. THE DISTORTION LEVEL HAS A GOOD RANGE AND THE SPEAKER DELIVERS A WARM TONE. I HAVE AN OLD PEAVEY STEREO CHORUS 210 THAT HAS A PRETTY GOOD SPRING REVERB TANK. I MIKE THE GALAXY, INPUT IT INTO THE 210 FOR REVERB AND TREMELO USES ONLY, WORKS GREAT AND THIS WAY IT GIVES ME A REALISTIC REVERB TONE WITHOUT EFFECTING THE ORIGINAL TONE COMING FROM THE GALAXY. I ALREADY HAVE JJ TUBE REPLACEMENTS BUT HAVE NOT PUT THEM IN YET. THE PRESENT SOVTEK TUBES BUZZ, CLICK AND SQUEEL WHEN RAN PAST 9. THERE IS A BASIC HUM AT ALL VOLUME LEVELS BUT IS ACCEPTABLE. I PLAY SINGLE COIL GUITARS AND LOVE THE TONE IT GIVES THEM.

EVERYTHING IS FINE SO FAR. I WOULD ALWAYS GIG WITH A BACK UP.

THE STORE IS GIVING ME A ONE YEAR WARRANTY (EXCEPT THE TUBES THEY ARE GIVING ME A 60 DAY WARRANTY) I HAVE NEVER CONVERSED WITH EPIPHONE CUSTOMER SERVICE

I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR 10 YEARS, HAVE VARIOUS SINGLE COIL GUITARS - I LOVE THE SINGLE COIL TONE. IF I SEE ANOTHER ONE OF THESE AMPS AROUND I WILL PROB. GET ANOTHER JUST TO HAVE 2. HOWEVER I AM CURRENTLY THINKING OF GETTING A CARVIN CLASSIC 16 SO THAT I CAN MESS WITH IT LIKE SO MANY OTHERS HAVE. THE DAY THAT I BOUGHT THE GALAXY, I HAD THE MONEY AND DESIRE TO PURCHASE THE BAD CAT MINI CAT. WELL THE MINI CAT WAS NICE BUT DIDN'T REALLY SOUND ANY BETTER THAN THE GALAXY - THIS WAS A SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON WITH A PRS GUITAR. AND IT SURE DIDN'T SOUND $450 BETTER!

Very simple 1 channel amp. Volume and Gain controls which control the power and pre-amp tubes, respectively. I really like the simplicity here. Between my instrument volume, amp volume and amp gain, there are a lot of combinations to be had.
The reverb is missed for sure. I heisted a Danelectro Slap Echo pedal from my brother and use it instead. The inclusion of this effect highlights the benefits of time based delay on thsi amp.
The tone stack is nice, though it's easy to "over-bass" the cabinet due to the driver size and cabinet construction.
Plenty of power for me, but I'm not gigging with it so I have no point of reference for that. For playing by myself or with a couple people it's great; compact size, high-volume tone at low-volume levels.

I play a mexican Strat with three single-coils. The amp opens up some tonal variation in the pickup selection which I had not found with my old solid state peavey. The neck bickup rings nicely, the bridge provides a nice country clunk.
This amp is great for good tone at low volume, as well as allowing you to alter the clean/dirty level of your tone with your hands. Played or picked softly it will be clean and bright, dig in and strum harder and you get a darker tone with some nice natural distortion.
Some people will surely miss having a dedicated dirty channel. I like being able to achieve moderate distortion with my hands and not my feet.

I have no idea. It's only a few months old and hasn't been moved, shaken, dropped or spilled on. Yet.
The simplicity of the design implies a certain level of reliability, but that remains to be seen.

Meh.
The technical information provided with this amp was sparse to say the least. The epiphone website is purely sales driven and no store in my area stocks epiphone amps.
I'm not optimistic, and this is one of the reasons I opted for the simpler 10 over the more complicated 25.

I've been playing for 8 years on and off. If this amp were lost I would want another, simply because it's an incredible value and perfect for my space/volume/tone requirements. I love the tone of this thing but I think it would prove hopelessly underpowered in a live setting. I've wanted an amp like this for some time and had looked at the Pignose G40, but this amp seems much more smooth and versatile than the pignose, which just Screams.
If you want a little amp that's fun to play and won't make any enemies amongst your family/neighbors, this is a good one.

the epiphone galaxie 10 tube amp is very cool. I channel, versatile,
it has enough power for small venues.

I like the gain knob; it is vital for me. I can get on the clean/gritty fence and get avery satisfactory tone. The middle knob actually performs like a good presence knob; but that's good.
However, I get buzz from 3-8 on the volume knob! that's the only complaint. I work around that fairly well. I can go to ten and back off the gain and it' clean without od. The distortion is a brutal as you want to get it.

I probably would useit in a small setting without a back-up. It is pretty new and hasn't broken down.

I own 6 amps; tube and solid state; playing over 30 years; I think I would replace it if lost etc; I would literally leap for joy if I didn't get the buzz (3-8 on volume knob) It's fun, it cuts through, good tone; wouldn't want it ifit didn't have the gain knob.Nice blue
tolex cover. chrome scratchs too easily,

$149 from Guitar Center for an all tube amp you got to be kiddin' me!! Gain, volume, bass, mid, treble, AND standby switch, plus cool little red jewel light. no reverb, so what, it's practice amp and my garage has reverb.

you can get a very nice jangle clean sound and a nice overdriven sound. There is a some peculiar compression going on as the sound seems to get a bit louder a few seconds after a strum when overdriven, but that's what i like about it. It's not Fender but is still very bright, and you need to be judicious with the eq. tried my Tele and Strat on it. The Tele sounded better cuz the pickups are hotter. Close mic'ed it sounded good when recording and was very quiet.

gigged with it the same day i bought it. Plugged my Guild D25 with fishman rare earth into my mojo vibe and into the amp, sounded great.

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been playing 20 years, my back breaker is a silverface fender twin and i needed something light for recording and small venues. This is perfect. I don't care about mods. Why buy as cheap amp and then spend sh!tloads of money modding it?? If it don't sound good out of the box you have a problem. For a 10w all tube amp this is unbelievable value, and no it's a not a boogie, twin, reverborocket or the like. If you want that sound go buy one. This is $100 cheaper than buying a silver face Champ. Run do not walk to your local emporium.

The features are well described in the other reviews. One additional comment is that this amp seems to be designed and manufactured for Epiphone by the same company that makes the small solid state combo amp which Jay Turser markets as the Classic 10.
I've been playing for 35 years and use Gibson guitars (Les Paul, ES135/PAF57). I was previously a professional recording engineer.

I thought I knew what to expect, given how well I know the Celestion Tube 10 speaker and the JJ tubes I installed as soon as I received the amp. I didn't try the Weber speaker upgrade that another reviewer recommended.
I think the cabinet is the problem with this amp's sound. The midbass and lower midrange are tubby and boxy, which is really surprising with this speaker and tube combination. The cabinet sounds "small" for its size, maybe because of the construction materials and how they laid out the internals (lots of reflections). In fact there is a surprising family sound resemblence to the little Jay Turser (with a Jensen Mod 6 speaker upgrade), both plus and minus, even though these two amps are so different.
Compared to other small combos, I think the Galaxie 10 with JJ tubes sounds a little better overall than the stock Fender Pro and Blues Jr., and it has less hum. However a 15 watt class A Traynor YCV-20 (with tube and speaker upgrade) outperforms it by a wide margin in sound, features, build quality, quiet operation, warranty, and customer service. Both amps are the same size, but the YCV-20 sounds "big". The YCV-20 costs more but for me it's worth it.

With all due respect to the other reviewers who are happy with their Galaxie 10's, I'm returning it and buying a Traynor YCV-20 (www.yorkville.com).

See other reviews for features. I like the standby, being a previouis Pro Junior owner. The Celestion is nicer than the useless 8inch on my previous Electar 10, which I upgraded to a Weber 8inch. I like the Celestion, though. Not bad for a stock amp. I never use effects, since I play only blues slide, so it's cool, as is. I always mic my amp. I tour Europe once a year, so the 220 volt thingy is nice, which is why I got the Electar 10. It's got plenty of power for onstage, since I do a one-man band act.

I use a variety of guitars, all with only a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover bridge pickup installed. The amp has that trashy tube sound I love so much. The Class A circuit really enhances the detail in my slide playing - it reveals everything in your playing style, so you got to be right on with this amp. I set the volume on 10 and the pre on 7. I play very softly on Power Slinkys to get a clean sound with a slight edge. I finger-pick, so if I dig in this little bitch really screams. The stock tubes sound alright. I got Eurotubes for the Pro Junior before taking her out on tour last year, and will do the same for this baby. I sold the Pro and the Electar 10, since this is really all I'll ever need.

I'm buying a spare, since nothing in this price range is relable and I can't afford having an amp die onstage.

Forget about ever dealing with Epihone/Gibson. They are pathetic. The first one I ordered from Musician's Friend worked fine for a week, then started blowing fuses. I sent it back and they replaced it. I've always had good dealings with M/F.

I've been playing pro and semi pro over 30 years. I plan on buying a spare and would buy another if I needed to. I really love its trashy tone. It really reminds me of playing garage rock through Silvertone amps back when I was a kid. I bought this since I'd already owned an Electar 10, which sounds pretty good after re-tubing and speaker-replacement, so I got this one just to see if it was cool. It looks pretty cool, too. I got the blue one.

To start off by commenting on a previous entry, being a SMALL BOX, and a 10 watt, 10" speaker. It is.. a small box! Therefore, NO... this amp isn't going to sound like a Marshall half stack! This is a practice amp, PERIOD! There, now I feel better. The only thing I wish it would have is a headphone jack. I have used this quit a lot for five months now. I was tired of hauling around a fifty pound amp to jam with friends, so I picked this out of all the other practice amps out there. For small basement jams, no drums, this has plenty of power. My volume was at 10 and trying to keep it as clean as possible, the gain was at 3 to 4. I give it a 5 because of no headphone jack.

I use a Gibson Les Paul Elegant and a Gretsch Country Classic Jr. and five pedals on a pedal board. This amp sounds great! I think some morrons expect too much from a 10 watt. 10" speaker, PRATICE amp, I think my anger is showing again, sorry... I play rock and blues and it does both real well. I did change the tubes, just to see if it made a difference. The power is a SED SV6l6GC and the pre is a JJ ECC83S. I think it helped a bit. Again, I try to keep it clean by having the gain as low as possible. I don't care for the hi gain sound it has.

I've used it a lot and have hauled it from here to there and have had no problems at all.

Don't know....

I've been playing guitar for 35+ years and I hope they have to pry it from my hands when I die! For $200, I don't think you can beat the nice tube sound you get. I can't imagine paying $850 for a Bad Cat! I bought a Galaxie 10 for my son for Christmas this year, I'm half tempted to buy another one just to have two. Reading the reviews on other practice amps, Marshalls and Fenders, the thing that made me pick this is it was a tube with class A circuitry. So, again, one more time. This is a 10 watt.... 10" speaker... tube PRACTICE amp. Don't expect anything bigger!! If you do that, then I think you will love it as much as I do.

Cheaply made 1x10 all tube amp with master volume. Marginally effective tone stack with treble, mid, and bass.

I've been playing for over 30 years - some of them professionally and the Galaxie 10 is one of the poorest sounding amps I have ever heard. I'm astounded by the positive reviews I'm reading here. Beware guys. If you get one of these and try to sell it, the buyer will think you're trying to selling them defective merchandise!

I purchased my amp brand new, factory sealed so it should have been pristine. However, I must also say that have not had the opportunity to listen to another Galaxie 10 to determine if my unit had issues or was a fair representation on what all Galaxie 10's sound like. I did try replacing the tubes to see if that could have been the issue. The 12AX7 in the preamp was microphonic so I replaced it but the amp still sounded small and boxy.

I would avoid this amp completely. The Epiphone Galaxy 25 has some issues with a noisy reverb circuit but after replacing the 12AT7 in V2 and making sure that the EL84 bias pots are correctly adjusted, the Galaxie 25 is a fine sounding amp.

Epiphone/Gibson seems to be having horrendous quality control/consistency problems with these Korean made amps. If you like the look of this series - go with the Galaxie 25. I can assure you that when Galaxie 25's are properly tubes and biased - they gound great...just plan on spending additional time and cash to make it happen.

Sounds so bad who cares.

Skip the Galaxie 10 - If you like the look go for the Galaxie 25 and plan on the cost of retubing and rebiasing...unless you're feeling lucky.

This is an update to the review thats posted a few opinions down. This amp sounds pretty good right out of the box but with a couple of simple mods it can sound fantastic. Read on...

A simple tube and speaker swap will totally change the tone & attitude of this little amp. I know, you're thinking "duh! Ofcourse that will change the tone". But just HOW MUCH it changed kinda amazed me. I liked the stock tone but thought it was a bit bright & not very much warmth considering it's a tube amp. I eventually pulled the Sovtecs & put in a Svetlana 6L6 and a NOS Tesla ECC83 thinking that would do the trick. It did help the amps tone warm up quite a bit & I was happy for a while, but I can't leave well enough alone ;) I checked out some reviews about the new JJ Tesla ECC83S which apparently is a totally different tube than the prior & it claims to "warm up" overly-bright amplifiers and IMO, it does. I also put in a JJ Tesla 6L6GC which basically makes the same claim. End result? A huge difference in the amps tone. It seemed to gain a bit of low end but more importantly to me the over-bright tone was pretty much eliminated. Next I decided to change the speaker. The Celestion is a very good speaker but I wanted a vintage american type of tone & to me the Celestion has more of a british tone. I ordered and installed a Weber alnico Sig 10 and BINGO! I now have a vintage sounding little tone monster. This particular combination of tubes and speaker gives the amp sensitive dynamics that let me know right away that I need to clean up my technic a little more ;) This amp set my wallet back about $200 and the mods were about $85 so for under $300 I have an all tube killer little combo.

This is a great amp for the money but even with the mods it is not the be all-end all of amplifiers (sound is subjective, nothing is perfect.) Still, I love playing through it and highly recommend. For the $$$, you can't go wrong. My personal thanks to all of the other reviewers that contribute to this site. Your opinions (good and bad) have helped me decide to get some really great gear and also helped me to steer clear of the junk out there. Much appreciation!

Bought it brand new december 2003 on E-bay. The features are very simple, I refer to the other testimonials for that. It's a very basic, no-frills, beautiful, nostalgic looking little amp for the Guitarist, not the technician.

A catastrophe - contrary to all other testimonials I must tell it like it is. It sounds very tinny and weak, the three EQ:s don't make much difference. No sound at all even if the Volume is all cranked up, must add the Gain over 4-5 to make any noise, and then it distorts quickly with the sound of a rattlesnake. With the gain cranked over 8 it starts to "cook" with a fizzling sound. An amp technician/guitarist played it, and measured it but found no fault - shook his head.
Tried it with a Telecaster, Strat, Burns Marvin, 335, Gibson J-45 and Martin J-15 with Fishman pu:s, didn't matter - same lame sound.
Tried different tubes, another Sovtek 12AX7 and a Ruby 12AX7 and another Sovtek 6L6 - no difference. Tried it in the 115 volt setting with a transformer since I live in 230 volt Sweden - the same. Tried the 10" Celestion alone with a Selmer Zodiak 60 W amp and the sound was markedly better - a 7. This amp was clearly made on a monday morning and slipped through inspection late friday afternoon ...

No way - se above.

Bought the Galaxie from private E-bay seller who recommended a tube change. Have asked for the schematics but got nothing so far. Will get back to him about what to do next.

I?ve been playing guitar since 1964 and have gone through a fleet of guitars and amps, Teles, Strats, Les Pauls, 335, Gibson J-45, Martin J-15, AC30 TB, Hiwatts, Marshalls and Selmers - You name it. But since three years I use only a tiny Vox Cambridge 15 W, which still has to be surpassed by any amp I?ve tried when it comes to tone! Plays instrumental 60:s numbers by The Shadows and some Beatles, Hollies.
I know it sounds almost ridiculous, but that single little Sovtek 12AX7/ECC 83 tube creates the most wonderful warm, rich sound AND bassy too! - through the small 8" Blue Bulldog Celestion, as well as a thick overdriven twang when Gain-pushed. So my hopes regarding the Galaxie was that it might produce the same Vox-type sound but with a little more bottom through that 10" Celestion. Boy was I disappointed ...
So Please all You satisfied Galaxie people out there - What can I possibly do to beef up the sound of this little cutie?

By now you've read all the features, I won't repeat them. If you want built in reverb, get the Galaxie 25, although the ratings for the 25 are not as good as this amp

I have been using a Danny Gatton Signature Tele with this amp, equipped with Joe Barden Humbuckers, mainly play blues. The tone is very close to Bill Kirchen's(who also uses the Bardens),especially on the song Hot Rod Lincoln. This amp sounds so good it is hard to put away. I bought it for a practice amp, and seem to play it more than my brand new Fender Bluesbreaker. The strat sounds ok with it, but it seems to get those eerie Roy Buchannan tones better using the Tele. I use an EH Holy Grail Reverb with it, and thats all. Crank the gain up to about 7 and turn the volume all the way up. Some people complain about lack of bottom, I just turn the treble down some and it does fine. Being the previous owner of the Blues Junior, I think the Galaxie is a better sounding amp. The Fender seemed to have too much of a dark, mid range with a shabby reverb. I've owned about 15 amps in the last ten years, and for $199, this is the amp to get if you play blues.

I've only owned it about a month and so far, so good. Might try different tubes due to the other reviews, but the Sovteks sound ok to me.

Never dealt with them.

Playing since 1982. Also own Ampeg SS-150 solid state amp...killer, Fender Bluesbreaker, Les Paul Standard, 2 Strats, Tele, Radial Tonebone, EH Holy Grail Reverb, Boss DM2 Delay, Boss CS3 compressor. Would buy another if stolen(seriously)best practice amp I've ever owned. Compared it to Fender Pro Junior and Blues Junior, Crate VC508, chose this amp because of the 9.7 rating, light weight,and is the first amp I ever bought without hearing it first. No disappointments.

I just picked this amp up at the new guitar center that just opened for 149 dollars. I just started playing guitar and I have a mexican strat and this amp. For someone just beginning like me its everything you would need. The 10 watts is much louder due to the tubes, and it also sounds great at low volumes. Sounds great clean or distortion. Very basic, but for a beginner its all you would need.

The sound is very good. Great sounding smooth clean channel, or you can get a great sounding distortion . A little touchy at low volumes, but I hear most tube amps are.

No problems with it. As long as you don't misuse it doesn't seem like there should be any. Just know how to replace tubes.

Overall I love this amp. I have been playing bass for a year and just starting guitar. All my friends play guitar as well, and they all have big half stacks and what not, but they all love this amp. Most of them even want to go buy one, for 149 bucks you can't beat it.

This has just the right amount of features...except for the lack of a reverb which it badly needs. Treble/Mid/and Bass as well as gain and drive. And it has a standby switch. But really, it needs a reverb. Sure, an effects loop would be nice, but not essential.

Now this little thing is why we buy tube amps folks. It gives that vintage breakup and wonderful saturation. And surprisingly, it's not thin at all, but meaty and fat...all for the low low price of $199. However, it badly needs different tubes. The Sovteks are ok, but I put in one of my Mesa 6L6s and an EH 12AX7 and it really sounded nice. I'll be out tomorrow hunting down a Tesla or Svetlana 6L6 for sure.

Not sure, but it looks to be made as well as the current stuff from Fender, although not quite as nice as the Blues junior.

? Heck if I know.

I really like this amp. It's small, decently built, sounds good, and is all tube Class A. I can't ask for more for my 199.

Okay, I hesitated giving something w/o reverb an "8" for features, but DAMMIT! It's a $200 practice amp with TUBES, kids, and are ya listening, a class A open ended circuit recalling the Fender Champ. Sovtek 6L6 power tube and a 12ax7 for the input side. As to controls, a very useful 3-band eq, as well as separate vol & gain. Metal, not plastic, HD on-off and Standby (way important for warming up power tubes gradually when you're not blessed with a tube rectifier)and onthat subject, a 5y3 rectifier tube would've gotten this thing a rating of "11", reverb or no. Speaker- a decidedly barky-twangy (these are good things- my review, my adjectives) 10" Celestion. All packed into a compact but not too tight I-dunno-whut-kinda wood cab upholstered pretty neatly in black Tolex, also available in blue.

OK, guitar list. This'll take a minute.
1)Mexican Strat loaded with Duncan Vintage staggered, all
2)Tele, 1/4lb tapped bridge, Alnico Pro Strat at neck (Duncans)
3)MIJ Tele Custom, Harmonic design Z90's br. & neck.
4)Epi Dot (335)-Gib pickups from a '61 SG (now deceased)
5)'42 Dickerson lap steel. Has tele neck P/U at br.
Seems to suit my style, which is garage band acid country. Mainly I wanted something cheap, articulate, warm, detailed, and Trailer Park Twangy I could carry to any room in the house and still have one hand free for my drink. Seriously, I record at home some and a couple of years ago converted from tape to hard disc. I'd been using a Sansamp direct out in order to spare the neighbors some but found the direct box didn't translate as well to digital, particularly with regard to sustain, swell, and attack detail, as well as all-around color on cleaner sounds. So it's back to the mike in front of the speaker, for me. I'd been using an old Carvin X60 for this, but the levels required to get the EL-34's in that properly hot was making me unpopular at home. As far as noise, hiss is minimal and 60 cycle hum can,as always, be ameliorated by using a swivel chair when recording a tele or lapsteel. Just get your compass heading and go for it. As to sounds, I lean towards robust, twangy yet muscular with both input and output stages of the amp at the threshold so distortion is an occasional but articulate expression of the fingers. I guess in this regard the controls of this amp are well suited. First, the gain control does not yield any sort of radical, saturated sustaining distortion, but rather a nice Fender-like crunch. If you've got a variegated stable of guits with varying output levels, it's simply a nice control to bring whatever you might be using to that aforementioned threshold. Very nice. The 3-band eq, I find, is also not radical but very unusual in that most amps I've come across with a gain boost circuit tend to lose all the highs and sound kinda flabby when distorted. This eq seems to be purposely biased in the opposite direction, and even running the gain up around 7 or 8 to get some rudeness out of the relatively weak pickups in the Strat still yields a great deal of sparkle at the upper range. Very, very pleasant and twice as cool. I expect that sort of articulation from amps costing 4-5 times as much as this thing and still rarely find it. Only reason I'm giving it a 9 is I think this thing oughta have a little bit more cabinet, and a nice vintage 30 12" Celestion. Bottom end.

Who knows? I've not had it long. It appears sturdy, but then so do Voxes. It's made in Korea, which is way better than China, the usual supplier in this price range. One early impression is positive- the cabinet is about twice as thick as I thought it would be, as well as nicely chamfered (even the back access panel is about twice as thick as my old Princeton's) and they even took the time to paint the inside of the cab flat black. Maybe it was just to hide crappy wood (cynical thoughts abound) but it reminded me right away of a beefier version of a blackface-era Fender, in small ways like that.

Been playing 40 years. Have lots of good sounding, insignificant, probably valuable mostly to me type gear. Have gotten rid of any amp I can't lift with one hand. So far, seems like yes, I'd buy it again if I lost it, but if it died an unnatural death, mebbe not. Compared it to Crate's little 5w (Sounds like crap, no controls to tweak, probably would still sound like crap if it did) and the Fender Pro Jr. The Pro Jr. didn't sound too bad, but it had just 2 controls, (vol+tone? what is this, a '50s record player?) Also, I'm not a fan of the EL84 power tube, the Fender "special design" line of speakers, or pretty much any of fender's component vendor quality the last 25 years or so. Not to mention it costs 100 bucks more than the Epi, and has a reputation for breaking down.
Anything I wish it had? Yep. You listening, Epiphone? Leave it at 10 watts. Now, give me that leetle bit bigger cab and a 12" Cel. Right the, it'd be ta die fer. But if a wish list has wishes, let's give it a 5y3 tube rectifier and, what the heck, a tube driven tremolo and long spring reverb. Hell, that stuff could be added to that amp in production for less than $100 per and there's lots of fools like me that'd give you $500 for abox like that and still feel good about it.

Others here have listed the features pretty well. There's really nothing I can add.

I use an american strat with this usually & sometimes a Les Paul with Duncan 59's. Mostly plug straight in but sometimes I use a Sparkle Drive pedal. This little amp sounds its best when its at least over half way up. (like most tube amps). Here's a little tip in case you dont know: run the volume wide open & use the gain essentially as a volume control. This gives the fattest sound possible because it overdrives the preamp AND the poweramp. (plus speaker breakup). Its only 10 watts so it wont blow out the windows when it gets cranked. It stays pretty clean with the strat, not really breaking up until about 7. Les Paul is naturally a bit sooner. It's got some 60 cycle hum but nothing out of the ordinary for a tube amp. For what it costs & what it is its not bad.

It seems ok. Its only a $200 amp so dont expect too much. I've had no problems out of it but I do notice when the standby is flipped it makes a popping noise. Nothing major but it didn't do this when it was new so who knows. It could potentially become a problem in the future but we'll wait & see. So far, it works every time I turn it on.

For only $200 its a good deal. Probably the least expensive all-tube amp I've ever seen. At first I thought it sounded thin and overly bright but I put in a Svetlana 6L6 & a NOS Tesla ECC83 (not JJ) & the tone warmed up considerably. (the stock tubes suck) After the speaker got through its break-in period it warmed up a little more, although I usually keep the treble on 3 or 4 because otherwise it tends to get harsh at higher volumes. I also have a tweed Princeton and a blackface Super & this amp doesn't even come close to those but after all its not supposed to, its just a little Epiphone. Price considered, its a nice little amp that does just what its designed to do: crank out that cool tube tone.

Very simple. One channel. Gain, Volume, Treble, Middle, Bass. It actually has a Standby switch, unlike some other tube amps in its class. No reverb. At first I thought this was a bad thing. The first time I saw one at the local music store, I didn't even plug it in because it has no reverb. After a couple of visits, I eventually plugged it in. This thing sounds so sweet, I don't even miss it.

I play blues and rock through this amp. I use it with either a 2000 Gibson Les Paul Studio or a 2002 Mexican Strat (haven't tried any of my other guitars yet). The Les Paul sounds way better through this amp. The Strat is too bright in the bridge position. If I turn the treble down, it gets too muffled in the other positions (maybe my pickups suck). The setup I use for this amp is as follows:
Les Paul--->Danelectro Pastromi Overdrive($20 piece of crap)--->AMP
The level on the Dano OD is set at 3/4, the overdrive is at 1/2. The amp settings are:
Gain-----6
Volume---6
Treble---5
Middle---5
Bass----10
With the OD off, this amp produces a beautiful clean tone. You can get a little "dirt" if you hit the strings pretty hard, but with normal picking, very nice. If you back the Gain off a little and increase the volume, it produces the nicest clean sound I have ever heard from an amp in this price range (and as good if not better than some $1000 Fenders I have played through).
Kick the Danelectro OD on and this amp really comes to life. Perfect blues. This amp gives me the sound I have been searching for for such a long time. I just wish it would do it at a more reasonable volume. I no longer play with a band, so I use this amp at home only. And, as with any tube amp, the "sweet spot" is usually found at volumes a little louder than what you want. Don't let the 10 watt power rating fool you, this thing can get loud. This is partially due to the fact that the level on the OD pedal is turned up so high, but that is what makes it sound so good. I wouldn't recommend cranking it up in a small room.

I don't know yet, I haven't had it that long. Seems to be well built though.

I am 28 years old, and I have been playing for about 11 or 12 years. I have owned several amps over the years (tube and ss).
You can't beat this amp for the price. It is a very good deal. Great tone. Way better than any solid state crap you can get for $200. If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely but another one. I may even buy anther one anyway, in case something happens to mine, and I can't get another one a couple of years down the road. I would be lost without it.

10W Class A tube combo. All Sovtek (1 x 12AX7 preamp, 1 x 6L6 power).
Speaker is a Celestion "Tube 10". 10" 8ohms 40W? (maybe similar to V10-40?). No external speaker out, no reverb (don't really need those anyway). Tone stack is okay, with Low (100hz), Mid (450hz), and High (around 10k?). Don't have the manual (greeting card size) so these freqs. may be wrong. Preamp and Master Gain (labeled gain and volume), but most importantly STANDBY SWITCH! Class A runs on all the time so use the standby to help with tube life. Has a cool blue tolex cab with originality, red amp jewel (changed mine to blue), aluminum corners, and a removable power cord (standard pro-audio style). 8 for professional features with slightly lower quality.

First off, the speaker is offset so the angled side doesn't interfere with the cone at all, I'm glad they remembered that. On idle with nothing plugged in there is some 60 cycle hum (very tolerable), the preamp stage is a little noisy (hiss) at moderate levels (gain 12:00, vol pegged), but the good news is that the power amp stage is very, very quiet. Plugged in with either my frankenstrat ('90 mexican with MANY refinements) with EMG SA's, or my Epiphone Genesis ('79-81 double cut LP copy, also with MANY refinements) with Wagner Custom Rewind Fillmores, straight into the amp is a wonderful dream. To get the best tone out of the amp, I recommend you elevate the amp to give the speaker room to "breathe". You will not get really tight bass response from this speaker at high volumes, but once the speaker is broken in (2-3 hrs playing) the speaker distortion is wonderful. But more wonderful than that is the lovely 6L6 tube saturation. I know I can replace the tubes with NOS, and someday I will, but I can say that Sovtek does a great job, lots of 2nd order harmonics, and very good pick response. It will really show you how much you need to improve your technique, if this is your first tube amp, but once you find your sweet spot (different for every guitar/amp), this little dynamo can sing better than ANY amp in its price range. Warm developed lows prior to speaker flub out (watch your low control, it's touchy @ high vols), very clear and precise mids, and you can get both very good shimmery and fuzzy highs (better still when I run my Keeley mod RAT distortion). This isn't an amp for really heavy stuff, this is nice amp for mild distortion. Not enough headroom for Fender clean, not enough drive for Marshall crunch, but it NAILS that in between sound that I love so much. 9 for great tone despite the inherent problems with bass from a 10" speaker.

Yes, it looks nice initially, and the sound is great, but some of the workmanship leaves much to be desired. Flimsy componets abound, and even though I wasn't expecting point-to-point wiring, I didn't expect to see some of the sloppy workmanship. That said, It is designed very well. The tubes are NOT mounted on the PC board with plastic sockets (Trace Elliot Velocette), and there a well designed mesh grille protecting the tubes (unlike Crate, Fender). I have owned it for 6 months of daily playing at max volume, and haven't had problem 1 with it at all except the standby switch that was so quiet in the beginning now pops when I engage standby, no big deal. DON'T GIG WITHOUT A BACKUP, or better yet, make this amp your backup/secret weapon!

Never dealt with them, heard mixed reviews, planning on voiding the warranty soon enough anyway, and after that I will use my trusty amp tech to fix/improve the amp.

Been playing about 15 years. I'm a professional live sound tech by trade and I have to say this is a TERRIFIC amp for its price. It is not quite big enough to gig with, but two run stereo may do the trick. Compared against Fender pro junior, blues junior (15W 12"), Gibson goldtone(15W 12"), and FAB Fox(16W 10"). The FAB Fox has better tone and is quieter, but is $350 US (made in Canada). Gibson amp is INCREDIBLE, but $699 US. I was not impressed with the Fenders at all (well, the blues junior was an alright amp)@ $300 & $369 US. I got this Epi for 1/2 the price, and didn't have to sacrifice that much in tone. 9 for an excellent buy with good features and great tone at a slightly lower quality than amps costing much more.

Simple basic amp. Gain, volume, treble, middle, bass controls. Stand-by switch is a nice feature. Single 6L6 power tube and single 12AX7 preamp tube. Rated at 10 watts.

This amp sounds great. I run an American Standard Strat and a 50's classic series strat through it. You want nice clean tones, this amp has it. Run the gain up and you get real nice over drive tones. If you're looking for a really nice sounding amp for playing at low levels, this amp will do it. Some complain about no reverb but to me it's not missed at all. This little amp for me covers all styles of music from hard rockin to blues. This is a very dynamic amp that really response to how you attack your playing. Play softly and you get some real nice laid back blues. Attack the strings and it gets in your face. The amp does hum a bit but the amp sounds so good that you forget about the slight hum. For the price, it's really hard to beat.

Have no idea how it will hold up. I've only had this amp for almost a month now. Changing tubes is no sweat, but changing out the speaker is a little bit of work. Nothing difficult, just a lot of screws to take out. 11 all totaled.

Have no idea.

I've been playing for longer than I want to admit, but it's all basically bedroom playing. I already had 6 other amps, 5 of them being various Fender tube amps(champ II, SF Princeton, PRII, Blues jr., Hot Rod Deluxe) when I bought the Galaxie 10 and now the other amps basically collect dust. I was looking for a lower powered amp than what I already have. I bought this amp without having ever tried one or knew really what they sounded like. I have no regrets about buying it and would recommend this amp to anyone looking for a small low powered tube amp with good tone. If was lost or stolen I would definitely buy another one. I've never had this much fun with a small, low power amp.

Just this side of bare bones. A headphone or line out would've been really nice. The amp has plenty of power for me. Turning it up all the way sounds wonderful but would probably piss people off. I'm not really into loud and haven't gigged with it, but I figure mic-ing it in such a situation would work just fine. If you don't have a psychological need for a huge stack :) and you can live with the lack of outs and ins (also, just one in for the guitar), this amp will probably do what you want it to do.

Sound is wonderful. The only thing I miss from my old solid state amp is the ability to get a decent distortion sound at a low volume level. Some other people complained about the sound of this amp with a humbucker, but I think it sounds wonderful (I'm not a big single coil fan), clean or dirty. I play this amp with a Burns Steer guitar, which has a single coil and a humbucker, and between the amp and the guitar I can get just about any sound I want. Just a moment ago I found myself accidentally playing that damn Rod Stewart song "Stay With Me" (really, I swear it was by accident) and it sounded just like the CD. Beautiful, old-school distortion. Visualize (auralize?) the simultaneously crunchy/smooth distortion from that song: that's what this amp sounds like when cranked. It's not very noisy at all and has a wonderful clean tone.

Haven't had any problems with it, but I haven't owned it for long either.

I wouldn't know. I hope I never have to deal with them.

This amp blows the crap out of my old solid-state Peavey amp in every department except flexibility, that is, the combination of ins and outs. I'd really like to have a line out. Blah. For those who simply want wonderful sound, this amp is a solid choice.

one channel all tube (12AX7 & 6L6). gain, vol, treb, mid, bass. also has a standby switch which is nice. 10 watts class A. also, celestion spkr & sovtek tubes. no reverb though. :(

usually play a american strat through it but have also ran a gibson 'paul in it. it sounds best with the strat IMO. the preamp distortion sounds more smooth & natural with singles, HB's obviously sound fatter & overdrive sooner but have a harder time cleaning up when the vol is rolled down. after tweeking the EQ it takes on a fender type swirl.

its still pretty new (about 2 months). no problems as of yet. so far it works every time i turn it on. seems to be solidly built & the mesh protecting the tubes is a nice touch. i havent had it long enough to honestly rate this part of the review.

again, havent used customer sevice because no problems with the amp.

i'm no pro but have played in more than a few garage/basement bands over the last 20 yrs. this is a good practice/low-level jam kind of amp. although reverb would've been nice, i can live without it. an ext. spkr jack would've been cool, too. i'm sure there are better sounding tube amps out there but for 200 bucks this is well worth it. i also own crate, behringer & fender. i wanted a genuine all tube amp to practice & have fun with & thats exactly what i got. overall, i am pleased with this little epi.

This amp is simple but has some features that other small all tube amps lack. Full tone stack controls, Bass Mid Treble, a standbye switch == your power tubes will thank you, and Gain and Volume. This amp uses a 12AX7 for 2 stages of preamp gain, it is class A so no need for phase splitter. For the power amp it uses a 5881 or 6L6, mine came with sovtek Russian tubes which are great quality.
It came equipped with a Celestion speaker, which gives me a lot more confidence, but don't expect it to sound like a greenback...

I would have liked to have a plug for connecting to external cabinets, but I guess this might lead to misues, I will add one later. Reverb would have been handy, but a pedal can solve this.
In conclusion it is all that is needed for a practise amp, and it would do for small venues, and ideal for practise and recording.

So far I have been using a 86 Jap fender Re 62 with Kinman pickups.
Haven't gotten around to trying it with a LP but I used an SG in the store, and as expected it sounds thick, and distorts a little sooner.
The sound with a Strat is awsome, great for blues, especially lead, but it has considerable head room, can get clean fender tones with the gain set low (4or5). For even more head room set the Gain to 4or5 and run a TS808, gain turned way down or similar pedal, a relatively clean sounding boost pedal. There is some clever filtering going on in a Tube screemer which reduce Intermodular distortion of some frequencies, so it gives you a sound that is very natural.

I run the amp with the volume full, and the gain between 4 and 8. The gain knob can induce some preamp distortion, but who wants it with Poweramp distortion available at relatively low volumes...Turn the gain up to 10 and you will know what I am talking about.

TRICK OR TREAT TIME.
I remembered from my thesis that you can swap 6L6's for 6V6s in most amps but not the other way around, the 6L6s draw more current
and will kill smaller amps..... So having an old 6V6 handy last night I swapped it over. The result, you can get poweramp distortion at lower volumes still. So you can affectively reduce power levels further from 10W to 6W. The sound isn't quite as good, there would be less saturation in the output transformer, and less speaker distortion and it all has an effect. But with a bit of tweaking it was very usable, and brought the sound levels down below the pain threshold, which is all I need.

My thinking, if you like power amp distortion at lower volumes for practise, use a 6V6, if you like cleaner more fender tones use
the 6L6.... If you want to use this amp to play small gigs, you can
use 6L6's and a mike and for bigger venuse still plug into a decent Quad box, but know what you are doing. If you are playing gigs regularly it's time for a combo.

With 5881s installed, using the strat I can get some very good Brian May/ Vox tones, very impressive. I would warn that playing chords with lots of power amp distortion is to be avoided,
as you tend to introduce to many harmonics and it tends to sound
a little bloated. Simply wind back you guiar volume to clean it up.
It is probably to load to sing over anyway.. The great thing about tube amps is that ability to have tone and volume control at your finder tips.

Reliablity == don't know.
Construction is great, right down to decent rubber feat, and tube retainers, and shield for the 12AX7. If I was going to gig regulary with such an amp, I would buy 2 or 3 amps, they are cheap, but they
are simplicity and should be very reliable. Carry fuses and spare
output tubes, keep the amp cool, use the standbye when you are not using it, Remember ClassA WILL EAT YOU POWER TUBES, so use your stand bye switch. Treat it with respect and you can hand it on to your grand kid... It is a classic, it won't be obsolete in a few weeks like a POD, and for the same price as a Vamp it will satisfy you a lot longer.

Please learn about power tubes, learn how to spot one that needs replacing, and pay attention to any changes in colour or tone.

I don't know what the warranty is, and I don't really care.
Warranty's are great, but I want to be able to choose which tubes I use and what speakers. It has had some use at the store and is going strong, so I would say that the components are well tested.

I have been playing about 15 years, I have owned a few solid state amps, and didn't like them at all, dull and lifeless clean, or just buzzy distortion. This is my third tube amp, I had a mint cond. JCM900 YUCK, replaced it with a JCM800 100W all tube, and a quad full of Greenback celestions, for less than the JCM 900 sold for. There is no comparison.. Did my elec eng thesis on volume reduction of tube amplifiers, 15 months of tube amps taught me a fair bit, but also taught me what matters and doesn't. For a quick lesson read Tone- Lizard.com Same with guitars, DON'T JUST TRUST BRANDS, do your research.

To me this is copy of a Fender Champ, but at a fraction of the price. I couldn't build a class A guitar amp for what I payed for this one new. It looks great, very retro, lost of chrome, it is solid,
well thought out. There isn't a clue that it was so affordable, even the tubes are quality... There is nothing to dislike, save maybe the slight preamp gain/distortion, but you can understand that this has its place... Might go looking inside, and see if I can get rid of this preamp distortion.

One channel, adjustable gain/volume, 3 band eq, tubes! 12AX7 & 6L6. Use it in bedroom, because my 100W 2X12 (switchable down to 50W) shakes my house. Play contemporary Christian, some blues, country, classic rock, dabble in jazz (wish I could, and try to learn the jazz).

Use it with Oscar Schmidt Delta King (335 type with dual Washburn humbuckers) and Washburn strat copy. Works well with either, whether clean or dirty. Works fine with the variety of music I play. Gets a bit noisy when gain turned up past 7 (so do I!), but overall versatile with smooth sounds for the strat and the 335 type. Gets really driven with gain about 6 and volume about 7. Much higher on gain and it gets noisy in addition. Might need to replace tubes, which could conceivably clean up the sound a tad. Distortion is typical tube overdrive when maxed; i.e., lots of creamy sustain to go with it, sounds great!

Haven't had it for over a week. If I were in the habit of gigging, I would gig without a backup amp, but bring spare tubes.

NA - never dealt with Epiphone. Bought the amp used. No warranty came with it.

Been playing 38 years. Own a Carvin MTS-100 Combo amp, a Digitech RP-5, Dano chorus, overdrive and echo pedals (old style large size, not the new compacts) Boss AC-2 acoustic simulator and TR-2 Tremolo pedal. So lack of effects/reverb on amp not an issue. Also have a Washburn CX-20 head and a Lone Star mandolin. WIlling to sell all the effects and the Washburn head.

Nice 10 watt tube amp, uses 1 12ax7 and 1 6L6. No effects, just eq and
gain/volume. Retro trapezoid speaker grille and blue tolex. Celestion
speaker. Sounds is creamy, but actually quieter than I expected for
10 tube-watts. I am not in a loud band, but I play with the volume
on 10 and the gain on 5. Of course the purpose for me having a small
tube amp is so I can play it maxed-out and take advantage of that tone
and edge break-up. The tubes and size are the important features of
this amp.

This amp is warm and harmonic, the gain is very usable... it has
a wide, slow increase as you turn it up. I use a Rickenbacker 330 and a Gretsch Double Jet through compression, chorus, and overdrive. I get
a nice, vintage sound from this amp. I like being able to drive it
to it's limit without having bleeding ears. I play harmonic/melodic
pop with a vintage vibe. This amp works great for that.

Like I said, I max the volume out on this amp and it seems to
take it pretty well. I plan on using it as my main amp. I will
carry extra tubes just in case it gets jostled too much in transport.
Since there is only one of each tube type, biasing shouldn't be an
issue.

No idea.

I like this amp. Great sound, and much smoother than a Fender tube
amp. It is like this amp was tailored to my specifications. I'd buy
it again. In fact, I may end up getting another and running a stereo
setup.

This great little amp is perfect for practice or in the studio. It is all tube with a 12AX7 and a 6L6. A no frills 1 channel amp with lots of personality. It has Gain, Volume, Mid, Bass, & Treble. The only thing that could make it better would be some reverb which is easily remedied with any number of pedals out there. Very clean at low volumes and if you want some crunch just turn up the gain. I use it mostly in small venues for contemporary Christian music and I also record with it using a rhode NT1 set back about a foot to catch room ambience. I run my guitar through a Toneworks AX1000G and then straight into the amp.

I'm using my 1991 PRS. Then, PRS didn't have all the different models they do now. Mine has a "10" top, 24 scale one piece neck through the body with custom PRS hum bucker pick ups, a "sweet" switch and 5 position rotary dial.
This amp does great blues, some jazz, and with the help of the Korg pedal almost anything you want.

I have no experience with epiphone but the amp appears to be really solid and well built. The tubes are placed well and protected yet easy enough to get to, unlike my cyber twin!!

I haven't had to deal with epiphone although all the dealers I've talked to are complaining about the time it's taking to see their orders once they're placed.

I've been playing many years and I love this amp. It's perfect for what I need...a practice amp that is 1) easy to tote around 2)Is all tube and sounds great. If it were lost or stolen I'd get another in a heartbeat. I also have a cyber twin which is very fun and a great amp but hard to get good tone in smaller places, not to mention its harder to carry everywhere, and I have a SWR Strawberry blonde for my acoustic...an amazing amp! I chose the Galaxie 10 (not Galaxy) becuase its so easy to dial into. Its a straight ahead amp and its only requirement for good tone is an electrical socket and a player. I suppose you could say it's like a blues jr but the jr uses EL84 tubes where the Galaxie uses a 6L6. The jr has 15 watts of unmistakable Fender tone where the Galaxie has 10 watts of a more sweet buttery tone. Great value for the money!!

Got one the begining of August. Waited about 6 weeks from local music store. I play mostly jazz, a little blues. Have an Epiphone Regent II. One chammel, trebel, middle and bass control. Also has a gain control. Standby switch also. Very well made.

I don't know much abot pickups, etc. I do know sound and this sounds very ggod a clean at low volumes. Crank up the voume and gain and gives a nice bluesy sound. Loud enough for me.

I would gig with it. Probably would need to be miked. Only 10 watts
o output. Seems to be built very well. Has a 10 inch Celeston speaker if that matters to anyone.

I have never dealt with epiphone so really can not answer this.

Been playing for many years. Rverb might be nice. A good little practice amp.

Epiphone galaxy 10 - 10 watt all tube One power one vacum (simple).
Amp was made 2002 or late 2001. It's a pretty new model . Comes in your choice dark blue or black. Got mine in blue pretty nice looking I must say very vintage. The amp has treble,volume,gain, and bass nobs(chicken head). I have to say looks wise this thing is sweet. It's constructed like a brick. Just needed a small practice tube amp for at home. I play mainly rock and blues and it's perfect for both. Basically it's your cheap Blues JR. One Channel but with the gain nob it can get a little more crunchier. It's very clean at low level volumes. Mine came a equipped with a celestion speaker. Very simple set up one power tube one vacum tube very similar to the electar's and that's basically what it is with a better speaker . Tubes are sovteks by the way. Don't really wish it had anything extra on it well maybe reverb but I have my Blues JR for that . It's actually very loud for 10 watts . Oh yeah it's got a standby switch witch is very nice addition which my junior doesn't have . I'll change the tubes out eventually but for right now I'm very happy with the stock sound it pushes out a very glassy tone beleive it or not.

I play single coils mainly sounds very nice with my 57 semoour duncan in the birdge of my strat. The thing is loud beleive it or not it's very loud could be the crap out of a cambridge(vox)beleive it or not which probably most of you can . Don't by a cambridge by the way it sucks hard. Buy yourself an overdrive pedal and this amp and you won't be dissapointed . Had bought two cambridges by the way took them both back hunk o junks. I'm planning on posting my review of the crapridge as well sometime soon by the way stay away. OK back to the epi galaxy very nice very clean crank it up and wail I'm so surpised by this amp to tell you the truth the sound is great. Or maybe I just happy guitar center took my cambridge back (twice). Gain all the way up and volume at minimal levels you can get what you want out of it jangly or at high volume it will crank out a nice crunch. It was is a great value not a lot of bells or whistles but that's not what a practice amp should have.

It seems dependable. Built very well. Tubes are protected well and metal corners for looks and protection. Honestly it's built really well for a foreign amp. Stability wise it definitley holds it own up to any Fender JR. Never dealt with epi , probably never will . I'll just take it back if it bakes out. Hope it doesn't becuase it's a fine addition to my collection (and it wasn't made in the us WOW). Don't gig maybe someday. Definitely have to put a mic in front of it to gig and yes bring a backup what idiot wouldn't

Been playing for 1 year. Second tube amp I've owned the other is a blues jr. I would definitely buy this amp again if was lost or stolden. Love the way it sounds and the way it looks. Don't hate much it does what it's supose to do. No bells or whitles here and it's not supose too it's a practice amp. Compared it to a lot of practice tube amps , pig nose, pro junior, vox crapridge 30,kustom 1 tuber that claims to be all tube in the ad, crate vc508 speaker's only and 8 and not celestion. This amp isn't made to model any other amps , it's not gonna change the guitar world but it's great for practicing and that's all i bought it for. I recomend the amp to anyone with 200 bucks and is in the market for there first tube amp.
Great looks, great price, great tone. Buy a distortion or overdrive pedal and you have one great little beast of an amp.