Panterachat

..a hand wired, class A Vox which is about twice my age

It sounds amazing

What model?

I am thinking of picking up one of their Valvetronix series for college.

An AC30, like this:



I don't really know much about the valvetronix range. I know that Orange just released a really tiny practice amp which looks pretty cool:

http://www.orangeamps.com/crush/microcrush/newindex.htm

..might be a bit too small though

Is this gonna go in your dorm?

I really would like a tube combo amp like a 15 watter like the Fender blues junior but in my dorm that would be too damn loud.

I live in a house now, but it's going to stay in St Albans with my parents, where my band is based. It weighs a fucking ton, it hasn't even been upstairs yet, and probably never will be.. Try a blues junour and an AC15, stuff like that - you can still get good tones at low volumes. The AC30 can produce fairly quiet sounds, although it's definitely too loud to be just a practice amp. You can get small DIY kits for tiny class A stuff which would be perfect for you, from sites like this one:

http://www.ampmaker.com/index.asp

I'm sure there must be a few in the States?