Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

[Rainmaker]

Is there such a thing? A tube amp that can pull a large amount of tones and hasn't got a sky high price tag?



Even if your answer is no, and you had to give one, what would that answer be?

[APB_4]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

It depends what you class as 'affordable'

[Rainmaker]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

I'll leave that up to you.

[NathanCahill]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

A classic 30 can do alot of different things well, Especialy with al the simple mods avilible. Mines still stock and its fairly verstial. I only paid $300 for mine.

[aleclee]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

It might not be considered affordable by som but the Rivera Chubster would get my vote.

[stevie_bees]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

My TSL pretty much covers everything. You've got to have a bit of a play to find the tones, but they're all there.

[Sune]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

What about those Traynor's everybody is talking about?

[MDS]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

Mesa Mark IV or Road King are pretty insanesly versatlie. Not cheap, by any means, but not ultra pricey either. The Mark IV can be had used pretty easily...

Mike

[muttonchopsrule]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

a used mesa series II single rectifier. you can get a very wide variety of tones out of that amp...i don't think it gets enough credit for what it can do. has exceptionally good cleans too. if you ever play one anytime soon, try using the vintage and raw modes on the lead channel, just to see what they can do. and of course there's the pushed mode on the clean channel, which can go anywhere from pretty much crystal clean, to AC/DC style crunch. and of course that's where the lead channel takes over.

not to mention, of course, that you have the choice of using 6L6 or EL34's. a used one could be found for around $800 or so, and that's pretty reasonable.

[Loserchief]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

engl fireball. wide range of tone and pretty affordable(at least here in germany but they are made here so this could be different elsewehere).

[Scott_F]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

I agree with a Rivera, pretty much any of them.

[viewaskew2k5]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

Go With Laney. Kinda sounds like a Marshall, but better,and alittle cheaper

[vinterland]

Re: Affordable, do-it-all, tube amplifier

+1 to all the single rectifier comments. Let me just give you a run down on the channels - clean, pushed, vintage, modern. In other words, sparkly cleans, dirty blues, classic rock to hard rock, and total metal.