The head on my Spider II just blew up. So I'm looking for a replacement. What I'm mostly looking for in an amp is versatiitly and a nice, clear clean channel, plenty of headroom - I don't really want to be fighting against 'colouration' or 'natural OD' that comes from more specialised amps - I'd rather dial it in from the pre-amp in a pedal. I like the depth and tone of dual 12 inch speakers. I have a decent set of pedals, and I'm not too worried about the built-in effects, but an extra reverb or delay might not go astray. It just happens that the 2x12 combos that fall into my price range tend to be modelling amps.
The thing that's spliiting my conscience right now, is that the Boss has an acoustic setting, and different power settings, and Boss effects, but the Blackstar has that 'wide-stereo' feature, and a built in looper, and comes with a foot-pedal. I have a good EQ pedal (Boss eq20) - is that good enough to make up for a lack of an acoustic amp?
There is a third option - the speakers on my existing combo still work (2x75w UK celestions - they're nice speakers), so I could just wire them up to a head. But I think I'm more in the mood for just buying a new amp that works out of the box.
The thing that's spliiting my conscience right now, is that the Boss has an acoustic setting, and different power settings, and Boss effects, but the Blackstar has that 'wide-stereo' feature, and a built in looper, and comes with a foot-pedal. I have a good EQ pedal (Boss eq20) - is that good enough to make up for a lack of an acoustic amp?
There is a third option - the speakers on my existing combo still work (2x75w UK celestions - they're nice speakers), so I could just wire them up to a head. But I think I'm more in the mood for just buying a new amp that works out of the box.
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