amp with the most gain?

Re: amp with the most gain?

Of all the amps I've tried, I would have to say the 5150. I would imagine the Peavey XXX would have excessive amounts as well :)
 
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A few that come ot mind would be maybe
Mesa boogie triple recto
peavey xxx
diezels
soldano slo
I but i dont think you'd need that much gain man, i mean who the hel need s atriple recto head??!?!? that much power and wattage will rip the heads of people in mili seconds!
 
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The 5150 has the most gain stages of just about anything out there (6). For example the rectos have 4.
 
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how about the 5150 2?

i am saving up my money to get a really nice hi gain head that isnt way to expensive
 
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Bogner Uberschalls and Mesa Rectifiers are the most intensely dirty saturated amps I've heard. Simply brutal.
 
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chrisj said:
Well which high gain head would you purchase for under 2000 dollars
Single Rectifier along with a Standard Recto Cab w/ V30's. Then $100 to spare!! Killer rig.
 
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all the amps gj mentions have more than enough gain... you lose the dynamics when you get up to a certain level.
 
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LucidInterval said:
The 5150 has the most gain stages of just about anything out there (6). For example the rectos have 4.
I thought Rectos and SLOs have 5.
 
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Get a Randall RM head with a High gain module like the recto. And guess what, it's priced well under 2000! They have even higher gain modules so check 'em out.

What's the biggest importance of the number of gain stages? More compression?
 
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Nightburst said:
Get a Randall RM head with a High gain module like the recto. And guess what, it's priced well under 2000! They have even higher gain modules so check 'em out.

What's the biggest importance of the number of gain stages? More compression?
hm you need more more tubes?! ;) i think it is more compressed and the tone get darker with a 6. gainstage (brown) in theory. but i'm not sure.
there is a interesting article around the web about the history of amps, which has how much gain stages, which design copies which etc. I'm sorry that i lost the link...
 
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For those that need even more distortion...


The ZVex Mammoth distorts the slopes of your signal wave. As said, after a point it's just a square wave and you can't clip the top anymore without just compressing it. But you CAN distort the slopes!
 
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