Help me with some head

[Billy Gibbons]

Hey Guys.

I need a new head again. What I'm looking for is:

~50 watts
Power scaling
FX loop
Two channels

The tones I'm going for go from a heavy blues crunch, up to a warm, tight, and clear overdrive. Not necessarily a metal voicing, but certainly capable. I do own dirt pedals which I am happy to use, but I prefer to get the majority of drive from the amp.

As far as cleans, I am less picky. Just a pleasant, warm clean that will take other effects well.

What I've thought of so far are a Blackstar Series One 50, Egnater Renegade, Orange Thunderverb 50, and Bogner Alchemist. Feel free to recommend anything else.

 

[hydro]

Re: Help me with some head

Mesa Express 5:50+. I love mine -

The fx loop is not footswitchable but it does have one.

 

[Inder_Cine_Mann]

Re: Help me with some head

Warm OD? Orange. For me at least

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Help me with some head

Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister 36

http://www.zzounds.com/item--HUGTM36H

 

[Adieu]

Re: Help me with some head

used Laney stuff, bunch of 50-watters priced around 300-400 out there... hotrod jcm-esque stuff like the GH50L, AOC, ProTube, the Iommi signature amp, etc. EXCELLENT value, totally worth even the $1k new price & sound better than marshall, but ppl say they're built like a tank, so why not save $600+ and buy used? g-r-e-a-t amps, period, not just for the used price or even the new price.

made in England, too

PS from what I've seen, you can dial in low gain tones easy too, and they'll sound good. they've just got more gain on tap added to the general jcm architeture. also, some have attenuators on the back built in