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Blues - Tube

Dime-esque metal tone - Good solid, such as early randalls

Hi Gain classic metal tone - Hi Gain Tube

Rock 'n' Roll - Hi Gain British (Marshall and the like)

Super Clean - Tube (Twinreverb)

Lots of tonal options for not such high volumes - Modelling

Lots of tonal options for gigging levels - Boss ME-50 (I think, don't quote me on that)> Tube (bassman with Cab, Twinreverb)

Do some shopping around, find your tone.
 
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Nothinglies said:
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i've never met anyone who prefered solid state over tube. unless you have some kind of budget constraint, it's probably a no-brainer. people after great tone seek tube amps. if tone isn't a major concern, like punk, pop, rap types of music, solid state is an affordable alternative. there are hybrid amps like marshall and vox. i personally think the marshalls sound better than the vox valvetronics, but none of them sound as good as tube amps. that's my opinion.
 
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Sorry but your question is impossible to answer without your providing some information about the type of tone your looking for, and the type of budget you have, not to mention if you have the ability to crank the amp to proper volumes in the case of most tube amps to get the proper sound.

It would be pretty meaningless for example to tell you that you should get an Engl when you actually want nice sparkling cleans because you don't play metal, that your looking to spend under $300 and that you live in an apartment where you could never crank the amp past 1 wouldn't it ? :banghead:
 
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I say a good amp is one of the best investments you can make. might even be more important that the guitar you play. Save up your $$ and get a good (doesn't have to be expensive) tube amp.
 
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You even have to ask? lol

Unless you're on a tight budget, tube, no competition IMO. Then again there's a million different tube amps that are all totally different so that doesnt narrow it down very much. Check out Orange amps. They're pretty cool, and versatile.
 
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Ok, I got about 500 bucks.....does that help. I play a mixture of rock/southern rock/blues/heavey rock(not metal).
 
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You want something along the lines of a fender tube amp. A blues junior and an overdrive pedal would get you all the sounds you want.
 
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ok, I have to represent for the ss :laugh2:

I don't have a strong preference, but I own two great solid state amps... One which sounds fairly buttery and warm, contrary to everything I've... ever heard about about SS (it's a Jordan, I've tried to find another one in the world numerous times and failed) and another that offers 100 watts of beautiful Fender clean tone and never, ever breaks up :laugh2: (a Fender Libra, they made like two of them in 1970)

I almost think you can't beat ss for a perfect clean tone.

Where Solid State really fails imo is where distortion and clean meet... that inbetween tone... it just doesn't happen with SS. Long as you're super clean or saturated with distortion, you're fine, but try to get in the middle and things get clangy and nasty.
 
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Normally, I"m a tube guy, but there are some good s.s. amps, just not many. The lab series amp(they don't make them anymore, but B.B. King uses one). And don't forget a Roland Jazz chorus. Both great amps. Just try a bunch of amps in your budget, and buy the one that grabs you by the shorthairs.
 
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For the budget you mentioned and the style you're gonna be playing, I'd say to look into a Peavey Classic 50 with either 4 10s or 2 12s
 
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