What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?

[ElectricGuitard]

Re: What's your Holy Grail of High Gain?

Uuuuggghhh, so hard to choose!!!!! My current amp is the Mesa Mark V and I don't think I'l ever need another amp again but I have said that before. 6505/5150, TSL100, Dual/Trip Recto are also favs of mine.

 

[ElectricGuitard]

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I never would have thought to own one. I got mine on clearance because Guitar Center isnt dealing Boogie anymore and they had to get rid of them. I got the combo a couple of hundred off and I love it. I hope you get one someday, they're awesome.

 

[merkaba22]

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For me, the Soldano X88R (with Telefunkens) into a Fryette/VHT 292 or 252 (set up for 5881's, etc.) power amp has been my mainstay since 1998 -- usually into EVMs. Second choice is my Bruno Super 100 with 6L6's into G65's ... fwiw, imho, ymmv, etc. haha

 

[erksin]

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[GilmourD]

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:fing2:

 

[daa2202]

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I was pretty happy with an ENGL Powerball, until I heard a Bogner Uberschall Twin Jet. Now THAT's a high-gain amp.

 

[SGFanatic]

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I got a EVH 5150 III 100 watter not too long ago.
It smokes.
I'm getting a Randall Thrasher soon....according to popular consensus it should be the end of all amps. I'll see if it lives up the the hype.

 

[Hot Octopus]

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both of these

 

[GuitarToneFreaks]

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There are many high gain amps out there.. I think the Bogner Ubershall sounded the heaviest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMIReP7-zaE

 

[JP Hasson]

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This is the Holy Grail, the two Monster of Rock, first choice German second American, the first eclipses the second but I love booth.

There is no other amp like a Diezel VH4 for Metal, period.

 

[Thurisaz]

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There has been a lot of great high gain amps throughout the years, starting in the 80s, but the one for me is the Fryette Sig:X. It's like those screwdrivers with the 12 different drivers.

 

[59Bassman]

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I am going to offer my contribution derived from actual ownership as opposed just GASing and speculation:

Cornford Roadhouse - All the gain you need but controllable and eloquent - Add a an OCD and you have all the noise you ever need but recordably so!



Hear some sounds examples here: http://www.cornfordamps.com/audio.htm

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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That's why I love them Warheads bro! Maybe one of these days I shall own a matching half stack.... but tis but a dream for now.

SADLY, the Krank Amplification Co. as we know it . . . is no more

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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. . . hey, hey, my, my, look at that !!!

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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There has been a lot of great high gain amps throughout the years, starting in the 80s, but the one for me is the Fryette Sig:X. It's like those screwdrivers with the 12 different drivers.

For some reason ^ this ^ amp reminds me of the (short lived ?) H&K WARP amp.

(probably due to the name)
I see they are not on the H&K site any more - probably been replaced by the uber-corny named Coreblade model ?
http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/products.php5?id=135&prod=Coreblade


<---- H&K Warp

 

[Surgeon]

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I'm pretty happy with my current set-up (either a slightly boosted Orange Rocker 30 with dimed gain or my Recto-verb) but there's just something about a cranked Thunderverb200 that just screams to me (everytime I die's live tone is insane with these).
I know there are plenty of amazing high-gain machines out there but for me it always comes down to that recto-gain I grew-up on with the 3rd wave ('90s) of punk rock and that period's hard-core/metal...

 

[Lucy Diamond]

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The Mesa/ Boogie Road King I is all anyone needs for High Gain.

It is the most brutal MUSICAL amp I have ever played through.

I love my Road King.

 

[UberMetalDood]

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This is the Holy Grail, the two Monster of Rock, first choice German second American, the first eclipses the second but I love booth.

There is no other amp like a Diezel VH4 for Metal, period.View attachment 48061

That Diezel will cause your balls to explode at bedroom volume. It might not be as loud as the Herbert, but it's the loudest 100w amp I have ever heard. Sweet rig man.

 

[daveyisgreat]

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both of these

This amp is awesome.

 

[jimijames]

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I don't play very high gain stuff

But IMO the best distorted amp sound is a 100w plexi at full volume

No, I haven't gotten to play one at that volume myself - but I can dream. Every recording I've heard of it makes me want to grab my willie and run around in circles all excited like.