Say you don't need a tube amp with crushing gain but rather beautiful cleans instead ?

Dan_Halen

I've got a Mesa TA-30 which has pretty lovely cleans (to my ears). It's my favourite clean platform that's not a twin i.e. I can actually lift it. Some people find Mesa clean a bit boring but personally I get on great with them and find the cleans great for slapping on my pedals of choice. I know the Lonestar is one of the pedal lovers go-to amps so maybe it's something in the way Mesa voice them.

You can get also Fender, Vox, Bassman or Marshall style tone out of it flicking the switches about. Personally, I wouldn't say it 'nails' any exactly or are they particularly authentic but they are just as good... if maybe just different. I let my AC30CC1 go because the Transatlantic's Vox tone a. sounded better and b. had more control.

I get a super fat clean in the Vox (or Class A) mode with the wattage up. It seems to ride that perfect spot of still having just enough headroom and being very clean but when you hit it with a pedal it melts over the edge in a glorious way.

You can also drop the wattage making it useful for home.

Dan_Halen

Oh yeah, it's ridiculously loud as well when you want it to be. And light.

TommyVercetti

I had a Vioctory V40. I swapped it for a v22, which i love. But i do really miss t'duchess. Bugger.  

djspecialist

I had a Victory V40.  It was fine, but I found the H&K Puretone had more depth and complexity to its clean tones - so I sold the Victory.

Things I miss: dinky size, and very usable master volume control (the Puretone is a bit of a hair trigger, but since it's not for home use that isn't a big problem for me).

Telejester

a huge huge huge no for the victory v40 guys, i had one and it sounded like a mattress was wedged in front if it, far too bassy, muddy ,undynamic and plain boring sounding and i couldnt return it for a refund quickly enough. my experience with victory amps has been pretty crap, sheriff 22 hated pedals........returned !!.......v40 sounded dreadful........returned ! and i used to have a cornford hellcat head which i wish i had never sold.

meltedbuzzbox

Vaiai said:

Victory V40 Combo? Two Rock, Hamstead

Do you watch that pedal show much? 

richardhomer

meltedbuzzbox said:

Vaiai said:

Victory V40 Combo? Two Rock, Hamstead

Do you watch that pedal show much? 

Funnily enough, the only one of those three which ever strikes me as having a good clean sound on That Pedal Show is the Two Rock.