The time has nearly come, in the not too distant future I shall step away from the Roland Cube (which is a great practice amp) and purchase a lovely tube amp for small gigs etc. Have any of you got any recommendations? I would be playing kinda funky rock, like earlier RHCP (BSSM era), but also some stuff like Audioslave etc. Basically alt rock.
I would prefer a combo amp, however if the perfect one is a head+cab, I would go for it.
I play a Fender Stratocaster sss, and an Epiphone Les Paul HH, so it'd need to work well with both kinds of pickup.
Thanks in advance.
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Harley benton 2x12 cab would do quite nicely.
For possibly nicer cleans, the Laney lh50 head. Goes cheap used (or lc50 combo). Nice crunch, great cleans.
Lastly, the latest hot rod deluxe from fender. Nice cleans, nice crunch. Different to frus tone on crunch, but you could get his cleans fairly easily. He used a mixture of Marshall and fender amps, but mostly Marshall.
Hmm... Others... Maybe the jet city 50 watter?
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Have a listen to an Egnater Tweeker, some demos on YT, I quite liked those when I heard them.
Some good Hughes & Kettner models in that price range too.
The Fender Hot Rods are also a good suggestion.
if you're willing to go used you have a lot more options, obviously.
Just get yourself a Marshall voiced drive pedal for the front end and all your bases are covered.
Even a peavey 6505+ has some excellent lower gain crunch in it. But I still reckon a Marshall is the best bet, but new marshalls seem to suffer for reliability. If you're gigging, make sure it's something serviceable. ICBM has made a good suggestion - if one of those came up for 700 and you said no, you need a slap! I think they'll mostly be a little over budget, though.
I still reckon a Laney lc50 or lh50 is an excellent bet, just pair the head up with a good cab and factor in a speaker change in the combo. It'll still be on or under budget, and used, they go for absolutely peanuts. Build quality can be iffy, but I've found them reliable enough to not need to worry - perhaps icbm could elaborate, but I think the biggest thing is the chipboard cab. So get the head and a quality cab used imo. The lh50 has two channels, bright switch on clean (which I used to use for chillis covers), and a Marshall style crunch with a post eq master tone (which is excellent - why don't more amps have this?) and a digital reverb.
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