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http://www.peachguitars.com/fx-pedals/hudson-electronics-broadcast-pg-24v-fs.htm
All we know is its for "blues" and that "lovely cleans are essential" and budget is "up to £1,000" and that the 18/30 Bassbreaker has been looked at.
But even that needs a bit of clarification with examples of the tone Lez is seeking - how clean is clean? Are we talking a clean with some break up, crystal clean ala certain Fenders or even JCM120, bell-chime clean ala Vox AC30?
There is of course no 'best' - only what's right for your needs. Personally Lez, I'd like to know a lot more:
- Are you looking to buy new or used?
- Where and how are you going to be using the amp - home, smaller club gigs, big gigs, recording, direct, miked up through the PA? With a band and if so what other instruments are there?
- How loud do you need it to be (rather than 'power' which can be confusing - more watts doesn't always mean more volume)
- Are you looking for high headroom before the tone starts to break up?
- Do you use external effects? If so, what (eg stomp pedals, MFX, mixture)
- What features do you need?: Single or dual channel? If dual, do you want independent EQ or is a shared EQ OK? Do you need an FX loop and if so do you have a preference between series or parallel? Do you need a built in reverb? Do you need any built in effects eg tremolo? If you do need a built in reverb, does it have to be spring or is a digital reverb OK? Do you need foot-switching facilities between channels? Do you need extras eg a 'bright boost' or 'gain boost'?
- Is weight/size an issue? (eg for me weight's a problem nowadays for me as I have back problems)
- Do you have some examples you can post of the tone you're looking for?
- What guitar(s) do you mainly use? (that's because crystal cleans are easier with single coil teles/strats etc as opposed to h/b guitars like a LP or SG)
- Do you always intend to run the combo on its own, or do you want flexibility to run external cabs with/without the internal speaker(s) on? Are you looking for a 1x12 or 2x12 or something else (eg 2 x 10)?
- Just a sense check that a combo is the right way to go or might a head plus cab be more flexible for you re cab options and (potentially) ease of carrying (some combos can be very heavy and awkward to transport? Reason I raise this is I bought a 2x12 combo years ago but in hindsight I should have got the head and cab.
I'm sure I've not covered everything, but hopefully answers to the above will help both you and us come up with the right type of amps for you to try.And if you're a man and don't want a roof you *still* buy an MX5 because you don't care about 20 year old stereotypes and literally any other option is twatty.
The list could be shortened IMO. The minimum for decent advice would be:
1. What guitar are you using?
2. What budget?
3. Where and How Loud?? (for example...."Really loud in my detached and soundproofed garage")
4. Example of a specific tone/player that you like.
I used to have one of the Ford StreetKa's it was a brilliant little car, i could actually get a 410 Blues deluxe in the boot along with a 8 pedal pedal board. Guitar on the passenger seat and it was all cosy. Plus i used to blow people away with my 160bhp+ Ford racing engine, Audi owners get very frustrated when they get murdered away from the lights by a tiny convertible!