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Having said that the Triple Crown would seem to more than fulfil the brief.
there's so much more to them than that
both the Herbert and VH4 are incredibly versatile
I've played blues and funk through real ones at the Guitar Show in Brum [which always turns heads cos everyone expects drop-tune riffing from that stand]..
in the Axe-FX, the Herbert is a goto amp and part of my live config too
as a session player I've used the Herbert in the Axe-FX for rock, swamp blues, funk and rockabilly [as well as my usual proggy blood and snot]..
the Herbert and VH4 are slightly different animals, so I'd certainly suggest trying them both..
and... unlike Boogies and some other amps, they are sooooo easy to dial in
that said, I've never played a bad Deizel so I'd expect it to be excellent
Blisteringly good little amp - only issue due to it being class A it uses the same transformers as the VH4 and therefore is physically very heavy – the Paul is the newer version of it, not tried that but want to!
Love Diezel, great amps, lovely people and some of the the best customer service ever
EDIT - any of the Mark V Boogies are very good too - way easier that the Mark IV to dial in and much more logically laid out.
the 5150 mk3 is another superb amp that is highly versatile [I combine it with the Herbert for my riffing tone and use it for my lead tone].
I’m wary of a lot of Mesa models as they can end up with too many options when I just want a few simple great sounding options. I’m sure the diesels are great but not sure they are for me
I was sidetracked briefly with the thought of another jubilee or Danish Pete’s old Lonestar than Andertons have for sale but we shall see what comes up over the next few weeks.
ch1 is clean and will get quite aggressive if you want it to
ch2 is low to mid gain but it also has nice aggressive cleans
ch3 is mid gain to the low end of hi gain [and is jaw dropping cos it's a mid gain tone with a hi gain feel]
ch4 is full on hi gain
a point to note is that each channel has it's own voicing, so it's not like is the same tone getting dirtier in each channel.
They are all quite distinct and so have their own tonal charactericts.
Additionally [if memory serves], each channel has it's own fx send / return and the master has another 2 of them; so you can drop different fx combinations on to each channel and have 'amp wide' fx too.
The channels and loops are all switchable via MIDI so it's quite powerful and flexible
and... there are 2 versions..
the VH4 and the VH4S [which is the stereo version]
I dont think you can go wrong with the XTC - thats a great amp! Didnt care for the Decatone, the controls are too restricting but you could normally get two good sounding channels, just not the third
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
but I have played through a real 5150 Block, 5153 and the Axe-FX modelled versions [which I use regular and know sound and feel pretty much the same as the real thing]..
the 5150 Block seemed very single minded to me.. a very hi-gain amp.. does one thing brilliantly
the 5153 has all the goodies of the 5150 plus very nice clean and mid-gain channels
the unexpected surprise was the aggressive clean from the green channel..
it's wonderful.. thick and full bodied with a nice edge in the highs
if I were to ever switch from the Axe to a real amp, the contest would be between the VH4, Herbert and 5153
it'd be a very tough choice but for flexibility I reckon the VH4 would win by a whisker