Flights Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 What's your budget anyway? Here we are talking about cheapo modern Marshalls when we could be talking about seriously tidy gear.Blow a few shekels on one of those.Utter amp porn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Someday I'm going to have a spare 4 grand knocking about, that's all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw88 Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 at a festival a few years ago, the headline act guitarist let me use his matchless DC30.. Blew away everything i'd ever played before. Completely different level. I'm a valve man personally, but there are plenty of good solid state amps that sound great. most fender solid states are decent, the Roland Cubes, JC range, and the old sessionette amps are all very good and perfectly giggable. tried a blackstar ID amp couple of weeks ago, sounded very good to me. for the bang for buck they look very good. guess what I'm saying is that you're best having a look around, and playing lots of different amps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbage Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 As has been said it's all down to personal preference. From my expericence it's a "shite" valve amp will always sound better than a "shite" solid state amp but it's also down to how well you know how to use the amp. i.e. how to get the right tone out of it for the right scenario. For example in a local rehearsal room there is often the pick of a Marshall JCM900 combo and a Marshall Valvestate half stack. If I plug in to the JCM900 I know I have to roll off the treble and keep the mids at about 12 o'clock and add a little more bass. If I use the valvestate and apply the same tone setting the amp sounds dull an lifeless but if I apply 2/3's treble, 3/4mids and roll off the bass a bit I get a nice tone to cutting into the mix. Both amps are equally usable but if the building was on fire and I could only rescue one amp I'd go with the 900. As mentioned Roland and Session amps make great solid state amps. Tech 21 also do a good one, I'll be taking mine to the grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiklejohn Posted May 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Got myself a marshall 100 watt dsl guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I asked a similar question on here ages ago and ended up getting a Peavey Classic 30. It's great. Good value, solid, nice tone and EASILY loud enough to play small-medium venues. I've had it a couple of years and it's never given me any grief. Thanks, aberdeen-music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meiklejohn Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Actually it's a Marshall TSL not DSL but getting it tomorrow so ill test it at our gig Friday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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