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Picked mine up for £135 (they were £799 new) and you do see the odd one come up on e-Bay well within your budget. I use mine in my back up Rig for small venues with my old Axe Ultra into the fx return. Sounds massive and it's loud enough for any pub gig and more.
Does rock and with a OCD does metal no problem.
Way under top budget
1x12 and not even that weighty
50 watt but very loud.
If indoors the jcm800 will be far too loud unless you can attenuate it. Unattenuated you won't get it over a thin and weedy sounding 1 on the master volume, a jcm opened up around 6 on the master is a thing of beauty ( and bloody loud )
Two Rock Gainmaster 22 (under 30W but don't be fooled...)
Badcat Hotcat 30
Buddah SuperDrive
Cabiculars picks.
In all honesty, I just got one and I think it's brilliant. I'm not a metal player admittedly but it does do rock really rather well.
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Pros:
Takes pedals well, sounds good "au natural" - tricky to dial in at first
Has an effects loop
Simple - single channel
Good built in reverb (but not switchable)
Loud with lots of headroom
Can be picked up quite cheap (Saw one on here for £700)
Cons:
Needs something to tighten up the the bass if you want a modern drive (works well with my Suhr Riot)
Not very forgiving
Really needs an EQ in the loop to get something really tight
Heavy as hell.
Like, really really heavy.
Heavy
JVM combo....whichever you prefer! This demo below is a 215 (2x12 50w 2channel JVM) and what you hear is the direct emulated output. Live they sound even more betterer.
http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/electric_amps_detail.asp?stock=PX170205307293004
Mark series are excellent but not everyone - Tricky to dial in, but will do pretty much anything if you put the time in to get it.
F series - Excellent cleans (the best i've heard), nice drive channel but it's different so might not work for you. Takes pedals like a boss though.
Express series - Haven't played one but have heard good things.
Rectoverb 25 combo - (I know, a shade under 30w but it's loud..) Will easily do rock/metal/jazz/country/whatever.
My money went on a Mini Rectifier, and i'm glad i bought it. Does everything i need it to.
Mesa's do seem to divide opinion though, they aren't for everyone.
That scares off most people. Took me an age to still not really understand my Mark V.
Great tones in there though, just that there's a lot of terrible ones too ...
Ticks all the boxes.
I would also say that all the Mesa's i have tried out need to be turned up loud to sound at their best, usually far higher than 'quiet home practice' levels. My F50 sounded like a totally amp once it was cranked up!