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+1 on the HRD.
2nd hand MJW
Loads of options. Depends if you want a killer base tone to work from and add from there or one amp that does everything, like the Katana. The Katana is great but I'd rather have a good valve amp and 1 or 2 pedals.
I actually prefer it to an HRD, which I was using previously. It's also a lot lighter and has a usable overdrive sound. Although, for live, I use it clean with pedals.
I was gonna suggest this:
http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/products/fender_68_custom_deluxe_reverb.asp?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Shopping&utm_term=1102300343257&utm_content=Catch All
...with pedals. BUT...it has increased by about £350 since I bought mine a few years back.....heck.
Basically i have a budget somewhere between £500-2000 for an amp and pedals
I am an aspiring professional guitar player and i wish to be able to replicate many sounds with the amp i buy
Im not sure whether to go with a fender or vox (amps with famously good cleans) or to go down the marshall, victory, mesa boogie route.
I have heard a lot about the mesa mark v but this is gonna be too much
A similar amp that has these sorts of wishes....
-nice clean channel
-multiple drive channels (modern / vintage - voicing switches)
-Something that could cover anything between rolling stones, hendrix, van halen, alice in chains - and also would be of use in a cover band or something playing funk or soul etc
i know these are a lot of requirements
im not sure whether to get a fender 68 reverb or a vox ac 15 or something and get the heavier overdrive sounds using pedals like the tube screamer, friedman be-od and the evh overdrive OR to get a marshall or something
any ideas?
The THR appeals more to a simpleton like me but the Helix really does seem awesome. If you definitely want a real amp then a Marshall JVM could be worth a look.
Failing that, you could do a lot worse than a Laney vh100r. They're available for a good price second hand and are brilliant sounding with four channels. But then you'll need a cab, a pedalboard and pedals to cope other tones... Which brings us back to a helix.
Hmmm....Boss Katana 100 (SERIOUSLY GOOD AMP!) and save the cash for lots of amazing pedals.
I use the Katana at home and I'm VERY impressed with it. Totally clean to full on...takes pedals, has good Boss effects built in, great build quality.
I'm with TTBZ on this one - IME, sterile to the point of completely frigid! But then I guess perhaps that's the point - completely blank canvas for your pedals. Again, IME the drive channel is utterly hideous and unusable which I assume is why all the fans say they never use it -> clean channel for everything...
As others have pointed out, with a budget this size a very wide and open (and therefore difficult!) question to answer - and nice problem to have I might add! To begin narrowing down, start by answering the fundamental questions such as:
- Exactly how versatile does it really need to be?
These are just some examples and I've no doubt I missed some obvious ones, but hopefully you get the idea! If modern/digital is not anathema to you and you're not the type who simply must be moving serious air onstage, as others have pointed out, there are major advantages to having a very lightweight/compact rig that acts more like a Swiss army knife. Should you ever find yourself working with FOH guys you'll have a much easier ride of it as well!Good Luck!
Oddly enough the Blues Deluxe has a better clean channel but not quite as good a drive channel, unless it's turned up loud.
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The drive channel really wasn't to my taste and I never used it.
The differing opinions probably emphasise the fact that it's necessary to check the amps for yourself because we all have different tastes. Plus listen to guitarists who have a sound that you like and then check what gear they're using.
Quilter pro block sounds as good if not better and is loud enough.
Valves Hughes kettner 2nd hand are very well priced
And I really like some of the classic Fender overdrive sounds I can get from the Fender 2 collection from the Amplitube ampsim. The HRD drive didn't sound anything like that to me. But it's just down to personal taste.
Whereas the HRD clean channel can sound great with the right speaker.
Mesas are dead cheap for what they are 2nd hand, but for the range of tones you're wanting to achieve a good powerful clean platform with a few choice pedals would be the most cost effective and versatile setup I'd say.
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