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Say you don't need a tube amp with crushing gain but rather beautiful cleans instead ?

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  • rlwrlw Frets: 4671
    Blues Cube - bugger the valves
    Save a cow.  Eat a vegetarian.
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  • exocetexocet Frets: 1948
    edited October 2017
    Hot Rod Deluxe....cheap as chips (2nd hand).
    The clean is very decent. Some may scoff at my next statement but I've had a Mesa Lonestar Classic and I'm quite happy with the HRD. The drive however is an acquired taste...im going to mod mine to make it more useable (the drive is too bass light for my tastes, easily fixed though). 
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  • vizviz Frets: 10644
    edited October 2017
    You're not going to believe me but Carvin Legacy for the best cleans around. Or Carvin Belair / Nomad / X100B / etc. 
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6378
    Roland Cube - find Chapper's mystery amp videos on YouTube

    I also like the cleans on the cheapo Marshall MG 100HD

    Avoid Blues Junior - vile cleans you can barely dial in.
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • Jalapeno said:
    Roland Cube - find Chapper's mystery amp videos on YouTube

    I also like the cleans on the cheapo Marshall MG 100HD

    Avoid Blues Junior - vile cleans you can barely dial in.
    Wouldn't take a blues jr if it was being given away
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  • Bad Cat Black Cat 30 with a K Master

    Or, just get a Princeton. 
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  • Matamp
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  • WazmeisterWazmeister Frets: 9445
    rlw said:
    Blues Cube - bugger the valves
    The 60w Artist (?) one I had was surprisingly good. Highly recommended.
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  • olafgartenolafgarten Frets: 1648
    What sort of venues are you playing? The Fender 65 Deluxe Reverb is a great amp. 
    If only it had an FX loop

    If you are playing clean an FX Loop isn't very important. 
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  • bazxkrbazxkr Frets: 610
    edited October 2017
    Fender Supersonic...beautiful cleans on both blackface & bassman setting and go to the burn channel and gain on tap will surprise you too. Built in reverb and FX loop. Get the 100w and power to 25w if you need to tame it...but the smaller 22w probably has more than enough poke but I've not heard one in the flesh. Under rated amps these
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26749
    Bad Cat Black Cat 30 with a K Master

    Or, just get a Princeton. 
    Yup. My pick is the 15W Cub IIIR, but it's basically the 1/4 of the same amp (half the channels, half the power). A simply brilliant amplifier. 
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  • thebreezethebreeze Frets: 2797
    Tone King do sublime cleans imo.  You might find a Metropolitan head somewhere.  You can attenuate both channels.  I've recently bought an early Imperial.  Absolutely awesome clean-wise.  In fact everything about it is the best I've heard - reverb, tremolo and it's light too.  Not a head and no loop though.
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11789
    Ceriatone HRM50
    or a Two Rock Studio 50, which is basically the same sound
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  • timbuk02timbuk02 Frets: 271
    Voxman said:
    Laney VC30 - lovely chimey, glassy cleans.  Massively under-rated amps (you'll struggle to find anything but good reviews) , stupidly discontinued by Laney - comes in 2x12, 1x12 and 2x10 flavours (mine's the 2x10 combo with Jensen C10Q16's - slightly toppier & more vintage sound - nice  change from bass heavy 2x12's, and cuts through the mix like butter - plus it's smaller and lighter! - best kept secret of the range). 

    Takes pedals beautifully.  Mine has a parallel FX loop and accutronic spring reverb - later ones have a series FX loop and digital reverb. (The parallel can easily be converted to series)
    Read this thread with much interest, so am pleased to see the above^ for my humble VC15's (and wallet's) sake.
    Been thinking the Quilter 101 Reverb looks good for cleans and simplicity of set up, but can't justify another amp
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  • FelineGuitarsFelineGuitars Frets: 11496
    tFB Trader
    My Wolftone W20 would be ideal - vox like cleans and takes pedals really well but sadly doesn't have an FX loop




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  • ESBlondeESBlonde Frets: 3576
    Princeton will do it all unless you have to fill a football stadium.
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  • ESBlonde said:
    Princeton will do it all unless you have to fill a football stadium.
    But so many incidents of a princeton farting out like a chav who has eaten a chimichanga
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  • Not when they're clean they don't. They only fart out when pushed. 

    Along those lines, the Louis Electric Columbia has SUBLIME cleans and less fartage for the wattage. 
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  • GadgetGadget Frets: 895
    Carr Slant 6V?
    I think, therefore.... I... ummmm........
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  • Phil_aka_PipPhil_aka_Pip Frets: 9794
    edited October 2017
    SunDevil said:
    +1 for the Vox route - set the amp for crunch and then roll back the guitar volume for lovely cleans with rich harmonics or dig in for some dirt
    Why not try one of those little Voxes with the new-fangled valve in the front and the class D amplifier at the back?

    edit: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/vox-mv50-ac-acoustic-mini-amplifier-head

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