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I am sure a lot of "wisdom" online will point you in the direction of a Twin and tell you to "toughen up" for the load in/out, but I think Twins are much too heavy and much, much too loud. I also think the modern ones lack character compared to the Deluxe, and especially the Princeton.
And Campy is one of my favourite players
Deluxe reverb or pro reverb or hrd if you need more welly
I wouldn't bother with a Supersonic as you don't need the gain.
Could also look at a peavey classic 50
If you're after a totally great clean channel and a totally great OD channel, then the aforementioned Peavey is a good place to start. I would also broaden the search to used Mesa amps and used Riveras.
Or if you can find one, a 1980s 'Rivera series' Deluxe Reverb II.
"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
I know that's a little facetious, these amps sound fantastic with an ordinary overdrive pedal too, I use a Bad Monkey with mine and it's totally natural-sounding.
Each channel can be assigned 5/15/30 watt output - so it's possible to set the clean channel for maximum headroom and the break-up sounds to have a softer, more compressed feel.
Reverb is better than any Fender I've ever heard, if that matters to you.
They seem to be widely available for under £1000. A bargain at that price, compared to the cost of things like PRRIs, etc.
(formerly miserneil)
I put up a recent post about Fender Deluxe Reverbs and their clean headroom. They certainly have one of the best clean sounds I've ever heard and as people have said, you can mic it up if you want that clean sound without it breaking up. Alternatively, if you've got the dosh, the Rambler 1x12 that's for sale in the classifieds will give you superb Blackface cleans and enough headroom for gigs whilst keeping the package small and light.
Try to imagine how great they must have sounded for guys to put up with the 90lbs weight and speakers blowing just because you looked at them in the wrong way.....