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running at UK 240volts.
For lower end of things Boss Katana 100 Gen 3 1x12 Combo & Laney Lionheart Foundry 60watt Combo (LF60) both really good
amps.
But they sound like shit unless the power stage is wound up. All thin and spikey and horrible.
And when the power is wound up they are quite astonishingly loud.
I would have another one if I had both the room for it, and the money for a Fryette Powerstation to tame the damn thing for sensible volume levels with proper tone.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
A mate had a Tweaker15 as well and it sounded very nice.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Favourite I've played but not owned because they weigh a million heavy weights and cost a fortune and are loud and aeroplanes - 60s AC30
Best "reasonably priced" but still fancy - Cornell Romany 12
Best bargain - Laney VC15 with a G10 Greenback installed. That little thing absolutely rocked
That said... If it's a Marshall sound you're after, the new DSLs have to be hard to beat. They're great sounding amps even before you look at the eminently reasonable price tags.
In terms of the practicality mentioned in the OP, it'd be good if they made the DSL40 as a head so you had the choice. The 20 doesn't have the Crunch mode (worth the price of entry on its own) and not everyone wants to lug about a hairy-chest 100 watter.
Many have come and gone but the Romany is the constant.
USA Deluxe Strat - Martyn Booth Special - Epi LP Custom
FX Plex - Cornell Romany
For a much more portable package I'd choose the Fender 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
+1 on this, or a Carlsbro 50 Top
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
I'm going to sing the praises of - to me - one of the best sounding 'live' amps I've ever played for 'Americana'. The Peavey 30w Classic. Probably not the best if you record more than play with a band ... but this thing just flatters the hell out of your playing on a stage, it just seems to work on stage in the way I haven't found in an amp since my old JTM45 many years ago.
Mine is modified with a Celestion Cream Back - but even with the stock speaker it really does the business. Rockabilly, blues, country, straight down the line rock - does it all. Not two million different sounds - just two channels with a couple of truly excellent ones. It's also light for a valve amp and takes pedals like a champ.
Down sides ... it get's hot enough to poach eggs ... the boost feature is pointless and the chromed face plate is impossible to see under stage lighting (get a little goose neck).
Pisses all over the Laney LC30 I used to have.
PS ... I prefer the look of the older ones that didn't have the 'pregnant Peavey' bump for the name plate ... but at £300 or so second hand ... insane value.
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Downsides? Not exactly portable and sometimes you need to relearn what your pedals can do. They way it handles high inputs is different from most other amps so what would send most stuff into screaming overdrive just makes it a bit louder. The lack of compression can reveal a lot of detail that might otherwise get lost so it can be a bit unforgiving but for the most part it is just a lovely, lovely thing.