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I then had a Blackstar Artisan 15 with pedals which was fantastic in comparison
Not here to plug a listing, but I have it up for sale in the amp section on this site if you are interested ..
If you're after something in that ballpark which works well at home levels, I'd look at a 65 Princeton Reverb Reissue. They're relatively cheap used and would sell easily if you ever want to move it on.
The Exo doesn't have any onboard reverb but it has an excellent, noiseless FX loop and my battered old Nova Reverb sounds great through it.
Also, a mate of mine has a Two Rock Coral 40 combo that sounds fantastic at both stage and home volumes, it's built like a tank and has a noise floor so low that you can't tell if it's plugged-in until you play something through it.
Over the years, I've also played through at length, had a short demo of, or just listened up close to; a Classic Reverb, a Jet, a Studio Pro, a Studio Pro Plus 35, a Bi-Onyx 100, a first series TS-1 and Matt Schofield's Matt Schofield Signature Model ...and all have them have sounded terrific in their own particular environments.
If I was being hyper-critical, I'd say the Studio Pro sounded a bit boxy in it's small 1x12" combo form, the Studio Pro Plus 35 was a bit noisy (but only compared to other Two Rocks - and this, apparently, was not the case with the 50w model) and the Bi-Onyx was severely, mentally, just too bloody loud.
I've never found a model that's stiff, unforgiving or sterile (as I've heard them described in the past). In fact, I've only ever found them to be bloody lush...
It drips tone.
I could add loads of buzzwordy hyperbole, and it wouldn't be doing it justice.
Its a superb amplifier. Made well, reliable, portable, loud, serious tone, works at low volume, huge low end for an open back combo etc etc.
I'd never part with it.
My Suhr Classic Pro through it is just a match made in heaven.