Ideal amp for covers/functions band?

[CommonCourtesy]

Yeah, either that or I go digital and sell all the amps I have haha. But I like the tone I can get from a real guitar amp, just not a fan of lugging it around!

Keeping a close eye on ebay for anyone selling a DSL40. I like the simplistic approach of footswitchable sounds with the facility of adding pedals later.

[Slartibartfarst42]

A good shout on the DSL40 combo!! Around £521 RRP right, now, still not convinced how a 1 x 12 speaker will hold up vs a loud drummer lol.

Never heard of Tubemeister but will look it up. Engl have a good rep for heads too.

It will. I used to haul a 4X12 around to gigs but it was pointless. I now use a 1X12 and I'm still told to turn down even with an enthusiastic drummer! It's also academic because to have a better control of the sound as well as better spread, everything is put through the PA and controlled from there so I find the 1X12 every bit as effective as my old 4X12.

[_tom_]

I used to gig with a 1x12 hot rod deluxe which was very loud. Never got it all the way up. Same for my 2x12 cab I use now.

[Nadz1lla]

I see a lot of covers bands / jam night host bands using the Hot Rod Deluxe. Really versatile amps, I was thinking of selling my Jet City head and cab and getting one because it's louder if I need it to be, but the cleans are a lot nicer and it's a smaller bit of kit. Easier to lug around than most other amps, too. 

[_tom_]

I'm not sure about versatile, has a nice clean and works well with pedals but the overdrive channel is bad without a boost. Boomy and muddy yet bright and harsh! I'm definitely a marshall-esque tone over fender though.

[Telerocker]

The thing with the Hot Rods is that they sound nice at home, at least the clean channel. Once you turn the master up on stage some nasty spankiness slips into the overall sound. I don't think it's a very versatile stageamp. I would prefer affordable amps like a Hughes & Kettner Statesman Quad or a Tubemeister 36, bec they sound good on low and higher volumes.

[Nadz1lla]

Ah ok, I hadn't realised what they were like at higher volumes. :/

[corrigan1]

for what its worth, I use a Blackstar ID260 and the range of sounds which can be got is scary, and it does sound like valve!! I have had Orange, Fender twin, and a load of valve amps and this is the best I have come across.