Metalhead tube amp advices ;).

[hunter]

The clearance stuff they would send to France I think.

[fr33man1]

found a 5150 used on german ebay for 500 euros. Will give it a try.

[MDV]

Really I think youre barking up the wrong tree

A 5150 with swamp thangs in your cab, or a mix of them and V30s, would smooth things up and warm the low end considerably over just V30s. Same principle applies to any amp. Easier and cheaper to try that than get a new amp at any rate.

[hunter]

You might wanna go with the new version of the 5150

http://www.peavey.com/news/article.cfm/action/view/id/446/cat/1/20101401.cfm

EL34s and a switchable crunch channel as well as less noise.

[fr33man1]

bought a used engl blackmore. far enough gain to dial in, good pick responsem fat chunky, grindy sound with balls and rich harmonics and tight low end. Tried several axes in it, kh2 esp, fender strato´, gibson explorer and Les Paul. very pure amp, respecting each axe i plugged in. Got it used around 700 euros, pretty happy ;).

[dheim]

i was just about to suggest you a fireball 100, but i see you already bought another engl... i think it's a great amp too!

[hunter]

bought a used engl blackmore. far enough gain to dial in, good pick responsem fat chunky, grindy sound with balls and rich harmonics and tight low end. Tried several axes in it, kh2 esp, fender strato´, gibson explorer and Les Paul. very pure amp, respecting each axe i plugged in. Got it used around 700 euros, pretty happy ;).

From all the Engls I've tried this was the most natural sounding. Great amp, especially for the price!

[Zaned]

bought a used engl blackmore. far enough gain to dial in, good pick responsem fat chunky, grindy sound with balls and rich harmonics and tight low end. Tried several axes in it, kh2 esp, fender strato´, gibson explorer and Les Paul. very pure amp, respecting each axe i plugged in. Got it used around 700 euros, pretty happy ;).

Another Blackmore owner here. It is indeed a very natural sounding amp with a good midrange and cuts through in a band.

Are you using channel 3 or 4 for distortion tones? If you're using channel 4, be sure to try channel 3 too. It's got a more immediate attack some more midrange. I actually use it mostly.

-Zaned

[fr33man1]

thanks for the input, ill try that out as soon as i get my matching 2*12 engl aswell. what about speakers to match with this head Zaned ? are v30 oks ? i used to like them over everything till i realised they were delivering a lot of high frequencies. well my former head was fat sounding and coped well with v30 so I bet that the blackmore will do same but i can be mistaken.

[Zaned]

I'm happy with V30s, I have the ENGL E212VH cab. V30s are of course not everyone's cup of tea, but give them a try. Best would of course if you could first try the amp head through the ENGL cab; the physical aspects of the cab influence the sound too. I usually want to mate an amp with a matching cabinet, or at least try it; that's the way the manufacturer meant it to sound.

-Zaned