Saving up for a new tube amplifier.

[JJretroTONEGOD]

You could go for a vintage Marshall 50 watt plexi, with a cab all second hand. Apparently it has serious BALLS and it's very very loud, never had the privilage of playing through one of the beasts.

[Jinskee]

I see, i'll keep all that in mind.


You know, I've been looking into the Fender tube amps lately and have seen the fender deluxe...good amp? I'll probably check it out sometime next week.

[zigmund]

(er, I'd gladly rekindle the Engl craze.)
Now we're living in days where it doesn't take volume 11 to secure the Holy Grail of Tonedom, anything valvy gets one into the territory. Traynor, Boogie, Engl are versatile and unscooped; my instinctive offering to the wad of good suggestions is maybe an Engl 50W Screamer? I swore blind by my Peavey Heritage and JTM601 for several years, then, just as I was pulling the trigger on a Traynor 40Watter, tested and fell in love with an Engl Sovereign 100W combo. Versatile switching, master A and B, and Engl really nail the clean channel well. I personally get a tad sneery at the "boutique" 6-watter -bedroom- tonemeister-must get a Harlequin and avoid the Apocalypse- school of thought...yet at the other end of the scale grudgingly admitted to myself that amp manufacturers have moved ever forward in skill. The Marshalls that I once swore by just sounded a bit scooped and cotton-woolly: an Engl, Traynor or Boogie with cooking valves, a decent set of p/ups, sling yer Turbo-Wasp footies in the bin and wait for the trousers to flap, is my H.O.

[fps_dean]

Gh50L or GH100L would be the obvious choice. But Id buy used if I were you and maybe save a few bucks.

I'd support that.  I have not got to play a newer Laney yet, but I have heard a few clips and they all sound awesome.  They seem like they are a good buy for the money.