mkIII Mesa, anyone?

[jpfamps]

...play thru the clean channel of a C+ and I bet you would warm up to one quickly! :D

Played through several.

Still prefer my Super Reverb.

[HTH AMPS]

thanks for that info Shaman,

I'm not wanting a Mesa for metal, more like hard rock really to fit in with my covers band - we play mostly 70s rock stuff like Deep Purple, AC/DC, MSG, ZZ Top, Sabbath etc... but I like a bit of a fatter tone that some of those bands as I'm covering all bases on 90% of the songs with the singer playing guitar as well on a few songs.

Would have thought a JCM800 with KT88s might have been a good solution.

Never really been a huge fan of Boogies.

I've gigged a JCM800 before and my main amp is a variation on a JCM800, however I'd like something with more options for this covers band so I can cover more bases.  I'm also quite keen on the concept of a 1x12 with all the tones I need and the mk series amps always sound killer when I hear people use them.  Lugging a 4x12 down a flight of stairs at 11pm last night has convinced me I'm right.

I'll still gig a 4x12, but for rehearsals a nice 1x12 combo has gotta be the order of the day.  Alternatively, I could just use my (backup) rack rig into a 1x12 with something like an EV12L. 

[HTH AMPS]

nice, I'm checking my bank balance as we speak, ha ha  :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mesa-Boogie-Mark-III-Combo-Amp-1x12-EV-speaker_W0QQitemZ200388771001QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item2ea819fcb9&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1182

[shaman]

...play thru the clean channel of a C+ and I bet you would warm up to one quickly! :D

Played through several.

Still prefer my Super Reverb.

several...always good..I own several, and I do love the super verbs, but my Coliseum C+ just takes the cake-the headroom is ridiculous...of course, with 6  6L6 power tubes and a rumored 300 watts at clip, no wonder!Thank God for the limit control :)

[jpfamps]

thanks for that info Shaman,

I'm not wanting a Mesa for metal, more like hard rock really to fit in with my covers band - we play mostly 70s rock stuff like Deep Purple, AC/DC, MSG, ZZ Top, Sabbath etc... but I like a bit of a fatter tone that some of those bands as I'm covering all bases on 90% of the songs with the singer playing guitar as well on a few songs.

Would have thought a JCM800 with KT88s might have been a good solution.

Never really been a huge fan of Boogies.

I've gigged a JCM800 before and my main amp is a variation on a JCM800, however I'd like something with more options for this covers band so I can cover more bases.  I'm also quite keen on the concept of a 1x12 with all the tones I need and the mk series amps always sound killer when I hear people use them.  Lugging a 4x12 down a flight of stairs at 11pm last night has convinced me I'm right.

I'll still gig a 4x12, but for rehearsals a nice 1x12 combo has gotta be the order of the day.  Alternatively, I could just use my (backup) rack rig into a 1x12 with something like an EV12L. 

4 x 12 indeed. Having helped lump a van load of amps and cabs up the stairs this week I can see where your coming from.

I'm not a huge fan of 40W and upwards 1 x 12 combos as I don't think you get a great sound lashing that amount of power through one speaker. They can also be very directional.

For rehearsals though I'm not too fussy as long it makes some noise.