Looking for Amp #2

[eighteen-0-nine]

After buying my Peavey 5150 II, I'm after a completely new amp, for a completely different sound.

I really want it to have 3 things as a definite must, anything else will just be a great bonus :):

1) The Lead Tone must be really organic and have a great response for you to really be able to express yourself through it.

2) I'd really like a very good Clean Tone that has good headroom at loud volumes.

3) I'd love it to be mega versatile too

I kind of want this amp to play my own solo stuff. Kind of like Marco Sfogli, Andy Timmons, John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, etc. So you could kind of say I'm after a very vocal quality to my sound. I just thought I'd also mention that I prefer the USA style of sound over the British style sound. I'm not really a fan of Marshalls tbh. They just don't provide me with the type of fluent Lead tones I really like.

The guitar I'll be using is an Alder Strat with a Dimarzio Crunch Lab in the Bridge and Cruisers in the Neck. As well as a similar guitar but with Abraxas/Slow Hands in it. This piece of info prob won't help though haha.

I'm not looking to break the bank with this amp, but I'm neither looking for the cheapest. Say upto about £6-700 give or take depending.

Cheers :)

[eighteen-0-nine]

After buying my Peavey 5150 II, I'm after a completely new amp, for a completely different sound.

I really want it to have 3 things as a definite must, anything else will just be a great bonus :):

1) The Lead Tone must be really organic and have a great response for you to really be able to express yourself through it.

2) I'd really like a very good Clean Tone that has good headroom at loud volumes.

3) I'd love it to be mega versatile too

I kind of want this amp to play my own solo stuff. Kind of like Marco Sfogli, Andy Timmons, John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, etc. So you could kind of say I'm after a very vocal quality to my sound.  I just thought I'd also mention that I prefer the USA style of sound over the British style sound. I'm not really a fan of Marshalls tbh. They just don't provide me with the type of fluent Lead type tones I really like.

The guitar I'll be using is an Alder Strat with a Dimarzio Crunch Lab in the Bridge and Cruisers in the Neck. As well as a similar guitar but with Abraxas/Slow Hands in it. This piece of info prob won't help though haha.

I'm not looking to break the bank with this amp, but I'm neither looking for the cheapest. Say upto about £6-700 give or take depending.

Cheers :)

[Mr. Air]

I haven't played one, but the Egnater Tweaker series seems like a swiss army amp. They might be worth checking out.

[Sifu Ben]

Mesa Mk V?

[Dmoney]

Mesa Mk V?

for £700?

To be honest (and I don't mean to be to be a naysayer) I think you need to get out and play on as many amps as you can find. Multichannel amps that have huge headroom and awesome cleans, as well as really expressive 'organic' leads tones are rare. Mainly because (in my opinion) the more 'versatile' you make an amp, more often than not, something will suffer. the phrase 'jack of all trades, master of none' springs to mind.

While you might probably be able to find something that works for you, I think it might take some searching and some compromise on what you want.

[eighteen-0-nine]

I haven't played one, but the Egnater Tweaker series seems like a swiss army amp. They might be worth checking out.

Haha that's funny. I was actually reading a review of that exact same amp on MusicRadar, right this minute. I'll have to see if there's any places that demo them.

Btw, does anyone have any experience with the Cornford Roadhouse? Was reading a review on Music Radar and it looks incredible.

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/amplification/instrument-amps/guitar-combo-amps/roadhouse-30-1x12-combo-150400/review

[eighteen-0-nine]

Mesa Mk V?

for £700?

To be honest (and I don't mean to be to be a naysayer) I think you need to get out and play on as many amps as you can find. Multichannel amps that have huge headroom and awesome cleans, as well as really expressive 'organic' leads tones are rare. Mainly because (in my opinion) the more 'versatile' you make an amp, more often than not, something will suffer. the phrase 'jack of all trades, master of none' springs to mind.

While you might probably be able to find something that works for you, I think it might take some searching and some compromise on what you want.

Yeah, I kind of just want to kind of make a shortlist first. Then I'll spend a week planning how I'm going to try them all haha

[Telerocker]

Bogner Ecstasy?

[eighteen-0-nine]

Bogner Ecstasy?

Too expensive. I said upto around £700. Not £3500 lmao

[Madsakre]

These should be extremely good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9E2eXXwW28

[JacksonRR]

Jet City, Bugera, used Laney..... maybe a quality preamp to run into the effects loop return on your head using the 5150 as a power section only........

[Dmoney]

Jet City, Bugera, used Laney..... maybe a quality preamp to run into the effects loop return on your head using the 5150 as a power section only........

did Egnater at one point make a fancy preamp based on the modules that went into the FX return? maybe even with a fx send input with the ability to bypass the unit, so you could have the normal amp preamp, then switch in the extra preamp channels courtesy of this unit... or am i making that up?

[eighteen-0-nine]

Do you think a Peavey JSX might suit me? For the Ultimate Versatile amp?

[JacksonRR]

Jet City, Bugera, used Laney..... maybe a quality preamp to run into the effects loop return on your head using the 5150 as a power section only........

did Egnater at one point make a fancy preamp based on the modules that went into the FX return? maybe even with a fx send input with the ability to bypass the unit, so you could have the normal amp preamp, then switch in the extra preamp channels courtesy of this unit... or am i making that up?

Dunno. Totally doable concept though. Can't say I've never even once thought about something like that. Not with the amazing cleans coming outta my amp these days.  :roll:

Do you think a Peavey JSX might suit me? For the Ultimate Versatile amp?

Suit you? Yes. Does it sound good and is it reliable? Yes. Ultimate? No. It doesn't matter what amp you buy, there will be a tone it simply won't do.

[Dmoney]

This is what im thinking of. The E2. I don't know if it was ever released but it looks like a nifty little box. perfect product to use with the modular stuff. If you want versatile than that seems like a cost effective little tool.