Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Ok here's the story ~ my band (MsBehavin) plays a little bit of everything ~ Classic Rock, New Rock, and Country. My current rig is a ptp black face twin reverb (aka the twin reefer) and an early 70's Marshall Super Lead through my board (Modded Vox wah, Modded TS-9, OCD, Keeley MT/2, Analogman Clone Chorus and tuner) with a couple old Gibson Les Pauls, Gretsch 6120 and CS 62 SG Std. I normally gig the Twin because it's nice and clean and you can color the sound with the pedalboard. The Marshall will do all the od/distortion you could want but it won't clean up for the country stuff. I'm to the point where I'm looking for one amp to do it all and leave the board at home (minus a tuner, chorus, and a wah) I want one all tube amp that can go from Fender Clean, to Bad Company OD/distortion, to Alice in Chains. I'm kind of leaning towards a Mesa Triple but any other insight would be appreciated. ThanksMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonesCrusher Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Fender Prosonic or Supersonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mamberg Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 have you tried a JVM yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 If you can swollow your pride and try out an SS amp, give the Line 6 Vetta II a try. Play the 212 combo, using the computer interface, for two weeks, and I'd bet you $20 that you don't return it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yeah I kind of like the JVM ~ I've played the supersonics and they're cool but a little too Fenderish for the hard stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaceU4her Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 spidervalve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 I've had a few 5150's and the old ones were pretty cool too ~ I might have to snag another one and wrap it in snake skin. Some of the SS amps kick ass but I'm too much of a tone freak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 What's a spidervalve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 JVM or the Vetta will easily get you what you need. I would also say Splawn Quickrod, but it wont have super clean like a fender twin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 The big thing is it has to go from that lame ass country clean to Alice in Chains with out a lot of BS in between. My Twin Reverb will rip your face off as long as you run the MT2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'm serious Vetta II, with the floorboard it's got 128 presets WITH effects built into it, and they sound GOOD. Don't discount it because it's SS, try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Vetta II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 with Armin mod, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Heddenwest Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Egnater Tourmaster 4100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deldgeetar Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Obvious answer: Mesa Mark IV. Fenderish cleans on Channel 1, nice overdrive on Channel 2 (OD pedal will get you all kinds of mid gain sounds on this channel), Channel 3 will do searing leads, and Channel 3+EQ will do any heavy rhythmns with ease. Plenty of chug with the graphic EQ. You can even get it as a combo if you only want to carry one heavy thing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'll check out the Vetta ~ I have a buddy with one. My next problem with the SS stuff is too many options. If I have more than 3 knobs on a pedal I get kind of bored with it. I'm a big proponet for keeping it simple : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 then stay away from the JVM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slappymcfinkles Posted January 3, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yeah the JVM was a bit much for picking and choosing ~ I didn't care for the high gain as much as the crunch. I'm still leanin' hard on a Mesa ~ I'm not sure if I want to go with a dozen tubes though ~ mabye just a dual recto or something similar. I could always run the Twin and Marshall and switch between the two but it's way too much gear to haul around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deldgeetar Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 Yeah the JVM was a bit much for picking and choosing ~ I didn't care for the high gain as much as the crunch. I'm still leanin' hard on a Mesa ~ I'm not sure if I want to go with a dozen tubes though ~ mabye just a dual recto or something similar. I could always run the Twin and Marshall and switch between the two but it's way too much gear to haul around.You aren't getting country cleans from a Dual Rec.Mark IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vicious1080 Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 i was gonna say roadster or t-verb.but a mark iv is a great option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 stay clear of the Triamp or the mark 4 or the Roadking....You could wait for the Mark 5. I heard from John Petrutcci's Guitar Tech's Wife's Bastard Child's Guitar Tech that it has a telepathic interface .Seriously though...Modeler's can be as complex or as simple as you want them to be. There is a big collection of users of the Line 6 products that already have a huge library of presets that you can either copy or download directly to the amp. The footswitch is a breaze to use: 32 banks of 4 presets, effects on/off, and an expression pedal, that's it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iamthearm Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 bogner shiva maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vicious1080 Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 bogner shiva maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaceU4her Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 What's a spidervalve? the pride of the Bogner line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted January 3, 2009 Members Share Posted January 3, 2009 the pride of the Bogner line:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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