Originally posted by Aineias We get thouroughly screwed on US amps (MESA etc) here in the UK, which also means that most shops don't stock them, or that they're treated like the "boutique" amps are in the USA. Soundcontrol in London won't let you play anything by MESA unless you are set on buying the amp - which is bollocks are far as I'm concerned. I won't buy the amp unless i've tried it, which i can't do until I buy it, continue
ad infinitum.
i went in there in the summer, and got to try out both a dual recto and a stiletto, with a gibson les paul classic- i didn't buy a sausage (nor did i say i was interested in buying).
anyway, I am in europe and i bought an engl savage se, although for more out and out metal, i'd take a powerball/se.
If i wanted a darker sound, i'd probably take a diezel vh4.
I haven't tried framus.
