Need a Good Head

Yakult

Title sounds abit off to what Im looking for lol.. But anyway..
Im looking for a nice 50 watt head to use for my band providing I sell my Marshall Dsl401 Pm me if interested I play mostly punk/Hard Rock/Modern Rock, stuff like Greenday, Chili's, Muse and Neil Young.. So it doesnt need to be too high gain.. My price range is roughly 600-800euro.. So Im open to suggestions! (Has to be tube too!)

Voodu Child

Theres a lot in your range (ENGL, Laney, Peavey, Orange etc), ill leave someone else recommend specific ones of those.

Im a mesa man, i'd watch ebay for a F-30 head from the states. Small and light(ish), so youd ship it here for under $200.

Might fly a little over your budget if youre hit for customs, would be worth it IMO. Serious, pro-quality amps, and have just been replaced for 2007 with the express series, so theres bound to be a few popping up over the next few months.

david

ENGL thunder/screamer/fireball sounds right up your alley. The thunder doesnt have death metal gain but it has great Muse/At the drive-in/mars volta style gain

SirLemonhead

Buy an Engl and sell it on adverts in a months time like most of the people on here have done so far

It wasn't me!

ENGL are great amps. I got a lovely heavy Opeth-esque sound out of your Thunder 50 Freak, though I don't think it'll go much heavier. Fireball on the other hand has reservoirs of gain even Hungus hasn't dared to tap sober.

SirLemonhead

But yeah, maybe a Laney GH-50L ?

Karl Hungus

Are you trying to suggest that ENGL aren't good, MasterOfSolos?

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote:

Are you trying to suggest that ENGL aren't good, MasterOfSolos?

Actually, what he said did happen quite a bit, here and on gigsmart.

I doubt it had anything at all to do with quality - i'd say it was more because ENGLs are so affordable that lots of bedroom players bought one out of curiosity. And quickly learned that a valve amp needs to be cranked right up to make the most of it... thats my guess anyway

Yakult

voodoo_child wrote:

Actually, what he said did happen quite a bit, here and on gigsmart.

I doubt it had anything at all to do with quality - i'd say it was more because ENGLs are so affordable that lots of bedroom players bought one out of curiosity. And quickly learned that a valve amp needs to be cranked right up to make the most of it... thats my guess anyway

Well Imo the Laney COULD nearly live up to the engl, but the Engl I guess is more versitile and that Laney is only a single channel! But damn does it sound nice!:D I was thinking off getting it, but the single channel kills it for me!!

I want a Engl but would have to buy second hand and not many people are stupid enuf to sell lol..

punchdrunk

was never a fan of the ENGL thing myself...

fender supersonic looks amazing!

Eoin Madsen

I'd look for a second-hand JCM800 or something like that.

punchdrunk wrote:

was never a fan of the ENGL thing myself...

Ditto.

Voodu Child

R_H_C_P wrote:

Well Imo the Laney COULD nearly live up to the engl, but the Engl I guess is more versitile and that Laney is only a single channel! But damn does it sound nice!:D I was thinking off getting it, but the single channel kills it for me!!
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Dont dismiss single channel amps. You may be surprised what a good valve amp, clean booster pedal, overdrive pedal, and the volume knob on your guitar can do.

2 (or 3) channels can't hurt, but dont forget that a lot of what you might consider 2-channel amps are just single channel amps with preamp gain boosts.

Patricide

May i ask what is wrong with your dsl man, you have an extra cab for it and its a nice tube amp and its pretty much perfet for ya.

I swear you go through gear like....ehh....a gear monstor?

Yakult

^I guess, Im a gear whore..:(

voodoo_child wrote:

Dont dismiss single channel amps. You may be surprised what a good valve amp, clean booster pedal, overdrive pedal, and the volume knob on your guitar can do.

I didnt diss it, I know you can get the best tone out of one for clean and d=od easily, just I need a two channel as switch between clean and od is vital to me!!:cool:

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote:

Actually, what he said did happen quite a bit, here and on gigsmart.

I doubt it had anything at all to do with quality - i'd say it was more because ENGLs are so affordable that lots of bedroom players bought one out of curiosity. And quickly learned that a valve amp needs to be cranked right up to make the most of it... thats my guess anyway

Yeah, fair enough.

Anyway, I would suggest test-driving an ENGL, they're fantastic, and certainly do a good clean aswell as high gain sounds.