Best Cleans

[Robert Burns]

The Vox AC 30 in the Axefx ultra!

[Killertofu]

it sounds funny but one of the best clean channel (solid state) amps i've played is a raven from guitar center. everything else on the cheap POS amp is worthless but they made a heck of a nice clean channel.

i like fender tube amps the best for cleans, i think.

[Radiohead]

+1 on the JC120, nothing I have played (Marshall, Legacy, Mesa, Engl) has come close.

[themisfit138]

Mesa Boogie Mark II

[jim777]

Fuchs Clean Machine rules all, without doubt. $3200 for the 100 watt head, and clean is all it does. It has no "sweet spot"; it is beautiful, full and tubey clean at all volume levels.

[PowerTube]

I have always heard that this amp was hands down, far and away the best clean amp ever.

You heard right, in my humble opinion. To me, the JC120 is the ultimate in pretty, "sparkling" cleans with a nice, even EQ.

[PowerTube]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the Line 6 Vetta yet. I play a Vetta II HD across two 4x12's in stereo. My favorite clean sound is double-amped with a JC120 on both (and no, I don't care if the emulation isn't exact) with a slightly panned delay and some reverb.

It'll melt in your mouth.

[Grandturk]

Mesa Boogie Mark II

Yeah - its pretty good!

[j2379]

Good lawdy what a pain to work on those though.
...At least the upper end Magnatones.

Built like a tank cleverly hidden behind those little panels.
Must be 5 miles of wire in those beasts!

yeah this was a upper end MP3? model (i think) normal & vibrato channel that sounded more like a SLOW leslie, 2 -12" jensens SMOOOOOTTTTHHHHHH. it need a good overhaul, my old amp guy told me they are a bitch just to bias.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

honestly the cleans on my DSL100 are great.