I want tube a AMP

[quakana]

I mean I want a tube amp :ROTF: Yeah I want to get a killer tube amp....money aside what is the most versitile best sounding tube amp on the market today?

[Mordor]

Mesa Boogie Road King? Mark IV would be a good choice too.

[sonofspy]

Never liked the Mesas.

Soldano SLO100.

Son Of Spy

[jgcable]

I might be in the minority but I think a Mesa Dual or Triple Rectifier is VERY versatile.
There are alot of great tones in those boxes.

[buzzsaww]

I might be in the minority but I think a Mesa Dual or Triple Rectifier is VERY versatile.
There are alot of great tones in those boxes.

+1 just takes a little patience

[hippietim]

get a rack rig - CAE 3+SE preamp and a Boogie or VHT power amp.

[Robotechnology]

Versatile tube amps in my opinion are 3 and 4 channel heads (or 2 channel heads with lots of switches and knobs ). Partial list:

Bogner Ecstasy 101B or 101A
VHT Ultra-Lead or CLX
Diezel Herbert or VH4/VH4S
Marshall JVM
Mesa Mark IV or Road King or Roadster
ENGL Special Edition or Savage 120 or Invader
Peavey JSX
Carvin V3
etc...

I also have a soft spot for tube midi preamp/tube power amp setups!

Mesa TriAxis/2:90 or 2:50 or 50 50 or 20 20 or 2:100
JMP1
VHT GP3/VHT 2 50 2 or 2 90 2
ENGL 570
etc...

[beachjammer]

Depends on what you want to do with it. My pick is the Mesa Roadking or Roadster if you need metal plus other tones. If you're not looking for a big Metal tone but want rock, classic rock, blues, country then I'd go with the Mesa Lonestar Special. I love all the Mesa gear!

[Bengal65]

get a rack rig - CAE 3+SE preamp and a Boogie or VHT power amp.

+1 and I might add for preamps; a ADA MP-1 "Voodoo Amps modded" or a Sansamp PSA-1, or the VHT Valvulator.

I've been looking for a Valvulator for my Power Amp VHT 2/90/2. A great combo.

[quiksilver]

What about a Splawn? I've heard good things about them, and the site looks interesting.

[jimbilly]

Roadster does just about everything. H&K Tri-amp is super cool too.

[Cleveland Metal]

get a rack rig - CAE 3+SE preamp and a Boogie or VHT power amp.

That's what I ended up doing... Pretty happy, and even coerced Tim into CAEdom... Cool.

[TinTin8]

Laney TT50, LC50
both pretty good imo

[atilla]

Now, do you mean versatile live or versatile in the studio? There's a big difference. My THD Univalve can dial in a ton of different tones, especially with its amazing tube-swapping abilities, but it can't switch on the fly.

[toejam]

Now, do you mean versatile live or versatile in the studio? There's a big difference. My THD Univalve can dial in a ton of different tones, especially with its amazing tube-swapping abilities, but it can't switch on the fly.

Love my Univalve, too! Though, I'm playing it clean at the moment with a KT-88, ECC81, 12AT7, and an AMT Extreme III pedal for my distortion.