BEST SOUNDING SOLID STATE AMPS FOR METAL \m/

[Firebird V]

http://www.premierguitar.com/Gear/Amps_Preamps/35224/CRATE_GX_130C.aspx

here it is. i was told that this is the Crate version of this head and that SLM made both around the same time.

[markD]

hahaha, yeah....i was just looking at that!!!! i like plug-n-play amps. i am not a big fan of using pedals for my sound. effects, yeah, but my core tone MUST come from the amp....those ampegs are awesome. crate gx130c, huh? may hafta find one...

[yabba]

I miss my vh140c

[Nazgul]

I had a Crate GX130c....it had suuuuuuuper nice clean and was good for that old school death metal tone. Nothing else really as it had a bit muddy tone for my liking and was a bit tooo cold sounding at high volumes (I played it through a 2x12 equipped with GT12-75s).

[Reverend Timmy]

Laney Pro Linebacker.Best SS amp I have owned.Thanks to Mr Jg Cable.I took his advice and was blown away how good it sounds....

[DonP]

I really like my Marshall Micro Stack from 1987 (Silver Jubilee). It has a great singing quality. It sounds especially good turned up at least 1/2 way with natural room reverb. Rumour has it that ZZ Top used one with a Celestion G12-100 loaded 1x12 to record an album (Eliminator?).

I have no idea if the newer ones sound good or not.

I also have fun with a POD 2.3

[emperor_black]

I had a Crate GLX30 and even though I was still a noob when I owned it, I could swear the distortion channel was the best I had ever heard through headphones. Its speaker sucked big time tho.

[Cygnus X1]

I know, supposed to be the "best", But I love the sound of my little Peavey Studio Chorus 210, hooked up to a 2x12 cab. And the chorus sounds almost as good as the Roland Jazz.
The simulated tube saturation smokes.

[Firebird V]

I really like my Marshall Micro Stack from 1987 (Silver Jubilee). It has a great singing quality. It sounds especially good turned up at least 1/2 way with natural room reverb. Rumour has it that ZZ Top used one with a Celestion G12-100 loaded 1x12 to record an album (Eliminator?).

I have no idea if the newer ones sound good or not.

I also have fun with a POD 2.3

Yeah Dusty favors the lead 12 series.

[Firebird V]

Laney Pro Linebacker.Best SS amp I have owned.Thanks to Mr Jg Cable.I took his advice and was blown away how good it sounds....

Hmmm. Never heard one. I will have to see if I can get my hands on one.

[Homeless]

I love my Fender M80 head. It was dirt cheap used and is LOUD with my (also dirt cheap) Legend 4x12 cab. It gets great cleans great chunky distortion. I just wish it had more flexible EQ on the overdrive channel rather than the shape/contour knobs.

[Shawn Lutz]

What are the best Solid State sounding amps ever...

Modelling amps EXCLUDED>>>> No Line 6 or Johnson or anything like that. Just old school SS heads.

so...whats the difference? Its all solid state :ROTF:

[Shibs]

Hughes and Kettner Warp 7, I have used it for years and it sounds great! I use an H&K Triamp Head as my main tube amp as well.....

[emperor_black]

so...whats the difference? Its all solid state :ROTF:

Well, there is. Modelling amps dont have a "true pre-amp" per se in them. There is a chip with all these sounds modelled and programmed, a circuit to control them and a power section to amplify the sound. In an amp, there is a preamp, its controls and poweramp. The preamp is a true preamp and its a characteristic of the amp itself. It consists of resistors, transistors, caps, etc. Its Solid state. Not a chip.

[Shawn Lutz]

Well, there is. Modelling amps dont have a "true pre-amp" per se in them. There is a chip with all these sounds modelled and programmed, a circuit to control them and a power section to amplify the sound. In an amp, there is a preamp, its controls and poweramp. The preamp is a true preamp and its a characteristic of the amp itself. It consists of resistors, transistors, caps, etc. Its Solid state. Not a chip.

sarcasm dude...sorry you didnt see that