Bugera, Windsor, maybe even valve jr or blackheart?

[bacon]

I'm not gigging and I'm looking for a good classic rock, 80's hair to brown sounding amp. No I don't have enough for a mesa or marshall and I don't want to buy used. I'm mostly looking at a peavey Windsor or Bugera 6260. I don't really want a half stack so the Bugera combo fits the bill a little better. I know peavey makes quality stuff that lasts and holds up well. I know that Behringer makes the Bugera but I don't know a lot about them. They sound great on youtube and I'm going to test one before I buy but I'm concerned about reliability. Both are roughly the same price, and I'm not concerned about the lack of versatility in the windsor I'm just looking for a great distortion at a reasonable price. Lastly I'm actually considering a blackheart little devil or valve junior. I've heard some fantastic plexi sounding clips on youtube with a cheap attenuator and pedal through these amps. These two would obviously be the way to go for price and since I'm not gigging they would work fine for me. What are you thoughts and I appreciate some suggestions!

[jgcable]

By the time you buy the amp, the pedal and an attenuator you already spent enough money to get an amp that won't need a pedal or attenuator.
Tell me how much money you want to spend and I will give you some ideas.

[bacon]

Well I guess I just wasted a post, I've been looking at the blackheart and I already have a MI crunch box pedal and delay. I found the mini mass attentuators for $75 and I just pulled the trigger on the little devil head for $129. I guess if I can't get the sound out of it, I'll sell it off or give it to my daughter to play. Sorry about the waste of a post.

[toejam]

Get a THD Univalve or Bivalve. They've already got a Hotplate attenuator built in, and they sound great. I've got a Univalve and love it.

http://www.thdelectronics.com/amp_sub_page.html

[VitaminG]

don't feel bad about wasting a post. We recycle them around here anyway. I've been using some of Toejam's hand-me-downs for years. Such classics as, "I don't know what MOTO stands for", "nice guitar!" and "that's a JJP". And who could ever forget, "Fuck you too!"?

[toejam]

Gary, I do know what MOTO stands for. Everything else I've used, though. Fuck Lee, too! :ROTF:

[Robert Burns]

If you got in trouble for "Wasted Posts"...i would get life imprisonment!

[Ben...]

Pie is amazing!... Wait a second!

[bacon]

Well I decided to back out of the blackheart deal so I'm still looking. I like the features and sounds of the bugera but I'm concerned about reliability since everyone's telling horror stories about behringers products. I'll have to take a hard look at the Peavey windsor half stack now.