So which mesa?

[RevoltStudios]

Well..I'm in a bit of a predicament here. The band I was hired to play in is fixing to release a new album and proceed to play a crap ton of shows, shoot a music video, ect. Well, I've been a Splawn user for years and love the thing but this style is more dirty modern sounding and in drop B and B flat. The Splawn sounds killer but I'm thinking I may need to delve into mesa recto world. I hate complicated amps and I know some are just stupid complicated. It's a new world to me tonally since I'm a hotrod marshall man but I need an amp that is opposite to run stereo. What would you suggest for the cheapest option? No preamp rack stuff. My Marshall side wants to skip the recto and go Mk4 too...but I'm guessing I should fight that urge? Here's an example of what I have to play...

http://www.myspace.com/eowynmusic

 

[xFkx]

Well.. for this alt-rock/nu-metal genre the dual rectifier is pretty much a standard.

 

[Melb_shredder]

Check out chevelle, that's mostly mk4 tones for reference

 

[Auroras]

your splawn should have no problem doing this i mean really any high gain amp could fit so why switch