What solid-state amps are people fans of?

[drew_drummer]

So... solid-state amps. Are there any that people are fans of?

 

[Rex Rocker]

Randall. Dimebag.

I really like the G3's for the money. The V2 is also pretty nice.

 

[GarethSE]

There's a valvestate at college with a celestion in it that nails Slaughter of the Soul's tone.

 

[Kazrog]

Sunn Beta Lead.

 

[ahjteam]

Ampeg SVT450

 

[Metaltastic]

Peavey XXL
Crate Flexwave (not kidding, this thing really sounds pretty good for its class, and has some great features for live playing such as channel FX preset memory)

 

[MetalJonesy]

Peavy XXL

check out the drown my day tracks in my sig, all done with my XXL

 

[kev]

I had a peavey envoy 112 as my first decent sized amp. (40w?) That thing had some murderous gain, and was tight as fuck!

 

[beyond dead]

Sunn Beta Lead.

this, and the crate flexwave. I owned one and used it for the first 2 years I played with a band. that thing is built like a tank. one of my buddies (my old drummer) still uses it after 5 years!

 

[Sean in Silence]

I second the crate flexwave
the only crate amp I've ever liked
lol
owned it for about a year until I upgraded to a tube stack
Definitely worth the money for the flexwave though

 

[GarethSE]

Peavy XXL

check out the drown my day tracks in my sig, all done with my XXL

ive been listening to this a lot lately.
the tone on the start of the title track of that ep is ridiculously heavy

you did a godly with that tone dude, seriously

 

[brando]

I have a Peavey XXL, it's awesome for solid state just wish i had a better cab

 

[TravisW]

I have a late 90s Peavey Bandit 112 that really gets some pretty cool tones. It's actually one of the most recordable amps I've ever had.

 

[Eschatologist]

I have a late 90s Peavey Bandit 112 that really gets some pretty cool tones. It's actually one of the most recordable amps I've ever had.

Liar

 

[DominikJW]

I love my Bandit too. I think I'll do some recordings on it as soon as it gets back from the rehearsal room.

Lots of people are liking Roland Jazz Chorus 120 for it's clean tones. I've also heard that some of Death albums were recorded on a Marshall Valvestate, and they doesn't sound bad at all!

 

[hsinn3r]

Valvestate 8100, which chuck used. Apparently it's different and more br00tal than it's follower, the vs100

 

[ze kink]

Jazz Choruses obviously, though the distortion is the worst ever. Sunn surely has some good ones, but I don't know which models. Valvestate 8000 -series is pretty good (they do have a single tube somewhere though I think), I have a 8240 combo as a band practice amp, and it's pretty damn nice considering I paid only €80 for it. Besides Chuck Schuldiner, Meshuggah used them a lot too.

 

[drew_drummer]

I've thought about getting a JC120, and putting a Blackstar pedal into it! Might sound good.

 

[Teddyboy]

I have a Jazz Chorus 120 and the clean tones are godly!! The distortion though is rather useless,but you're not buying it for it. It's like the clean tones you can get from a 6505+ (awesome distortion,pretty bad clean,but you won't take this amp for its clean channel...). Tech-21 Trademark is also a nice solidstate amp, Psa-1 too (preamp though). Randalls are pretty descent for their price.

 

[mondocane]

valvestate 8100. discontinued since 1991 or so.

everything on 10, add appropriate boost, instant early meshuggah tone.

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