What solid-state amps are people fans of?

[Harry Hughes]

Roland JC-120
Never heard a Peavey XXL in person, so can't make a judgement.

 

[Sweetnothing]

Randall V2...heard it last night at a friend's rehearshal.
Really loud tho, but tight as hell.

Peavey Supreme 160's sounded great too

 

[Djabthrash]

Ampeg VH-140C...cool amp.

-Joe

used & abused by Dying Fetus, Misery Index, Suffocation

 

[Splat88]

Man, I love the old Marshall valvestates. The Roland JC120 and most Peavey solid states are nice too. Oh yeah, I had a Fender Princeton Chorus a long time ago that had a beautiful clean tone.

 

[BrettT]

used & abused by Dying Fetus, Misery Index, Suffocation

Add Soilent Green to that list. I'm pretty sure Suffo uses XXX's now.

 

[Seizure.]

Sunn beta Lead
Sunn Concert Lead
etc

 

[beyond dead]

i had the first generation crate flexwave with cascading gain, and it smoked the newer ones!

another amp worth mentioning is the fender metal head

 

[KeithRT99]

Add Soilent Green to that list. I'm pretty sure Suffo uses XXX's now.

when i saw suffocation live, at least one guitarist was using an engl.

 

[Instant_Noodles]

yeah the black tooth amp nails the dime tone.
Good solid state is randall old shit
I mean dime had that tight tone, yeah it was a bit fizzy but I always liked it
My randall T2 sounds more tube-ish even though, its poweramp is solid state while it is driven by tubes

I listened to your Randall T2 re-amp clip on Randall Forum. It's just awesome!!! In July, the T2 will be shipped to my home.

 

[Fragle]

definitely the marshall valvestate 8100.
i wouldn't use it as the only amp (except if you're going for that death/early meshuggah tone), but it seems to blend with other (tube) amps really really well.

 

[GarethSE]

I have serious GAS for a valvestate 8100
those things sound incredible.

the tone at the beginning of Death - A Moment of Clarity =

 

[Cyanide_Anima]

I've got a 8100. Brutal amps! Throw a tung sol in there and you got a beast. Bone crushing gain with a tube screamer. And can get a nice crunchy classic rock tone too!