(I apologize for yet another thread like this. Sorry, i'm a fucking n00b when it comes to equipment)


Okay, I am in the market for a half stack, and my budget is around $1800-$1900 for a head and a cab. I play mostly death metal, but with some other stuff thrown in. Shit in the vein of Necrophagist, between the buried and me, Lykathea aflame, The red chord, etc. I pretty much need a amp that has good distortion, and at least a decent clean channel. (I switch between distortion and clean alot when I write my songs, so I need a head that can use a footswitch to switch between my two channels) I'm kinda leaning towards a Peavey 6505+ or maybe saving up for a Mesa duel rec. (Though, I have to start saving for a car soon, so that might be out of the question). I know there are alot of really smart people on this board, so I ask yee of mighty knowledge for recommendations of what I should do/buy. Thanks in advance, and sorry again for being a no knowledge idiot.

I'm going to suggest a Randall RM100M. You can change preamps to suit your needs and it is all footswitchable. It also has MIDI control if you use some effects in some cases. I was going to get one myself but got a Randall Cyclone for a great deal and a GT-8. This works very well for me, but for what you have I would check Ebay and get a nice Randall RM amp. They really do have a huge range in tones that you might be looking for.

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You could find a Powerball on ebay sometimes (halfstack!) for that much...poke around, and look at ENGL stuff. Preamp/poweramp setups may suit you better, so soulinsane's idea would work too. If not that, then ENGL preamps, Mesa, or ADA.

you can always get a nice crate bv on ebay and it would be great for both cleans and distortion.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...gory=43374&rd=1
might not be exactly what youre looking for...but i like em...and its in your budget...

crate gt3500h

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assuming you're talking u.s. dollars... if you have close to 2k. plan a day around hitting up every music store and pawn shop. see what they have, try and play everything.

hit up sites like rocksolidamps.com for clips of amps.

and whatever you do don't get suckered in to buying a krank.

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