how much are you looking to spend?

what is this shitty 70's valve head?

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Crate shockwave killer amp not too much cash.

fucking word. It is basically the Ampeg vh-140 only with 350 watts. its $599 super nice amp.

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Randall has some pretty tight and affordable heads.

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hahahahahha

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Look for a Crate Blue Voodoo - an excellent amp, plus you can pick it up for a decent price in the UK (I got mine for £230).

Edit: Oh yeah, it's not SS btw, but the distortion should do you fine.

I need to pickup one of these, though I'll have to try it again actually with MY guitars.

if you want that ampeg vh-140 tone. the crate shockwave is the equivalent only better because its higher wattage.
the gt1200 is.. okay. but for only $300 more the gt3500h (shockwave) is much much better. better deal. SHOCKWAVE!!

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Not to mention that 120 watts s.s is nothing for headroom.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ampeg-VH-140C-H...1QQcmdZViewItem

Better buy it before Scott Hull does

what is head room?? the volume that it can do??

and 1 more question, ss amps, always sound the same right, i mean, tube amps sound different most of the time, i mean, when its cold outside they might sound worse/or better than on a hot day, atleast my engl did that all the time
it would soudn awesome or crapy sometimes.

also, a ss doesnt matter how loud u play right?? cut my engl had to go loud before it sounded like sumtin nice.

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Damn, it went for the equivalent of £212 GBP, fuckin dirt cheap, if only i lived in America...
lol

head room's basically how loud it can do, i think, i kinda think of it in terms of how loud a clean tone you can get outta it before it starts distortin and stuff (i dono why, probably not even anywhere near the real meanin of it either =P)

i think with solid state they tend to get a bit crapper the louder they are, while the valves sound better when the power amp starts distorting.

^ what he said

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It does matter how loud you play. Or rather, how low you can keep the volume, when you play. With a tube amp, it is true that you can push it and push it, but with solid-states there's so far you can push the amp before it breaks up, and starts to sound bad. If you think a tube amp can be inconsistent, try pushing a solid-state head's volume to compete with a drummer, and you have to rearrange your EQ entirely. I'm selling my Crate GT350 right now in favour of something that does'nt break up : 5150 combo.

ill buy that crate if the price is right

fuck the 5150. that crate is better imo.

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You don't need it, I'll take it.

you think a 60w tube combo will have more headroom than a 350w s.s. head???

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fuck the peavey and the crate, give me an engl screamer!

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Is 500$ including s/h right? Because I'm going to need to trade the funds for a 5150, basically.

Its not really an issue of headroom anymore, I've actually got some plans behind this, you wait and see

Of course i do.

Where you find it for that price, also what cab do you reckon, coz i cant afford the crate cab, i was thinking behringer, theyre pretty cheap, any ideas???

Behringer is cheap, but of poor quality. I would rather use Crate's bottom-of-the-line cab than use a Behringer cab.

oh right, ill have to check out e-bay, i hate the place grrrrrrr
cheers,
alex

I found it on Ebay. I bought a 1960 cab off ebay for a good price too (If I remember correctly - £150 exc. shipping). A 1960 goes with just about anything I'd say, and what's awesome about them is that they're plentiful, so good deals are easy to come by.