High Gain Amp

[ripdime]

hello,
I was hoping that someone could give me ideas for a High-Gain Solid-State amp head, and what cab makes that head really shine. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Littlefloor]

You didn't mention how much money you would spend for such amp!? I would recommend for you an Peavey XXX Super 40
You can't miss with it. Not so expensive and suitable for home and apartment use.

[ripdime]

i didn't place a price range because i have none. i dont care how cheap or expensive it is, as long as it is solid-state and high-gain.

[Littlefloor]

You didn't mention how much money you would spend for such amp!? I would recommend for you an Peavey XXX Super 40
You can't miss with it. Not so expensive and suitable for home and apartment use.


As I already said, with Peavey XXX Super 40 you can't miss! Beside of this you could to check Engl, models: Thunder 50 and Screamer. It's possible to obtain almost new and used of mentioned amps.

[dsharman]

I don't know if it would qualify as a "high gain" amp, but for a solid state amp with a Gibson guitar I love my Lab Series. I have a Lab Series L5 that sounds beautiful with either my LP or ES-335. If you prefer 4-10s over 2-12s, the L7 is a great amp as well. The Lab Series amps have a very wide tonal range, can be clean or dirty and also have the compressor built in.

[dibb]

mesa boogies are the answer

[59bassman]

Check out the Tech 21 Trademark 30 and 60 ss amps.... versatile and give all you want... and some more! Youtube has loads of clips... The website has more too...

[Wally]

I am not a big SS fan, but if you are looking for that hi-gain thing in SS, check out some Randalls.

[anfontan]

I don't know if it would qualify as a "high gain" amp, but for a solid state amp with a Gibson guitar I love my Lab Series. I have a Lab Series L5 that sounds beautiful with either my LP or ES-335. If you prefer 4-10s over 2-12s, the L7 is a great amp as well. The Lab Series amps have a very wide tonal range, can be clean or dirty and also have the compressor built in.

I have a Lab Series L5 as well, I wouldn't call it high gain either but the tone is huge! I believe the lead player in the Cars-Elliot Easton-used one on their first album, and I saw BB King and his rhythm player using Lab Series amps 2 weeks ago when he played in town!

[dsharman]

I have a Lab Series L5 as well, I wouldn't call it high gain either but the tone is huge! I believe the lead player in the Cars-Elliot Easton-used one on their first album, and I saw BB King and his rhythm player using Lab Series amps 2 weeks ago when he played in town!

Glad to hear that someone else is using a Lab Series. They are great amps. Years ago, B.B. King's manager called the music store where I was working to see if he could get a Lab Series for a local gig. The store didn't have any, but two of us who worked there did. I have the L5 and my friend had the L7. They chose to use the L7. Oh well, my amp almost made the big time.

[anfontan]

Glad to hear that someone else is using a Lab Series. They are great amps. Years ago, B.B. King's manager called the music store where I was working to see if he could get a Lab Series for a local gig. The store didn't have any, but two of us who worked there did. I have the L5 and my friend had the L7. They chose to use the L7. Oh well, my amp almost made the big time.

At the concert BB played through an L5 combo with 2 12" and I think it was a L7 the rhythm player was using-it was definitely a cabinet with more that the 2 12's-maybe a 4 x 10" or 12" one. The rhythm player had a beautiful Byrdland and when he took a solo it was sounding great.

And I also had the Ampeg VT-22 for a while-it was pretty much bullet-proof-but gigging with it was about too much for my back...:redface:

[dsharman]

At the concert BB played through an L5 combo with 2 12" and I think it was a L7 the rhythm player was using-it was definitely a cabinet with more that the 2 12's-maybe a 4 x 10" or 12" one. The rhythm player had a beautiful Byrdland and when he took a solo it was sounding great.

And I also had the Ampeg VT-22 for a while-it was pretty much bullet-proof-but gigging with it was about too much for my back...:redface:

The VT-22 is a weighty amp, around 100 lbs, and very dependable. The Lab is lighter and more versatile. That Byrdland must have sounded great through the L7. B.B. always seems to have a great rhythm player with him.

[progger2112]

By your screen name, I know why you're looking for high-gain SS amps.

Dime used Randalls for the Pantera stuff, and you can find them all day on ebay and in mom and pop music stores cheap.

You'll want an eq, Darrell scouped the mids bigtime.