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Any of the usual suspects will get you there. Fenders, Orange, and Vox all do garage dirty really good and can be found as mid-watt combos. Marshalls are a little more limited unless you go huge. Most of the Marshall stuff that does those tones is expensive and/or loud as fuck. Jut stick with the classics and stay away from guitar hero mega-gain shred amps.
More importantly IMO is the pickups you use for those kinds of tones. I would think you'd want a P-90 guitar or something similar to a P-90. A mild humbucker would work too.
Yeah my two electric guitars right now are a Gretsch duo jet (sounds a lot like a tele but can do rock with some adjusting of the knobs) and a American Strat (very versatile tone wise). I used to own a Jazzmaster, which was great, dark, extremely versatile just like a strat only a little darker...need to get one of those again. I think the pickup was a lot like a P-90. I don't play well enough to justify such nice guitars, but I bought them as inflation hedges because I fucking hate the Federal Reserve, and figure might as well put money into things I use and enjoy rather than sit in the bank and earn 0. But that's another story.
I never got into Gibson because the clean settings always sounded muddy to me. On the other hand, a strat or gretsch can sound too bright, but I find I can muddy them up easier than I can brighten a Les Paul. No?
Those were the amps I was thinking, too, especially a Fender, but wanted a 2nd opinion thanks. Years ago I owned one of the small Fender practice amps, the vibro champ...that thing was really awesome and recorded surprisingly well so I always have leaned Fender since then. I've also played bandmasters and bassmasters that were great. My experience with Marshall has sucked...found them very shrill and brittle sounding.