I miss my old Super Reverb. My problem with buying another one is that it is much larger than what I now need at home for recording.
I was looking at
the Deluxe Reverb myself, but I didn't see a master volume control.
I have two Ampeg tube amps. One is the SJ12T, which is way too clean for my style of playing, but handy for some things, and the price was righteous. The other is
the R12R, which has a distortion feature built into it. Preamp distortion though. Both were bought used for less than $300 each. Way less.
I also have
a Pignose G60VR that flat out kicks butt. Glad I bought it, but much more powerful than I need. Still, you can make it dirty at lower volumes with the preamp controls and it sounds good. You have to remember to keep the shape control at nine o'clock or before. Going past that point nearly disables the tone controls. Nice amp.
I also have a Fender Champ that I bought off a guy on eBay. What a mess. I had to replace the speaker upon arrival because the tubes fell out and trashed it during shipment (the seller bought me a new Weber speaker). The tubes in it are ex-Navy tubes and I have no idea what they are. Someone broke the tabs off the bases. I'm lost. This would probably be a good little amp if it worked. Maybe someday.
I'm using
a Behringer GMX210 and a Tech21 Trademark Ten for recording direct at the moment. The amps sound much better than I can play guitar. I am surprised at how good they sound when recorded. I could have saved a bunch of money had I bought the Behringer first. I don't know if the rest of you would like the tone I have discovered, but I am thrilled with it. It took some messing around for a while to figure out where it was hiding, but eventually I found it. Not bad at all for a solid-state amp. I was really surprised. I especially like the amp's willingness to jump into a higher harmonic. Sweet.
Once I pick up one of those heat dissipator thing-a-ma-bobs, I'll try recording (miking) the tube amps. I can't stand to turn the tube amps up loud enough to sound really good as it is. A dummy load is in order.
The SS amps have their uses. I wouldn't want to be without either type of amp. More weapons in the arsenal is a good thing.