Smallish Amp for recording metal and other

[amra]

Find yourself a used Randall RC235 from the 80's. I realize randall's aren't known for great tone anymore but if you can get your hands on one of these, you will be suprised. They have a beautiful mellow clean and a sweet and smooth sounding overdrive. They are never more than a couple of hundred bucks used, and IMO there is nothing new out there under $500 that even comes close.

 

[Rokket]

Find yourself a used Randall RC235 from the 80's. I realize randall's aren't known for great tone anymore but if you can get your hands on one of these, you will be suprised. They have a beautiful mellow clean and a sweet and smooth sounding overdrive. They are never more than a couple of hundred bucks used, and IMO there is nothing new out there under $500 that even comes close.

That's for guitar right?

 

[amra]

Rokket,
Yea the RC235 is a guitar amp. A 2x35 watt, 2x10 combo.

Amra

 

[Supercreep]

I like Fender tube amps.

 

[noisedude]

The Vox Valvetronix amps are great fun but the one model on my AD15 which sounds unconvincing to me is the nu-metal one. But the '80s Marshall' or whatever it's called might get you there.

There is a very nice little Fender all-tube amp which only has about two controls on it but the tone is excellent and if it meets your needs you'll be a happy man.

 

[apl]

cellardweller, have you made up your mind yet?

 

[cellardweller]

Of course not!!!
Im not positive that I said so, but this is a "save my pennies for a while" thing, I just wanted to get an idea of where to look.
I'm going to have to take a road trip up north (Chicago) and listen to some actual amps. There is a shop in Chicago that has the Univalve for $845. Of course this leaves the cabinet question unaddressed and unaffordable...

In the short term, I may go ahead and get a Sansamp classic and see what that does for me. The samples I've heard sound promising.

I'm also thinking about buying a splitter, so I can run both my ampeg and crate, try getting highs from the crate and lows from the ampeg, blend them together and see what kind of crap that sounds like.

I listened to some stuff I've been recording over the past 2 weeks, which after tracking seemed to sound workable. Last night with fresh ears it sounded like arse on my monitors and my home stereo. Once again I had too much gain on it, and too many mids. It sounds very boxy and thin. Tonight is my off-night, so I might get a chance to retrack them.

 

[kid klash]

Other...

...Roland Cube 30... great-sounding amp models!

 

[tamias]

Do it Fender

Celler,
I'd try and find a Fender tube amp. Twin Reverb is good, Princeton would be nice, but it's expensive. I picked up a '68 Fender Bandmaster for a couple hundred bucks. It's one of the cleanest amps I've played through. For distortion, I use a boss with a wah pedal. I knew a guy who actuall ran a fender amp and a marshall amp and mixed the two together, wow that was a great sound. I'd go tube for sound though, it'll give a little personality to you besides all the digitally sampled stuff out there. Have fun jammin' !

 

[anywhither]

bad cat hot cat 15!
i love hot cat's distortion alot.
cool for metal too!
check it out.