Which guitar amp for my home studio?

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So, I'm in the process of building a home recording studio. I'm looking for a new guitar amp...one that will be for recording purposes...however, I would also like it to be able to handle doing small venues (when making your assessment, home recording is definitely the priority, but would be great if it can handle small venues too)....I will spend about $1,000 plus or minus a few hundred. My style: some psychadelic, some shoegaze, very ambient, LOTS OF EFFECT PEDALS (ex.-digitech whammy, ibanez ad9, seymour duncan de ja vu tap delay, etc.)....comparable bands= radiohead, elliott smith, zeppelin, floyd, hendrix, sigur ros, etc..... I play a Fender American Strat.

So the question is which guitar amp? ALSO, if you can, please list some songs or bands where the amp is used. (For example I know, the Beatles loved the VOXac30, but it would be even more useful if I knew exactly which songs they used it in)

Some that I've come across that I like: VOXac30 combo, Fender Twin, Fender Deluxe Reverb, etc.
 
Well with the variety you want have you tried line6? or since you have the pedals already go with a classic and get a marshall
 
I don't much like the line 6 sound....I feel like with line 6 there is always this reverb in the clean tone that you can't turn off...and especially that I have the effect pedals, I don't need a line 6 type amp with all of those effects on it...
 
You don't need a lot of power in the studio, and I assume if you ever use the amp live you would have it mic-ed up? Why not get a couple of lower power amps? There's no "right answer" for your question - people like different sounding amps.
 
I agree with you on the line6 im not really a fan either. just was throwing it out there. i also agree with MJ get a couple 15-30 WATT amps for the money you want to spend then you can get a bit of variety
 
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You don't need a lot of power in the studio, and I assume if you ever use the amp live you would have it mic-ed up? Why not get a couple of lower power amps? There's no "right answer" for your question - people like different sounding amps.
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Good suggestion! I tend to use my Blackheart amp for recording at home (it's got 3/5 watts)...that way I can get that "cranked" sound without blowing up the house. It also works good live.
 
They said Vox have good clean tone sounds ! radiohead use vox amps most of the time, live or recording.....
I personally dont like fender's amp, they sounds more thin and bright......just like their guitars....so, when u use fender's guitar on fender's amp....hmmm.....can't imagine
Marshall's are good....but their mid-high freq kinda "not crisp" enough.....especially when u use distortion on it
I like peavey, laney, or mesa boogie if u can get it ! hahaha.....I think they make the best amps !
but...well....like others said, there is no right answer for this....depends on what u want !
but I do think, u can get an amp that can go for more musical range ! so u can work on almost everything
 
The only 2 amps I now have access to are Mesa and Marshall. Marshall has a bit of distortion built into it's circuitry (clean or OD channels) so even clean is slightly dirty. The Mesa has a nice fat clean channel but the OD is no good for me.
 
Check out a used Rivera Quianna or Fandango. The Quianna is 6L6-based and the Fandango is EL-34 based.

Great cleans on the "fender" channel and does a pretty good Marshall on the other channel. Built like a tank and has a 6-spring Hammond reverb too. Super quiet in either channel even with high gain. In fact, I think that is what you are really paying for with Rivera amps. They take pedals really well too but I have yet to be able to get a decent sound running an MPX1 through the FX loop. The MPX just sucks all the tone out of it.
 
Egnater Tweaker... you can tweak it to sound Fendery, Marshally AND Voxy! (which is why they call it the Tweaker!) It's an excellent studio amp, since it gets close to those classic amps, and has power enough for small venue gigs when they arrive. And they make a 40 watt and 88 watt version if you want that flexibility in a larger venue. :)

And well under $1000. Definitely worth a check out!

And count me as someone else who is not a fan of Line6 Amps. Some of them are fair... some downright horrible. But none really sound organic to me.
 
Good suggestion about having a few low powered amps.... thanks all for the suggestions, will look into some of these I haven't heard of before...Also, glad to hear others feel the same way about Line 6, hehe.
 
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