I would say, "Save your money.", and get a couple of really good amps. After a long convoluted path which included having all of my gear stolen. I have arrived at having an amp that is really good at gritty blues sounds and which allows me to switch between 6v6, 6l6 and el34 at will. Then, i have the el84 based one that does the whole bright slightly hairy, clean tone, That provides two really good canvases which can be tweaked for pennies through manipulation of cap values etc. in pedals. It becomes an act of balancing filtering of frequencies vs. modulation to illicit certain emotions.
I guess my point is this. The amp should provide all the responsiveness and a little character but remain basically a transparent canvas for further tone tweaking with pedals. Or leave the pedals at home and still sound great.
Hope this confuses matters even more.
I guess my point is this. The amp should provide all the responsiveness and a little character but remain basically a transparent canvas for further tone tweaking with pedals. Or leave the pedals at home and still sound great.
Hope this confuses matters even more.