I love the Helios 100. It has a bit more sizzle and is a little more along the lines of a Jose style Marshall in some respects. This is a rounder sweeter style with a great clean sound and lots of flavors of 70's style marshalls to hot rodded stuff in 2 and channel 3. Though it can still pack...
I have the JB 45 as well. Got it end of February. It is a killer amp. Also have the matching Vertical 2x12. Really sweet tone machine. Used it with a band on Friday and it sounded great.
Hate all attenuators. Have had many including the various powerstations and Ultimate and Alex and a ton more. They all rob something. I have given up on them.
I had some Makos and a Baron. The Makos were well built and Andrew Solner was a really cool dude. The amps sounded fairly anemic to my Bogner 100s and some of the other amps I had at the time. I was a fan of his though. The amps were fine too.
Cannot stand him. His musical knowledge and skills are fine but his interviewing is hard to watch for me. Has nothing to do with envy or jealousy just his approach and on camera act is not good for me. Does get the top shelf players to interview I just wish Rick was off camera.
If you have ever played Shea's amps you have a clue how good this is. I am the original owner. Amazing mod for Jose modded Marshall tones and way beyond. This one has a push pull to add a darker lower gain eq which is so cool also accessible on the footswitch. Amazing amp modder/builder etc has...
I have the 6L6 Version. My favorite high gain amp ever. Huge sound on tap. Amazing lead tones in uber and doom setting. Harmonics jump off the fretboard at will as does controlled feedback and infinite sustain.Sent my SLO packing and several other fine amps.Not at all just a metal amp.