Peavey 5150 2x12 combo
Mesa Fillmore 25 combo
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Orange OR15
Peavey Delta Blues 1x15
All picked up since 2020 for under $1k, can still be had for around that, and I've had a blast playing each of them.
Some good advice I got a long time ago was to find someone way in the back of the room barely paying attention, and try to make eye contact with them. I always try to do that a few times at every gig, and I feel like it makes a difference.
I think they quoted me something like $549 + shipping last year. Lead time was like 8-10 weeks, but they won't always accept orders for them, you kind of just have to call and find out when you can even order one.
There's some not great ones on my old bands Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/3kingssc/
I actually need to dig through my old USB drives, I've probably got some decent stuff somewhere.
I've been digging the Suhr RLIR unit I recently bought.
As an old guy with an amp collection I refuse to get rid of, it lets me enjoy playing them more often than I could otherwise.
In my experience, yes.
This one has lived in the road case most of the time I've owned it. Occasionally I will remove it though. Inside the case it has a little less low end thump, and projects in a way that fills the room a bit more and isn't quite so directional. In a band setting, I actually...
Fellow forumite, metalone72 built me one to convert my mark iii combo into a head.
He was great to deal with and quality is fantastic, easily as nice as my stock mk V headshell & I was able to get exactly what I wanted.
I’ve got a couple of $100 partscaster kinda deals laying around that I’ll loan out.
My nice gear though; once in a blue moon I’ll loan to a bandmate if they’re thinking about buying one.