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A good boost, eq in the loop, good noise suppressor. I have done this dance with both 5150 and old Rectos and it works great for what I play (skate punk, melodic hardcore). Boost obviously tightens things up and adds some aggression and the suppressor obviously kills noise, but an eq in the loop...

That is an amp that I won't try multiple times, because for the key reason you stated, just will not work with my playing. At all. They absolutely sound great. And I have a couple friends who rip on them. But that 'squish' is just an overcompressed smear to me and if you have any attack in...

Exactly like my old 2001 VH4. Outside of it feeling a bit better to play, I do prefer the "modern" VH4 which is a bit tighter and brighter and with more range on ch2 and better rythm capability on ch4.

I know there is not a lot of PRS love around here, but my fave is my JA-15 model.

Rectos would be in that camp for me, as well as Diezels in general. My first recto I bought new in 1999, a Rev G. I think the Mesa sound and response in my head was more like a Mark series....and a Recto is the opposite of that! Lol! Now, at the time (and for quite a number of years after), I...

Ya, I was just thinking with all the amps I have owned and tried over the years, I have never plugged in to any Orange Rockerverb iteration.

I am really digging my KSR Colossus as a modern, multi-channel amp. Always like to have one in the stable. It has a great clean channel, a very awesome and unique sounding crunch channel. For its two lead/high gain channels, lead 1 reminds me of a smoother, tighter SLO vibe while lead 2 reminds...

If this were me, and keeping tone + budget in mind: Triple Rec, mk3 Herbie, ENGL, REVV in that order. And of that list, I would put the Rec and Herbie a fair bit higher than the 3rd placed ENGL. I probably would not consider the REVV at all....I really disliked both the feel and tone of the...

I think it is because we inherently gravitate to the guitar sounds we grew up with that had the biggest musical impact. So if you were a 70's/80's kid, that was probably a humbucker equipped strat or Gibson into a Marshall or Marshall related amp (some exceptions, obviously). The Diezels are...

Absolutely. Fryette's period are great for down tuned metal!

Yup, the Hiwatt for me as well. When @thegame Mentioned open amps cutting through a mix better than more compressed amps, I immediately thought back to my early punk rock days in the mid 90's with my band playing shows with a 4 hole DR 504.

This post makes me chuckle. Not because you are wrong, but because it brings back an early band memory from the early 00's that fits this exact scenario. Our other guitar player picked up a Herbert mk1. He would play on channel 2+ or 3 with the depth up and that mid cut way up. Only way he was...

Between these two amps? Herbert. The Herbert is a versatile beast and while it can do thrash stuff, I do think Marks inherently do the fast stuff better. Herbert is a huge, "wall of sound" style amp, so it takes a bit more careful eq'ing to get there. IME anyways. I am also in the camp that...

I have never had much luck with them either!

Dude I am jealous. A buddy has one of those and ya....sounds amazing. You are spot on with it being the massive sounding 1x12! He also has an mk50 amp....also very very killer!

Really great question. I have gone both amp where to minimalist back to where I am now, which is somewhere in between. The journey started once I got my Ultra Lead in the early 00's. I LOVED that amp, but instead of being satisfied....it gave me a hunger to try out everything. So then came a...

The 57/08's were the first PRS pickups that made me go "wow"! Agreed, they are fantastic PAF style humbuckers. I have on OG NF3 and love the narrowfields in that guitar: clear and punchy. The bridge pickup actually rips for high gain stuff! You are right though; these won't be USA pickups in...

I miss Avenue. That is going waaaay back. For local sales I would say I do most of my business with Northerner Guitars. Joel runs a good ship and is a great dude!! Hermansson still your numero uno?

Man....I would say in most cases for me, I sell or trade. And in most cases, that is the right call and I don't really end up missing what I got rid of. There have been a couple of times I wish I had waited on an amp though....

Ya, the ENGL's are amps I have really tried to give a fair shake to, but they just don't really work for me. I have a friend who is a great player and he swears by them, but I find they have this over-compressed thing that squashes dynamics too much and makes it feel disconnected. It isn't...