The problem is all people do anymore is pick apart mixes instead of listening to the music. Everytime someone puts up new music on a forum it's "the drums are too loud" "the guitar is too this or that". It's annoying as fuck, and the result is the need for things to sound "perfect".
It's way...
Members of the band publicly stated the last album was trash. I tried listening to it once, and could barley make it through.
We Are Not Your Kind was a cool album. Probably the first good one since Vol 3. All Hope is Gone has a few good songs, but a bunch of garbage too.
Here's an Ares FS on the Gear Page. A brand new Orion isn't much more, and Kyle usually runs some kind of promotion each month.
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/ksr-ares-50-mkii.2511036/#post-38086452
KSR would be different than what you have, but similar enough to be familiar. Try to get one with an NFB knob or have Kyle add it.
Mesa Mark IV would be a lot different. So would a Bandlander. Go 100w on the Bandlander over a 50w.
I can't recommended ENGL. There's a few that sound killer...
Ehh. I mean if the money is guaranteed to be coming in, and it's just timing I'd rather have a loan for a couple months than part with my favorite amp.
If you're getting the money eventually why not take out a loan? I know rates are high right now, but $3k over a few months wouldn't be too much in interest.
I've had the opposite experience. SE's and LTD 1000 are clearly better on average than any alternative in that price range, along with probably Schecter. I don't have as much experience with them though.
KSR Ceres stomps most stuff if you're using it as a preamp.
For running into the front of the amp I use Bogner. The Wessex and Burnley combo is really nice, but it's not for chugging metal. More Rock/Lead oriented. The Red and Blue are also nice, if you like the Ecstasy. I didn't like the 101B...
Nah, that was on purpose. The prototypes and Rev C were for the 80's rock. Each revision after that was more and more geared towards the way music was shifting. That's why there's so few Rev C-E. They went from Rev C to Rev F in around a year, and Rev G maybe a year later.
The VII if you need to cover a bunch of different styles/tones.
The IV if you really just want the lead channel.
Pretty much the same story as the IV vs V, but the VII is easier to dial in and get good tones than the V.