Best low wattage head for 80's Metal?

[stewboy]

I'm looking for a low wattage 15-30w amp that could do 80's metal and Blues.
somthing that has a lead boost or FX loop would be great.

 

[Isaac]

Orange Tiny Terror. No bells or whistles though. I had one for a bit, great little amp.

It'll do nice cleans right up to thrash distortion. It did the 80s best though.

 

[glassjaw7]

Splawn Street Rod head. 40 watts of quickrod tone.

Channel 1 (clean) - independent EQ
Channel 2 (overdrive) - solo boost, OD1 (rhythm) /OD2 (lead) mode, 3 gear modes
Gears - 1st - Hot Rod Plexi, 2nd - Hot Rod 800, 3rd - Super Hot Rod 800
3 Button Footswitch - #1 Clean/Overdrive - #2 OD1/OD2 - #3 Solo Boost
Transformers - Heyboer
Speaker - Splawn Big Block
Series Effects Loop - w/ true-bypass and adjustable +4db/-10db switch
Impedance Selector - 4/8/16 ohms
Main Voltage Selector - 100, 120, 220, 230V
Tubes - Choice of EL34, EL34B
weight 65 lbs Dim W 25.5" H 21" D 11"
Price - $1800

 

[glassjaw7]

Or this.
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Egnater-Renegade-65W-Tube-Guitar-Amp-Head?sku=620076

(you can select 18 or 65 watts)

 

[H Golf Sport]

Budda SD 18 or 30.

 

[markymarc1979]

I've managed a decent 80's metal tone with a HT-5 and a boost, something like a Keeley SD-1.

 

[Dave L]

Fargen Olde 800, the 25W version. Or maybe the 30W Cornford Roadhouse.

 

[spawnofthesith]

My Jet City JCA20H does earlier 80's type tones awesomely

 

[scredly]

Krank Rev Jr.

 

[Jack Napalm]

The JCA20H is a pretty nice little amp. I prefer my Randall RM20 head with a Egnater Rebel 112x cabinet. Great little combo.

 

[marvcus]

Friedman modded Jet City JCA20H.

 

[TeleBlaster]

Krank Rev Jr.

This.
And very soon they will have the Nineteen80 JR Pro, 25 or 50 watt.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Fortin Cali Modded 100 watt MArshall. Seriously, it does low volume soo good that i don't need a low wattage head.

 

[yngzaklynch]

Marshall Vintage Modern is excellent at low volume

 

[goldwing68nv]

for a low-wattage 100% TUBE amp set-up and NOT looking to spend more than $500 or so bucks,my pick is a Randall RM20 head.you can get one used for around $350-$400.they have a very good tube-buffered fx loop AND a boost function.along with that you can pick up one of 15 or so different Randall MTS modules,for around $100-$130 for a used one.you can boost them with a good overdrive/dist pedal OR send it off to dave friedman(or RT forum member "pete" aka "stratotone") to get modded/hot-rodded,as they turn out AWESOME.i like the Randall RM series amp heads/modules better than the Orange Tiny Terror or Blackstar HT-5.plus what's cool,is that you can purchase a second or third MTS module for an entirely different sound.that way you're not stuck with ONE amp with ONE tone.another descent-sounding little amp head,although solid-state,is the Marshall Micro-Stack...

 

[racer_j]

I'd say look into the Peavey Classic 30. They come in a head version now.




Jason