making your mind up time

[tallcoolone]

Not a fan of the amps on your list--compared to those, and excluding US made, I would go with a used Marshall JVM. Satch model if you can find one, but around here a mint used standard JVM goes for as low as $1000. Don't listen to the guys who have only played them in a store at low volumes for a few minutes--the JVM is a killer amp with a TON of great tones in it. Thought the TH30 was fizz central and the H&K just...'meh'.

 

[j.t.racing]

Btw Congratulations on 40 years of marriage. That is awesome!

40 years old fella. on 9/12/13 i will be

Not a fan of the amps on your list--compared to those, and excluding US made, I would go with a used Marshall JVM. Satch model if you can find one, but around here a mint used standard JVM goes for as low as $1000. Don't listen to the guys who have only played them in a store at low volumes for a few minutes--the JVM is a killer amp with a TON of great tones in it. Thought the TH30 was fizz central and the H&K just...'meh'.

they're ok, my guitar tutor has one, that and a tsl 100. you can't crank em in house and they're not what I'm after. I don't really sell things, so I'm after an amp to keep until it's either un-repairable or so dear to repair i kick it into touch.
mostly it will be used for practicing and in my studio. I like the tone of a cranked low wattage power section, not an attenuated 100w gigging machine.

 

[j.t.racing]

still not decided. getting too fussy in my old age. upped my budget by another 500 pounds sterling though.