Who's making ~50w small size heads?

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Just curious what's out there that's around 50w in a small headshell. Got a mini 5153, looking for something else to have more recording tones on hand. I'm looking for dirty to high gain amplifiers with or without boost, not much of a clean fella. It'd be great to find something with a classic modded Marshall sound, but I'm not looking for anything in particular.

Splawn Super Comb
Egnater Tweaker 40

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Krank has a whole line of it's "JR" amps, all 5881 x 2.
I took a Nineteen80 JR on the airplane to play in TX.
Had enough volume and headroom onstage in an outdoor amphitheater.
I was using the provided back line cab, Marshall MG... but the amp sounded fine.
 
Find a Randall MTS 50 Watt head, and get into the module game. Tons of great tones. Look into Jaded Faith and other modders.
You can find this stuff cheap these days since Randall discontinued it.
 
One of the comments says the Fortin tweaks will be standard soon. :rock: Hope that's true.

 
I've got a Mesa transatlantic (TA15), and that thing has a ton of very usable sounds. The top boost and high 1 settings alone are worth the cost of the amp. A little lower than 50 watts, but great.
 
Einsteins are small, perfect fit on my 1965B and 1966B, Killer tone with a 100 a watt into a 2x12. Spanks most 4X12's. The 4X10 sounds good but the 1966B with plain old 75's kills for a small cab. But you are asking about heads.....
 
I don't know if its still in the cards but Brad said last year that a "mini" Cameron was due out this summer. :2thumbsup:
 
TX6Strings":2ykiko9c said:
Orange "Black Terror"
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I think those are only 15w, but come to think of it, Rockerverb/Thunderverbs are available as 50w and aren't much larger than the EVH 5150 III. I remember them being heavy for their size, though.
 
nevusofota":34fq4zbn said:
I don't know if its still in the cards but Brad said last year that a "mini" Cameron was due out this summer. :2thumbsup:
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If this happens and has the wattage I need (i.e. not a 15w lunchbox) then that would be absolutely perfect!
 
Suhr Badger is a 35 watt el84 beast. Wide range of tones takes pedals like a champ and has a power scaling knob too. It's a little different but it's got the british grind and the el84's might be a nice contrasting tube tone to the 5153's 6L6's. The Fargen and the Dirty Shirley get my :thumbsup: too :rock:
 
Carvin V3M, 3 channel, 50W switchable to 22W/7W
Not sure how it sounds, though.
 
Carol Ann Tritptik. Incredible amp and while it is not a mini it is very compact and small
 
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