casketshrine
Well-Known Member
I own a GH50L. I absolutely love that amp. On contrary to a lot of people who bad mouth this amp for being a 50 watter and not having 'enough gain', it's one of those amps that's almost as loud as a 100 watter with the headroom of a 50 watt amp. It's so fucking loud, I was in my bedroom I cranked it up to 5 and it shattered the window glass behind me. That's where you have to think, if you are planning on playing it at home and you have family you love...this is probably too loud. Gain wise, sure it's not an ENGL Powerball or 5150 but it has very refined awesome distortion. Like a lot of people say, 'its a JCM 800 on steroids'. I use a bunch of OD's with it (TS9/SD1/ZW44) depending on the mood and what's handy at the moment and it sends the amp into total overdrive nirvana without sounding mushy. For sludge/atmospheric stuff, you may want to look into getting some good reverb, delay and pitch fx boxes. When I do play doom metal, Laney fits the bill just perfect. The only thing is, it's a single channel amp so you may want to look at the VH series. Same distortion channel with a dedicated clean channel on the side.
Other options may be an Orange Rockerverb, JCM 2203KK (those KT88s sound fucking huge but a very one dimensional amp. No FX loop either), Dual Recto etc. They are all going to be more expensive than the Laney though. Hope this helps, just my $.02 on the subject.
Other options may be an Orange Rockerverb, JCM 2203KK (those KT88s sound fucking huge but a very one dimensional amp. No FX loop either), Dual Recto etc. They are all going to be more expensive than the Laney though. Hope this helps, just my $.02 on the subject.