Looking for something for Rock

[OneLazyAssMotherFucker]

Hey Guys. I've been looking for an amp that would be good for playing more grunge and nineties rock. something with a good drive but nothing bat shit crazy. Was planning on playing some Nirvana and Foo Fighters and music of the like on it. So I was just wondering if there was a rig any of you guys would recommend.

 

[axxessdenied]

Pod HD 500.

 

[scottro202]

Well, Dave Grohl uses a Vox for cleans, and a Mesa Boogie for dirty live (well, back in 2000. I'm pretty sure he sticks to that now, though. There was some Hyatt stuff on Wasting Light though I'm pretty sure). Kurt also used Mesa.

 

[Leuchty]

Mesa or Marshall IMO.

Almost ANYTHING would work though.

 

[incinerated_guitar]

Before anyone can give you a real answer, whats your budget?

 

[xCaptainx]

yeah budget would be good to know.

Any old JCM800 half stack would do the trick. That plus a variety of overdrive pedals would give you quite a versatile rock rig.

 

[7stringDemon]

If you're cool with used, a JCM800 can't be beat.

But if it need to be new, I'd go for a Bugera 1990 Infinium (which is a JCM800 copy ).
Sounds AWESOME for rock, grunge, punk, thrash, etc. anything from the 80's and 90's, really.

And they're cheap. I think $500 new.

 

[Curt]

Marshall JCM 800/900 or PRS 2 Channel Custom(not exactly budget friendly at $1800).

If you want it fairly cheap, snag a peavey windsor and a good boost. These are good plexi-ish amps that can be had for under $500 all day, pretty much my old pop-punk go to as well.

Edit: Check out the new Marshall DSL 100 heads if you can, $899 new, and gets it all done without need for a boost.

 

[incinerated_guitar]

If the budget is right, then I second the JCM800 with a few od pedals.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

JCM800 (2204, 2205, 2203, 2210... Any one will suit your need), JCM900 MKIII or SLX, 6100, DSL100, YJM100 (if you can find one), Laney AOR or Protube, GH50L, GH100L, VH100R, Peavey VTM, Butcher, Windsor, Jet City JCA's, Mesa TremoVerb, Rectoverb, Dual Caliber, F-series, and maybe even one of the Mark-series heads, pretty much anything Orange, Vox, Hughes and Kettner Tubemeister, and Bogner Alchemist.

A few of the amps I could think of that will fit the deal. There's a lot of stuff you can try. Get some OD just incase and you're golden

 

[Kaickul]

If you're on budget get a Peavey Bandit, it does everything (low to high gain) and takes pedals very well.

 

[OneLazyAssMotherFucker]

Thanks guys, been playing for about a year now and finally decided I wanted to buy some better shit now that I've figured out more of what I like to play. Now I have a good Idea of what I should be looking at.

 

[lemeker]

When I think of a rock amp, Marshall is the first thing to come to mind. So if your looking tube, I will second everyone else's advice on the JCM line of Marshall's. I would look at a boosted JCM 800 or a DSL.

 

[Bevo]

Marshalls are the best for that type of rock but why limit yourself to a rock amp, any amp will do its just how you set the gain or boost pedal.
Also the louder the amp the more natural gain, AC/DC has a wicked sound and if I remember correct is just a cranked Marshall.

If you have not had the chance to really let a tube amp run your in for a treat, the higher the volume the less the gain!

 

[wakjob]

Pretty sure the Bugera 1990 Infinium is a JCM 900 Dual Reverb clone.
^
Which is a killer amp btw.

Yeah, anything Marshall will rock, as will Orange and vintage Boogie stuff.

 

[sage]

In no particular order:

Rivera Knucklehead
Mesa Dual Recto
Mesa Mark IV
JCM 800
5150 (not just for teh br00tz, Jerry Cantrell used them all through the 90s).

 

[7stringDemon]

^ I heard that Eddie Van Halen was a fan of the 5150 as well!

 

[budda]

Used DSL, jcm900, mesa single rec..

 

[MikeSweeney]

Man my 6505/5150 on the crunch channel with the pre on 2 1/2 and the post on 4 it has a nice crunch but add a boost = awesome rock

 

[TheWarAgainstTime]

The new version of the Peavey Butcher looks promising, or a JSX.

And, as stated above, just about any Marshall/Orange/Mesa will do rock tones, as well as comparable Bugeras and other clone-type amps.