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hey guys, a buddy of mine is looking for a good 2 by 12 combo amp for around 600 give or take.

The only things he told me he was looking for were quot;nice cleans and badass distortionquot;... I'm not exactly sure what he means by that but I guess the distortion has to sound at least decent and useable for metal such as Metallica, Pantera, Children of Bodom, and that sort of thing.

Any suggestions?

Heres the one I own...its cheaper than what your buddy wants to pay but it still kicks ass in both settings that he wants:
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What about a Laney VC30? Not sure if this would give you the amount of gain your buddy needs, but you can always get pedals for that. I think the amp has 2 x EL34 and 4 x 12AX7's (Can never remember what you Americans call 'em, we call 'em ECC83's) so it's not going to be too far away from a Marshallesque sound. I'm sure this would come under $600 brand new, or it wouldn't be much over.

Alternatively, I'm guessing your mate's after a Marshall sound from the bands you listed, I'm sure you could get a JCM2000 s/h for around that money. Check Ebay. It's a soleless and sometimes risky way of buying stuff but you can't beat the prices.

Thanks,
Benja

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Used 5150, hands down.

I would suggest a nice crate or find a Tech 21 trademark 2x12 on ebay... i think finding a nice clean is easy but a good distortion is the hard one..
JJ

hmm that's a good start.... more ideas?

A good marshall valvestate would be a great start.
JJ

The valvestate combos.. the cheapest I've seen is above $600 IIRC... correct me if I'm wrong?

Check for a used Carvin Legacy on ebay.

I still say a 5150. Those things kick so much ass!

Those Crate VFX5212's sound great. Plus built-in effects.

i´ve heard that the built in effects make noise and that you should keep away from them, but i have never own an amp with built in effects... so maybe i´m wrong...
the Crate VFX5212's are the new amps from crate?
JJ

I've heard a lot of good things about the Traynors. Check them out as well. A used one can be had for less than what you are looking to spend.

the 5150 combos do sound pretty good...I prefer them to the head version actually (which I had for quite awhile)...only thing is, I don't like the clean and rythm channel sharing the same buttons..and the cleans aren't all that great...

but the distortion...man, the distortion's nasty...

old bassman head, avatar 2x12...good distortion pedal.

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