amp suggestions

Nicholas

That processor will make any amp sound pretty good.

How much money do you have to spend? Will you just be practicing at home, or will you be using it in a band?

For heavy distortion, Marshall or Mesa/Boogie are the two most common amps used by bands that play heavy music.

thanks for the reply man

i'm mainly playing alone. but if i ever decide to play in a band i'd like a good amp. as for price..i'm thinking $300us or less. i can go more.

There are a lot in the $250 - $350 range that would be really good.  Check out musicinsfriend.com under guitars, amps, combos.  You'll have some in that price range that are familiar, Fender, Crate, Behringer.  Don't overlook a small Tube amp just because the wattage seems a lot less than a solidstate amp offers.  Read some of the other post around here.  You can always hook up any amp you get now to a large PA later on.  Therefore, you don't have to go strictly on the hugeness of your sound output right now.  Instead, go for the quality of the sound output.   Experiment at your local store, check out the rating on musiciansfriend, and by all means, continue to ask questions here.  Good Luck.

Since you will use the POD I don't think a modelling amp will be usefull. Something like a Peavey will suit you well I guess.

Something to think about would be instead of buying one expensive amp maybe by a not so expensive amps and run stereo.

Just a thought

Joe

Yea, stereo is the coolest.  I hooked up two identical amps to my multieffect processor and if freaked me out (in a good way) how I could hear the sound coming from both sides of the room.  It seems fuller I suppose.

corbind
Really make a difference doesn't it. The effects just seem come from everywhere.

joe

    From what I've read, and the way I use my Zoom PS-04 amp models, is to run something like the Pod into a clean amp setting.  That way you get the sound of the model played throught he amp without much coloration.  If you get an amp with a nice dirty sound for metal, you would want to go with that sound and avoid the modelling from the Pod.  Otherwise you could get some strange and unpleasant artifacts.  So that would argue for a clean, cheap solid state amp.
    On the otherhand, a real tube amp might help warm up the modelled sounds.  I haven't tried this yet, so what do you guys think?

The average listener cannot even tell the difference between  solid state and tube, but I think everything sounds a little better through a tube amp.

I saw a band last night with two guitar players, both using Line 6 amps. They sound pretty great, lots of effects.

Throw the POD into the FX-return, and skip the entire pre-amp within the combo. If the poweramp in the combo is solidstate, hook up a small tube-preamp (like the behringer MIC100, $40 new) before the POD to warm the signal.

I just checked out that device.  So you can really tell the difference in your sound when using it compared to when you are not?  I was also wondering if it would be better to put it in the chain just before the amp so that it's only warming up the sterile digital before it hits the amp.  If it goes before the preamp (POD) it may cause some "odder" sounds wouldn't you think?  Mind you, I know at or about zero about loops, effects chain, etc.

Well I use PODs as well and have been waiting a year for this guy to come out with this amp...

http://www.atomicamps.com/

doesn't look like it's ever going to happen though, but get on his email list...ya never know, it's worth getting interested in if you like amp modelers and don't have $1800 to spend on a Vetta II

If have the money, a Marshall would rock...Butt since you use distortion, almost anything would work..I hope this helps. :)

just buy the most expensive one in the store you will save yourself mony on all of those other lower class amps you would have had

but if you dont have alot of money buy an amp from a reliable company (at least one you have herd of)
you cant go wrong with a marshall of fender ;D