Just my two cents on that subject, I play since almost ten years in a Soul Rythm'n Blues Band with a big horn section and we are covering mainly Stax records and some more modern artists( Angie Stone, Joss Stone, Sharon Jones etc...) I played two amps during that period one Fender Concert Amp, very nice clean sound with the great and deep tremolo and a Laney LC15 very British amp being quite loud and bright. The amp which does the better job to "cut trough" the mix win a Ten piece band (5 horns + keyboard,drums & Bass) was the Laney.
The Concert sounds really good but with the bass frequencies it usually mix too much with the Organ sounds of our keyboard player and get on the feet of the Baritone sax. The Laney is more harsh sounding but with my Telecaster it sounds just great for the rythmn' thing
Guitars:
1978 Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom USA, New Nash TL-72 Thinline Telecaster, 1965 Harmony Meteor, H71, 1986 Fender Telecaster Esquire MIJ, New Martin J-41 Special, 1933 National Duolian, 1941, New Eastwood Mandocaster 12 strings
Amps:
Tweed Vibrolux Custom Denis Manlay, 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface