NGD - some Tele love!

[Katastrophe]

The Vox is a definite contender. Honestly, I don't need 40 Watts either. But, MF was blowing out the DSL for less than a 15 watt Bassbreaker, which is a pretty good deal. What I really want is an amp to sound like a JTM 45, but at lower power, at an affordable price... But I don't know that anyone makes anything like that at prices available to mere mortals...

[duhvoodooman***]

What I really want is an amp to sound like a JTM 45, but at lower power, at an affordable price... But I don't know that anyone makes anything like that at prices available to mere mortals...

Unfortunately, that's pretty close to impossible. The JTM45 was a non-master volume amp that got most of its signature tone by cranking the volume through a KT66 output stage. Pretty much the same deal with the classic Marshall Plexi's, but now you're talking even more power and EL34s. Even if some amp design wizard could somehow duplicate that tone with EL84s or 6V6s, you're still dealing with a non-MV amp that will need to be cranked and thus very LOUD!! To get close to that tone at reasonable volumes, you're probably looking at some kind of modeling amp....