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Asked my husband who plays guitar, he says to try either Line 6 or Crate amps.
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I just answered your other question from earlier. I asked my husband for you. He plays guitar also. He said to try Line 6 or Crate amps for metal music. I hope that helps.
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Marshall, Line 6!
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Marshall, Crate, Carvin, and B52 are some of the amps preferred by metal guitar players.
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There are so many brands. Depends on the size of your wallet. I've been playing guitar for nearly 25 years now, and I like to stick to the Heavier stuff, at times, I'll be in a bluesy mood, but here's a list of inexpensive Great amps for what you're looking for. My personal Fav's are the Line 6 Spider series. The Spider 3 30 watt will give you the metal crunch and distortion that any metal head would love. If you go to the 75 watt or higher, you're seriously dealing with some great distortion, the great thing with the 75 watt or higher with the Spider 3 ( going to be replaced soon with the Spider 4) they come with 250 artist presets including some of fav's (Metallica, Randy Rhoads, Scorps, and a ton of other great metal presets.) about 299.00. Might be able to find the Spider 3 cheaper since the Spider 4 is coming in. Also you might want to look into the new Peavy Vyper. Always try to stick with 30 to 75 watts. If your wanting to play gigs, then 75 watt or higher, unless you play the 30 watt through the PA, Don't waste your time or money on 15 watts, since those don't give you the sound you'll need anyway.
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I always find the variety of answers here to be interesting. Especially when the level of expertise is highly suspect. Anyway... Both Crate and Line 6's solid state amp lines are NOT what touring metal bands are using... Looking across the spectrum of Metal and hard rock there are two brands that are used by 90% of the musicians. Randall and Marshall. Randall is the first and in my personal opinion the best for the true metalhead. Dimebag Darrell, Metallica, King's X, Anthrax, Pantera, The Faceless, Dokken & George Lynch, Disturbed, Fear Factory, and Arch Enemy just to name a few use Randall amps. Marshall would be more in the Metal/Hard Rock category with less of a chuga-chuga sound. The bottom line is go try out a Randall and a Marshall and then compare others in your price range to get Metal tones that are similar if you can't afford what they have to offer. Happy noodling!
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One with a built in distortion function.
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Get a good second hand marshalltown form the 70s or see if they do a replica.
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Most tube amps will give you better tone than a solid state amp. This is the real issue though. A large amp turned down will not sounds as good as a small amp turned up. This is realy important when considering a tube amp. That and I always handle my effects with pedals. I never buy an amp with effects on board. Other than that, you really need to try them all.
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It's hard to answer preference questions. Some people like a warm tube sound. My experience in that department has hooked me into alot of head I can't even afford. Huges Ketner is one of them. There was a sweet one I played it was called a bad cat. Alot of guy like the cutting sound of solid state amps. There are several name brands that are in business to please. I like modeling amps. Peavy has some real nice amps out these days. What the hell am I talking about I can tell you if I had a wad of money i'd be like out to get several amps right now.
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