Amp up to 1000$ for pop-rock

[mihalkrol]

Hi guys,

I'm going home after a year here in Australia, and trying to look for new amp for myself. Music style I play is quite wide, but I play the most pop-rock kinda thing. As it is in the title, I can pay up to 1000$, because there's plenty of other stuff to buy, too... ;)

I tried to look for it, but there's so many kinds of amps that I've almost drawned. To make it easier, I'm looking for a small, tube, combo. I play almost always on small stages, so amp I had before (Peavey Valveking 100 Head) was much more powerful than I actually needed and I've never used more than 50% of his power.

For know I've found Orange Tiny Terror Combo. It's 30W, so it's perfect power for me. What do you reckon?

Let me know what you think :)
Take care,
Michal

[sonic_777111]

The Tiny Terror sound is pretty distinctive. You may love it or you may despise it. There may be a small problem in that there's really no clean sound in that amp, so if you want really crystal clean parts you'd probably do better with Egnater or Traynor.

[59refin]

AC-30, duh.

[mihalkrol]

Any specified models of Egnator and Traynor? Thanks ;)

I don't know Vox AC30, but I thought it's totally vintage sounding amp. Is it not?

[MRscratch]

Orange Dual terror. Man , this amp just smokes. seems to be under the radar.
i love this thing, and i have some pretty heavy hitters to compare to.

[terrapin]

AC-30, duh.

I was gonna say a Vox or Vox clone. I have a Vox Night Train head I run through a 2X10 and that setup can nail the pop-rock sound. You can get the head for $499.00 new.