Mesa F-30 vs. Mesa Express 1x12

[mims2]

I am using a Mesa F-50 head right now that I have liked, but I think I like el84's better. I play in a cover band doing all styles from classic to modern heavy rock and I use a Tele with single coils. Which of these two amps would fit me better?

[HoboMan]

I have never tried the Express but I have an F-30.
I love the F-30. The cleans are nice and the gain channel has more gain than I will ever use. I play classic rock and I never turn the gain past 10:00.
I've heard that the Express was designed to be a lower gain amp.

[mims2]

thanks! anyone else got some input?

[mims2]

anyone? I'd like to try these amps but can't travel far enough to try one out...

[HoboMan]

OK, I'll chime in again.

I believe the Express has a toggle with two different setting for each channel. Something like Crunch/Blues, or something like that. Gives you more variety of tones.

I played single coils thru my F-30 and it sounded AMAZING. EL84s and single coils are a great match. The clean channel was SO CHIMEY, early Brian May. The gain could make the single coils sound fat & crunchy.