Originally Posted by: ViolentpandaOkay heres the deal. I am Looking for a Good Metal Amp. I ahve some ideas on what do get but I would like some feed back as some of you may have played on these amps. I play everything from Pantera to Metallica to Vai to Satriani to Creed to Slayer to Deftones to Nirvana to Silverchair to Iced Earth to Death to Cradle of Filth. I am currently playing through a Ibanez S1520BP Prestige with a EMG-81 in the bridge and a EMG-85 at the neck. I am Playing through my computer with Amplitube into 2 large PA speakers. I HATE THIS!! JAMING WITH FREINDS IS A PAIN...AND THE DAMN PROGRAM HAS A VERY BAD CRAPPY NOISE GATE. With that being said...here is what I am looking at:

SETUP OPTION #1
Peavy JSX Head w/XXX 4x12 Cab
BOSS GT-8
Morely Badhorsie Wah

SETUP OPTION #2
Krankenstien Head
Krankenstien Cab

SETUP OPTION #3
Line-6 HD-147 w/Matching Cab
And the Top Floor Controller for the HD-147

These are the three setups I am looking for...
#1-Sweet Amp, not sure if it gets those mean tones for metal hence the GT-8
#2-Heavy Amp, not sure if it can get as sweet tones as the JSX
#3-HD-147, Very versitle Amp but not sure if it can get Very Mean AND Very Sweet.

The Clean channel has to be Shimmering! I love a good shimmering Clean channel. I hope this info will give you guys enough info to help me decide what setup is the best on for me.





[Edited on 2/3/2006 by Violentpanda]

Krank will give you the metal edge with a distinct sound. Id go big, and spring for an extra 4 by 12 cab to make a stack, that way you can nail"em from both sides of the stage to enhance the distruction!