[Twang Gang]

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe combo might suit your needs. About 30 watts, but has a gain and more gain foot switch - they get real loud in those modes, but you can turn them down and still have the growl at low volume. Just that when you switch back to clean side, you will have almost no volume at all. Street price about $600 - 700 new and you can gig with it too.

[BigDave78]

I have been using a blues junior for about a year now and can say that it is a work horse of an amp. At 15 watts it can get quite load but not going to blow your head off. you can get some nice dirty tone out of it but the one of my favorite things about this amp is that it handles pedals soooo well. I use a MXR custom Badass 78 distortion for my dirt, and always have my Ts-808 Tube screamer set up for my clean boost. I play mostly in my home and family gatherings and it covers me for all my needs.

Hope this helps.

Dave

[NYC Burst]

I use a Princeton Reverb. Plays clean at low volumes. Need a pedal if you want some crunch at home.

[badbluesplayer]

How about a Blues Jonny?

[vangoghsear]

I haven't read all 9 pages, I've read enough to know there are some good suggestions made already. I want to throw in my vote for a Traynor YCV40 or YCV40WR 12" combo. 40 watts, two footswitchable channels with boost, master volume control, independent EQs and volume control + gain on drive channel, Accutronics reverb, 12" Celestion speaker (the Celestion 30 comes stock, I have a YCV40WR that has been setup with a Celestion 100 for more clean headroom).

Traynor amps are made in Canada, and built like tanks. Circuitry is dead silent when you're not playing. The gain channel has been called Marshall like, the clean channel is quite Fendery (the man who started the company used to work for Fender), a lot like if Marshall and Fender had a love child.

They are pro quality amps and go for about $700 US.

[pippy]

FWIW the OP hasn't checked in to his post since last summer.

I think all who have posted since have been offering 'General Information' rather than a reply to the original question.



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[vangoghsear]

pippy, on 07 April 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:

FWIW the OP hasn't checked in to his post since last summer.

I think all who have posted since have been offering 'General Information' rather than a reply to the original question.



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True. It's a good topic for general information. Type of thing that comes up on search engines.

[badbluesplayer]

 pippy, on 07 April 2013 - 04:20 PM, said:

FWIW the OP hasn't checked in to his post since last summer.

I think all who have posted since have been offering 'General Information' rather than a reply to the original question.



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What else is new?

[Zeke]

 Dg77, on 04 March 2013 - 03:04 PM, said:

Don't let the Vietnam thing deter you. It's a great amp. I don't gig, but if I did I wouldn't see an issue with it. Build quality is great IMO.

I finally broke down and bought this amp, you are right quality is on the $$. This thing really sounds good at low and high volumes. I dont gig either, but there's no doupt in my mind that this amp would hold its own. Distortion all day long. Very satisfied.........

[LPGTCat33511]

VHT

Oh, sorry
You bought one already

[diddy]

I would recommend a Vox AC15... they are sweet and you can get 'em for in the $400 range used... definitely worth the money

[lemontree]

Easily installs into an amp and will turn your amp down almost a whisper, you get great tone too
And unlike a master volume which only allows you to saturate the pre-amp tubes; this little puppy will let you over drive the output tubes.
exactly!
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