I hope you can help me here but im looking to buy an SS head to try and get near a big valve tone. I have two  fender pro185 combos which i run in stereo and get a great loud sound which i love, but i would like to find a big ss head with a similar sound. I play v loud rock and tend to get my amps very hot. Ive drilled holes in the 185's chassis to cool them but i can get cross feeding across channels etc and even what i expect is thermal shutdown on a carlsboro nutone combo i had. i would like a Marshall mode four but in england thats getting into valve money. Im sure the makers think if they are going to make a very high quality ss amp then the cost could get too high so you might as well buy valve. The kustom quad looks like a big valve head are these any good? I saw Ty Tabor from king x play through a yamaha head once it sounded great is there one ss amp that is superior to the rest in your view. I suppose Im trying to find the holy grail and spend little money but the fender 185 has got it !!! but Im warned not to try and add speakers or mess with the output as the circuitry isnt heavy enough so if i could find an ss head with that old classic rock sound and loud i would be happy thanks Martin