Hi Again

Well what a response I thank you all very much.I know in America you have a proper venue circuit where bands are taken seriously miked pa's and lights etc. In England unless you are pro or signed there is only the Pub circuit in major towns. No pa ,no lights drunken idiots not much money etc it is quite sad and soul destroying .When ever i get to play miked up i agree there is no problem but that is very rare so playing with a loud band I have to turn up. I built a rack with two cheap 800w power amps and two preamps into two 2x12 cabs on stands but again the sound wasn't right when I used it with a Marshall 4x12 and 2x12 stacked it was very loud and painful i'm 48 and keep getting told i am the loudest guitar player they have ever heard.I would like a fully integrated amp in a rack the fender m80 was done in a rack version but only in the states and ive heard the pearce stuff is good but again expensive I might as well go valve. Anyway Im going to keep searching and spending money that i don't have and make myself more deaf with my home built guitars and amps . By the way here in Manchester England we have a fantastic modern rock band I think any of you American rockers would like. What are they called I hear you ask?......wait for it ...'AMPLIFIER' try and check them out they rock seriously .Anyway I must go and thanks again I'm pleased you took the time to answer my enquiry BEST WISHES  Martin

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