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Need help deciding on an amp: Doom Metal/Thrash Metal/Melo Death/Stoner Rock

Hey y’all I’m looking for a 80s thrash, Stoner rock, Traditional doom metal, heavy psych, first gen melodeath Kinda sound and I’m looking at a few amps: Sovtek Mig-100U, Sound City 200+, Laney Klipp, Green Matamp GT120MV, Verellen Meatsmoke, Fender 5F6 Bassman, and Park 150. Does anyone have advice on any of the above amps?

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  • Stringjoy Signatures (Custom Set w/ Wound 3rd)
  • EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

I'm thinking either Verellen Meatsmoke if I can afford more than 2k and Sound city 200 Plus, Soviet mig-100U, Laney Klipp or Green Matamp GT120MV for 1k-2k. Does anyone have advice on the best one?

GEAR:
  • Dunlop Big Stubby 3.0mm Dark Purple Guitar Picks
  • Stringjoy Signatures (Custom Set w/ Wound 3rd)
  • EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

the sound cities are wierd, a 200+ is a mk3 or mk4, active tone controls, very odd.... hard to get a sound from but POWERFUL, poweramp is hiwatty though. migs are good beginner amps, not worth mentioning here, pretty amrshally.... the Klipp is very well made, sabbath tones all day... Matamps vary, the recent UK ones not so well made, old ones very well made, US ones from before the change to Green and Black or whatever? very well amde, all somewhat different, depends what you're going for. Sleep used them, Sabbath always used Laney apart from Paranoid footage with oranges (matamps or modified knockoff matamps depending on era) and some footage from I think Swedish TV? on that show everyone used house gear, all oranges.... you can see Paul Kossoff using the same amp in the right footage. Matamps are weird, they have a very lofi (for a 100+ watt amp) cathodyne phase inverter (hiwatt used this in bigger amps but with a pentode driver, not a triode).... the sound city will use a hiwatt AC coupled fixed ias long tailed pair and the ohter amps are bassmans so they use the classic fender/marshall/vox long tailed pair for big amps, DC coupled, cathode bias. All very different feel and different power amp breakup. Hiwatt the inverter is very hifi like a macintosh hifi amp actually and it will add the least distortion at lower grunt levels getting very crispy and thumpy at high volume levels, the mig/klipp is medium and the matamp is going to breakup before the preamp drives itself and before the onset of actual power tube distortion, it will add color and even overt distortion before any other part of the amp reducing the effective clean wattage of the amp.

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