gorillamac's Metal Pedalboard

From what I understand, these are also very popular with blues players. I'm not a blues player, so this review will be in the context of heavier genres (metal, hardcore, extreme stuff, etc.)

Solid state amps are often overlooked in heavy music. Granted, a thick and full tube amp does sound phenomenal in heavy music. That being said, there's something about the cold, tight sound of a solid state amp that lends itself very well to the more extreme subgenres. The Peavey Bandit is one of those that hits this note very well. The clean channel is great and soaks up pedals like a dream, and the dirty channel drills you right between the eyes. I also like stacking dirt sources by running pedals into the dirty channel, and it does this with ease as well. For death metal, grind, sludge, heavy hardcore etc., this thing will rip your face off.

These can be had for dirt cheap as well. I got mine for $100. I also own a "modern" iteration, and that's fantastic as well. I currently run both as sort of a 2x12 stack with parallel signal chains. Very loud, very brutal, and 100% gig-able.