Help me find an amp! (Please)

[daydreamer]

I'm looking to get a new amp. I play indie (Modest Mouse, The National, Cymbals Eat Guitars) shoegaze (MBV, Depreciation Guild) post-rock (Sigur Ros, EitS) and am hoping to move into more experimental/noise territory as well. I think I'd like something with really good cleans that takes pedals well (don't really care about the amps dirty channel)

Thanks for the help

[Nychthemeron]

Price range? Tube or Solid-State preference? Single-coils or Humbuckers?

It depends on what you're using.

[Blurillaz]

Any price range?
What's your steup go like?
How many watts?

[daydreamer]

Any price range?
What's your steup go like?
How many watts?

Price range like $800 (I can go a bit higher if necessary), I'm open to buying used as well.

My setup is a Carvin DC145 with Mellowtone singing tree, EHX memory boy, Vox 847a Wah and I plan on getting a devi fuzz soon, although I'm not sure which.

I prefer tube, but if there are good SS suggestions (something like a JC 120) I'm open to them.

For wattage, I'm looking for something that can gig but that's not sososososoo loud that it'd be hard to just practice with.

[Blurillaz]

A Fender Blues Jr. could work for that plus it's really cheap and LOUD, though a Fender Blues Deluxe is a better option if you are willing to pay more.

[sevenSHARPnine]

Fender Twin Reverb

[effetebomb]

Roland Jazz Chorus?
or a Fender...

wish i had me a jazz chorus...

[Nychthemeron]

Seconding the Twin Reverb. Great for the sparkly cleans and I've heard that it can handle pedals really well.

I own a Blues Jr. and it can get loud for a 15-Watt amp. They are versatile amps, but if you want them to sound as best as they can you should get some BillM mods to them.

[sevenSHARPnine]

Roland Jazz Chorus?
or a Fender...

wish i had me a jazz chorus...

I lurve my JC-60. Awesome for cleans w/ modulation

For dirty stuff i prefer toobz but the JC is hard to beat as far as solid state amps goes.

[daydreamer]

thanks for the suggestions!

my only concern with amps like the Twin Reverb and the JC 120 is will they be too big/heavy (weight)/loud for a college dorm?

[Nychthemeron]

thanks for the suggestions!

my only concern with amps like the Twin Reverb and the JC 120 is will they be too big/heavy (weight)/loud for a college dorm?

Being in a dorm, my stock Blues Jr. is sometimes "too loud" when barely at 2.

[my bloody television]

if you're worried about volume in a dorm...see if you can find an old silverface princeton reverb. If you don't really care and plan on playing loud and live a lot, get a twin or super reverb.

[sevenSHARPnine]

Perhaps a Deluxe Reverb if the Twin is overkill? Deluxes are 22 watts I believe.

Or you could get a 15 watt Blues Jr. or Blackheart Handsome Devil.

Or an original 5 watt Fender Vibro Champ