facemelter wrote:Blackstar HT-5
If you want to play extreme metal get an overdrive pedal, but you can get a good Marshall crunch or a lower gain Mesa sound out of it straight out of the box. Damn shame the price jumped $100 on each model. The head I bought new for $299 back in June was too good to last.
I second this as well. The HT-5 may look like a toy amp, but you get such GREAT tone out of it. Definitely one of the amps I play with every time I go to GC....
