Hiwatts-n-Gibsons
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I'll start.
Hiwatts have great cleans as pedal platform amps, but don't crunch up like an old Marshall.
Utter hogwash.
I have a DR103 and a DR504, both 100 watters. While it's true they have some of the most gorgeous, deep, clear, and 3 dimensional clean tones of any amp at ridiculously high volumes all you have to do is bridge the inputs with a jumper, and turn up the Normal and Brilliant volumes and even at lower Master Volume settings they start to crunch up gloriously with a bold punch and vicious midrange grind. Turn both those volumes up to around 3/4 or more and then crank up the Master volume, and you will have one of the most beastly and pissed off British crunch tones you ever heard from any amp. It will give any JMP or Plexi a run for it's money in grind, and at the same time punch even harder below the belt.
The other side of that coin.
Marshalls are great overdriven, but cannot compare to Fender cleans.
Again, poppycock. Marshalls have absolutely gorgeous cleans on tap if you know how to balance the Normal/Brilliant volumes and Master, and then use your guitar volume to go from clean to scream. If you need proof, then listen to Hendrix's or Zeppelin's live recordings.
Hiwatts have great cleans as pedal platform amps, but don't crunch up like an old Marshall.
Utter hogwash.
I have a DR103 and a DR504, both 100 watters. While it's true they have some of the most gorgeous, deep, clear, and 3 dimensional clean tones of any amp at ridiculously high volumes all you have to do is bridge the inputs with a jumper, and turn up the Normal and Brilliant volumes and even at lower Master Volume settings they start to crunch up gloriously with a bold punch and vicious midrange grind. Turn both those volumes up to around 3/4 or more and then crank up the Master volume, and you will have one of the most beastly and pissed off British crunch tones you ever heard from any amp. It will give any JMP or Plexi a run for it's money in grind, and at the same time punch even harder below the belt.
The other side of that coin.
Marshalls are great overdriven, but cannot compare to Fender cleans.
Again, poppycock. Marshalls have absolutely gorgeous cleans on tap if you know how to balance the Normal/Brilliant volumes and Master, and then use your guitar volume to go from clean to scream. If you need proof, then listen to Hendrix's or Zeppelin's live recordings.