Yamaha G100 II
I love it! Solid State amp from the 80's. Designed by Mike Soldano (who went on to do Soldano amps). The clean channel is gorgeous . It's very clear yet thick sound to it. Takes pedals very well. Think of a JC 120 but with a little more mojo and girth. It also has a cool Parameteric EQ with adjustable Q. Lots of different sounds to be had with this. The distortion channel sounds weird and could be interesting in the right context. Very happy buy.
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Bought a Digitech CM-2 overdrive/distortion pedal. Really nice pedal! Think of a Tube Screamer but with a bass and treble knob. It sounds really great, no mods needed for this thing. Sounds like a very expensive boutique pedal. Works great with soild state and tube amps. It has a switch with "classic" setting and a "modern" setting. So far for a light overdrive I like it on "classic" with the distortion turned all the way down into a clean amp. It's really responsive to your dynamics. Chords and arpeggios come out very clearly but with some grit and texture of the light distortion. For the other extreme on "modern" with the gain up all the way and bass and treble knob turned up quite a bit too sounds really great! Very Marshall JCM800 sounding. Works well with cascading into another distortion pedal or distorted amp. Got it used for $50 bucks. Super psyched.