What are the best guitar amp heads?

Question

What are the best guitar amp heads?

Answer 1

Me personally the Krank Rev  has the best sound but another one that sounds great that no one knows about the Peavey Ultra Plus just as much gain as the prized 5150 but not as raw.

Answer 2

The best I've heard?

Bogner Uberschalls.

Unbelievably beautiful cleans, thick and heavy crunch. They also cost 4 grand.

I really like my Mesa Boogie Trem-o-Verb. It has a wide variety of sounds, from sweet to bluesy to crunchy to nu-metal. The Dual Rectifier doesn't hold a candle to it.

THD and VHT both make some incredible guitar heads. The heaviest guitar sounds i've ever heard (Helmet!) were made in part with VHT heads.

Saul

Answer 3

This like asking, "what's the best guitar?"  Everyone has an opinion on this.  It depends on what you're specifically looking for as far as tone, loudness, reliability, etc.  I know a lot of rock/metal players who swear by their Marshalls, and for good reasons.  The JCM series is a great, loud, toneful amp.  Some of their classic pieces of gear are worth their weight in gold.  Alternately, some rockabilly players I know prefer classic Fender Bassman heads and cabinets, the older the better, and wouldn't even plug into anything built after 1970.  To these guys, hand-wired, tube-driven, and spring reverb is the way to go.  Others are into raw power.  If that's what you mean by "best," then go with a Mesa-Boogie Triple Rectifier.  

Stay away from "amp-modeling."  This is a fad that caught on fairly recently, in which an amp claims to "model" several different amps: a switch will select between a "Marshall" sound, a "Fender" sound, a "Triple Rec" and so on.  But put it next to an actual Marshall, Fender, and Triple Rec, and falls short, every time, with no exceptions.  

A couple of amps I can say good things about are the 5150 series produced by Peavey, and the Steve Vai model produced by Carvin.  Especially the Carvin.  It's expensive, but you get what you pay for.

On the other hand, a lot of jazz players I know stick to combo amps, and get an arguably better sound.  The new Fender tube units sound great, and will go up against a half-stack any day.  Personally, I think the best-sounding guitar amp is the Roland Jazz Chorus.

Answer 4

Randall Warheads

but their discontinued :(

Answer 5

DUDE MARSHALL ALL THE WAY MAN!!!!