I did a ton of research and remembered Jonsie on here recommending Victory. Looking at their line, and what I get out of my AB165 Bassman (ie: an extra gain stage) and deduced, with a little YouTube help, that the V30 'The Jack' was the one.
It arrived this evening and initial feelings are very very good. It's 42w, so more than loud enough, and has a weird, but also awesome half-Fender, half-Marshall vibe. The dirty channel is more gain than I'd ever know what to do with but the clean with the 'crunch' pull out pot is pretty damn close to my cranked Bassman - close enough that no one will care. I can't see me using any other setting than that to be honest and just tweak to each room. We have another gig on Thursday so it'll get an outing then and a proper test.
From what I can tell they're based not that far from me either, and they're all hand-built here. I've not opened it yet but I'm going to assume it's wild in there so going to leave it the hell alone
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And, for some reason I also got bundled a Blackstar channel switch which I have absolutely zero use for. If someone here can use it, you can have it for free - I'll even ship it for free if you're in the UK...I've got way too much stuff here as it is
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