Thanks once again for all the advice - I learnt a lot! I tried all the amps I could get my hands on, and I now have a new tube amp!
I wanted to close out this thread with a list of links and review sites I found useful over the last few months:
- How Tube Amplifiers Work, Part 1: The Power Supply
- How Tube Amplifiers Work, Part 2: The Pre-Amp and Power Amp
- LickLibrary’s overview of blues tones, amps and gear
- Amp reviews by Shane @ InTheBlues, CrossRoad Blues Secrets, GAK, Andertons and TPS.
- Edge CoPilot or ChatGPT like AI models seem to have been fed every gear manual and review out there, and can produce ‘ranking grids’ like this one comparing different speakers in the Blues Junior… saves some time while researching on the 'Net.
