have a look around on the second hand market... at least over here, there are tonnes of old valve amp combos going for very nice prices.. (valve = tube, just that tube is the american word ) i am personally not a fan of neither ashdown nor marshall heads.. i am more of a vintage/less distorted kind of guy. i love the vox ac15/30, fender twin/super reverbs, as well as other stuff like hagströms, selmers, etc. but yeah, if you fancy something different/special, try looking around for a used amp. but that is what i say about all instruments, i recently bought a 1973/1974 l6-s guitar...