Hughes&Kettner TubeMeister Deluxe 40

The HK TM 40 is a fantastic first amp unless you want super heavy modern metal tones. It has a lovely clear channel that breaks up well if you push it. The crunch and lead channels do their job very nicely and the lead channel can be pushed with an OD pedal to become pretty heavy. The Red box and power soak are great for home use or where quietness is required. My only gripe is that the speaker emulation was a little tricky to work with in a mix due to the bottom end that the Red box creates but, that is partially personal taste. Even so it still sounds great and you can of course fix that by using an IR loader in your DAW which for me brought great results.