Origin 20H Head : Great amp. Magic value for the money.

Got one of these a couple of days ago, and I'm very, very impressed. You have to crank the gain and the master both past 3pm to get it to sing, but it does. I'm using it into a 1x12 with a Celestion G12H-100. I have a 30th Anniversary 100w Marshall and the Origin it does have a similar sound to the Plexi channel on that - but the Anni requires volumes that threaten the structural integrity of the house you're in. The Anni also weighs about 25Kg and is a bugger to lift, the Origin is much, much easier to transport. The power mode switch on the Origin allows you to crank it, but still play at loud bedroom levels. It's easily loud enough to play with a drummer. The down sides? Well it's a bit of a one-trick pony. It does rock really well. A humbucker and AC/DC is it's natural territory. It'll do blues beautifully if you turn down the gain, or use a fuzz and it's Hendrix-y. Keep the fuzzface on & turn the volume right down for that smooth glassy sound, it's great too. You can stick a Tube Screamer in front of it for a bit of 80's hair metal, or a Big Muff for Dinosaur Jr. I haven't got trying really high gain stuff into it, it might work, not sure, but if you're into lots of headroom for clean country and western or clean jazz you'll probably struggle. But who on earth buys a plexi to play jazz?? It's one of the cheapest valve amps available in the UK and I love it to bits already. Wish I'd had it 30 years ago.