Alas, in Australia they go for $3000.
It works like that here, we pay lots more for all amps. eg Princeton Recording from Bananas is $1000US (say $1100 Australian), but retails here for $2500 Australian.
For $1500 Australian I'd own one, but thanks for trying for me. It was a nice gesture. Some people import and buy the tranny to go from 110V to 240V, but there's warranty, import duty, etc. It'd work out the same anyway.
Thunderforge, the Fenders are
not for metal. You said you were a metal-head, right? You want something high-gain, so you can do your squealies and tapping and stuff. Seriously, unless you play with mild overdrive, I'd be looking at solid state. Cheaper, no maintenance:
The Tube vs Solid State Amp debate is slowly but surely coming to an end! - Tube vs Solid State Amps - Epinions.com
For super clean and ultra high gain, you can't hear valves. The value in valves is that they sound smooth when you
start to overdrive them, like blues players do, or even like in classic rock. For modern drop D chugging do you really need to buy something you have to maintain? Are you going to notice subtle soft clipping with your Boss MT-2 raising the fires of hell? I think not!
