Maggior, I think the amp that you're thinking about is the Fender Deluxe Reverb. It's one of the few amps still using a tube rectifier (5AR4). A Vox AC30 would serve equally well. Many tube amp manufacturers are returning to tube rectifiers instead of the typical solid state output transformers because transformers just can't duplicate that natural "sag" that tubes produce. There are more and more manufacturers putting out these type amps these days. Even a Vox AC15C1 (1. 12" speaker) is only $599.99 (US) but only has 2 EL84 power tubes. Nothing beats 4 EL84s for that great gut rumbling sound. For the sound he is after, I'd suggest not using any pedals other than a delay (set for slapback) and a reverb (if needed) and set the amp volume just barely to the point of "breakup" and have at it. Just my 2 ceents. Jimbo