Okay. Replying to my own lame post. Ideally, I wanted the Ampeg tone but ended up getting the Ibanez Promethean head on feebay for a good price. A bit risky as I never even tried one but I did a lot of research and it sounds really nicein this MusikSchmidt demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdzZuykNlEA
I became more open minded about amps after playing through a Fender tweed guitar amp this past weekend at low volume. My Fender Jazz sounded pretty damn good through it...
I do have a Sansamp DI if it needs it. Now its time for cab hunting. :-)