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toneless, need advice.

In all of the 5-6 years ive only ever used ashdown amps. started out with a mini stack and then after a couple of years moved up to the mag600 with mag 210 and 115 cabs. ive never really been confident with my tone. i sometimes manage to dial in a tone that i think sounds great at the time, but never seem to be able to replicate it other times. i dont know wether its just me being too picky or my amp / lack of parameters and effects. i play primarily with a washburn force 4 (also got a build thread in luthiers corner). a guy ive gigged with before used pretty much the same rig as me but the mag 300 and he used (i think) a boss me50b and it sounded really good and seemed to cut through the mix much better than me even though i (theoretically) had twice the power.

would i be able to use a higher end effects processor, like the boss, directly into a power amp? i'd love that much tweakability at my feet.

i play pretty much all classic rock in my band but i also like to doodle around with stoner rock/ grunge and a bit of heavy metal and sludge so i want alot of flexibility.

what would you guys recommend?
 
There is a huge difference between your tone on stage and your tone in the crowd. Get someone to record you and listen to it before you form opinions based on stage tone only.

A high end FX processor into a PA amp is totally workable - I've used an XT live with some success.

My suggestion would be to get a nice channel strip type preamp that gives you lots of control over your gain, and a decent power amp, and then use an FX processor in the loop of the preamp.

...But only do it after you've recorded your FOH tone and analyzed it.