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Old 12-09-2016, 10:05 AM
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I have more amps and guitars, but these are all Fender.

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Old 12-09-2016, 01:13 PM
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I say leave the tolex on and show the battle scars. That's assuming it can still protect the speaker and doesn't muffle the sound.
+1. If something unforeseen comes up some day and you're forced to sell, the amp should keep more value with the original tolex. I like the road worn look, personally.

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Old 12-09-2016, 01:28 PM
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The tolex stays, consider it done

Great amps in this tread!
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Old 12-09-2016, 01:31 PM
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My British style amp. It's an Avatar 18W, despite the badging the previous owner installed. Right channel is the stock Marshall 1974x channel, just volume and gain. Left is a modern channel with gain, master, treble/mid/bass controls. Very flexible amp, though I prefer to use the simple channel turned way up.



My Mojotone Blackface Super Reverb I built a couple of years ago. I've installed all NOS preamp tubes, GE and Philips. Big, round, loud cleans for days and lush reverb when wanted. She's plenty loud, too.



My first kit build, a Mojotone Tweed Deluxe. I was just about to replace the power tubes in this pic. This one gets the majority of play time, and sounds amazing with Teles, Firebirds, and about any other guitar I've plugged into it. This amp taught me to finally break out of running the guitar controls on 10 all the time, and made me a better player for it.

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Old 12-09-2016, 04:35 PM
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What's your go-to amp(s)? Do you prefer tube, solid state, or modeling?
Been a guitar-cable-amp guy and a fan of "big-clean" tone since day one, so although tubes are still #1 in my book I'll take a good analog solid-state amp if it delivers the goods; got a few go-to's depending on the mood/needs of the day:
  • Bugera V22 (my "Swiss Army" amp - portability, tone, and power)
  • Fender '65 Super Reverb RI (the "Big Gun" - all 65 pounds worth)
  • Fender Frontman 212R (son of "Big Gun" - 15 pounds lighter than the Super, 100W of Fender blackface clean, and the older I get the more I'm using it)
  • Randall RB-120 (120W 1x15" two-channel combo that doubles as my no-frills archtop guitar and old-school bass amp)
  • Ampeg Portabass 250 (1x12" bass combo with loads of power and more low end than a Kardashian family reunion)
  • Carvin MB12 (30-pound 3-way 200W bass combo for when I need minimum weight/footprint, and/or more "modern" bass tone)
  • Peavey Studio Pro 50 (my former grab-&-go, this is the rare 1x12" with the XLR out - strictly for banjo these days)
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Old 12-09-2016, 04:39 PM
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My first kit build, a Mojotone Tweed Deluxe. I was just about to replace the power tubes in this pic. This one gets the majority of play time, and sounds amazing with Teles, Firebirds, and about any other guitar I've plugged into it. This amp taught me to finally break out of running the guitar controls on 10 all the time, and made me a better player for it.

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clint: you always give great responses and this is one of the wisest!
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:25 PM
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Clint that tweed amp is a beauty...

Did you wrap it up in that tweed too as part of the amp build? It looks perfect. Looks being one thing, I'm sure it sounds great.

You know it's such a great topic... I have always been a volume on ten kind of guy till I stopped playing with my band for about two years and went into hiding and learned that there is a whole other world of control when you actually use the volume knob on the guitar. In fact I almost never even play on ten anymore and leave that extra room when I sense I am not cutting through the mix in a live setting.
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Old 12-10-2016, 12:18 AM
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Here are my two...



On top is my '72 Deluxe Reverb (still has the 70's tubes in it!)... such a great sounding amp and good for pretty much everything, although I'd use the lower one for most jazz stuff; a 1980 Yamaha GL100-112 that I bought new. The thing is a workhorse, never had an issue with it, wonderful clean sounds and a decent reverb (although nothing like the Deluxe Reverb).

They are both too heavy for me to schlep around anymore, but I haven't worked in band in a long while, so they just stay home...
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Old 12-10-2016, 05:40 AM
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Clint that tweed amp is a beauty...

Did you wrap it up in that tweed too as part of the amp build? It looks perfect. Looks being one thing, I'm sure it sounds great.

You know it's such a great topic... I have always been a volume on ten kind of guy till I stopped playing with my band for about two years and went into hiding and learned that there is a whole other world of control when you actually use the volume knob on the guitar. In fact I almost never even play on ten anymore and leave that extra room when I sense I am not cutting through the mix in a live setting.
Thanks. That's one of Mojotone's cabs. They do great work in their covering shop, both with fabric and tolex. I did apply a few coats of finish to protect the tweed and give it an aged look, though.

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Old 12-10-2016, 06:28 AM
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Here are my amps:

Tube Amps:


'65 Fender Blonde Twin Reverb (Conversion)
'66 Fender Pro Reverb
'66 Fender Princeton Reverb
'73 Fender SF Deluxe Reverb
'73 Fender Vibro Champ
'75 Fender Champ
'76 Fender Vibrolux Reverb
'83 Boogie MKIIC 60/100,EQ,Reverb Head
'84 Boogie MKIIC+ 60 watt combo
'84 Boogie MKIIC+ Simul-Class loaded
Bubinga/Wicker combo
'07 Sewell Texaverb 25 load w/ G12H30
'08 Brown Note D'Lite 44 "ODE" Head
'10 Hermida 1x12 openback G12H-30 loaded
'11 Egnater Tweaker 15 Head

Solid State Amps:
'85 Gallien - Krueger ML 250
'86 Gallien - Krueger Ml 250
'88 Gallien - Krueger Backline 100
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Old 12-10-2016, 06:35 AM
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Hi Jeff, I've got the head version of that, the 210H. I find it almost does too much and I'm more of a set it and forget it guy now. But you're right, so many options. The foot pedal is great.
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This, Marshall JVM210c. 6 voices and a bunch of knobs for an infinitude of sound options.


For years before I got the Marshall, I used one of these, a solid-state Gibson G-115 plus an array of pedals. For a solid-state amp it sounds great, but I don't think there's anything that will quite touch a good tube amp.
<<snippet pic>>

What Marshall is that?
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(there are others I use / own but) this is #1


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Old 12-10-2016, 07:22 AM
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I "just" have a Carr Rambler (can't find a photo at the moment). Killer amp and lighter than most equivalent Fenders. Does great with dang near anything. I've thought about getting a Soldano a few times for "classic" metal, but the Carr does well when I crank the distortion.
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Old 12-10-2016, 08:53 AM
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Cornford Harlequin


Cornford
by sage972003, on Flickr

More info here http://www.cornfordamps.com/harlequin.htm

I also have a Zinky Blue Velvet but don't have pics.
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Old 12-10-2016, 09:16 AM
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Here are my two...



On top is my '72 Deluxe Reverb (still has the 70's tubes in it!)... such a great sounding amp and good for pretty much everything, although I'd use the lower one for most jazz stuff; a 1980 Yamaha GL100-112 that I bought new. The thing is a workhorse, never had an issue with it, wonderful clean sounds and a decent reverb (although nothing like the Deluxe Reverb).

They are both too heavy for me to schlep around anymore, but I haven't worked in band in a long while, so they just stay home...
I know this thread is about amps but...

What's the guitar? It looks like a 335 with 345 inlays. And typically, a 345 has a varitone dial. I do see extra switches and the non-Gibson Vibrato/bridge but I'm just curious as to what the actual model is.

I have a '67 ES335 stoptail conversion with Grovers and it has the same knobs as your...

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Old 12-10-2016, 09:54 AM
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I must still have a bit of an amp fetish as I am loving this thread. I used to have a bit of a jones for booteek and Fender BF amps as depicted below.





I am now divested of most and the keeper was:



Which is still overkill wattage but it has a great attenuator and covers all the tonal palettes I want.
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