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Your personal amp history?
The beginning:
Fender: Showman, Bassman, Twin Reverb, Tweed Deluxe, Tweed Princeton GK Stereo 50 watt which I still have. The others are gone. Mesa Boogie Mark 1 Seymour Duncan Convertible I sold the Twin to a friend. He gave it to my brother. Currently I own and use the following: 1958 Tweed Deluxe, 2001 Victoria Tweed Deluxe 1990s Tech21 65watt Classic- solid state and remarkably great sounding 1995 Hughes and Kettner Blues Master 1980 Fender Handwired Black Faced Deluxe Reverb. I bought this from Laurent Brondel.He had been using it live. 2013+/- PRS Paisley 50 watt H. The Tweeds, Deluxe Reverb,HK, and PRS are run through a beat up old cabinet containing a 12” Jensen MOD speaker, their version of a Celestion. Amp choice depends on venue and volume. Small cafes? Fender or Victoria. Stage? Deluxe Reverb or PRS. The H&K is about 5 watts. It is good for practicing but can go straight into the PA.
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Had:
An old Reel-to-Reel (LOL) A small Gorilla solid state (had "distortion" and "presence" controls!) Johnson J-Station (modeler: mucho fun) Epiphone Valve Jr. (played it through a Carvin 10" bass speaker) Vox AC4C1-BL (first Vox, loved it) Now: 5e3 Tweed Deluxe (Lil Dawg Amps) Vox AC4HW1 (move up from the AC4C1) Princeton Reverb (Vintage Sound Amps) Edit: I also have a 4x10 cab (a modified solid wood organ cab) with four Webers in it. Each speaker is wired individually with its own jack. I use a parallel cable and a Weber Z-Matcher so I can play any speaker individually or any two at a time (10 combos). 10A125 10F150 Blue Pup Silver 10 Last edited by DukeX; 10-31-2019 at 05:00 PM. Reason: Forgot some stuff |
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this says it all
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Binson (Italian manufacturer, no idea how it got to Seattle in the late Sixties)
Fender Twin Yamaha solid state Mesa Studio .22 (still use this) Yamaha DG-1000 rackmount I am definitely moving into modelling, as I won't be playing electric exclusively for the near future, and I find modeled tones easier to integrate with acoustic music.
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Well, lessee...
The '70s Heathkit Mono Hi-fi amp converted to guitar amp, burned up by a friend '67 Silvertone 1464 100 watt amp, sold to buy... '67 Fender Drip Edge Bandmaster with 2x12" cab cut down from a 4x12" Hammond Tone Cabinet, sold to buy... '66 Gibson GA-55RVT Ranger, 4x12" combo, 50 watts via 2x6L6s '73 Travnor YRM-1 Reverb Master, sold to buy... The more recent era: '95 Marshall JTM-612 60 watt combo '71 Fender Champ Motion Sound Sidewinder rotary speaker amp 2011 Mesa Boogie 5:25 Express 1x12" combo Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue '73 Traynor YRM-1 Reverb Master re-buy Fender '57 Tweed Deluxe custom built clone '63 Gretsch 6150T combo "Champ killer" 2016 Leslie G37 Rotary Speaker amp Marshal JMP-1 preamp and TuberWorks MV962 power amp in a rack given to me 2016 Fender Custom '68 Princeton Reverb '66 Gibson GA-45RVT Saturn 2x10" combo Modeling: Line6 POD 2.0 Line6 POD HD500X Line6 Helix Floor Um, I still own too many of these items. They are sort of spread between home and the studio where I work. Bob
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Fender Mustang and Roland Microcube solid state amps (I'm a loungeroom player these days) but I would love a Blues Junior and maybe the odd pedal to complete the picture.
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My list is pretty simple
Mesa TA-15 w/Avatar Ca My son's list is a little longer, although most are stored at my house. Crate Vintage 30 Marshall 401 Jazzkat Fatkat Ceriatone Plexi 50 w/Avatar Cab The Ceriatone is amazing but I really need to get a good attenuator for it. Jack
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Here's my amp history. All amps were tube except the Acoustic 117.
'65 Vox Cambridge Reverb '72 Fender Princeton '67 Gibson Duo Medalist '79 Acoustic 117 '75 Fender Vobrolux Reverb '81 Fender 75 '83 MESA/Boogie MkIIB *'75 Fender Vibro Champ (in a 1 X 12" cabinet) '60 Ampeg Jet *'03 TopHat Club Royale '67 Fender Bandmaster (in a Deluxe Reverb 1 X 12" cabinet) * still got it...
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Crate GX80 (broke quickly), sold it, bought it back from a guy who fixed it, it broke again. Ultimately sold it.
Peavey Vypryr VIP2 + Sanpera pedal. Used it quite a lot. Sold it. Crate GT15 practice amp. Nice little practice amp with a great dirty channel. Sold it. Epiphone Valve Jr. 8" combo. Loved the tone and simplicity. Gigged with it mic'd several times. Experimented with different pre amp tubes. Sold it. Yamaha THR5. Recorded lots with it. Loved the effects and portability. Used it at church a lot. Gigged with it patched into PA out of headphone jack. Everyone always said, dude your amp sounds killer. Where is it? Lol. Sold it. Miss it. Vox Night Train 15 combo. Tubes went 2nd time I used it right before a gig. Loved the thick setting. Loved the tones, but it was very heavy for its compact size. Sold it don't miss it. Bugera v22 Infinium. Changed tubes. Love it. Sound guys at gigs want it.
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As my username suggests, huge fan of Yamaha products. Own many acoustic-electric models from 2009-present and a couple electric. Lots of PA too. |
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My history is only a couple of months old. My first amp was a Fender Mustang LT25, which I returned within a couple of days. My next amp was a used Line 6 Spider IV 30, which I had for a few weeks before I bought a Bugera V22 Infinium, which is the only amp I have now.
I'm looking for a used Yamaha THR10 for practice and for those times that I don't want to carry the Bugera. BTW, I bought the Line 6 for $50 and sold it for $75. One of the reasons I like Craigslist is that I can buy used stuff, try it, and, if I don't like it, usually sell it for what I paid for it, sometimes more.
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I've had several small amps I no longer have (a tube Kalamazoo, Peavey Backstage, etc.). I currently have a Peavey Bandit (red stripe made in USA), Peavey Vypyr 212 100 watt, Peavey Envoy, and a small off-brand tube amp that's a clone of a Laney Cub 12R. What's my favorite you ask? Straight into the board - no amp at all - but at home I generally use the little tuber as it is convenient and sounds good. If I could only have one it would be the Bandit. It's rock-solid, sounds great, and will probably still be working just fine long after I'm gone.
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My fIrst amp was a Sears of some sort that I sold around 1975.
With the money from that, and adding a good amount I purchased a Yamaha G100 B212 that I had for many years. Distortion and reverb were built-in and both sounded horrible. It was also heavy for what it was. I finally sold that a few years back when I picked up playing guitar again and realized how bad it sounded. I replaced the Yamaha with a Fender Mustang 100 watt amp but I spent all my time playing with the different voices and never found what I wanted. So that got sold. I briefly had a Marshall single stack Valvestate 2000 AVT but it was too loud for my music room. It’s gone now as well. My current stable consists of: Roland Cube 40GX Vox AC15C1 Polytone Mini-Brute III Fishman Loudbox Monoprice 5-watt all tube amp I play strictly at home and all of these get way louder than I need. I would love to find “the” amp but it hasn’t happened yet.
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Looking good.
Thanks for participating.
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Currents:
Heads... Goodsell Super Seventeen Morgan MV 23 Top Hat Supreme 16 Quilter 101 COMBOS '64 Fender Deluxe Reverb Naylor Electra-Verb 38 Fender DeVille Acoustic Amp AER Compact 60/2 Gone Friedman Dirty Shirley Head Peavey Classic 30 Alessandro Working Dog Reverend Hellhound Vox Night Train Acoustic Amp Fender Acoustasonic Jr.
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