So what's your favorite for what you do? Big concerts? Small clubs? Recording? Do tell. (and show) I'll tell you mine later.
What's Your Favorite Amp?
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Walks Backward
Well-Known Member
A discontinued Texas Red Fender Frontman 25RII with a 10" Jensen Jet Falcon speaker. Easily replaced if it blows up from my sonic bombasts with 20 dirt boxes running into it! And NO TUBES!
OP
Only two responses....Really?!?!?
Of the ones i do own probably this one.Blackheart Little Giant with a Blackheart BH112 Speaker cab with a Creamback in it.And what ever Dirt,Fuzz or OD pedal ya want to use
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
For what I do, it's my main amp - A Mesa Boogie Mark 5:25. I've tried many amps and this one just ticks all the boxes for me. I just ordered a Mesa Mini Rectifier to go along with it and I suspect that will get plenty of play time too.
Favorite amp/most fun ever? A Bogner Uberschall that had been "hotrodded" by Reinhold Bogner himself (obviously not my amp! way, way out of my price range). But, It moved the earth through a Mesa Recto 4x12 cab. I have never heard a sound like that from any other amp that I have ever played through. It became my new reference for guitar tone, though it was so majestic I can't even conjure words to describe the thing.
Favorite amp/most fun ever? A Bogner Uberschall that had been "hotrodded" by Reinhold Bogner himself (obviously not my amp! way, way out of my price range). But, It moved the earth through a Mesa Recto 4x12 cab. I have never heard a sound like that from any other amp that I have ever played through. It became my new reference for guitar tone, though it was so majestic I can't even conjure words to describe the thing.
Bocc69
Ambassador of Metal Health
I love my jvm, but the DSL40 is perfect for me. It works for what I do. I don't gig...I jam in a fun band, blast my wife out of the house, and play with family members.
I mostly just use it solo, but I gut a combo amp, and put in a speaker. Makes an awesome extension. Adds a lot of bottom, and really pushes air. So it makes my DSL very diverse. I also made a little stroller that straps against the pair or single, then just wheels away.
The DSL certainly doesn't work for everyone, but it works for me.
I mostly just use it solo, but I gut a combo amp, and put in a speaker. Makes an awesome extension. Adds a lot of bottom, and really pushes air. So it makes my DSL very diverse. I also made a little stroller that straps against the pair or single, then just wheels away.
The DSL certainly doesn't work for everyone, but it works for me.
OP
I owned an Uberschall, then sold it to buy an XTC Classic. The XTC broke down on me 3 times and even though it was a great sounding and ultra versatile amp, I was in a touring band and just could not justify the price I paid to have it break down like that.......Bye XTC
I agree!!!! The DSL40C is perfect...I have two of them. Sometimes, i run one DSL40C and my VS265 together for the 2X12" and built-in chorus effect...
The DSL40C is my smallest amp...I miss the tone of my super lead plexi, but not the weight!!!!
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
That's really too bad, I've heard a lot of good things about Bogners and have a couple of friends that tour with them and experience no problems. I never played through an Ecstacy, in fact, that Uberschall was an accidental thing - I was checking out a guitar and the owner of the shop was like "you gotta hear this thing" and plugged me into it. He explained what the mods were but I forget because I was tripping so hard on the tone. Apparently he is friends with Mr. Bogner, and since the Bogner factory is right up the road from here he gets some special treatment. The sound of that amp was mind-warping.
OP
I love little amps, especially in the studio, my all time favorite is an amp I pulled out of a dumpster in 1970, theses people were moving and the dude just pitched it, I asked if I could have it and he said take it, had it ever since and it's my go to amp for recording, it can be clean, it can spank and it can roar.....so what is it? It's a 1957 Fender Champ!
I will, on occasion use my AC-30 or my Marshall JTM-30 if I need some extra kick, but the champ in the studio can do just about anything, hook it up to a 4X12, run a Fulltone Fat Boost through it and it becomes a Marshall, with a Tube Screamer, it's a Blackface Super Reverb......It's one of those amps that just has that magic.
This a tune we were ask to come up with as a tribute for 9-11, it's the champ flat out, with a close mike and one about 6 ft away with a Strat.
guitar by john abel
For the big venues I use a pair of 100 watt Marshall's or a pair of 100 watt Soldano's. I use it for the wet, dry thing.
I will, on occasion use my AC-30 or my Marshall JTM-30 if I need some extra kick, but the champ in the studio can do just about anything, hook it up to a 4X12, run a Fulltone Fat Boost through it and it becomes a Marshall, with a Tube Screamer, it's a Blackface Super Reverb......It's one of those amps that just has that magic.
This a tune we were ask to come up with as a tribute for 9-11, it's the champ flat out, with a close mike and one about 6 ft away with a Strat.
guitar by john abel
For the big venues I use a pair of 100 watt Marshall's or a pair of 100 watt Soldano's. I use it for the wet, dry thing.
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Kerry Brown
Ambassador of the Great Northern Bar Jams
My favourite by far is my Mesa Transatlantic TA-30 1x12 combo. It uses analog circuitry to model several popular tones. It has Vox, normal and top boost, Tweed, Marshall, and Mesa voices. It can run at 15, 30, or 40 watts independently in either channel. It has a decent long spring reverb. It is the most versatile tube amp I've ever used.
OP
I was in the right place at the right time, dude just didn't want anymore.........go figure.
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
These....................
I like each one for a different reason ........
Marshall= AWESOME 80's hairband metal tones......
Peavey Chorus.......sweet stero choral audio orgasms
Panama --5watt handwired TWEED copy that delivers amazing clean blues and RICH tones through that big 12" cabinet.
Hartke Bass amp ---- makes my room go BOOM
I like each one for a different reason ........
Marshall= AWESOME 80's hairband metal tones......
Peavey Chorus.......sweet stero choral audio orgasms
Panama --5watt handwired TWEED copy that delivers amazing clean blues and RICH tones through that big 12" cabinet.
Hartke Bass amp ---- makes my room go BOOM
