Your First Amp

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Ok guys
What was the first amp you ever got to start this tone journey we are on ?
Mine was a little Alamo.
Don’t have a clue what wattage it was.
But it did have a couple of tubes in it.
But could only get as loud as a record player.
With an 8” speaker.
NEXT

 

[eSGEe]

Peavey backstage 15


And since then I have found --- I am NOT happy unless I have a PEAVEY amp in my home----- presently I have a 112 Silverstripe bandit
Ive owned so many I lost track --- but Im "good" with the 112 Bandit

 

[Kerry Brown]

It was a 60’s Symphonic. Eight inch speaker, not sure if it was tube or SS but I think tube because it took a while to warm up. It wasn’t very powerful because I always had the volume maxed. Pretty sure it was a widow maker with no isolation transformer because I remember getting shocked. My parents bought it for me along with a semi-hollow no name Japanese guitar. Wish I still had it. No idea what happened to it or the guitar.

 

[jtcnj]

Peavey Backstage 2, my son is currently using it.
I started late in life, at the end of 2014.
Something I always said I wanted to do, but life gets in the way.
Now I'm doing it, good, bad, and ugly.

Little MF kicks some serious ass for a small practice amp within the expectations for what is: 10w ss with a 6" speaker.

 

[iblive]

1974. Purchased the Ovation acoustic I still have and a 20w Traynor YGM3 I also still have.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Peavey backstage 15
View attachment 26102

And since then I have found --- I am NOT happy unless I have a PEAVEY amp in my home----- presently I have a 112 Silverstripe bandit
Ive owned so many I lost track --- but Im "good" with the 112 Bandit

I have onl had the privilege to play a peavey 6505,
Nothing else but sure did see a boat load of them.
Cheers Mitch

 

[BFT Gibson]

I switched to guitar from bass in 2015 cause guitar player quit & i had paid for studio time in a 10 song package deal..talked studio into giving a few months..got these & Gibson SGJ and just went for it !!

 

[jtcnj]

I switched to guitar from bass in 2015 cause guitar player quit & i had paid for studio time in a 10 song package deal..talked studio into giving a few months..got these & Gibson SGJ and just went for it !!View attachment 26112

Damn, that is "go big or go home"
I like your style!!

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

I switched to guitar from bass in 2015 cause guitar player quit & i had paid for studio time in a 10 song package deal..talked studio into giving a few months..got these & Gibson SGJ and just went for it !!View attachment 26112

Ahhh yes nice

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Damn, that is "go big or go home"
I like your style!!

That’s my brother BFT right there

 

[BFT Gibson]

Damn, that is "go big or go home"
I like your style!!

that was called scared sh.tless cause your a bass player & how the heck do you pull off a CD ..lol..i will say tha Bug & ValveKing 2 ..well i probably could of got by with them the rest of my life,,as my amps.. made those cabs & had all WGS speakers in em..stumbled upon my very own sound..i knew what i could do on bass to back myself up in the studio ..that helped..but man was i scared the first time, there i was and the engineer said..go ahead..huh?!? now , few years later..going into to studio tomorrow all day..prepared..organized & its like chritmas Eve here.. am wound up,,i cant explain it,,the lyrics on the paper ..will come alive tomorrow....my guy will challenge me ..i go into a zone...like time is frozen,,its a high for sure

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

that was called scared sh.tless cause your a bass player & how the heck do you pull off a CD ..lol..i will say tha Bug & ValveKing 2 ..well i probably could of got by with them the rest of my life,,as my amps.. made those cabs & had all WGS speakers in em..stumbled upon my very own sound..i knew what i could do on bass to back myself up in the studio ..that helped..but man was i scared the first time, there i was and the engineer said..go ahead..huh?!? now , few years later..going into to studio tomorrow all day..prepared..organized & its like chritmas Eve here.. am wound up,,i cant explain it,,the lyrics on the paper ..will come alive tomorrow....my guy will challenge me ..i go into a zone...like time is frozen,,its a high for sure

Gotta love it brother.
I know just how you feel

 

[Tony M.]

1963 Gibson Skylark.
I wish I still had that one.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

1963 Gibson Skylark.
I wish I still had that one.

Not really sure of the model but I played through a old Gibson amp, I didn’t know it at the time but, I am certain that it needed tubes and a check up, same with the fender amp, my buddy Sals dad let us play with them!
Cheers Mitch

 

[Tony M.]

1963 Gibson Skylark.
I wish I still had that one.

I think Gahr has one.
Yes?
No?
Maybe?

 

[67plexi]

1948 Magna 12" field speaker It went up in flames.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

1948 Magna 12" field speaker It went up in flames.

How did it burn ?

 

[Dave Sloven]

Generally the answer is 'something crap with an 8" speaker' ...

First bass amp was a Peavey Microbass (teal stripe, bought new)
First guitar amp was a Roland Cube 30X (again, bought new)

First REAL amp was the Peavey 6534+, which I still own and use.

 

[Trident]

I got lucky, my Dad ran across one that needed some tubes when I was first starting and got it for a trade on something one of his buddies wanted...So I got the amp.. 1967 JTM50

 

[gball]

Mine was a 50’s era RCA tube PA amp. It had a dedicated instrument input and actually didn’t sound bad at all. My first dedicated guitar amp was a SS Peavey Bandit, and getting that amp was my first lesson in tube amps sounding better than SS. The Peavey was fine for what it was of course and I used it for years before switching to a Marshall.