Favourite amps - past and present.

ourmaninthenorth

Here we go as a start....

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JookyChap

Wow - I love that last one, like an exhibit from Logie-Baird's living room

Lexie1

Nice to see my old GT1 again Paul, y'know? I still miss that one a bit. 8->

Lexie1

I'll Play,

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ourmaninthenorth

Beautiful Rob. I thought you'd like to see your old GT1 again...my house foundations are just beginning to re-settle after my skirmishes with that particular behemoth...Got any old pictures of the C7 rig you had? I know we both share a love of that particular model. That Vibrolux is a new one on me, what's the script on that?  @-)

ourmaninthenorth

JookyChap said:

Wow - I love that last one, like an exhibit from Logie-Baird's living room

Here it is lit up....

Lexie1

The C7 that Andy Turnpenny built, much to Jeff's disgust.

The Vibrolux came from the first year of the "Custom" run which explains the Tolex and Grill Cloth. Lovely Amp, yet another that I regret letting go, but it financed the GT1 Rig in part.

OilCityPickups

Sadly not my actual JTM45 ... that a 1965 one ... till I sold it in a fit of stupidity. I don't have any pics of that ... but lordy I miss it!

mike_l

Current main amp is a Marshall DSL combo.

Prior to this I had a Marshall AVT combo, which is now with a close friend.

I also have a Marshall Valvestate, in case anyone calls round for a jam, or I fancy a change.

Bucket

That I own:

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(Pictured around Christmas, hence black Christmas tree and some missing pedals)

That I've played:

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That I really want to play:

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ICBM

Mesa Trem-o-verb

I seriously doubt I'll ever find an amp I like better - it has the sound I always wanted from when I started playing, long before the model even existed. Then I held off getting one for a long time because they were so expensive and so heavy... but when I finally did - after they'd come down in price to ridiculously cheap, because no-one wants to lift one - I found the weight wasn't really all that bad after all, and in any case is worth it for the sound. So good I now have two .

Before that I had a Mesa DC-5 for several years. It was a good amp, and extremely versatile, but eventually I went off its rather dark and focused sound. I also had a Blue Angel, which sounded fabulous - probably even better than the Trem-o-verb for cleans - but it just wasn't versatile enough, and it wasn't amazingly pedal-friendly for some reason.

Before that...

Fender Super Champs (x2) - a nice little stereo rig for when I played very different music.

Marshall Club & Country - a quite rare and very underrated amp, it's like a Marshall Fender Twin.

I've had loads of other amps, but I think those were my favourites overall.

Jalapeno

To date:

FAL PA amp
Peavey Backstage Plus
Marshall Valvestate 8080
Mesa Nomad45

Now ...
Fender PRRI
Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier *  + 2 Boogie 1x12s
Dr Z Maz 18R + 2x10
Fender Blues Junior
Mesa Subway Rocket

* Main squeeze

WezV

i will add my matamp too

I also had one of these i got for £40 that was very sweet and my introduction to mullards

Fez

I did have a nice 80's re-issue AC30 which I sold and bought a JCM900 50watt combo which I still have.

I also love my little Fender ChampII as seen at the Southern area gearfest even though it suffers from the Fender volume pot problem.

Main gigging amp is a Marshall DSL401 & the backup is a Blackstar HT20 Head.

Do I regret selling the AC30 well yes & no it was feckin eavy.

Chuffola

I'm so jealous that I'm going to sulk and refuse to list my paltry home amps over the years. So there. :-S

SidNewton

I've been lucky enough to own 3 Matchless of which a HC30 head was just glorious. Currently have a wonderful DC30 which will soon be put up for sale for financial reasons and I'm currently awaiting the arrival of an 50 watt Marshall JCM 800 head that I can't wait to get.

Other amps worth a mention was a Mesa Boogie Studio 22+ which possibly had the best cleans of any amp I've played or owned. I currently use a Cornell Romany Plus at home which is also very nice.

John_P

I've owned this since I bought it new in 1987?    It really a 1x12 combo in disguise courtesy of roadkill cabs.
It still doesn't get gigged like I had planned when I converted as the fender twin is still doing it's job but I'll never part with it.

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relic245

Had LOTS of amps!

Currently loving my Artisan 30.

The only amp that I really wish I still had was my Fender VibroKing. The sound was just seriously amazing - the only problem was it was just too loud for any venue that I played. Below 4 it sounded OK, At 4 and above it became awesome. I was playing in 2 bands at the time. 1 a pub band and 4 was way too loud, the second was a tribute act that played in much bigger venues, the problem there was that they all had house PA's and engineers - all who insisted on a whisper quiet stage volume so sadly the beast never got to do what it did best. 

I swapped it for for a mkiii boogie which I never liked and sold for a pittance a few years later as they were fetching much less than they do now. Not my greatest business transaction but still happy memories of that sound.

ICBM

There's a Vibro King in the shop just now. I completely agree - it sounds good, but only 'OK good' at the volumes I've played it at. I bet it sounds great wound up - I played a Tone Master which was like that, good cleans and very average overdrive at below 4 on the MV, great cleans and incredible overdrive above... but at jet-engine volume. I thought it was less of a 'dirty channel', more of a 'boost channel when it's already cranked' - if you see what I mean! The owner's neighbours did .

I never liked the MkIII Boogie either. I could never get a sound I really loved on any channel, and hated the way it was so interactive that you couldn't even get two really decent tones at the same time, let alone the claimed three. R2 was awful at any setting which gave anything usable on the other two.

Phil_aka_Pip

Various Marshalls: Bloozebreaker, JTM45s, SuperLead 100 love 'em all still got 'em
Plus AC30CC2X

A mate has one of those Velocette combos (why does that make me think of single cylinder 500cc OHV engines) and methinketh I'd really like one.

Dodge

ourmaninthenorth said:

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Ah. I miss my old Superbaby.  Great amps.