How many amps?

JMP220478

1978 Marshall JMP 2204 // Zilla SFB 2x12

Jet City 20H // Marshall 1922 2x12

AxeFX 2 - Matrix GT800FX - MFC101

pmg

Moe_Zambeek said:

I have 1 - matchless HC30 and 2x12. I also have an ehx caliber 22 but that doesn't really count!..

I presume your ehx caliber 22 is your emergency backup for gigs/alternative to lugging around another amp -any good? @moe_zambeek

Moe_Zambeek

@pmg
Yes - emergency backup. I've only tried it once, just after I bought it...since then it's been in my spares bag utouched!

I recall it sounded reasonable but nowt special when I did

tone1

Just the 1 for me
Cornford Carrera in Teak Cab and speaker upgrade

pmg

Moe_Zambeek said:

@pmg
Yes - emergency backup. I've only tried it once, just after I bought it...since then it's been in my spares bag utouched!

I recall it sounded reasonable but nowt special when I did

@moe_zambeek I expected as much but was curious of the opinion of someone with real world experience

firepaulmusic

Carr Slant 6 V, Marshall 25/50, HK Triamp 2, JMP1. All styles covered!

Monkeybone

I have seven amps. I use two, and only one of those regularly.

In purchase order:
Marshall MS2 (not in use)
Carlsbro Stingray 30 (not in use)
Carlsbro GLX100 (not in use)
Marshall Mode Four (not in use)
Blackstar HT5 (not in use)
Marshall AS100D (in use)
Hughes and Kettner GrandMeister 36 (in use)

I just can't get rid of stuff!

Voxman

I have five (six if you count my little Vox Mini 3):

Vox AD120VTX 2x12 combo with VC12 controller plus AD212 2x12 extn cab

Marshall Mk1 Valvestate 8080 1x12 combo

Marshall JCM2000 DSL401 1x12 combo

Laney VC30-210 2x10 combo plus GS112VE 1x12 extn cab

Laney Cub 12R 1x12 (upgraded with Celestion Vintage 30)15w combo

Every one of my amps gets played regularly and each one has been used at different gigs. At home it often depends on my mood - the VC30 gets played at home less simply because of volume and I have to wait until rest of family is out.

For gigging it depends on type of music and size of gig. The Marshall 8080 was my main gigging amp for years and is still my go to back-up amp. The Cub gets used at small club gigs and the rest at bigger gigs.

Each amp has its charms with something different to offer than the others and each has its limitations. I've learned how to get the best out of each one. It is nice to have a little bit of choice.

Nerine

Well, I've had 23 amps in total I think.

Currently I have three.

My CAA OD50, JCM800 and 1987x

So I seem to have quite a lot of Marshall style gain covered....

Ive owned some real stunning amps, but these three never seem to budge...

I shan't ever sell any of them either.

It'll just be incomings as and when I can afford it/deem it necessary.

If be hard pushed to find a better amp for my tastes than the CAA anyway.

I do find myself hankering after maybe about 4/5 amps.

SLO
VH4
101B (Again...)
Brown Eye
Helios

Garthy

I've got a 70's Teisco Audition practice amp, about 3 watts, everything sounds the same through it from obscure 1960's Japanese single coil things to Les Pauls but it isn't intrusive to the rest of the household or neighbours.

I've just found a Peavey Backstage 10w that I forgot I had so had it repaired today and can't remember how I acquired it in the first place either, it just 'appeared' in my garage a few years ago. I hope someone leaves a suitcase with a million pounds in it in my garage too, that would really be useful. The Peavey sounds great and it may only be 10 watts, but they are really big watts.

I also have a HH IC100 which I almost never use as it's just so loud that I rarely have the knobs over 4 so what's the point for someone who plays in their living room? I'll get around to selling it one day.

I have two Orange 100w cabinets that have been sitting in my parents garage for decades, when I was a kid I'd bring home my school's 200w multichannel PA amplifier in the holidays and hook it all up and play it all on 10 in the garden. A friend who lived half a mile away could hear me. Probably quite selfish considering we lived in a semi detached with neighbours on all sides.

monquixote

2 

Main gigging amp is an H&K Puretone. No nonsense high quality clean amp. 

Recently purchased a Blackstar ID:20 for pissing about with. Great fun and currently writing a review.

Clarky

do the 200 amps in the Axe-FX count??? lol..

apart from all those I just have two power amps, a Matrix GT1000FX and a Marshall 8008 Valvestate

richardhomer

Monkeybone;471977" said:

I have seven amps. I use two, and only one of those regularly.

In purchase order:
Marshall MS2 (not in use)
Carlsbro Stingray 30 (not in use)
Carlsbro GLX100 (not in use)
Marshall Mode Four (not in use)
Blackstar HT5 (not in use)
Marshall AS100D (in use)
Hughes and Kettner GrandMeister 36 (in use)

I just can't get rid of stuff!

Do you have metal shutters on the ones which aren't in use, like empty shops do?

lasermonkey

'75 Silverface Twin Reverb

Orange AD30HTC and PPC112 (just acquired, got 'em both for £500, which I thought was very reasonable)

Line 6 Spider IV 15

and for bass:

Trace Elliot AH125 GP11 with Ashdown 2x10 and 1x15 cabs

Orange Crush 35B combo.

57Deluxe

I have 9 amps (of which one is a dedicated stereo head for my keyboards but the 2 off 100W Celestion driver cabs that accompany it are great for BASS too). However, all but my 1972 Woolworths Audition amp get used as and when I fancy a specific session. BUT the Woolworths Auduition amp is a 'separates' design and came with a voluminous birch ply ported cab for a 1x12 and that gets used all the rime, as now contains a V30 and makes a great additional cab to route out to instead of any other amp's stock speaker or as an additional 1x12 to have linked in tandem.

Wow, I am worn out just describing... At least I can justify owning them all I suppose.

Gassage

LOL- just got rid of some tweed rubbish! LOL!!

My trusty Hiwatt, my Clapton Twinolux and my THR5.

What more would one need?

Gratuitous mancave pic opp:

shaunm

Have a wow @gassage

Roland

In the real world I have just the one, a Carvin BelAir.  In the digital world Of the Axe FX I use about ten different amp models through a Matrix Q12

Drew_TNBD

I have my VHT Sig X, which is my main amp currently. The Diezel D-Moll which was my main amp but is currently a really expensive backup! Then there is the Kemper, which I use for home recording.

midlifecrisis

laney VC30 212, main gigger

cub 12r , some gigs and jams

peavey bandit 112 , general knock about and rehearsals

orange micro terror, taken to gigs as a backup, and used at rehearsals sometimes thru a 112 cab of unknown origins

kustom practise amp, used at home for, guess what, practising.

I keep thinking I should cut down, make space but they all get used and enjoyed.