Want a challenge? Name this amp!

markjwgraham

Can you name this amp?

I was doing some recording today, and I wondered if anyone could name this amp based on a short section of some recordings.

No real clues for you. There's no pedals involved, and only two takes of the same riff just panned and arranged to get the finished product. The last round of the riff is the main riff in mono with no extra panning so you can get a clear rendition of it.

I'm interested in hear what people think they hear in this, whether it's Marshall vs Fender vs Vox or some other amp.

Even if you're not sure, I'm curious to read what you think you hear in there.

stickyfiddle

I hear "small tweed" as my first instinct, so I'd guess a Champ (or model/clone thereof), but that's pretty straw-clutchy. 

Could equally be something daft like a JCM800 through a 6" speaker!

ddlooping

Could be anything, including a THR10.
It sounds like a straight to desk recording using a distortion of some sort.

randomhandclaps

Amplitube.

Kebabkid

Sounds like the sound I can get from the MIC input of my Roland Microcube. I'll even go as far to say that it may not even be a guitar amp.

GuitarMonkey

ddlooping said:

Could be anything, including a THR10.

That's my guess 

ICBM

Sounds digital to me. No idea beyond that!

JohnPerry

ddlooping said:

It sounds like a straight to desk recording using a distortion of some sort.

this. maybe not even a distortion. just overload

JohnPerry

or a Dumble. One of the two

dogload

Reminds me of the sound I used to get playing into the mic input on an old Toshiba ghetto blaster I used to have. Raw.

markjwgraham

Hilarious Some good guesses so far. I'll hold off on the answer for now.

Try this EQ'd version on for size.

koneguitarist

Does sound like a DI via OD of some sort.

EricTheWeary

Sounds so dry that it sounds DI'd. So something like a tech 21 or Palmer amp simulator.

markjwgraham

I'm utterly bewildered by some of the responses.

ddlooping

markjwgraham said:

I'm utterly bewildered by some of the responses.

I guess they aren't what you were hoping for.

Kebabkid

Ooh, how about one of those weenie desktop Marshalls, Fenders or Danelectro amps, or even a Smokey (cigarette box) amp? I'm also veering toward an OD into a desk or direct into desk and overloading the signal.

viz

Sounds like a tiny fender or squier 112 or something

stickyfiddle

Doesn't sound like my Smokey to me. AFAIK the Marshall et al equivalents sound basically the same.

markjwgraham

ddlooping, more that they are totally opposite to what comments others have given in different circles. Just an interesting reflection of how people hear things.

ddlooping

markjwgraham said:

ddlooping, more that they are totally opposite to what comments others have given in different circles. Just an interesting reflection of how people hear things.

Very curious now, please pm me the "solution".

EricTheWeary

markjwgraham;53439" said:

ddlooping, more that they are totally opposite to what comments others have given in different circles. Just an interesting reflection of how people hear things.

I was listening on my mobile phone whilst having a poo. That may not have been the best circumstances. But sounds like fake Marshall - MG or digital or amp simulation ( as I said above).
Perhaps the point is there are so many variables that what the amp is may not always be that important.