The Boutique Amp Shoot Out

Gassage

They are, in no specific order….

Hiwatt SA212 1974

Brownface Vibroverb 1963

Lazy J40

Which one is the dog’s bollocks?

Which one is a dog’s dinner?

Which one is going to the dogs?

A, B or C?

HandwrittenHero

Tricky one. I preferred C on the first and second sample but then it was perhaps missing that little clarity on the third where I thought B accounted for itself best. I'd have A as last choice in each, just too muddy for me (but I tend to be biased towards brighter so preference). I'd also maybe change my mind hearing them in a mix as opposed to isolation, I could maybe see C getting lost if not careful and B disguising that it sounded a bit thinner.

dazzajl

Much the same here. C was my favourite sound but there would be times that B would serve better. A last on my list.

Gassage

I've done this on FB too and currently, C is winning, A, B in that order.

phil_b

what song are you playing there (the first one)

Gassage

phil_b said:

what song are you playing there (the first one)

Bell Bottom Blues (well, nearly) Layla album track.

phil_b

Gassage said:

phil_b said:

what song are you playing there (the first one)

Bell Bottom Blues (well, nearly) Layla album track.

cheers

Gassage

phil_b said:

Gassage said:

phil_b said:

what song are you playing there (the first one)

Bell Bottom Blues (well, nearly) Layla album track.

cheers

Any preference on the amps?

phil_b

Gassage said:

phil_b said:

Gassage said:

phil_b said:

what song are you playing there (the first one)

Bell Bottom Blues (well, nearly) Layla album track.

cheers

Any preference on the amps?

im going to say B but only just over C

thebreeze

B, A, C

fretmeister

C. By a hair.

All of them are nowhere near as good as a JCM800 though.

dazzajl

thebreeze said:

B, A, C

Ooooh, controversial answer there from a man selling an amp I want to be in love with.

Gassage

dazzajl said:

thebreeze said:

B, A, C

Ooooh, controversial answer there from a man selling an amp I want to be in love with.

Buy it. It's utterly divine....I'd have kept it, other than the Hiwatt came up and I'd been searching for ages for one.

dazzajl

Gassage said:

dazzajl said:

thebreeze said:

B, A, C

Ooooh, controversial answer there from a man selling an amp I want to be in love with.

Buy it. It's utterly divine....I'd have kept it, other than the Hiwatt came up and I'd been searching for ages for one.

One has made enquiries and is in the queue 

Gassage

dazzajl said:

Gassage said:

dazzajl said:

thebreeze said:

B, A, C

Ooooh, controversial answer there from a man selling an amp I want to be in love with.

Buy it. It's utterly divine....I'd have kept it, other than the Hiwatt came up and I'd been searching for ages for one.

One has made enquiries and is in the queue 

Steve ( @thebreeze ) is also a lovely and very genuine man

PhilW1

C for me

p90fool

Amp A for me, B was too middley for me and C had a slightly cluttered lower midrange, though to be honest it sounds like any of them could be dialled in to my taste and none of them are a patch on my Pignose. 

Gassage

p90fool said:

Amp A for me, B was too middley for me and C had a slightly cluttered lower midrange, though to be honest it sounds like any of them could be dialled in to my taste and none of them are a patch on my Pignose. 

Good synopsis

26.2

I liked A - reckon it’s the Vibroverb. Nice shirt! 

russpm

C just shades it for me closely followed by B then A.

tone1

ABC for me. C was a bit too full and it was close between A&B for 1st place