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Yamaha GA15
Peavey 15w Bass combo
Line 6 Spider IV 25
Roland Cube 30 Bass
Vox Valvetonix 50
Marshall MG15 MSII
Peavey Vypyr 30
Line6 Pod Studio UX2
Marshall MG30
Vox VT20+
Blackstar HT5 combo
Blackstar ID Core 100
Blackstar HT5R Stack
Fender Mustang GT40
Boss Katana 50
Yanaha THR10
Fender Mustang GT100
Boss Katana 100 mk2
Currently waiting on a Positive Grid Spark delivery.
ones in bold I still have.
ALlesandro working dog
Ashdown Radiator 1 (Acoustic amp)
Blackstar Artist 15
Boss katana mini
Egnater Tweaker 15
Fender pro reverb ( My first proper valve amp circa 2007)
Fender deluxe reverb
fender frontman
Fender Hot Rod deluxe iv
Fender supersonic head
Genz Benz black pearl
hughes & Kettner 20th anniversary
hughes & Kettner 25th anniversary
hughes & Kettner Statesman (GL6)
hughes & Kettner statesman El34
Laney GH100l
Linear conchord thing (ancient valve amp)
Mesa boogie maverick
Peavey bravo (I think)
Roland Bolt
Roland JC50
Roland Cube 30
Simms watt PA100
Quilter pro block
Quilter tone Block
Wienbrock Gringo
Vox AC30 CCH
VOX AC100CPH
Yamaha g100 (my fiirst proper amp. gigged this for about 8 years in the 90's quite happily. I didn't actually know what a valve amp was at the time)
Yamaha thr100h
ZT lunchbox
George Benson HRD
Blues Jnr IV
Mesa Rectoverb 25
Vox AC15C1
Still have the Vox as my only amp. Happy for now until I move in with my other half, and then something with headphones may also be required.
Marshall AVT50
Laney Lionheart L20H
Matamp C7 head and cab
Matamp 1224
Vox AC30 cc1
Rivera R55
Fender Twin Reverb
Selmer Futurama
1973 Sound City 50 Plus (still have this)
Fender Super Reverb
MJW Roadstar Custom (still have this)
Rift PR18
Self-builds:
Ampmaker 4 wat champ head
Ampmaker SE5a head
Copy of Ceriatone 18watt TMB
Ampmaker P1800 head
Weber VST 5e3 clone (still have this - though it has been modified heavily)
Centurion Hi-Fi Five
Marshall Artiste 50 head and 2x12"
Marshall Club & Country
Marshall Studio 15
Fender 5F1 Champ
Fender 5F2 Princeton with 10" speaker
Fender Super Champ
Fender Blackface Bassman head and Marshall 4x12"
Fender Concert
Fender Super Champ x2
Mesa DC-5
Peavey Studio Pro 110
Mesa Trem-o-verb
Mesa Blue Angel
... and not gigged yet, but if I had to do one tomorrow I'd take my Peavey Studio Pro 112. But I'd be just as likely to plug into whatever was provided, if there is one - I've never really relied on the amp for my sound. The Mesa DC would probably be the closest to doing that, but I always had an alternative pedal-based solution so I didn't have to carry it if it wasn't necessary.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Starting in 1975…
Carlsboro 50 (50W valve single channel, no master volume)
Vox AC30 TB (old, lovely, but I wasn’t experienced enough then to drive it properly)
Acoustic 165 (60W/100W two channel valve, their take on a Boogie)
Sessionette 75
Fender Prosonic
Fender HRD 2x12
Marshall MG15
Fender Vibro-Champ (silverface ’70s model)
Cornford Hurricane (the one I really regret selling more than any other)
Rivera Clubster 45 (a truly great clean channel at gigging volumes - as good as the HRD and Prosonic IMHO)
Sheldon TT3
Still own…
Cornford Harlequin
Blackstar Fly 3 (bought as a laugh, oddly useful…)
Bluguitar AMP1
Carr Mercury (8w, not the V)
1) No name amp from a car boot sale (Sold)
2) Vox Valvetronix AD30VT (Sold) http://www.voxshowroom.com/uk/amp/ad30.html - I quite liked this amp, but could cover more ground with my Pod XT, so went and bought No.3 to use it with
3) Atomic Reactor 112 https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/atomic-reactor-112-24334 I remember SeshBoy on the old Intermusic Forum recommended it & it worked great. It’s current sitting in the corner or the room with a keyboard and other junk piled on top of it. I really should dust it down and set it up with the Line6 Helix.
Use my Tech21 TM10 but only using the speaker really as the amp modelling comes from my Line6 Helix. Once in a while I do plug that out and mess around with the amp on its own, a really nice home/practice amp.
https://www.award-session.com/pdfs/Award-Session%20History0048.pdf
Session Rockette 30
Sovtek Mig50
Marshall DSL40
ENGL Screamer 50
Fender Superchamp XD
Fender Blues Junior
Fender Pro Junior
Fender Supersonic 22
Carr Sportsman
Carr Rambler - still have
These are all main amps, I’ve misses out a few “second amps” along the way such as THR’s, Fly’s, some more modellers etc.
Journey can be summarised as:
Solid state
Discover valves and never look back
Enter the gain stage - high gain two channel types
Discover Fender type amps and never look back
Carr!
Looking at your list - I gigged for a couple of years in 2006/2007 using a Line 6 XT Live and an Atomic Reactor. I didn't list it because it was really the modeller that made the sounds. The covering was made of tissue paper, but it did the job and filled a room from the backline well enough.
Further to the above, the LJ20 proved to be far more power than I needed/could handle, so I sold it via the forum. Since then, the recent journey has been:
Lazy J 5 (!) - purchased direct from Jesse, sold on the forum
Princeton Reverb - bought and sold on the forum
Eli Abbott Spalted Maple Princeton thing with a ?1947 (!) Celestion speaker - bought and sold on the forum
Danplifier @4114Effects Champ Clone - traded and then sold on the forum
Another Princeton Reverb, rehoused in a really rather groovy jointed pine cabinet by @skippy76 - still here
And now a Positive Grid Spark, which judging by what I read on t'interwebs should be here sometime around Christmas 2022.
Maddest thing is, for the last 6 months I've done virtually all my playing in the garden, unplugged
Carlsbro 100w combo - not too bad, heavy, very loud, only played it clean (sold)
Fender Blues Deluxe (US version) - owned for 20 years, good amp, liked but never loved it (sold)
Tone King Metropolitan combo - really nice amp (sold)
Line 6 DT-25 + POD HD500 - thought I’d check out some technology, hated it and sold within a month (sold)
Rift Tweed 5 - nice champ style amp (sold)
Tone King Imperial Mk 1 combo - a very early model, (No.10 I think) and a kind of prototype, so slightly different to the Mk1’s which came after - there’s an extra valve for e.g. The best clean I’ve ever heard anywhere. The last thing I’d ever sell even though I still struggle to find a satisfying sound on the Lead channel. (still have)
Fender Tweed Deluxe (the Edge model) - great amp (sold)
Cornell Plexi 18/20 combo - simple, some great tones and fun for rocking out. An unexpected purchase but really pleased with it. (still have)
Blackstar HT1R head and cab - really useful home amp and found some nice tones, particularly when I experimented with pedals. Bought as a temporary stand-in while the Imperial was being serviced. Will probably sell as I no longer need it. (still have)
Atomic Reactor - Yes! Definitely not the best fit and finish on an amplifier. But does the job well, I guess it was one of the earlyish FRFR speakers, before I knew what FRFR really was. I can’t remember what I paid for it new, I think around £350 which was probably the RRP. Probably ordered it from GAK around that time.
80s - 90s
Peavey Bandit
HH Powerbaby
HH IC
Carlsbro Stingray
Marshall JMP
Marshall JMC900
Fender Twin Reverb
94 to 2015
Fender Blues Deluxe
2015 - 2016
Vox AC15
Roland JC22
Marshall JCM200
My current set up
MJW Roadstar 18
Rift Tweed 5
Line 6 Helix
An amp - it was an old valve one, but it sounded terrible to me at the time.
A better amp - it was a Marshall Lead 12 (not mentioned in the list because I never used it with a band) - solid state, but more importantly it was a Marshall.
A big amp to use with a band - it was a valve amp just because it was cheap (this was the mid 80s), and it was also a Marshall.
A solid-state amp because I found to my surprise that it actually sounded better for what I needed with one band.
A valve amp because it just sounded the best for what I needed with another band.
A solid-state amp because I got too old to lift the one above...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein