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JM build | Pedalboard plans
Managed to sell the '68 Princeton and the Supro 1605R. Princeton was useless for me apart from two open mic things I played at a library where it sounded good as it was not too loud there, but in my spare room it was useless. The Supro was a nice little thing but could not justify something of that monetary value.
Since the above I've also had:
Peavey Studio Pro. Big, heavy, loud, wasn't really what I wanted sadly even using external preamp into the return. Sold it in about a month after purchasing it.
Fender Deluxe 112 Plus (solid state amp). Bought it as thought a basic Fender clean might work, knowing that the speaker had blown and required replacing. I then found out the cost of replacement speakers and realised it was definitely not worth it. Couldn't sell it (try as I might) so I gave it away. I even struggled to give it away, I had to drive 20 minutes in order to give it away!
Fender Deluxe Reverb '65 reissue. Amazing sounding amp, I bought it on impulse because it was only £400 in Crack Generators and I figured I could easily flip for a profit towards my wedding fund. Found it was way too loud and big for my spare room (although much better than the Princeton was in the same setting) so decided to sell it. Only then to be contacted, at my own workplace (!!!) by a chap in Milton Keynes from whom it had been stolen! So obviously back that one went.
I have no amp at present, I'm still playing through my cheap Digitech modeller into my cheap crap studio monitors at home, but it sounds ok and does the job. I do now have a cab, a Fender Excelsior cab I picked up from the very kind Koneguitarist of this very forum, however I'm struggling to find an acceptable amp to plug into it at my budget level. Looking forward to finding something though so when we are allowed back out properly I'll be able to try and get playing again in public occasionally.
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Might just end up recovering the super champ and replacing speaker, I do love tinkering (although not too much with amps as they are a little ouchy).
Sound City Practice Amp - from the 70s, think it's still in my parents house somewhere
Marshall MG100DFX - I was young and didn't know any better, I also used to run a line 6 pod through it
Crate VC5212 Vintage Club - My first tube amp and was probably a lot better than I realised at the time
Fender Hot Rod Deville 2x12 - Loved the sound of this one but it blew fuses for fun even after going back to fender twice while in warranty, only recently sold this one on
Blackstar Artisan 30 - Bought new for a steal during a clearance sale at local music shop lasted a month before there was a pop followed by nasty crackling, another warranty job but never came back from Blackstar and ended up getting a refund, shame really as for the month I had it, it was the best sound I ever had! And at the time no others could be had for the same price.
Blackstar Artisan 15 - As good as the 30 watt version but without the headroom.
Vox AC15C1 - Current amp, very versatile and great for the 60s tribute band that I've been playing in for the last year and a bit! Originally bought to use as a 2 amp rig withe the artisan 15 but life dictated one of them had to go, so off went the Blackstar in favour of the more practical and versatile vox.
Vox AC30 1964
Vox AC TB
Fender Deluxe Reverb 1965
Carlsbro 100w tranny
Tanglewood Acoustic 30w tranny
Hofner EV25
Vox V125 Combo
Pro-Amp Viper 1x12
I still have the last three. The carlsbro was by far the loudest, not great tone-wise but awesome power. All time favourite was the Deluxe, such a fab amp, wonderful tones, had it for 37 years!
Marshall jcm900
marshall avt 50
Cornell Romany plus (still have)
fender deluxe reverb
Toneking Falcon Grande
Yamaha Thr10 (still have)
Fender Deluxe Tonemaster blonde (still have)
Crate Flexwave solid state 2x12 combo
Bugera 6262 2x12 combo
Laney GH50L head
Bugera V5 combo - this was surprisingly a cracking little amp, picked it up for cheap and worth every penny
Mesa Single Rectifier head
Peavey Classic 50 combo
Vox AC30CC2x - Really wish I'd never sold this, absolutely belting amplifier.
Juketone Royal Blood 10" 5f2a clone
Jet City 22H head
Ones I still currently have:
Jet City 100LTD head
Orange Rocker 30 head
Line 6 HX Stomp - currently, this gets 95% of my playtime, cheers 'rona.
Zilla 2x12 with Creamback 75s
2-3 Vibrolux, 63 Vibrover reissue, Custom Vibrolux. 3-4 Deluxe Reverb’s, oldest a 68.
roland JC50, Proamp Venom.
couple of Boogies a Mark 2 and a Maverick.
a Orange thing, hated it.
HH VS Musician.
probably a few others I forgot over last 40 years.
seymour Duncan 84/40
White combo. North East made valve amp.
Bassman 50 and a 135.
Yamaha THR5 forgot that one.
Morris Amps Tweed 20 a 5e3 inspired, Chinese made, hand wired combo which I have only very briefly played at volume for fear of knocking plaster of the walls! Much more my cup of blues infused tea and the sound I've tried to wring out of the vox via a variety of drive pedals.
Fender Greta can't believe I forgot this, bought by my wife for my birthday some years ago, my go to amp for bedroom level blues noodling when I can't be bothered faffing with pedals or firing up amplitube
Helix LT
Mesa Mark IV
Then from tomorrow
Mesa Triple Rectifier
Picking up from the last entry...
Line 6 Helix + Seymour Duncan Powerstage 170
Back to the original Jet City JCA50H (it blew a transformer shortly afterwards, so...)
Jet City JCA22H (I'm not even joking, and it got sold to the other guitarist in my band to stop him using the Blackstar ID60)
Jet City JCA100HDM (a new entry!)
Victory Kraken (6L6 version this time, so it doesn't count as a duplicate)
I currently only have the last two. The Kraken's now my main amp, because the 100HDM has been very badly modded and I don't really trust it for gigging.
1989 Peavey Envoy 35w - decent clean but only an okay'ish dirt channel. I say that from memory and the fact that I had only just started my guitar journey so everything through the dirt channel sounded iffy then. A pretty loud 35w though and kept me going through my first band.
1992 Marshall Valvestate 8240 - I loved it, the whole range in fact and never understood the hate for them.
1993 Peavey Bandit - first of the Transtubes, seriously good.
1995 Trace Elliott Tramp - Was okay and well built but it never actually reached me.
1996 Trace Elliott Speed Twin C50 - Great amp, well spec'd and built but it was a really dark sounding amp, sadly we never bonded but I sold it to a friend and he absolutely loves it.
1999 Peavey Classic 30 - very fond of this little thing, never let me down and surely the Swiss army knife of amps. Sold it this time last week and I know I'm going to miss it.
2005 Laney LC30II - Another great workhorse, lots of good features on it and some dumb design ideas, a parallel fx loop that only gets 50% wet max, who the hell came up with that? (Laney actually!) It always did me proud, so I modded the fx loop for parallel /series switching, added a new WGS Retro speaker and refurbished it and the old girl now sounds better than it's ever done, with an an extension speaker it's simply glorious but I need house room so it's currently sitting in the Classifieds.
2016 Fender HRDIII - Obtained from @Photek on these very boards and is without doubt the best amp deal I have made to date. Absolutely superb sound and everything I could ask from a valve amp. I don't see this going anywhere, for anything.
And that, my friends is my amp soul bared!
My list is probably up to 100 now, I have settled down with an MJW and a couple of Marshall’s (for now )
I got a Carlsbro PA valve amp from a guy called Jon on the old musicradar forums. I drove over there with @Guitar_Slinger as I recall. That was my first proper valve amp, and I smashed the arse off it for ages, using a RAT pedal and a Big Muff.
In 2007 I swapped an iMac I owned for a Mesa Boogie Rectoverb. Now I don't know if I was just crap at dialling in amps, or if it was a crap amp. But it didn't stick around long.
When I started my first "proper" band in 2008, I got a Laney VH100R. An amazing amp. To this day, one of my all time favourites. I've owned 3 of them over the years.
After that I got myself a Fryette SigX because I was obsessed with the tones I was hearing from them. Everything was gravy until the famous "Drew put an 12AY7 tube in the 1st stage of the preamp and voided his warranty" incident. The tube didn't break the amp at all btw, contrary to what the distributor and manufacturer said at the time. After that incident I sold it, but I soon ended up with another.
Other amps I've owned or own:
Orange Rockerverb. I'm on my 2nd one (the MKIII) Love it.
Diezel D-Moll. I'm on my 2nd one. Will never sell that again.
Marshall JVMJS, amazing amp. Would have one again one day.
Diezel VH4. This is a lifer.
Laney Ironheart. Couldn't sell it fast enough. I don't know if mine had problems or what, but I just didn't like the tone of it at all.
Fender 5153-50watter. Amazing sounds. I usually don't like 50watters, they sound thin to me. But this one has balls for days. Brilliant amp. Would have one of the 2nd gen ones with the concentric volume+gain knobs in a heartbeat.
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Started of with a small unknown solid state practice amp
Marshall Valvestate 8080 (Still got, still like and use as my practice amp)
Vox Valvetronix ad30vt
Marshall TSL60
Marshall Origin 20
Orange Rocker 30 head (Still have)
Jet City 20HV (Still have)
Hand Built JTM45 copy (recently acquired)
Zilla 2x12 Fatboy (creambacks)
Zilla ported 1x12 (neo creamback)
Fender Performer 1000
Award Sessionette
Roland KC350 (used with a Pod2 and Digitech RP500)
Tech21 TM60
Roland Cube 60
Laney Cub Head
Vox Night Train 50 Head
Roland Cube 80XL
Yamaha THR10
Orange Rocker 30 Head
Katana 100
Mesa Express 5:25+ Head
Quilter 101 Mini Head
Seymour Duncan PS170 (used with HX Stomp and AX8)
Still have those in bold.