If you could have any 10 amps what would they be?

[punkrocker]

So lets have some fun and GAS OUT. Ok here's mine

Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Already have this one).

Mesa Boogie Stiletto Duece

Mesa Boogie Mark IV

Marshall JCM 800 2204

Marshall Plexi 45

Orange Rockerverb

Bogner Ecstasy

Peavey 5150

Splawn Quickrod

Soldano SLO

Your turn!

[Light]

10 Dumble Overdrive specials. Then I would sell them and buy a house. At $25,000 a piece, why the hell not. Or at the very least, I'd pay off my student loan.



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"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

[dogonjon]

Brian Setzer has two...this one is mine.

[Dani Pace]

Of the 13 I have, my Fender Twin (evil twin) gets the most use of any of them. My Fender Pro 180 gets used a lot too (not bad for a solid state.) Fender Princeton Chorus gets a bit of use and Fender Bassman gets turned on fairly often. Ibanez GX 60, vox AC 30, Carvin SX 200, Marshall 30 watt, and Kallamazoo M2 all get used occasionaly. The rest are off brand practice amps.

[rayc]

I have three OK amps - a '78 Marshall Superbass MkII for tube, a Jade Clubman 80w for solid state and a tiny Pignose for fun & some great sounds.
What I don't have is a good guitar cab. I play through a 200W Etone single cone box & a no name homemade cab that has 2 200w cones in it but I don't know if they're in series or parallel.
I need a little cab with a nice guitar speaker in it.

[Corndog]

10 amps!!! I hate lugging my one Super Twin up and down the stairs!!!

[Corndog]

Originally Posted by dogonjon

Brian Setzer has two...this one is mine.

She's purty!!!

[apratsunrthd]

Marshall 1974X
Roland JC-120
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Diezel VH4
Fender Super Six
Any Trainwreck
THD BiValve
Marshall JCM800 (w/o clipping diode)
Ampeg Reverberocket
Vox AC15 Handwired

[punkrocker]

to dani pace - forgot the bassman! hmm might have to trade for 5150

[dogonjon]

Originally Posted by Corndog

She's purty!!!

You should have seen the techs at Trading Musician in Seattle drool when I brought it in for appraisal. It's a pat.pend., it's for looks, my Delux Hot Rod is for work.

[Corndog]

Originally Posted by dogonjon

You should have seen the techs at Trading Musician in Seattle drool when I brought it in for appraisal. It's a pat.pend., it's for looks, my Delux Hot Rod is for work.

You my friend, are my new hero!!!

[mikemorgan]

Trainwreck

Dumble OD

Bruno Underground

Bruno Cowtipper

Fender Quad Reverb

Matchless JJ30

'63 Vibroverb

Ampeg VT40

Mesa IV

Bad cat mini

Vox Pathfinder

Pignose 30

(help me, I CAN'T STOP!!)

[Milnoque]

Gibson EA-79 RVT
Ampeg Superbreverb
'62-'63 Fender Deluxe Reverb
Something that says Magnatone and Tremolo on it
Tweed Champ
Epiphone Electra
'60s Vox AC-30
Swart Atomic Space Tone
Mesa Boogie Mark IV
Matchless JJ30

[Jouni]

Some Mesa Rectifier.
Some Fender tube.
Marshall plexi
Marshall some high-gain..
Bogner Shiva
Framus Cobra or Dragon
Some Matchless
Some Sovtek
Zvex nano
..maybe one Engl.. or some vintage, like a Selmer

[jasonbmerrill]

hmm

I would just get a podxt and select 10 models from that and hook it up do an atomic

hehe

[Unsprung]

In no particular order:

Vox AC30CC2X
Fender Champion 600
Fender Bassman
Ampeg Reverb Rocket
Pignose
Fender Dual Showman
Ampeg B200R
Vox T60
Fender Twin Reverb
Fender Vibroverb

The amps that I "make do with" (again, in no particular order):

Peavey TransTube 258 EFX
Line6 Guitar POD 2.0
Vox DA5
Vox T25
Line6 Bass POD
Peavey Classic 50/212
Fender AmpCan

I've got a few others that I don't really use, otherwise I guess I'll somehow survive with what choices I do have.

Matt

[punkrocker]

You know I never knew about the dumble overdrive special till this thread and I listen to some clips. I don't get why its so expensive. It certainly sounds good but not 50k good. What gives?

[suprstar]

Marshall Plexi
Marshall JCM 800
Mesa Dual Rectifier
Dr. Z Mazerati 38
Fender twin
Fender Blackface
Orange something-or-other (id have to research)
Crate BV300 (dont laugh.. I played one once and thought it sounded awesome)

I'd have to do some research before I picked the rest.

[Riffmaster]

Mesa Boogie Road King
Orignal Fender Bassman
Marshall JCM 800
Randall(the ones w/interchangable tube sets)
Matchless DC30
actually I think that would do me.

[BrentDomann]

Originally Posted by punkrocker

You know I never knew about the dumble overdrive special till this thread and I listen to some clips. I don't get why its so expensive. It certainly sounds good but not 50k good. What gives?

I think it's all about supply and demand. Dumble has been building amps for over 40 years, and there are only a few hundred out there. Add to that the fact that they are built for famous or otherwise very reputable players, and you get amps with near zero supply. The amps sound pretty darn good, are built like tanks, and many famous or otherwise very reputable players use them. Now your demand is high. Low supply + high demand = high price, and it's magnified in this case by a factor of approximately 40,000, which is the cosmological constant of guitar player neuroticism.

There are a number of pretty good clones out there. Even those can be pretty pricy unless you build a kit.

EDIT: Trainwrecks are the same way, except there are far fewer and they are no longer being built. I think the guy who built them passed away.

[c7sus]

Two Rock Steve Kimock Sig w/ Two Rock custom 2-12 cab.

35w Victoria w/15" Jensen

Eden Tour 800w bass head w/Hard Truckers 2-15 cab.

A knockoff of Dave Gilmour's "Doppola" speaker/amp.

Closet-find blackface Dual Showman w/matching cab.

Quinn Derby

[Corndog]

O.K. I said I didn't want to or NEED any more amps but a Ray Butts Echosonic would be nice.

I'm sure my wife Lisafurr would want that MONSTER 32x10"[...yes 32 10'S!!!] Ampeg rig that they made years ago.

[Light]

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

EDIT: Trainwrecks are the same way, except there are far fewer and they are no longer being built. I think the guy who built them passed away.

He did. Back in the nineties, if I remember right.


As for Dumble, there are a lot of issues involved, and they are fine amps, but not to my taste. It's the whole Larry Carlton/Robbin Ford connection, as much as anything, and the fact that you have to audition for him to get an amp. The problem with the clones is that they all clone one particular amp, and Dumble (what the fuck is his name? It used to be Howard, but now apparently he wants to be called Alexander?) makes each amp to suit each player so they are all different. Also, most of the clones don't have nearly the build quality.

But he's the worlds second biggest asshole (at least, I assume there is a bigger one somewhere - I don't know where, but somewhere), to the point that Jay Graydon (the guy who played the solo on Peg) once tried to run Dumble over with a car. Apparently he didn't think Graydon was good enough to get an amp. I've heard him called "The Amp Nazi." "NO AMP FOR YOU!!!!!"



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"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi

[Guitarer]

Vox AC30
Trainwreck Express
Marshall JCM800 2204
Marshall Silver Jubilee
Orange Rockerverb 50
Fender 65' Twin
Matchless DC30
Engl SE
Genz Benz El Diablo
Egnater Tourmaster

[ofajen]

No way would I want ten amps hanging around!

I'd start with a Gibson GA-79-RVT, this time one where the reverb doesn't cut out all the time due to a bad transformer that's unobtainable.

Then I'd probably add a Matamp 2000.

A Fender Champ or a Gibson GA-5.

Finally one of those little single ended boutique amps where you can swap out the tubes. Probably doesn't really matter which one.

But I really don't have complaints about my Traynor Custom Reverb and Bass Master. Parts aren't so hard to come by.

Cheers,

Otto