Best amp - period!

[Speeddemon]

yeah Grif, I'm a knobs man as well

I'm stuck for now with my Bandit. I chose it, also because it has 2 indepent EQ's, which I definately need, or do you guys like to share clean and lead with the same 3 knobs? Forget going from Knopfler to Van Halen then! I needed a wide range of sounds too. Surf, funk, rock, blues, metal, thrash....
When I bought my Bandit, there was no Spider available (jan. '97), If I had to make the choice again, hmmm....hard!

That's why, of all the nice expensive amps I've played, I chose the JCM2000 TSL122, 3 fully indepent channels with each his own EQ, ranging from ultra clean (almost, repeat almost Fender-like) to ultra-gain! ROCK! Even the crunch-channel can make grannies throw up!

Other contender would be Hughes & Kettner Tri-amp. Haven't played it YET, but a good friend of mine has it, loves it.

 

[eyeslikefire]

Line 6 Flextone II Plus.
Has the best cab. sim. I've ever herd.

 

[atomictoyz]

Soldano....basically its sounds the closest to my modded Marshall. I spent money to make mine sound like a Soldano...
I can't remember the exact model but it was a 50 watter. It had the crunch I like, with a touch of warmth...

Id like to try a bogner exctasy though once I get out of the island...

Peace,
Dennis

 

[hokypokynose]

Hughes and Kettner Metroverb

Why?

No tubes to replace yet it has the smoothest silkiest overdrive I have ever played. Beutiful amp...

 

[SittinIdol]

My Boogie Mark IIC+...


To hear it go here: http://www.mp3.com/sittinidol

 

[zepman]

Marshall TSL 100
Has it all, and more.........................

 

[Hard2Hear]

I have to say 2, they are different. Ether a Dumble Overdrive Special or an Orange AD-30. They have different sounds, and are the 2 sweetest amps I have ever enjoyed playing on. Though I cannot afford to actually BUY either of them.

H2H

 

[B.SABBATH]

Mesa Boogie "Tri Axis" and some Boss stomp boxes.

 

[busted kitty]

I bought a Marshall JCM 800 100 watt head and 4 12 cab for 500 Canadian. The thing was like new. Alot of sound companies are now getting an insane number of requests for 80s Marshall amps. They are getting scarce. They sound better than most other Marshalls (I think so anyway).

 

[M.Brane]

I bought a Marshall JCM 800 100 watt head and 4 12 cab for 500 Canadian. The thing was like new. Alot of sound companies are now getting an insane number of requests for 80s Marshall amps. They are getting scarce. They sound better than most other Marshalls (I think so anyway).

I think your onto something here....

It seems like the trend in amps lately is for tons of gain at the expense of headroom. The JCM's and especially the JMP's depend more on the output tubes for their sound than the "modern" amps. A good friend of mine has a '79 JMP 100 watter that was in a combo cabinet with some poorly reconed Celestions. We hooked it up to my Vintage 30's and it blew my mind! Best sounding Marshall I've EVER heard! The downside is you can't play it that loud in any club I've been in. It still sounds good at lower volume, but not like when it's cranked.

The point is I feel that some headroom is needed even with distortion. I usually run my pre-volumes about 5 to 7. The amps just feel more responsive that way. If I want total saturation I just step on my green box ( with the controls at 12:00)

 

[jrlemonz]

If it's too loud then buy the 50 watter..... I can turn my JCM800 2205 to about 8 or 9 when I have it running at 16 ohms without the sound guy getting too pissed.

Jake

 

[Lopp]

Preach on brothers B.Sabbath and Sittin' Idol. Excellent choices!

 

[NYMorningstar]

"The Twin" by Fender. It's not the old clean twin reverb and it's not the new Twin Reverb. It's 'bout 10-15 years old, tubed, has a 2 channel set-up like the new Twins so the overdrive and distortion are available and it also has the old vintage clean sound of the older twins. It has a couple JBL's that just wail whenever you ask them too. It's a workhorse and I love it!

 

[atomictoyz]

If it's too loud then buy the 50 watter.....

The 50 watter is actually around 75 watts RMS. I had my 2205 modded with GT all around, bumped the power tubes up to the 6550's H7's...At 4 its too loud to be in the same room with it...AHhhhhhh....I love an amp you can feel pounding on your chest...

Peace,
Dennis

 

[Deen]

Marshall 50 watt 1972 Mark II.
Yngwie's amp. period

 

[ALBERTPIKE]

#1 60's Blackface Deluxe Reverb -- even if you can't buy one, they are still around to try out. Practical alternative: Blackface Princeton Reverb -- you can buy these for six-hundred dollars, but the Silver Faces from 1968 through the early seventies are the same and can be found for cheaper. PR was a favorite studio amp in the 60's.

 

[64Firebird]

Is it cheating to pick the Fender Cyber twin? If I can't have that, I'll just hang on to my 1964 blond Fender Bassman 2X12.

 

[daddycatfish]

Yeah...

I played through the new Pro Reverb last spring. If that new two channel Twin is anything like that, it's GOT to rock.

 

[LocusLarsen]

ahh......I might as well throw down.

I have only used a pedal, but I would be quite content with a Verbmaster 18 from Budda with the 2x12 configuration.

I know, what I have played....well if it all ended tomarrow I would be content with my Blues Junior. Two if I could. Considering I sold a 900 halfstack for it...And it was all an accident, I just fell in love with it the moment I played it.