Top 5 most underrated/overlooked amps

[UberMetalDood]

1. Engl Steve Morse signature head
2. Bogner Shiva 20th Anniversary head
3. Peavey JSX head
4. Hiwatt DR103
5. Hughes & Kettner Triamp MKII

[eschoendorff]

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Marshall DSL

Mesa Boogie Caliber series

[Andrew Lamprecht]

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Fender Pro Junior.

[phil_104]

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Traynor YCV series, those amps kick some serious booty, but I don't hear people talk about them often.

[Fender_Punk]

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Traynor YCV series, those amps kick some serious booty, but I don't hear people talk about them often.

I'm with you there! I own a 1x12 YCV40 with a Mojo Tone speaker. Take out the stock Chinese celestion and put a quality speaker in a YCV and you've got great tone on tap. Very reliable and well-built too. 4 years as a YCV40 owner and no problems yet!

[woemoejack]

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fender blues junior
silvertone 1481

[PVFan]

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1. Engl Steve Morse signature head
2. Bogner Shiva 20th Anniversary head
3. Peavey JSX head
4. Hiwatt DR103
5. Hughes & Kettner Triamp MKII

Anything with the name Bogner on it gets the attention of everyone before it even ships and almost nobody would have the courage to go against the "consensus" and say anything less than great about any of them, and it's pretty much universal that they sound good. JSXs are super-popular amps. Triamps get talked about a lot.

I don't know what you mean by underrated or overlooked.

[greatbob6]

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JSXs are super-popular amps.

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I don't know what you mean by underrated or overlooked.

I would agree that the JSX is underrated...I think most people, particularly those blinded by brand names (which I'm sure we all do at times) would walk right by one to play the Marshall standing next to it simply because Marshall is a more recognizable name for most people.

[formula73]

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Framus Cobra
Metaltronix M-1000
the whole crate Blue Voodoo series

[Mr Wolf]

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Laney GH50L

[super rad stuff]

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peavey windsor heads. those things rip man, especially when outfitted with lower gain preamp tubes and run with an overdrive! i think that most people who have tried them and write them off tried them through the matching cabinet, which isn't exactly the greatest cab....

[Boogie Bill]

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Fender Dual Showmans.
Original SUNN tube amps.
Peavey VTM Series amps.
Rivera amps.
Ampeg V-2, V-4, VT-22, VT-40 Series.
Solid State amps from the '60s and '70s by Kustom, SUNN, VOX, Acoustic Control, LAB, Polytone, etc.

Bill

[PVFan]

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Fender Dual Showmans.
Original SUNN tube amps.
Peavey VTM Series amps.
Rivera amps.
Ampeg V-2, V-4, VT-22, VT-40 Series.
Solid State amps from the '60s and '70s by Kustom, SUNN, VOX, Acoustic Control, LAB, Polytone, etc.

Bill

+1 Rivera

[Gr8Scott]

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Marshall DSL-100 - Probably underrated for most players.
Peavey Butcher - Lumped in with horrid solid state hybrids.
Peavey Classic 50 - The dirt on this amp isn't great, but the cleans are legendary.
Silvertone 1482 - Most guitarists would pass these by and never give them a second glance.
Sovtek Mig 50 - Great little bassman clones.

[GuitarStv]

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Traynor YCV series, those amps kick some serious booty, but I don't hear people talk about them often.

I love my YCV40 with the Cannabis Rex in there. It's a really sweet tube amp.