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  • #61
    Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

    Originally posted by TMD
    Modern high-end Marshalls have good, usable cleans.
    Old Marshalls have great cleans on their lower-sensitivity inputs.

    EDIT: Here, have another: most (but not all!) modern high-gain tube amps sound better with the MV between 10'o clock and 1'o clock, not cranked.

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    • #62
      Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

      Originally posted by Mincer View Post
      Polytones were built for size and convenience, and sound like ass. Every single jazz guitarist that uses them would sound better through a Princeton.
      Fender Princeton- my dream amp :/

      Though, if I save for 24 months, I might be able to afford one .

      (puh. Better turn on my Blackstar and pre-heat the tubes).
      If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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      • #63
        Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

        And, for the "controversial" part-

        My old 1980's transistor Marshall, on the lead channel, sounded better than any tube amp I've played . (too bad I lost it in a house fire).

        I think it was called a "5210", two channel, spring reverb, 50 watts, 12" driver.
        If somethings important- send a PM. I might be offline for long periods. Rock on!!!

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        • #64
          Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

          I had an 80s era Ampeg SS half stack. What a great sound! The cleans were beautiful and apparently, the distortion from that amp was favored by many death metal bands at the time.
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          • #65
            Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

            PRS MT15 doesn't deserve the rave reviews I see it getting on here. Played one for a bit today and the clean was ok but the dirt channel sounded like an awful old pedal.

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            • #66
              Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

              Originally posted by Mincer View Post
              [...] apparently, the distortion from that amp was favored by many death metal bands at the time.
              You had a VH140C? Man, those are a sweet, loud box...

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              • #67
                Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                Originally posted by Mincer View Post
                I had an 80s era Ampeg SS half stack. What a great sound! The cleans were beautiful and apparently, the distortion from that amp was favored by many death metal bands at the time.
                It was all they could afford that wasn't complete junk.
                Last edited by dave74; 06-21-2020, 12:39 AM.

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                • #68
                  Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                  Sunn 300T is the best sounding Bass amp ever.
                  “For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard

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                  • #69
                    Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                    Zep would have sounded better with Bob Dylan on vocals.

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                    • #70
                      Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                      Originally posted by dave74 View Post
                      It was all they could afford that wasn't complete junk.
                      I didn't know that amp had such a following at the time. It just sounded great for my Sabbath covers I was playing.
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                      • #71
                        Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                        Originally posted by dave74 View Post
                        Zep would have sounded better with Bob Dylan on vocals.
                        but without Plant we don't get all the elfin magic lyrics
                        “For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard

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                        • #72
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                          • #73
                            Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                            Randy Rhodes guitar/amp tone sounds like an amp put in an oil drum and covered with a moving blanket.
                            “For me, when everything goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” Yvonne Chouinard

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                            • #74
                              Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                              Originally posted by NegativeEase View Post
                              Randy Rhodes guitar/amp tone sounds like an amp put in an oil drum and covered with a moving blanket.
                              I'd actually say that it sounds like his whole rig is made of paper.
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                              • #75
                                Re: Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

                                Turning on your amp and running it with the standby switch on for a while before playing doesn't make your tubes last longer. In fact, there's no real reason for a standby switch on a guitar amp. Save time, just play as soon as the tubes make noise.
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                                This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

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