Blog: What's the Best Amp for Playing Blues?

[jeremy]

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is threre really a randall satan?

if so thats awesome and im sure it probably doesnt live up to its name

 

[SlyFoxx]

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Of the gear I have if I were called for a blues gig it would be my Pro Reverb, two TS9's and a delay.

 

[CountFeedback]

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not a very good list.
Most of those amps never made it on a record by a real blues man

 

[El Dunco]

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The truest bluesman I ever knew didn't have a blues amp or a guitar for that matter.

 

[Lucid_Lunatic]

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I had a Feender Deluxe Reverb RI that was very nice.

 

[everdrone]

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yoda: "do or do not, but there is no "BEST" amp" :headbang:

 

[Aceman]

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I played at a Boston R&B and Blues jam every Sunday back in the day. The house amp was a solid state The Lab Series L5. I heard a lot of great players over the years through that amp, it had tone for days.

You read that in a BB King article.

 

[Aceman]

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The best amp for blues is the same best amp for punk: Whatever amp you have.

 

[rumy22]

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Marshall Kerry King model

 

[ehdwuld]

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You read that in a BB King article.

I immediately thought of that guitar player article
But could not remember which solid state amp they mentioned

I was thinking it was a Roland JC 120
But I believe you are correct

*(Sent from my durned phone!)*

 

[Brow]

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Gary Moore's use of an SLO on the Live Blues/Blues Alive album (1 was the Concert CD, the other the live video but I forget which is which) was what planted the seed in my mind that I needed 1 of those amps!

 

[crusty philtrum]

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Whichever amp makes you miserable of course.

 

[CountFeedback]

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Albert King liked the JC-120.

 

[josephrohdes221]

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There are a number of good ones around town. I use Billy Yates, who gets his work out of True Tone in Santa Monica. He really knows his way around those old Fenders. TrueTone is on Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica, and their phone number is 310-393-8232. I bought a total beater Deluxe off of Fleabay, and Billy made it sound like a million bucks.

 

[Nacho8807]

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is threre really a randall satan?

if so thats awesome and im sure it probably doesnt live up to its name

You, good sir, would be wrong.

 

[everdrone]

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Ola is awesome!

 

[Chickenwings]

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The one i just had custom built to play blues with.

 

[IM4Tone]

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The one i just had custom built to play blues with.

Which is_______?

 

[Boogie Bill]

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Crusty's comment made me laugh...I don't really have a great answer as to what makes a great blues amp, but I seem to be happiest when I can open up my Mesa Mark III Coliseum Half-Stack at a gig.

So, since it makes me HAPPY....I guess it's not a good blues amp after all, LOL!!!!

Bill

 

[Chickenwings]

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Which is_______?

I'm just being slightly facetious. I really like my amp because its perfect for me. Its loosely based on a JTM. However, i reckon the best blues amp really comes down to what allows each individual player to express his or her self in the way they want the most easily.