C'mon..yor first tube amp?
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NoOnesFang13
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Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
No kidding...
mine is the only one i have ever had, an Alamo Embassy 1x10. Pretty cool little amp i run it in stereo with my other amp
Mesa Road King. If you're going to go, go all the way.
No kidding...
mine is the only one i have ever had, an Alamo Embassy 1x10. Pretty cool little amp i run it in stereo with my other amp
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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An old tube Dynacord amp, slightly modified for guitar.
The cab had two old Celestion red 10" speakers.
Still have the parts, it died within a year.
Bought a Vox, and a Park75 with 4x12 basketwave cab after that.
Also had a short stint with a dreadful Mesa studio preamp...hated it the instant I used it.
An old tube Dynacord amp, slightly modified for guitar.
The cab had two old Celestion red 10" speakers.
Still have the parts, it died within a year.
Bought a Vox, and a Park75 with 4x12 basketwave cab after that.
Also had a short stint with a dreadful Mesa studio preamp...hated it the instant I used it.
Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
I hear you...I bought this used kramer baretta back in the day and put it and a Hiwatt head in layaway...bought the guitar and had to decline on the amp-darn my thinkin was stinkin then!:doh:
I hear you...I bought this used kramer baretta back in the day and put it and a Hiwatt head in layaway...bought the guitar and had to decline on the amp-darn my thinkin was stinkin then!:doh:
Stratman
Guitaris Maximus
Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
Silvertone 100 watt amp with 6-10 inch speakers, that I traded a 20" stingray bike for and was followed by a Heathkit 2X12 transistor amp that was was making at the time. This was back in 1964~65 time frame!
http://harmony.demont.net/catalogs/Heathkit/1968_catalog_04.jpg From the 1968 catalog, price had risen from the $price$ I paid back then; here is the same amp in 1967 http://harmony.demont.net/catalogs/Heathkit/1967_Heathkit_advert_01.jpg
Silvertone 100 watt amp with 6-10 inch speakers, that I traded a 20" stingray bike for and was followed by a Heathkit 2X12 transistor amp that was was making at the time. This was back in 1964~65 time frame!
http://harmony.demont.net/catalogs/Heathkit/1968_catalog_04.jpg From the 1968 catalog, price had risen from the $price$ I paid back then; here is the same amp in 1967 http://harmony.demont.net/catalogs/Heathkit/1967_Heathkit_advert_01.jpg
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super rad stuff
Skaforlifeologist
Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
my peavey windsor stack with a slant cab. sounds great with the speakers broken in and new preamp tubes, tons of warmth and mids.
my peavey windsor stack with a slant cab. sounds great with the speakers broken in and new preamp tubes, tons of warmth and mids.
J
Jessie Sammler
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The irony is that, if you just stay home anyway, you don't need big.
Go big or go home.
The irony is that, if you just stay home anyway, you don't need big.
Pink Unicorn Horsey
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Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
Mesa DC-5 with Mesa 2x12 Recto cab
Mesa DC-5 with Mesa 2x12 Recto cab
Thermionik
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First amp I ever played through for several years wasn't strictly mine - but it lived at my house and I loved it to pieces so it has to count - was a '65 JTM45 Mk.II (ali chassis, ali panel - pre plexi) sitting on an angle-fronted 4x12 Celestion loaded cab Model 1960, also dating from '65. (It had Alnico magnets, so I am guessing they were early G12's).
When it went away, I pined for years, chasing the sound through a lot of amps, many of which came close, many more of which didn't. After over thirty years of looking/listening I lucked on a 6G6-A Bassman head which just sings into my 4x12 Fane/Goodmans cab. So I have gone full circle plus a bit. First amps are like first lovers. Special.....
First amp I ever played through for several years wasn't strictly mine - but it lived at my house and I loved it to pieces so it has to count - was a '65 JTM45 Mk.II (ali chassis, ali panel - pre plexi) sitting on an angle-fronted 4x12 Celestion loaded cab Model 1960, also dating from '65. (It had Alnico magnets, so I am guessing they were early G12's).
When it went away, I pined for years, chasing the sound through a lot of amps, many of which came close, many more of which didn't. After over thirty years of looking/listening I lucked on a 6G6-A Bassman head which just sings into my 4x12 Fane/Goodmans cab. So I have gone full circle plus a bit. First amps are like first lovers. Special.....
Brow
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My 1st valve amp was a 100w JCM800 2210 head which my dad bought me for christmas when I was 15 for £200 on the condition that I bought the cab
Still have the head and the cab (stock Marshall 1936 2x12) but don't use it much cos it's louder than buggery
My 1st valve amp was a 100w JCM800 2210 head which my dad bought me for christmas when I was 15 for £200 on the condition that I bought the cab
Still have the head and the cab (stock Marshall 1936 2x12) but don't use it much cos it's louder than buggery
PFDarkside
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Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
Interesting how many of us went Mesa with the first tube amp purchase.
Interesting how many of us went Mesa with the first tube amp purchase.
That90'sGuy
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A Fender Vibrolux Reverb was passed down to me and that's what I started on, although it's never worked out with anything I've done (my music is too rock oriented for it). I can't quite recall what my first tube amp purchase was, I think it was a Hughes & Kettner Triamp (the old school Mk 1 version).
A Fender Vibrolux Reverb was passed down to me and that's what I started on, although it's never worked out with anything I've done (my music is too rock oriented for it). I can't quite recall what my first tube amp purchase was, I think it was a Hughes & Kettner Triamp (the old school Mk 1 version).
Lucid_Lunatic
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Re: C'mon..yor first tube amp?
My first was a JCM 900 100 watt half stack. After that I owned probablly 6 or 7 Crate Blue VooDoos. Over the years, I have owned tons of tube amps. Now I rock DSL 100's.
My first was a JCM 900 100 watt half stack. After that I owned probablly 6 or 7 Crate Blue VooDoos. Over the years, I have owned tons of tube amps. Now I rock DSL 100's.
