Controversial Amplifier Hot Takes

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TMD said:
Modern high-end Marshalls have good, usable cleans.
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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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Mincer said:
Polytones were built for size and convenience, and sound like ass. Every single jazz guitarist that uses them would sound better through a Princeton.
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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).
 
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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.
 
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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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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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Mincer said:
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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It was all they could afford that wasn't complete junk.
 
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dave74 said:
It was all they could afford that wasn't complete junk.
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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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Randy Rhodes guitar/amp tone sounds like an amp put in an oil drum and covered with a moving blanket.
 
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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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guitfiddle said:
In defense of the Metal Zone, I saw a video where Ola Englund used it as a stand-alone pre-amp going into the return of an effects loop, and it sounded SO much better than running it into the front of the same amp. Worlds of difference in the tone.

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I think the reason why this video pisses me off (other than it was clearly released with Ola to generate Metal Zone hype leading into the MT-2W) is that I’m pissed I didn’t record me doing this 20 years ago in my bedroom! :chairfall
 
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Mincer said:
I'd actually say that it sounds like his whole rig is made of paper.
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Yep. Sounded like Satan's freight train the first time I heard it, though. The opening of Crazy Train hit my brain the way VH1 did for a lot of other players.
 
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