Favorite?

[DKSEARS]

I’d have say Marshall and Soldano seem to be my sweet spot.

For Marshall, my favorite model would probably be the JTM, but the closest I have is a local builder’s take on that.

For Soldano, it depends on what I feel I need for the situation. If I’m going to need a dedicated clean channel, I’ll take the Decatone, if not I’d probably go with the Hot Rod 25, if it’s a grab and go jam, I’d take the Astroverb.

 

[Obsessive Compulsive]

The poor man's Marshall: Laney.

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[esandes]

Do you have a favorite amp brand that you gravitate towards? Is their a brand that just seems to build amps in line with what you like? If so, which company and which amp?

For me....Bogner and I love the early Uberschall's.

No doubt. I saw everyone was using a Marshall and I couldn't afford one and I thought it was a trend or bandwagon brand. I tried many brands and many different tubes.

My only amps now are 50W and 100W Marshall heads. I have two Marshall 4x12 slant cabs with greenbacks and vintages. I can go on why I like the sound of them most but I digress. EL-34 or nothing.

 

[Chris Pile]

Hard to beat a Jazz Chorus for solid state cleans (and the chorus is world class).
For punchy bottom end and supreme crunch - Hiwatt.
For great tube amp sounds with actual tone controls that work - AMPEG.

 

[ehdwuld]

The poor man's Marshall: Laney.

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I love my Laney
mine is the solid state version
and is definitely Marshall based

 

[LLL]

Marshall JTM45, 1973, Plexi 1959/1987, 2203.

 

[mantis]

I grew up Fender Twins and Bassman amps. They where my go to for a long time. I also went Marshall JCM 800 for awhile but never had the clean I wanted or expected like the Twins had.

I moved into many amps over the years but back in 2006 I locked into a krank Revolution 1 and still have it. It has excellent cleans and an amazing gain channel. I'm a metal player old school 80's but venture into later Metal music without all the screaming. I don't get all that.

Anyway my next move is a Mesa Boogie. I really like the TC-50 and the TC-100. The JP2C is also very nice and all of them have Midi control which I think is important. I like to command my rig and have it setup exactly how I want it with a push of a button. Foot stomp if you will.

 

[GuitarStv]

Old Traynors #1 favorite!, and I love running a Marshall style plexi pedal into a Fender Deluxe or Vibralux Amp.

Although, the most compliments I ever get on tone are when I play my Gretsch through a VoxAC 15. People really gravitate to that deep desert lush and chimey sound enough to want to come up after a show and tell me about it.

Heh.

I sold my late 1960s Traynor YGM-2 but kept my modern YCV40. The YGM sounded great when it was up loud, but didn't work at lower volumes and didn't have cleans that worked for me. I know it's blasphemy . . . but I preferred the sound of the newer amp. In retrospect I wish I had just swapped the stock speaker and kept it, because it really had some cool sounds in it.

 

[NegativeEase]

Heh.

I sold my late 1960s Traynor YGM-2 but kept my modern YCV40. The YGM sounded great when it was up loud, but didn't work at lower volumes and didn't have cleans that worked for me. I know it's blasphemy . . . but I preferred the sound of the newer amp. In retrospect I wish I had just swapped the stock speaker and kept it, because it really had some cool sounds in it.

You know they make a reissue YBA-1 Bass Master ?

I sold mine for drug money in 2003 (Ashamed -the old me) -but I sold to to a guy who still has it -He's in a hipster band in Brooklyn -and he knows I am #1 on the list to buy it back if he ever sells.

 

[GuitarStv]

You know they make a reissue YBA-1 Bass Master ?

I sold mine for drug money in 2003 (Ashamed -the old me) -but I sold to to a guy who still has it -He's in a hipster band in Brooklyn -and he knows I am #1 on the list to buy it back if he ever sells.

The YBA is an amp I've never tried but always heart good things about. I remember being really excited hearing about the reissues, but could never find one in a store . . . and then they discontinued them again.

 

[NegativeEase]

The YBA is an amp I've never tried but always heart good things about. I remember being really excited hearing about the reissues, but could never find one in a store . . . and then they discontinued them again.

Dang, yeah, by many measure it's considered to be the most sought after.

 

[Ascension]

Several. As of late have been really impressed with my PRS Archon then have played a couple Friedmans in a local shop that really impressed me. Cleans some of the Fender reissues.

 

[misterwhizzy]

I have forever been and think I forever will be a Les Paul into a Marshall guy. Right now, I'm running a Jet City 50 watt head that I modded to JCM800 specs on the crunch channel with an EL34 power section. It has the added bonus of a more lower-mid focused and higher gain overdrive channel with Soldano DNA too. I look around at different amps all the time, but I always end up at Marshall. To my ears, there's no other amp that has that signature roar.

At some point, I should look into these "clean" tones I keep hearing people talk about.

 

[ErikH]

I have forever been and think I forever will be a Les Paul into a Marshall guy. Right now, I'm running a Jet City 50 watt head that I modded to JCM800 specs on the crunch channel with an EL34 power section. It has the added bonus of a more lower-mid focused and higher gain overdrive channel with Soldano DNA too. I look around at different amps all the time, but I always end up at Marshall. To my ears, there's no other amp that has that signature roar.

At some point, I should look into these "clean" tones I keep hearing people talk about.

Hahaha. I'm the same way about "cleans". I try to use pure clean tones but it just doesn't work for me all the time. I like a rolled back guitar volume clean, so a clean-ish tone. Even in my current band setup with a MXR 5150 Overdrive out front, I keep that on and roll back the guitar volume for clean. It's amazing how well it cleans up too. Blew me away first time I used it at rehearsal.

 

[Ascension]

Hahaha. I'm the same way about "cleans". I try to use pure clean tones but it just doesn't work for me all the time. I like a rolled back guitar volume clean, so a clean-ish tone. Even in my current band setup with a MXR 5150 Overdrive out front, I keep that on and roll back the guitar volume for clean. It's amazing how well it cleans up too. Blew me away first time I used it at rehearsal.

Try a PRS Archon on the little MT 15 for face melting gainer side and stellar cleans. My Archon in particular will spank many of the iconic classic Fenders in it's clean tones. Floored me first time I played the MT 15 and went to the clean side how good the cleans were!
MT 15 clean with my Ergo Compressor.

 

[Bogner]

Try a PRS Archon on the little MT 15 for face melting gainer side and stellar cleans. My Archon in particular will spank many of the iconic classic Fenders in it's clean tones. Floored me first time I played the MT 15 and went to the clean side how good the cleans were!
MT 15 clean with my Ergo Compressor.

Amen :arms:

 

[ErikH]

Try a PRS Archon on the little MT 15 for face melting gainer side and stellar cleans. My Archon in particular will spank many of the iconic classic Fenders in it's clean tones. Floored me first time I played the MT 15 and went to the clean side how good the cleans were!
MT 15 clean with my Ergo Compressor.

That sounds really nice. Using a compressor does help and I've been playing with a Keeley Compressor with cleans. That's probably how I'll end up getting what I need and to make it work for me.

 

[Ewizard]

I never really thought I gravitated to any one particular brand, but after thinking about it, I have owned more Peavey amps than any other brand and still own a XXX. I have had a Rage, a Rockmaster preamp, an Ultra 120, a 6505+, and still now a XXX. It isn't even that Peavey has the sound I'm necessarily looking for, but the Ultra 120 and the XXX cover a LOT of ground.

I recently designed my own amp, and while I may have some bias towards it, I think it is the best sounding amp overall that I have ever had. It is a single channel clean platform amp, so it barely breaks up, but for cleans and pedal use, it is top-notch. One day I will make a two-channel variant that has a Dumble sort of vibe to it. I have come to find that I prefer that creamy cascading gain stage sound. This may be why I was more into the Crate Blue Vodoo years ago? The Crate BV has a cascading topology that with a couple of tweaks would have probably been a much better amp. I know people love to hate the things, but it worked well for me for a long time.

I guess I am brand agnostic, but it does seem that Peavey is where I land.

 

[beaubrummels]

The YBA is an amp I've never tried but always heart good things about. I remember being really excited hearing about the reissues, but could never find one in a store . . . and then they discontinued them again.

I have an original 1972 YBA-1 I'd sell. Shipping might be expensive, though. Heaviest head I own, and the loudest. I can't be in the same room with it, it's painfully loud.

 

[JamesPaul]

I have a bunch of Peavey's. So there's my manufacturer.

Tube amp - I wish it weighed less but, my JSX 212. It has my Triple XXX Clean channel, Classic 50 Lead channel for Crunch and Triple XXX Ultra channel.

Solid state - my Bandit 112.

Modelling - my Vypyr VIP 3