What is the Mount Rushmore of guitar amps?

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Whatever floats your boat. I hold those amps responsible for the garbage tones that plagued my formative years (late 90s-early 2000s). How they managed to take the Soldano recipe and turn it into THAT is quite beyond me. But that, again, is just me.
 
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Ty Tabor used a Lab series on some of my favorite albums, but never tried one myself. Probably one of those amps that works for some people, but not everyone.
 
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Should we do a separate one for rack preamps? All I know is that the ADA MP-1 goes on there. :)
 
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Sirion said:
Should we do a separate one for rack preamps? All I know is that the ADA MP-1 goes on there. :)
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Loved my Mesa Boogie Studio preamp I should have never sold it. I still have my Chandler Tube Driver. In the 80's you couldn't swing a dead cat in a rock club without hitting an ADA MP-1. It is one of those pieces of gear that made "almost" everyone sound good. Most guys sounded great.
 
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Sirion said:
Whatever floats your boat. I hold those amps responsible for the garbage tones that plagued my formative years (late 90s-early 2000s). How they managed to take the Soldano recipe and turn it into THAT is quite beyond me. But that, again, is just me.
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Sounds like a bit of user error. There's been so many guys of all genres using various rectifier versions and getting great tones for decades.
If you're referring to the whole nu-metal phase then I would have to 100% agree on that, but I sure don't blame the amps.
 
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I'm sure you know better than me, but the guys I love who I know turned to them (Dave Meniketti, George Lynch) also sounded… well, underwhelming, during that era; they improved a lot to my ears once they ditched them. Oh well, apparently Allan Holdsworth (!) used it for some time.
 
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Securb said:
Loved my Mesa Boogie Studio preamp I should have never sold it. I still have my Chandler Tube Driver. In the 80's you couldn't swing a dead cat in a rock club without hitting an ADA MP-1. It is one of those pieces of gear that made "almost" everyone sound good. Most guys sounded great.
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I really need to get my hands on a Studio preamp or a TriAxis at some point. I guess with one of those, the ADA, and the JMP-1, you've probably covered the obvious rock/metal ones (there were other ones, but none quite so prevalent). Are there any gems from other styles of amps that should be mentioned?
 
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Sirion said:
I really need to get my hands on a Studio preamp or a TriAxis at some point. I guess with one of those, the ADA, and the JMP-1, you've probably covered the obvious rock/metal ones (there were other ones, but none quite so prevalent). Are there any gems from other styles of amps that should be mentioned?
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Preamp wise there are a few racks that deserve honorable mention. The ART SGX 2000 gets kudos but it is more of a multi-effect. The Marshall JMP-1 was pretty cool and can still punch above its weight. I wouldn't mind picking one up for my JC-120.
 
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Alllllllright!

I am NOT constraining to 4. Here is my list:

Fender Blackface Twin
Fender Tweed Bassman
Marshall Plexi
Peavey Bandit
Roland JC120
Mesa Boogie Mark IV
Trainwreck
 
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Line 6 Spidervalve HDII
Roland Microcube
Jet City Picovalve
Randall RG 120ES.

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Aceman said:
Alllllllright!

I am NOT constraining to 4. Here is my list:

Fender Blackface Twin
Fender Tweed Bassman
Marshall Plexi
Peavey Bandit
Roland JC120
Mesa Boogie Mark IV
Trainwreck
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Which Peavey Bandit?
 
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Sirion said:
I really need to get my hands on a Studio preamp or a TriAxis at some point. I guess with one of those, the ADA, and the JMP-1, you've probably covered the obvious rock/metal ones (there were other ones, but none quite so prevalent). Are there any gems from other styles of amps that should be mentioned?
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I’ve dreamt of a rack with a Triaxis, JMP-1 and MP-1 feeding a Marshall 100/100 into Dual 4x12s. Throw some effects of choice in there, a few boosts and a MIDI Switcher and it’s the ultimate rack rig!
 
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I don't even know what you're talking about and I'm going "Holy chit!"
 
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PFDarkside said:
I’ve dreamt of a rack with a Triaxis, JMP-1 and MP-1 feeding a Marshall 100/100 into Dual 4x12s. Throw some effects of choice in there, a few boosts and a MIDI Switcher and it’s the ultimate rack rig!
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Would you gain stage the JMP-1 and MP-1? Oh no.....Oh Yeah!
 
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Securb said:
Would you gain stage the JMP-1 and MP-1? Oh no.....Oh Yeah!
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I was thinking all three would be independent, but gain staging would be out of hand.

Too bad it would cost a small fortune to build this rack and I have no idea if I’d even like it...
 
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texred said:
pm me please, if serious. I'm only paying half assed attn, but I just blew up my amp. You or sweetwater, sweetheart.
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I have to give first dibs to the builder.

I havent gotten serious about selling yet. That requires effort.
 
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