Lucid_Lunatic
Rebelyellologist
I was just wondering how many of the members here bought amps because they were looking for thier own tones and how many bought one to sound like someone else?
Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
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Empty Pockets
BadHairDayologist
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I didn't know anything about amps, but i knew it was an old Fender (which I liked cuz i was listening to so much MUDHONEY in those days) and it had a channel for bass and a channel for guitar -- which was perfect for me because i play bass and guitar.
I was eventually going to buy a dedicated guitar amp but...this thing sounds too good for guitar. It actually kinda lacks in the bass department, but it's still totally usable and awesome. The fact that it now sells for twice what I paid for it is just an added bonus :smokin:
I didn't know anything about amps, but i knew it was an old Fender (which I liked cuz i was listening to so much MUDHONEY in those days) and it had a channel for bass and a channel for guitar -- which was perfect for me because i play bass and guitar.
I was eventually going to buy a dedicated guitar amp but...this thing sounds too good for guitar. It actually kinda lacks in the bass department, but it's still totally usable and awesome. The fact that it now sells for twice what I paid for it is just an added bonus :smokin:
Jackson Distortion
New member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I bought mine to sound like myself. Hence... why I like Crates so much LOL. But, seriously I never cared to sound like anyone but myself. Personally, I can't stand the thought of sounding like anybody I admire. What's in it for me?
I bought mine to sound like myself. Hence... why I like Crates so much LOL. But, seriously I never cared to sound like anyone but myself. Personally, I can't stand the thought of sounding like anybody I admire. What's in it for me?
Gunny47
New member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I wanted an amp with a good amount of clean headroom - good, natural cleans that will take pedals amazingly, and if I crank it up it will sound very natural and raw. Tweed was the answer for that. And the modern fender tweed twin interpretation has more headroom and less fuzz than the tpyical tweed tone (it rele sounds like a marshall bluesbreaker when cranked with the lester). So it was all I was looking for in an amp, perfect for what I use it for...
I wanted an amp with a good amount of clean headroom - good, natural cleans that will take pedals amazingly, and if I crank it up it will sound very natural and raw. Tweed was the answer for that. And the modern fender tweed twin interpretation has more headroom and less fuzz than the tpyical tweed tone (it rele sounds like a marshall bluesbreaker when cranked with the lester). So it was all I was looking for in an amp, perfect for what I use it for...
drew_half_empty
Looking for Real Life
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
i wanted an amp with el34's and it was loud
and cheap
i wanted an amp with el34's and it was loud
and cheap
Ascension
Well-known member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I have had a guitar tone in my head and the first time I plugged into a Fender Prosonic I heard that tone!! I played one several times at a local shop but could not afford the price at the time. Finally found a combo I could afford several years ago and never looked back. I now own three of these amps and use nothing else.
The last one I bought was a one off artist Custom 100 watt head (the ONLY 100 watt Prosonic ever built BTW!!) that Bruce Zinky had personally handbuilt for Brad Whitford of Aerosmith in 96 it's one BAD BAD rig :naughty:.
I have had a guitar tone in my head and the first time I plugged into a Fender Prosonic I heard that tone!! I played one several times at a local shop but could not afford the price at the time. Finally found a combo I could afford several years ago and never looked back. I now own three of these amps and use nothing else.
The last one I bought was a one off artist Custom 100 watt head (the ONLY 100 watt Prosonic ever built BTW!!) that Bruce Zinky had personally handbuilt for Brad Whitford of Aerosmith in 96 it's one BAD BAD rig :naughty:.
C-Martin
New member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
funny thing my amp is, most of the players i admire and learned from all where mostly marshall players so i figured "i need a marshall!" when i tried em all at local shops(TSL, DSL, JCM900 was what they had mostly) i didnt like em much and i ended up putting a deposit on a mesa amp which sounded cool.. then this one day i was going in to make the final payment and leave with my mesa when they had just brought this marshall i had not seen before.. i asked the guy if it was new and he said it was a used one that just came up so i asked if i could try it just out of curiosity.. so i grab a random humbucker guitar, plug it in and the next thing i know im asking the guy if i can change my deposit from the mesa to buy the marshall :smokin:
..so i was lucky tho i probably wouldve enjoyed that mesa and always been itching for years to find one so i could have both!
funny thing my amp is, most of the players i admire and learned from all where mostly marshall players so i figured "i need a marshall!" when i tried em all at local shops(TSL, DSL, JCM900 was what they had mostly) i didnt like em much and i ended up putting a deposit on a mesa amp which sounded cool.. then this one day i was going in to make the final payment and leave with my mesa when they had just brought this marshall i had not seen before.. i asked the guy if it was new and he said it was a used one that just came up so i asked if i could try it just out of curiosity.. so i grab a random humbucker guitar, plug it in and the next thing i know im asking the guy if i can change my deposit from the mesa to buy the marshall :smokin:
..so i was lucky tho i probably wouldve enjoyed that mesa and always been itching for years to find one so i could have both!
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Yngwiestein
New member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I just buy amps that I think sound awesome when I play them. If anything I would try to cop Yngwie's sound but I'm not real concerned about sounding like him. I would rather master his techniques than his tone. With my JVM and my Yngwie strat, I can get pretty close. I'm more likely to buy a pedal to cop a tone than an amp.
I just buy amps that I think sound awesome when I play them. If anything I would try to cop Yngwie's sound but I'm not real concerned about sounding like him. I would rather master his techniques than his tone. With my JVM and my Yngwie strat, I can get pretty close. I'm more likely to buy a pedal to cop a tone than an amp.
Lazarus1140
New member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
It had tubes - it sounded great - the wattage was what I believed I needed - and the price was right. The same reasons will be put to use again very soon.
It had tubes - it sounded great - the wattage was what I believed I needed - and the price was right. The same reasons will be put to use again very soon.
BigAlTheBird
Guest
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
The Gretsch amp was worth 5 times what I paid for it. And it was the coolest guitar related thing I've ever owned. That's why I owned that.
The Falcon is worth about 4 times what I paid. And the Falcon has world class cleans/reverb/tremolo. So that's why I bought it.
The Gretsch amp was worth 5 times what I paid for it. And it was the coolest guitar related thing I've ever owned. That's why I owned that.
The Falcon is worth about 4 times what I paid. And the Falcon has world class cleans/reverb/tremolo. So that's why I bought it.
crusty philtrum
Vintageologist
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I bought my amp (and guitar) to sound like my heroes. It all went sadly wrong.....i sounded like an incredibly loud bag of poop. (I am talking about when i was 17, i had a Strat and a full Marshall stack). Long long time ago, i am 51 now.
Then i had Voxes and Fenders because they were the normal good guitar amps of the day (1970's) and they sounded good to my ears. I experimented and eventually realised i liked the Voxes best of all.
Now i repair and build amps. I recently built my ideal amp, which is a kinda Matchless/Vox clone, 4 x EL84's and each pair has it's own standby switch and triode/pentode switch. The amp has an all-tube effects loop and tremolo and uses torroidal transformers and paper-in-oil caps all through the audio paths. When i need even less power than a pair of EL84's in triode mode, i use Vox AC4 clones which i build.
SO my short answer would be....i bought my amps because i couldn't build them. Now i Don't buy them because i build them. It's been a long but rewarding path so far. (plus, i doubt i could afford a good guitar amp these days, hehe)
I bought my amp (and guitar) to sound like my heroes. It all went sadly wrong.....i sounded like an incredibly loud bag of poop. (I am talking about when i was 17, i had a Strat and a full Marshall stack). Long long time ago, i am 51 now.
Then i had Voxes and Fenders because they were the normal good guitar amps of the day (1970's) and they sounded good to my ears. I experimented and eventually realised i liked the Voxes best of all.
Now i repair and build amps. I recently built my ideal amp, which is a kinda Matchless/Vox clone, 4 x EL84's and each pair has it's own standby switch and triode/pentode switch. The amp has an all-tube effects loop and tremolo and uses torroidal transformers and paper-in-oil caps all through the audio paths. When i need even less power than a pair of EL84's in triode mode, i use Vox AC4 clones which i build.
SO my short answer would be....i bought my amps because i couldn't build them. Now i Don't buy them because i build them. It's been a long but rewarding path so far. (plus, i doubt i could afford a good guitar amp these days, hehe)
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
I have a Peavey Studio Pro 65 chassis that i traded an HP computer for (someone just TRY to tell me I didn't make out, LOL). I'm building it to be an all purpose sort of amp--built a sealed back cabinet with a G12M70 and a couple of swithchable piezos for acoustics and keyboards, and hopefully will make a decent recording level bass amp.
Total outlay--$15.00
I always try to get my own sound--and sometimes, I can't help it.
I have a Peavey Studio Pro 65 chassis that i traded an HP computer for (someone just TRY to tell me I didn't make out, LOL). I'm building it to be an all purpose sort of amp--built a sealed back cabinet with a G12M70 and a couple of swithchable piezos for acoustics and keyboards, and hopefully will make a decent recording level bass amp.
Total outlay--$15.00
I always try to get my own sound--and sometimes, I can't help it.
Petrovsk Mizinski
New member
Re: Why Did You Buy Your Amp?
Not an amp per se, but I use my Behringer V-Amp 2 and I bought it because I wanted a variety of tones. Sure they aren't 100 per cent accurate tube emulations, but it sounds good, and to me good tone is good tone, whether it's tube, SS or modelling.
Not an amp per se, but I use my Behringer V-Amp 2 and I bought it because I wanted a variety of tones. Sure they aren't 100 per cent accurate tube emulations, but it sounds good, and to me good tone is good tone, whether it's tube, SS or modelling.
