Your favourite blues amp?
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JeffB
Let it B
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Hard for me to vote...
I think Overall no doubt Fender wins...however my fave blues amp is a JTM45...yeah it's basically a bassman circuit..but it's got a little bit more bite and marshall mids... just a notch above a bassman...which can be sweet or kinda mean...a JTM45 can do that and also be downright RUDE & NASTY if ya like that kind of thing (I do)
Hard for me to vote...
I think Overall no doubt Fender wins...however my fave blues amp is a JTM45...yeah it's basically a bassman circuit..but it's got a little bit more bite and marshall mids... just a notch above a bassman...which can be sweet or kinda mean...a JTM45 can do that and also be downright RUDE & NASTY if ya like that kind of thing (I do)
Hot _Grits
Buttery Toneologist
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Best blues amps I've ever played through:
Fender Blondeface piggyback Tremolux
Fender Blackface Super Reverb
Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb
Fender Customshop bassbreaker
Matchless DC30
Marshall Bluesbreaker combo
Mesa Blue Angel
Best blues amps I've ever played through:
Fender Blondeface piggyback Tremolux
Fender Blackface Super Reverb
Fender Custom Vibrolux Reverb
Fender Customshop bassbreaker
Matchless DC30
Marshall Bluesbreaker combo
Mesa Blue Angel
kevlar3000
Bullet Proof Toneologist
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Them ugly old 60s Valcos made in Chicago. Them ain't money amps, they is giggin amps.
Them ugly old 60s Valcos made in Chicago. Them ain't money amps, they is giggin amps.
That90'sGuy
DyzaBoyzologist
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Fender Vibrolux Reverb, smooth and balanced to deliver blues goods. At higher volumes or used with a tubescreamer to push the frontend, the amp can really break up and sing. Fender overdrive is much different than other circuits and it KILLS for blues.
For more aggressive blues, I have to backup the statement about the JTM-45. Even though it was used with a lot of classic rock, that amp has the right bite to do some rough blues (and guys like Clapton would back that up too
).
Fender Vibrolux Reverb, smooth and balanced to deliver blues goods. At higher volumes or used with a tubescreamer to push the frontend, the amp can really break up and sing. Fender overdrive is much different than other circuits and it KILLS for blues.
For more aggressive blues, I have to backup the statement about the JTM-45. Even though it was used with a lot of classic rock, that amp has the right bite to do some rough blues (and guys like Clapton would back that up too
).
More-Gear-Than-Skill
New member
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
fender - ooze blues
fender - ooze blues
ErikH
Well-known member
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
I have to vote Fender. Their Blues DeVille and Blues Deluxe are just great blues amps. Marshall to me is more a rock-n-roll amp but the JTM45 is really sweet, like Jeff mentioned, as well as the Bluesbreaker and even the 18 Watt. But for all out blues, Fender wins.
I have to vote Fender. Their Blues DeVille and Blues Deluxe are just great blues amps. Marshall to me is more a rock-n-roll amp but the JTM45 is really sweet, like Jeff mentioned, as well as the Bluesbreaker and even the 18 Watt. But for all out blues, Fender wins.
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seafoamer
Guest
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
I heart mine.
kevlar3000 said:
I heart mine.
kevlar3000
Bullet Proof Toneologist
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
I am all about department store brands!! Now if I could just find one of the JC Penny's brand amps. Never see them.
seafoamer said:
I am all about department store brands!! Now if I could just find one of the JC Penny's brand amps. Never see them.
STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Fender Tweed and BF amps get my vote.
Fender Tweed and BF amps get my vote.
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Lewguitar
Guest
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Just depends what'cha like. For more traditional Chicago style tones (BB King, Buddy Guy, etc.) Fender. For Live at the Regal era BB, either a Fender Twin Reverb or a Super Reverb.... or tweed Bassman for those glassy sounding early Buddy Guy type tones.
If you're a British Blues guy and an admirer or Eric Clapton's tones with Cream or John Mayall than go for a Marshall. Personally, I like his tone with Cream better than his tone with John Mayall...but I love both!
Just depends what'cha like. For more traditional Chicago style tones (BB King, Buddy Guy, etc.) Fender. For Live at the Regal era BB, either a Fender Twin Reverb or a Super Reverb.... or tweed Bassman for those glassy sounding early Buddy Guy type tones.
If you're a British Blues guy and an admirer or Eric Clapton's tones with Cream or John Mayall than go for a Marshall. Personally, I like his tone with Cream better than his tone with John Mayall...but I love both!
Pink Unicorn Horsey
Megä Pöny Rÿdr
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
Okay, who voted for Crate over Fender?
Okay, who voted for Crate over Fender?
Pink Unicorn Horsey
Megä Pöny Rÿdr
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
They may be better than certain Fender models but there's no way Crate beats out Fender overall for blues tone. (My most humble opinion.)
ErikH said:
They may be better than certain Fender models but there's no way Crate beats out Fender overall for blues tone. (My most humble opinion.)
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FenderStratRock3
Guest
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
I picked Fender, even though (much like JeffB) my favorite blues amp I've ever played was a Bluesbreaker. Fender wins though. Period.
I picked Fender, even though (much like JeffB) my favorite blues amp I've ever played was a Bluesbreaker. Fender wins though. Period.
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: Your favourite blues amp?
You can't beat a tweed Bassman for blues IMO. I also agree with the JTM-45, but isn't that pretty much a Bassman with different tubes?
You can't beat a tweed Bassman for blues IMO. I also agree with the JTM-45, but isn't that pretty much a Bassman with different tubes?
