Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
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some_dude
Raging BB Gunologist
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
5 years ago...
Dual Rectifier and Mark III
Now...
A different Dual Rectifier and Mark V
My thing was that 5 years ago and didn't dislike my tone... I just got caught up in the internet thing, began wondering what all these people who thought the Recto sucked knew that I didn't know and started wondering what I was missing out on. I sold my Recto and Mark III, went on a binge for a few years... ultimately ending up with another Recto and another Mark.
5 years ago...
Dual Rectifier and Mark III
Now...
A different Dual Rectifier and Mark V
My thing was that 5 years ago and didn't dislike my tone... I just got caught up in the internet thing, began wondering what all these people who thought the Recto sucked knew that I didn't know and started wondering what I was missing out on. I sold my Recto and Mark III, went on a binge for a few years... ultimately ending up with another Recto and another Mark.
J
Jessie's ghost
Guest
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
5 years ago:
TSL100/1960A
DRRI
Crate VC508 (sold)
Mesa 2x12 Recto Cab
Crate Excalibur GX900H head (died)
Now:
TSL100/1960A
DRRI
Hughes & Kettner ATS Sixty combo
Behringer GMX212 combo
Fender FM100H head
TubeWorks 4x10 cab
Mesa 2x12 Recto Cab
Mesa/Boogie Rocket 44 combo
5 years ago:
TSL100/1960A
DRRI
Crate VC508 (sold)
Mesa 2x12 Recto Cab
Crate Excalibur GX900H head (died)
Now:
TSL100/1960A
DRRI
Hughes & Kettner ATS Sixty combo
Behringer GMX212 combo
Fender FM100H head
TubeWorks 4x10 cab
Mesa 2x12 Recto Cab
Mesa/Boogie Rocket 44 combo
GoldenVulture
Braindeadologist
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
My pickups have changed.
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
Vase head and Seymour Duncan Quad box
My pickups have changed.
Gr8Scott
Wookieologist
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
Then:
Sovtek Mig 50 Head
Tubeworks 2x12 Cab with stock speakers.
Now:
Celtic Edana Head with Matching Cab (BV-30H speakers from Mojotone)
Marshall JCM-800 2204 from 1986 with Port City Cab (BV-30V Mojotones)
Vox AC30CCH
Vox AD120VTH
Modded AA864 circuit Bassman with LAR/MAR PPIMV
I tend to use the 2204 and the Edana together. I highly recommend the experience to anyone who hasn't tried it...
The in-between amps that have come and gone between now and then are as follows:
Marshall DSL-100 Head - Too modern for me, but good cleans.
Traynor YCS-100 (same as above)
Peavey XXX (Same as above)
Marshall Studio 15 (great amp, but not Marshally enough)
Seymour Duncan 84-50 (excellent amp, but not my sound).
Peavey Butcher (incredible once modded, but very LOUD). Much better than the DSL-100 I had once I modded it.
Then:
Sovtek Mig 50 Head
Tubeworks 2x12 Cab with stock speakers.
Now:
Celtic Edana Head with Matching Cab (BV-30H speakers from Mojotone)
Marshall JCM-800 2204 from 1986 with Port City Cab (BV-30V Mojotones)
Vox AC30CCH
Vox AD120VTH
Modded AA864 circuit Bassman with LAR/MAR PPIMV
I tend to use the 2204 and the Edana together. I highly recommend the experience to anyone who hasn't tried it...
The in-between amps that have come and gone between now and then are as follows:
Marshall DSL-100 Head - Too modern for me, but good cleans.
Traynor YCS-100 (same as above)
Peavey XXX (Same as above)
Marshall Studio 15 (great amp, but not Marshally enough)
Seymour Duncan 84-50 (excellent amp, but not my sound).
Peavey Butcher (incredible once modded, but very LOUD). Much better than the DSL-100 I had once I modded it.
Red_Label
New member
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
Scott, did you sell your YCS100 about 4 years ago? Cause I think I bought my 1st one from you. I was on my honeymoon in Maui and it was waiting for me when I returned. Still have it! Had two for a while. I've got it loaded with Ehx EL34s, biased hot and it does an awesome JCM800, Twin, and Mesa scooped thing. It's a backup to my XTC, but a great one and I plan to keep it forever.
Scott, did you sell your YCS100 about 4 years ago? Cause I think I bought my 1st one from you. I was on my honeymoon in Maui and it was waiting for me when I returned. Still have it! Had two for a while. I've got it loaded with Ehx EL34s, biased hot and it does an awesome JCM800, Twin, and Mesa scooped thing. It's a backup to my XTC, but a great one and I plan to keep it forever.
Gr8Scott
Wookieologist
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
Back then I never played with the bias. I did sell it 4 years ago I think. You could be the guy that bought it off me sure enough. It was decent, but it just sounded modern to me. I've learned a lot since then about proper bias and I think I'd have tried things out a bit more with that amp if given a second shot with it. I haven't seen many of these amps around since I sold it. Noone seems to keep them in stock for some reason.
Back then I never played with the bias. I did sell it 4 years ago I think. You could be the guy that bought it off me sure enough. It was decent, but it just sounded modern to me. I've learned a lot since then about proper bias and I think I'd have tried things out a bit more with that amp if given a second shot with it. I haven't seen many of these amps around since I sold it. Noone seems to keep them in stock for some reason.
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
5 years ago was 2006. I would have been using my Carvin Legacy as my main amp since mid 2005 or so. After blowing up a 2x12 and dealing with a bum trade on a Marshall 4x12, I started using the Legacy cab as well.
The amp had a good run for a little while. Then a bunch of components in the amp fried when a tube failed and a fuse didn't blow. That was in late '07. The amp never quite performed very well after that. I don't know whether that was the amp's fault, the consequences of using an attenuator, or just me riding the amp too hard.
I saved my pennies and got what was at the time my dream amp, a Bogner Legacy, in March 2008. At some point that year I moved to using a Marshall 2x12 just to contain the sound a little bit. I didn't really need a 4x12 for the band I was in.
I used the Bogner through mid 2010, during which time I left the band I was in and started working on another project with the drummer of that group, and a darker, heavier sound developed. I also started experimenting with speakers more and went back to using a 4x12 because I missed the chunk of a 4x12 and it was necessary for the style I am playing now.
I realized that the Bogner, while indeed an amazing amp, was not the ideal pick for me. I sold it and used the money for various things, and traded a guitar for what has turned out to be my most favorite amp I've owned, a Mesa Boogie Tremoverb. It's a much better fit for my style, simpler to dial in, and I love the way it sounds.
My sound then was loud, dark and smooth. My sound now is louder with less mids and more treble, with an extended and tighter low end.
I think i sum it up best when I say I use amps and sounds geared for metal to play hard rock music.
In the future, I'd love to get my hands on an Orange Rockerverb, an OD100SE+, and a Dave Friedman Naked amp. Maybe a Fender Super Reverb or Vibroverb for cleans.
5 years ago was 2006. I would have been using my Carvin Legacy as my main amp since mid 2005 or so. After blowing up a 2x12 and dealing with a bum trade on a Marshall 4x12, I started using the Legacy cab as well.
The amp had a good run for a little while. Then a bunch of components in the amp fried when a tube failed and a fuse didn't blow. That was in late '07. The amp never quite performed very well after that. I don't know whether that was the amp's fault, the consequences of using an attenuator, or just me riding the amp too hard.
I saved my pennies and got what was at the time my dream amp, a Bogner Legacy, in March 2008. At some point that year I moved to using a Marshall 2x12 just to contain the sound a little bit. I didn't really need a 4x12 for the band I was in.
I used the Bogner through mid 2010, during which time I left the band I was in and started working on another project with the drummer of that group, and a darker, heavier sound developed. I also started experimenting with speakers more and went back to using a 4x12 because I missed the chunk of a 4x12 and it was necessary for the style I am playing now.
I realized that the Bogner, while indeed an amazing amp, was not the ideal pick for me. I sold it and used the money for various things, and traded a guitar for what has turned out to be my most favorite amp I've owned, a Mesa Boogie Tremoverb. It's a much better fit for my style, simpler to dial in, and I love the way it sounds.
My sound then was loud, dark and smooth. My sound now is louder with less mids and more treble, with an extended and tighter low end.
I think i sum it up best when I say I use amps and sounds geared for metal to play hard rock music.
In the future, I'd love to get my hands on an Orange Rockerverb, an OD100SE+, and a Dave Friedman Naked amp. Maybe a Fender Super Reverb or Vibroverb for cleans.
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
I've had my M1000 for years, so lets start there. It took me a while for my ear to develop enough to hear the massive, flubby bass and fizzy high end from it in stock form and that I was cranking the mids to hide it. The dimed mids became my thing, as I moved onto a Soldano modded 1959 JCM800 (I had no idea how rare they were or I would still have it) which I plugged straight into, and I bought an early 2203 (jmp) that I ran a Boss OD-2 in front of. It had a better bite than the 800 which ended up going up the river. I then tried the uber amp thing, with a Framus Dragon which was nice and versatile but just wasn't very clear, then a Cobra (which I still have), of which I really like the sparkly clean and super clear crunch channel...lead...not so much. From there, I got a wild hair up my ass and decided to have FJA mod my M1000 to sound more like the Cobra's crunch, which it does, but it also still sounds completely individual with it's own tone. Somewhere in there I also started dialing my mids back down until they all ended up somewhere close to equal. Now, I guess, my tone is kind of an oldish Marshally grit with added clarity. Some might call it shrill, but without the higher end of my hearing, I think it's awesome.:laugh2:
I've had my M1000 for years, so lets start there. It took me a while for my ear to develop enough to hear the massive, flubby bass and fizzy high end from it in stock form and that I was cranking the mids to hide it. The dimed mids became my thing, as I moved onto a Soldano modded 1959 JCM800 (I had no idea how rare they were or I would still have it) which I plugged straight into, and I bought an early 2203 (jmp) that I ran a Boss OD-2 in front of. It had a better bite than the 800 which ended up going up the river. I then tried the uber amp thing, with a Framus Dragon which was nice and versatile but just wasn't very clear, then a Cobra (which I still have), of which I really like the sparkly clean and super clear crunch channel...lead...not so much. From there, I got a wild hair up my ass and decided to have FJA mod my M1000 to sound more like the Cobra's crunch, which it does, but it also still sounds completely individual with it's own tone. Somewhere in there I also started dialing my mids back down until they all ended up somewhere close to equal. Now, I guess, my tone is kind of an oldish Marshally grit with added clarity. Some might call it shrill, but without the higher end of my hearing, I think it's awesome.:laugh2:
Axl H
Blowthebloodydoorsoffologist
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
My first proper amp was a Marshall JCM900 Dual Reverb. The 5881 one. It was not very good. The sound was very little Marshall, but it was my first tube amp, so it was the shizzle back then.
Then onto a ENGL Screamer. Great amp, but I never really bonded with it. Perhaps because my chops were non-existant back then. I hope to get one again someday though.
Marshall JCM2000 DSL next. That and a 4x12" was good. The DSL is very underrated...
But then I traded that for a JCM800 2203 from 1989.. Had been modded with KT88s instead of EL34 so it was insanely loud - Pierre can attest to this. Still regret selling this one...
I am all for brit flavoured amps. My next one will probably be a 15watter of some sort, or when I have enough money, a Laney GH100Tony Iommi head...
My first proper amp was a Marshall JCM900 Dual Reverb. The 5881 one. It was not very good. The sound was very little Marshall, but it was my first tube amp, so it was the shizzle back then.
Then onto a ENGL Screamer. Great amp, but I never really bonded with it. Perhaps because my chops were non-existant back then. I hope to get one again someday though.
Marshall JCM2000 DSL next. That and a 4x12" was good. The DSL is very underrated...
But then I traded that for a JCM800 2203 from 1989.. Had been modded with KT88s instead of EL34 so it was insanely loud - Pierre can attest to this. Still regret selling this one...
I am all for brit flavoured amps. My next one will probably be a 15watter of some sort, or when I have enough money, a Laney GH100Tony Iommi head...
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
5 years ago it was an 83 Marshall 2204 head with a 1960a cabinet (you could got back as far as a quarter century!). Sold it and bought a 40w Tone King Metropolitan . Its two channel 6V6, so I get a nice range of tones and has power scaling to rock out in the basement.
5 years ago it was an 83 Marshall 2204 head with a 1960a cabinet (you could got back as far as a quarter century!). Sold it and bought a 40w Tone King Metropolitan . Its two channel 6V6, so I get a nice range of tones and has power scaling to rock out in the basement.
ravendouglas
New member
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
i finaly took you guys advise and am using all tube amps now.my first amp was the line 6 spider 2 half stack...sold that cause got in a bind and needed the cash.took some of that cash and bought a crate gfx something 120 watt combo....sold that and took that cash and put it on the purple marshall mg half stack....got that amp home and never really liked it,but it was something to play through..fought with it for a year and a half..sold it.....turned the cash from that into a b-52 4x12,and also bought an ibanez tone blaster x 150 watt s.s. head....i had that head for about a month or 2,bought another b-52 cab for a full stack,then my father in law gave me the old peavey rock master last year,and i never used the brand new ibanez head again...sold it,and put the money down on the new peavey triple x head and ..bam...i now disturb the peace with 2 all tube half stacks.
i finaly took you guys advise and am using all tube amps now.my first amp was the line 6 spider 2 half stack...sold that cause got in a bind and needed the cash.took some of that cash and bought a crate gfx something 120 watt combo....sold that and took that cash and put it on the purple marshall mg half stack....got that amp home and never really liked it,but it was something to play through..fought with it for a year and a half..sold it.....turned the cash from that into a b-52 4x12,and also bought an ibanez tone blaster x 150 watt s.s. head....i had that head for about a month or 2,bought another b-52 cab for a full stack,then my father in law gave me the old peavey rock master last year,and i never used the brand new ibanez head again...sold it,and put the money down on the new peavey triple x head and ..bam...i now disturb the peace with 2 all tube half stacks.
Red_Label
New member
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
I see them on Ebay from time to time (that's where I sold my second one). They usually go for around what I paid you for mine ($500-600ish). Which is an awesome value for such a capable amp.
Yeah, I'm sure it was you that I bought it from. Cause I remember buying it from someone named Scott who was a member of a guitar forum. It was in great shape (and still is) and I was very happy with it. It definitely does a pretty good Fender Twin on the clean channel, but the OD channels do pretty much start at JCM800 and then move toward Mesa from there. It is possible to get a plexi-ish tone out of it, but you have to work at it and really crank the master (while keeping the gain very low of course).
Anyways... I'm very happy with it and it's been the veteran of dozens and dozens of gigs since I bought it from you. But I'll admit that I'm salivating at the prospect of being able to gig my XTC for the first time within a few months.
I see them on Ebay from time to time (that's where I sold my second one). They usually go for around what I paid you for mine ($500-600ish). Which is an awesome value for such a capable amp.
Yeah, I'm sure it was you that I bought it from. Cause I remember buying it from someone named Scott who was a member of a guitar forum. It was in great shape (and still is) and I was very happy with it. It definitely does a pretty good Fender Twin on the clean channel, but the OD channels do pretty much start at JCM800 and then move toward Mesa from there. It is possible to get a plexi-ish tone out of it, but you have to work at it and really crank the master (while keeping the gain very low of course).
Anyways... I'm very happy with it and it's been the veteran of dozens and dozens of gigs since I bought it from you. But I'll admit that I'm salivating at the prospect of being able to gig my XTC for the first time within a few months.
Markk
New member
Re: Your tone 5 years ago and now (amps you've had).
5 or so years ago I was with
Fender Performer 650
Crybaby
Now, after 5 or so years I've slowly amassed:
Marshal TSL601
SD Twin Tube Classic
MP: Sweet Honey Overdrive
EH: Memory Toy
Crybaby
and two practice amps by VOX
I also acquired a Sheraton with Gibson 57's to accompany my Epi LP with Jazz and JB.
At the moment I'd like to change around my sound to get a little less mud but for the most part I am quite happy. One thing I know has changed is the feeling in my playing. I'm a lot better at expressing emotions. I've also changed my amp settings away from the 'scooped' sort of sound.
5 or so years ago I was with
Fender Performer 650
Crybaby
Now, after 5 or so years I've slowly amassed:
Marshal TSL601
SD Twin Tube Classic
MP: Sweet Honey Overdrive
EH: Memory Toy
Crybaby
and two practice amps by VOX
I also acquired a Sheraton with Gibson 57's to accompany my Epi LP with Jazz and JB.
At the moment I'd like to change around my sound to get a little less mud but for the most part I am quite happy. One thing I know has changed is the feeling in my playing. I'm a lot better at expressing emotions. I've also changed my amp settings away from the 'scooped' sort of sound.