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whats your favorite guitar amp?

kyle-92	Date: October 1, 2006 @ 6:49 AM :thinking:Mine would have to be a peavey bandit 112 tube amp because that's the only good amp i own!
pog	Date: October 1, 2006 @ 7:27 AM good god what a question??? How many sexy amps are there on the planet??? Peavey 5150, Crate, Carvin, Marshall stacks, Fender bassman... That's like asking who makes the best meat pies
zedsalt	Date: October 1, 2006 @ 11:31 AM None of the guitar that one hears on zed.dmusic.com was played through an amp. But if I did play through one, I'd probably get one of those Reverend amps with the Schizo switch.
GeneHilbert	Date: October 1, 2006 @ 2:37 PM the one that works.......
GreatGooglyM...	Date: October 2, 2006 @ 3:07 PM Can't really decide. Just when you thought you found the perfect amp, some custom amp builder motherfucker (read: Cornford) comes up with a better sounding amp.
Snoogans775	Date: December 2, 2006 @ 11:13 PM I've been pining for a peavey classic 50 for a long time. I could've gotten on too, but intstead I put my dough towards a fender stage 1000, which is probably one of the poorest amps fender has made.
leedsquietman	Date: December 2, 2006 @ 11:56 PM If you had a ton of money you'd buy a whole bunch of different ones because each manufacturer has their own 'tone'. Vintage tones Vox AC-30, older Marshall stacks, etc, Peavey 5150's for that searing transistor overdriven sound, Mesa Boogies for that mid rangey punch sound etc. I don't mind Fender amps either, at the mo I use a 25 watt Fender and a little 10 watt Yamaha practice amp only, can't afford more. I had a 100 watt Peavey but as I'm not gigging right now, I sold it a while back. I'm spending more time with keyboards and daw recording/softsynths/reason/live 6 etc.
bmccosar	Date: December 3, 2006 @ 8:27 AM leeds, I agree. I like amp simulators because I'm never 100% happy with a particular guitar amp's sound, and I'd go broke trying to collect enough of them for the variety I like. However, there are times when you just can't beat the real thing. Distortion seems easy to simulate, but there is a middleground I like between nasty and clean, where the amp is tuned to a place where it just barely starts to break up when you play hard, but shimmers with clean vibes when you play soft. Practically any quality tube amp will do this -- and practically any simulator (eg the L6 pod) will screw it up.
zedsalt	Date: December 3, 2006 @ 11:06 AM I've noticed that a few companies are picking up on the idea of having more than one preamp/power tube set in a single amp (the concept behind the Schizo Switch I mentioned earlier).
leflaw	Date: December 6, 2006 @ 7:48 PM mesa boogie. fender tube pro reverb
Distilled1	Date: December 6, 2006 @ 8:15 PM well I used to love marshalls. but I would have to say my fav of all time was my Peavy stereo Chrous, it was the best sounding solid state I ever played thru. in fact I use the twin 12's with my Lanney AOR II that would be my fav now. But most the time I play direct any more not giging at the moment. and thru a little yamaha practice amp whats it 25w 10" or is it 8"
leedsquietman	Date: December 6, 2006 @ 9:26 PM I like those Roland cube amps with the built in chorus too, even the smaller 15 watt ones sound cool!
DrowningBetty	Date: December 7, 2006 @ 1:51 AM i use a PodxT with a b-52 half stack, and it goes as this: clean tones:vox ac-30 modelling slight overdrive:vox ac-30 modelling with little under half gain hard overdrive:line6 higain amp modelling
gpderek09	Date: January 1, 2007 @ 8:40 PM ENGL powerball EGNL SE Bogner XTC Peavey 5150 Mesa Road King Mesa Mark IV VHT Pit Bull Framus Cobra Conford Hell cat Dumble hand crafted.
JeraldHenry	Date: March 29, 2007 @ 11:52 AM Back in the '80s I got to play through a full Marshall stack. I doubt if anything else will ever equal that. But, I really really like my Marshall JMP1 preamp through the Marshall 50 rack mount amp going through a Marshall 2-12 with one modern & one vintage celestion!
Mojosnake	Date: March 29, 2007 @ 11:55 AM the one thats not in the pawnshop at the moment
GeneHilbert	Date: March 29, 2007 @ 12:30 PM These favorites I own: Fender Twin Reverb '72 Fender CyberTwin Fender Champ '70 Marshall Bluesbreaker '62 Reissue Marshall MG80R Peavey Musician – this solid state amp is a work horse. It doesn't sound as nice as the tube amps, but in the 22 years I've own it - it has never let me down or been in the shop for repairs... I have Pods a JStation and a large assortment of digital rack gear. Which I use on my solo shows and studio projects - and in that application they work excellent, that's why I own them. But I'm here to tell you that if you perform live with a band - the modeling rack stuff just doesn't cut it.... The Twins, Marshalls and Peavey with analog pedals just blows that digital rack shit right out of the water.
add45	Date: May 28, 2007 @ 3:11 PM Hiwatt, custom Matamp, Fender Blues Junior (my next amp I hope), maybe an AC-30. I love amps
billrhynes	Date: May 29, 2007 @ 7:17 AM ugly as sin, but this beast roars
ndstgmoe	Date: May 29, 2007 @ 3:49 PM Ugly????? What's ugly? It's freakin orange! I wish I had the cash for an orange amp. I need to get back into selling crack. Mesa Boogie's have been sounding real real nice to me lately, but all the good ones on craigslist got snatched up. I ended up with an Ampeg Jet II... little 15 watt tube thingy, but it cranks up the heat when the heat be needed. And it's a great recorder.
SimonWaldram	Date: May 29, 2007 @ 3:55 PM I've been looking at mini versions of those Orange amps at Ebay. I think I might have to get one
dsindel	Date: May 30, 2007 @ 12:14 AM Has anybody had the pleasure of playing through Visual Sound's - Pony Amp ? I just love this amp... * 30 watts of power * all tube/hand wired * beautiful tone * great articulation and very, very loud!!!
billrhynes	Date: May 30, 2007 @ 7:12 AM I was looking at something about the Visual Sound amp somwehere a couple weeks ago...claiming the speaker grill design significantly improves sound dispersion and reduces harshness from the center of the speaker when miking, etc. seems pretty cool...dunno if 30 watts would be quite enough (unless that is that a British rating?)
freddemillio	Date: May 30, 2007 @ 2:44 PM THD Univalve and a nice selection of preamp and power amp tubes.
dsindel	Date: May 30, 2007 @ 7:37 PM Bill, I have not yet had the chance to use the Visual Sound amp with a drummer but if it was hooked up to a 4x12 it just might have a fighting chance... as a recording amp it is OUTSTANDING..! And the hubcap grill idea actually does work it is a super clean amp with no preamp and they bundle it with their Jekyll and Hyde dual distortion pedal
dafendabenda	Date: June 2, 2007 @ 10:33 AM im not sure exactly what it is but its a Mase and its at my guitar Center and if i could save up enough money it would be mine, It has a great clean sound with a great power sound.
TheOwl	Date: June 16, 2007 @ 2:14 AM Currently using a Traynor YCV-40, LOVE IT!! The best parts of a Fender Deluxe and a Marshall 50W Plexi in one amp And if space and money were no object: And if I was RIDICULOUSLY wealthy, a Dumble Overdrive Special
gtr1960	Date: August 27, 2007 @ 8:08 PM I have the one in the middle pic above..old marshall 50 watt with 25watt greenbacks.. I heard of the Cornford Amps from a guitarist in a band outta of the UK.. I finally got to play on one (MK50 head and cab) fell in love with it. This will probably be my next amp, or a model like it.
zedsalt	Date: August 28, 2007 @ 10:22 AM Y'know, in another thread, I waged a one-man campaign to try to get Reverend Amps to give me an endorsement deal (Not seriously. I just kept mentioning that I would me ammenable to such). I was in a friend of mine's shop the other day; he just became an authorized dealer for Reverend. He said that he wasn't sure they even MAKE amps anymore! Say it isn't so!
zedsalt	Date: August 28, 2007 @ 10:27 AM And y'know, Owl, not being able to afford a Dumble might be a blessing in disguise. Every time I've seen/heard them mentioned, people are talking about how widely the quality ranges. Even their biggest fans say that some are the most beautiful-sounding amp they've ever tried, others (even of the same model, year of manufacture, etc.) are utter garbage.
TheTimbreWolf	Date: September 21, 2007 @ 4:16 PM im currently using the Peavey Classic 50 for my electric, and Roland KC550s for my acoustic Variax.
imemine	Date: September 22, 2007 @ 10:22 AM Funny---my favorite amp is always the one that I don't own yet! :bandhead:
gtr1960	Date: September 24, 2007 @ 12:58 AM played on one of these ..blown away, so much so I got one. Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Road king V2
JeraldHenry	Date: November 28, 2007 @ 5:26 PM Of course I also like my Fender Twin Reverb!