After Marshall, what's your favorite amp brand?

[AlvisX]

Man , I was at home the other day . I keep my 1482 "loaded" in the family room , the "play while watchin TV "amp. IT has written a couple songs that way.
I forgot that I put a 100pf cap across the instrument vol pot to clear up some of the darkness. Every guitar I put into it sounded killer. A very "Eagles" sounding overdrive ....I usually play harmonica out of the mic channel, forgot how good it sounds for guitar .Looking fwd to using it on next record


There are no particular "brands" I tend to follow . I like buying fckd up Fender Silverfaces cheap and re-wiring 'em to some tweed config.

One of the coolest things about this 35+ year guitar journey / education is finding obscure forgotten tube amps from way back.......

Massie Lancer,basically a Tweed Deluxe that I snagged at GC for $49


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcTlkGvwGRo"]Alvin Youngblood Hart's Pawnshop Plunder _ Massie 363 Lancer - YouTube[/ame]

Kalamazoo Model One ...



A 60s dept store MIJ jewel , Gemhill . I left the price tag on for many years . It was dubbed the Minnie Pearl amp....



I like these OK ,although I re-wire the preamp to tweed bassman specs too



Sovtek MiG 50s been on the scene for quite awhile .My main amps in Europe the last dozen years or so

 

[mott555]

Massie Lancer,basically a Tweed Deluxe that I snagged at GC for $49


Alvin Youngblood Hart's Pawnshop Plunder _ Massie 363 Lancer - YouTube

Sounds great!

 

[Marshall Gibson]

Peavey... not the lower end stuff but their JSX, 5150, 6505+ etc, made in the USA etc

 

[mott555]

Peavey's all right. I used to have a 6505+, until I finally played a Marshall.

The JSX was originally designed for Joe Satriani, right?

 

[Marshall Gibson]

Peavey's all right. I used to have a 6505+, until I finally played a Marshall.

The JSX was originally designed for Joe Satriani, right?

Yes it's essentially a Triple XXX with a few extras, there isn't comparing Marshall and the high gain Peaveys they're different beasts.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

The JSX is a smoother, tighter XXX from what I understand. Really underrated amp. Amazing cleans, smooth crunch, and brutal high gain tones.

 

[AllenCollinsExplorer]

Wizard and Fender amps are awesome! I think I'd put Peavey in there too, I love the old Peavey Mace, that Skynyrd used.

 

[Lyv2Ryd]

Peaveys

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I love the old Peavey Mace, that Skynyrd used.

I'm not a big Skynyrd guy, but I got a lot of respect for Rossington, so i'd love to grab one of those Mace or Deuce amps.

But seriously, what's not to love about Peavey (sans brand snobbery)? Even their solid state amps sound pretty damn good, and a lot of their stuff is affordable.

 

[mott555]

I need to try a ValveKing again. I used to have a combo but at the time I was in the "More gain is better" camp and I don't think I properly appreciated it, because I ran it clean with a Metal Zone out front. Probably not as good as my Marshall, but I'd like to know what I missed when I was stupider.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

The Valveking is okay.

 

[drewbertca]

My Rankings:
1 - Vintage Traynor
2 - Marshal (JTM 50 specifically) tied with Fender Excelsior
3 - Epiphone - love my Valve Jr
4 - Modern Traynor

 

[chuckelator]

Dr Z, for the vintage style stuff, and Soldano for the more modern style amp (honestly, the SLO 100 is the holy-grail for me, I've heard them so many times, but have never been fortunate enough to play one, and they're out of the price range of mere mortals like myself.)

 

[chuckelator]

I'm not a big Skynyrd guy, but I got a lot of respect for Rossington, so i'd love to grab one of those Mace or Deuce amps.

But seriously, what's not to love about Peavey (sans brand snobbery)? Even their solid state amps sound pretty damn good, and a lot of their stuff is affordable.

Buddy of mine had a Peavey Deuce for the longest time, and while he upgraded to something a bit nicer, he did say that it never let him down, and sounded pretty decent.

 

[AlvisX]

I hated those Peavey hybrid amps ....played em for years as a teen
I heard AC had a hidden Marshall in the back after the Peavey endorsement ........

 

[eflatminor]

Metropoulos

 

[66 galaxie]

I hated those Peavey hybrid amps ....played em for years as a teen
I heard AC had a hidden Marshall in the back after the Peavey endorsement ........

I like him even more now

 

[B.Gloob]

Garnet

 

[Vinsanitizer]

Pretty much nothing.
I do like a few small Fender amps for Strat tones and maybe the old Peavey Classic series for a JCM 800 type of tone. But for full-on rock and metal, only Marshalls have what I need.

If there were replacements, I'd own them.

 

[Ghostman]

It's not an amp but if I had the chance to own one again, this would be my go-to preamp. I miss this thing dearly!!