amps from back in the day!

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Crate G-20 . a 1-12 combo "non celestion". I goosed it with a DOD supra distortion and was playing my Hondo strat copy at the time. I thought it was so cool. It sounded monsterous to me. Then a couple years later I upgraded to a Crate Gx60, " I figured I needed to cut through in a band situation" :lol: :LOL: Then I scored a 2204 in 1998 finally for 400$ and indeed it kicked major ass! I never looked back, only good amps from then on.
 
I still have my first real amp: Peavey Butcher. Bought it back in 1985. It is currently in a storage unit in Boston.
 
Vox Valvetronix 30. Still have that amp, which isn't hard because I started playing only 5 years ago.

Then I got a Marshall MG100H and matching cab ( :doh:), I then sold that to help finance my Diezel/Orange purchase.

What a quick and steep upward progression, :lol: :LOL:.
 
first amp i ever had was a marshall valvestate 8040 ... not bad ! haha :lol: :LOL:
 
My first amp was a Peavey Bandit 75. First guitar was a '74 Les Paul Custom that I paid $400 for. I wish they were still that cheap!
 
i started playin on a old bogen tube amp my father had when he was a kid. i honestly cant remember the first amp i bought though. maybe a vox pathfinder??
 
Here's a picture of the first amp I had in about 1966 (sounded awful):

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Here's a picture of the amp I had in about 1972 (I wish I still had it) (sounded great):

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ToneFreeq89":1xpayji6 said:
Vox Valvetronix 30. Still have that amp, which isn't hard because I started playing only 5 years ago.

Then I got a Marshall MG100H and matching cab ( :doh:), I then sold that to help finance my Diezel/Orange purchase.

What a quick and steep upward progression, :lol: :LOL:.
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:lol: :LOL: right on, I went through almost the same thing. I've played a bunch of amps (still not as many as I'd like...no Bogners, other Diezels, Riveras, Splawns, etc....sigh...), but as far as owning amps goes, I went from Marshall G100RCD --> Marshall AVT2000 100w --> Diezel VH4. I skipped one step, which was a JCM 800...but I still might be getting one anyway :D
 
I had some Sunn something or other. I don't remember exactly except it sounded like shit


Then I went and bought a JCM800 2203 100w halfstack and a 1981 Les Paul Custom after working all summer for my grandfathers ranch. When I got it, I wasn't even in a band and I was absolutely horrible trying to play stuff from Dio and Jake E Lee riffs and stuff like that. (man, i'm getting old). I still have and play both the guitar and amp regularly live :rock: (the guitar took a beating from my son when he dropped it but it got repaired nicely and is back in the rotation)


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When I started playing the guitar 4 years ago ;) I had a Peavey Pro Studio with a Zoom G9.2tt effects unit (sounded pretty good) and as for like 4 months a go i got a Mark IV :rock: so it's a really steep climb for me, but a very good one. My playing has improved so much because of the amp changed !!! I'm so happy i got this amp !
 
jessexxx":2lybmkf9 said:
my first amp was a crate....you rember them..first production..that actually looked like a crate??
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Yep I had the 2x12 combo, all wood....weighed like 4000 lbs.
 
in order for the most part
premier T24, first amp, crappy little sam ash ss amp, sold it
yamaha G501x12-GREAT cleans, bees in a jar distortion and heavy, sold it
Marshall superbass-had it modded, still have it
marshall lead 12-still have it
ampeg, v4 half stack-stolen from our rehearsal studio
800 marshall-only had it for a few weeks, sold it
crate g1500 stack-sold it
fender 69 bassman-still have it
marshall av20-still have it
Tech 21 trademark 10, wish I still had it
fender deville 2x12-sold it, wish I hadn't
marshall dsl401, main rehearsal amp, still have it
vox pathfinder-in kids room
marshall mg10-under my desk
ampeg vl502- great metal amp, currently at studio for blues band
fender super twin-got it in a trade, and traded it away-a beast
fender 67 bassman-going to build a monster one day
epiphone valve jr-in the closet
jcm 601 combo-modded with vintage m-mag tranny and kt77s, killer blues amp, main back up combo
Marshall jvm410 half stack-1/2 of my current gig rig
Marshall VM2466- the other half of my current gig rig

fenders showman 2x12 cab, sold it
kustom 3x15 tuck and roll guitar cab, sold it to my bass player at the time
marshall 1960 buckskin bottom, stolen when they hit our studio
hiwatt 4x12, still have it
sunn colliseum 4x12, still have it with new speakers
marshall 1960av, still have it
avatar 1x12
lee jackson 4x12, bought off of roodboy, still have it, but will sell for 200 if someone needs one, beat up but sounds killer
marshall 1922, still have it
Marshall 1960a, still have it
crate tt2x12, killer sounding cab, still have it



I know I am missing a few, like there was a fender champ in there at one point, a kustom tuck and roll 100 for a summer, and a lafayette tube amp with a 10 inch speaker that I REALLY wish I had kept just for the cool factor.

I probably need to purge a bit
 
oh Man.. My dad bought this amp for me for my 12th birthday.. and we had to freaking build it! LOL OK it was cool but man I wanted to play the thing. I learned a lot. Whats crazy is I still have this amp.

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Then a Marshall combo, Then in early 80-81 was the Carvin x100b's.. and rack gear! LOL
 
'68 Fender Princeton Reverb. Dad paid $125 for it, but this was back in '83. It was mint and had all original tubes. Traded it a few years later for a 22 watt fender solid state POS and a chorus pedal. :(
 
Subclavian":1qpl4oo4 said:
I had some Sunn something or other. I don't remember exactly except it sounded like shit


Then I went and bought a JCM800 2203 100w halfstack and a 1981 Les Paul Custom after working all summer for my grandfathers ranch. When I got it, I wasn't even in a band and I was absolutely horrible trying to play stuff from Dio and Jake E Lee riffs and stuff like that. (man, i'm getting old). I still have and play both the guitar and amp regularly live :rock: (the guitar took a beating from my son when he dropped it but it got repaired nicely and is back in the rotation)


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Good to hear you got your Les Paul fixed. :rock:
 
lets hear it for the japs 5 watt 64 ace tone nice tone 7 watt high octine jcm-800 slo-50 custom built my self
 
Man talk about an old thread. :lol: :LOL:
Man was a Bandit Backstage plus. 1x12 I think.
Sounded horrible. :D
 
<----<< First amp, 71 or 72 Ampeg v2. After the 7027A red plated and couldn't find another, it went to the basement and turned into a zombie. Next was a 60 watt crate head I bought in 91 and ran it through the Ampeg cab.. It didn't look cool so I cut the cloth off. :doh:
 
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