Magnatone Amps

[67mike]

We saw Stevie Nick's a couple years ago and Waddy was using a Magnatone combo amp, it was stellar sounding. Obviously not a metal amp.....lol

 

[legend71]

They look cool, but to me they do not sound that great. Not my thing I guess. At my age now, I do not chase amps much and the tones I want are all from the basic amps like a plexi or a Deluxe type of thing. I also dig simple amps now moreso vs complicated stuff. Color me OLD.

 

[JackBootedThug]

And everyone said crate sucks. Greatest rebrand ever…. Jk…

 

[Kelly]

I saw GnR open for Aerosmith when Appetite was starting to blow up. Loved his playing then and love it now. No issues with anyone who doesn't though. You do you.

I like Slash, but GnR never wrote another decent song after Geffen forced Tracii Guns out of the band.

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

They look cool, but to me they do not sound that great. Not my thing I guess. At my age now, I do not chase amps much and the tones I want are all from the basic amps like a plexi or a Deluxe type of thing. I also dig simple amps now moreso vs complicated stuff. Color me OLD.

Magnatone amps aren't complicated. Most of them are only 1 channel with minimal knobs to turn. My M80 doesn't even have reverb.

 

[VonBonfire]

I like Slash, but GnR never wrote another decent song after Geffen forced Tracii Guns out of the band.

Didn't realize that was a Geffen move. How'd that go down and for what reason?

 

[Techdeth]

I have an M80. I need to play it more.

Send it to me to try

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

Send it to me to try

If someone offered me enough money for it, I'd sell it; but otherwise I'm quite happy with it.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

They look cool, but to me they do not sound that great. Not my thing I guess. At my age now, I do not chase amps much and the tones I want are all from the basic amps like a plexi or a Deluxe type of thing. I also dig simple amps now moreso vs complicated stuff. Color me OLD.

Have you seen the Live From Daryl's House with Billy Gibbons? It doesn't sound great, it sounds fucking perfect. Greasy, mean, purs, growls, and snarls just right when it should.

If you haven't, then look it up.

I owned a Panoramic Stereo head, and man it sounded spectacular. Especially panned out wide with two open back 1x15 cabs. It won't do Plexi or Deluxe, but what it does is something neither of them can come close to either. It's got a early '60s NMV small bottle British vibe, but with a reverb as good as any Fender BF, and the Tremolo and Vibrato in stereo are something nothing else out there comes close to.

I can get saying they aren't your thing. While not a Plexi or Deluxe, I do own a Hiwatt DR103, and an Ampeg VT22 for my bigger Brit and American flavors, and had both along with the Magnatone. The Magnatone broke up way earlier, got a really gnarly vintage amp about to explode vibe when cranked. I ran it usually a good bit past breakup, but not into meltdown. Rolled back for gorgeous el84 cleans. With a P90 or Dynasonic loaded hollowbody with a Bigsby it freaking ruled.