still love my mojave peacemaker!

[guitarmike]

the new helios clips are great, loved the goldfinger, and i love carol ann clean and lead tone,

but the peacemaker is so simple and just punches my face every time.
such a great platform for clean to mean marshall plexi tones.

ultimately i'd probably have a two amp rig, peacemaker set for rock crunch and lead, and a carol ann for fendery clean, and for fat warm ej/bonomassa lead tones for that extra fine tuning

but as it stands i set PM clean and get rock from plexitone pedal and fat leads from ethos so i'm emulating the two amp rig with pedals to great effect.

and it's the only amp i've ever owned that when playing live i couldn't believe the tone i was hearing coming from my rig was pretty much what i always imagined i wanted to hear.

any of you have that experience with your favorite amp?

My BE-100 does it for me. Gtr-amp-cab and I am there. Dials are all straight up except for gain and volume, it just has the sound.

 

[moronmountain]

My Ultra Lead is the same for me. There are alot of other amps I would like to have, but this one is pretty much THE sound I always wanted.

 

[Badronald]

Congrats.

My JTM45 does it for me. Always sounds great.

I would like a 1959 someday for more headroom. Don't really need it too much....

 

[Bob Savage]

... but it's also nice to have money

LOL... this is the part that keeps drawing me there. You may not remember but this is the customized Shiva that was made only for Japan and for a short time. There are 3 in the US that I know of. It's a great amp and with all the Shiva variations out there, may not be as valuable as it used to be (had a $3800 offer for head and cab at one time), but yeah, I'd like a little cash to spend on... other gear.

 

[Shiny_Surface]

Hey hey... Get with the program! Each year you have to sell whichever amp you own and chase whatever just hit the market!

so glad i got off that merry go round

It's great when you reach that point. You find something you like and don't worry about forum fads.

The Peacemaker got some forum press back in the 90's early 00's if I recall.

 

[mentoneman]

it is nostalgic to recall all of the amps that blew up the web gas over the years

diezel, powerball, eggie, jvm, axefx

im thankful that web media has allowed us to virtually audition gear. im a fan of clips to get an idea of how things sound.

 

[mooncobra]

I've not gassed too hard for any amp since building by non master volume Plexi clone several years ago. That amp, an attenuator, and Tubescreamer and I'm done. Plus that setup records better than any amp I've ever owned - It's definitely amp I'll always keep.

i'm too much of an effects freak to ever be ok with something that chill but it is attractive to imagine ultra simple rigs too.

the axe ultra was by far the easiest rig to ever set up/tear down, but i never stopped tweaking that contraption trying to find the realz.

carol ann and peacemaker, turn on, adjust volume, done. fat notes!!!!

the peacemaker I played was INSANELY loud even with the built in attenuator. The Mojave scorpion sounds awesome as well!!

 

[mentoneman]

Hey hey... Get with the program! Each year you have to sell whichever amp you own and chase whatever just hit the market!

so glad i got off that merry go round

It's great when you reach that point. You find something you like and don't worry about forum fads.

The Peacemaker got some forum press back in the 90's early 00's if I recall.

i think the first time i heard one online was 2001.
bought my first one in 2005, sold it to zachman, then bought another a couple of years ago and had Vic do the HG mod on it.

 

[shgshg]

I remember the Peacemaker being flavor of the month in 2002 at HCAF.

 

[mixohoytian]

I'm still in love with my Mojave peacemaker...un modded, bone stock
and I listen to my favorite composer, Martinu, whenever I have time

 

[Chubtone]

I bought my Peacemaker in 2005 or 2006 when it was flavor of the month and I still have it. Bone stock and it sounds monster.

 

[JJGray]

I still have my Mojave Peacemaker and Scorpion (both Serial #0025 and #0025 respectively), and love them both, oh yeah! Both stock, both rock!

 

[Greazygeo]

Mine is still the old '69 plexi 100 watt I've had since the early 90's.....got a good one for sure. Killer recording amp!

The other amp that took over for live stuff is the custom Wizard MC that Rick built for me 2004 or 05. Had to keep bugging him every now and then until he actually had time to do it. Not playing live anymore, just lots of recording time with it.

 

[mixohoytian]

I have a Kemper and it took me 7 months to figure out how to turn it on and program it....but I intend to profile my Peacemaker in various gain states from clean to all the way up.

whats the HG mod byt the way ... high gain?
does it loose it's vibe if you add gain?

 

[mentoneman]

hg = high gain mod which is what he offers on sidewinders and coyotes currently.
to me it makes the low sens input more sensitive and easier to break up when pushed, and hi sens way more edgy.

man i wish he would continue with some of his prototypes
he was doing clean amps, 2 channel amps that were scorpion/ hiwatt...

i wish he'd design an amp that was like a pushed plexi45 rolled back on gtr vol for clean, and a cranked peacemaker for dirt, at humane volumes!

 

[Chubtone]

i wish he'd design an amp that was like a pushed plexi45 rolled back on gtr vol for clean, and a cranked peacemaker for dirt, at humane volumes!

I always wished he would build an amp that sounded in everyone else's hands like it sounded in his clips in his hands.

 

[Meathead]

Awesome you found your 'sound'
I get that feeling from a Peters Polaris combo that James built for me. It's not super gainy, but it's just right....perfect really, for me.
I also dig my Budda SD18 with a Weber Legacy speaker. It's a different flavor from the Peters, smoother, darker, but great for what it does and fullfills my needs on the other spectrum.
I will never sell these two amps.

 

[mentoneman]

i wish he'd design an amp that was like a pushed plexi45 rolled back on gtr vol for clean, and a cranked peacemaker for dirt, at humane volumes!

I always wished he would build an amp that sounded in everyone else's hands like it sounded in his clips in his hands.

he knows how to spank his children

 

[mentoneman]

Awesome you found your 'sound'
I get that feeling from a Peters Polaris combo that James built for me. It's not super gainy, but it's just right....perfect really, for me.
I also dig my Budda SD18 with a Weber Legacy speaker. It's a different flavor from the Peters, smoother, darker, but great for what it does and fullfills my needs on the other spectrum.
I will never sell these two amps.

all these years and i still havent heard a peters or a voodoo-- both id like to play one day

 

[Chubtone]

i wish he'd design an amp that was like a pushed plexi45 rolled back on gtr vol for clean, and a cranked peacemaker for dirt, at humane volumes!

I always wished he would build an amp that sounded in everyone else's hands like it sounded in his clips in his hands.

he knows how to spank his children

Bah..... those Mojave's ended up in lots of great players hands and to a man, they all said the same thing. I never heard a clip from any of those guys that sounded as good as Vics clips sounded. Even Mark K who is a sick, sick player still had the same 90% of the way there sort of tone.