What is your gigging amp?

[CarlF]

I remember what it was in 1976. I had 100 W Marshall Super Tremelo head, and four 4 x 12 Marshall cabinets.
What I was thinking, I couldn’t tell you. Overkill does not describe it.

 

[stephen sawall]

It's a scourge IMO.


I looked into Vegas recently cause I was told there is decent blues scene there and a friend of mine was traveling there frequently for gigs. There seems like there are a few venues for blues that are bolstered by casino gigs but once I looked into the corporate side of things it didn't seem like my cup of tea at all. Dress codes and other retarded stuff is a turn off to me.

Las Vegas is the fakist place I have ever experienced. I lived in Orlando many times. Disney is a more real experience. I lived in Vegas twice less than a year.

I think the entertainment industry changed everywhere after covid. Things definitely have slowed down. 2008 was the other big shift. I was mostly out of it before that.

 

[VonBonfire]

Las Vegas is the fakist place I have ever experienced. I lived in Orlando many times. Disney is a more real experience. I lived in Vegas twice less than a year.

Thanks for the input Stephen, it's more helpful than you might imagine. Pretty much the only time I ever went to Orlando in a dozen years living in FL was for Disney gigs. I hate that whole area of the state. Pretty much the worst of Florida collated into a single city.

 

[stephen sawall]

Thanks for the input Stephen, it's more helpful than you might imagine. Pretty much the only time I ever went to Orlando in a dozen years living in FL was for Disney gigs. I hate that whole area of the state. Pretty much the worst of Florida collated into a single city.

I was living in Altamonte Springs last year for awhile.
I was surprised to see Church Street was boarded up after covid.
I lived in Orlando and Tampa on and off since the late 80's.

We are getting way off topic. Back to the amps.

I was using the Sig X and Mark IV before the Univalve.
Before that I was using a Triple Rectifier G.

I think I am going to cycle through the THD amps next.

 

[Little B]

Depends on which band/ style/ genre I'm gigging.2 yrs ago: bogner 20th ann.34 & 6l6.last year:badcat hotcat& elmwood m90.this year: jcm800 2203 Gower killer kali.

 

[glpg80]

I don’t gig. But I did for years.

If I needed to gig again today, I’d probably buy and mod an ivory 5150 III 100W to have a global resonance control and probably install my Radiotron excursion design in it as well.

If we’re talking anything downtuned, Abaddon gets the choice.

I wouldn’t use my 5150 II. I fucking hate the dodgy pedal DIN connection and never got around to modding it to something better and more reliable.

 

[japetus]

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If there a full PA and stage monitors.

The best pedal of all time

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

The best pedal of all time

Definitely if you’re a bass player. This is the OG Sansamp. I’ve had it forever.

 

[IndyWS6]

I haven’t gigged for years, but when I did (for all of 3 years…) I waffled between a half stack with an H&K Switchblade, a rack rig with an Eleven Rack and a Mesa Simul 2:90 and a half stack with a Mesa Dual Rec Roadster. I felt like my best tones were with the H&K. Effects were built in and it was relatively simple. And stupid loud. The most satisfying was the rack rig with the 11R because I spent a shit ton of time building it and it was fun mastering the pedalboard. I love the idea of the Dual Rec Roadster, but fuck me if I can get tones out of it I like

 

[japetus]

Definitely if you’re a bass player. This is the OG Sansamp. I’ve had it forever.

I am a bass player lol, I am a shitty guitarist

 

[BeZo]

An early Mesa Stiletto Deuce and a Mesa Mark V in stereo through full stacks.

 

[romanianreaper]

I gigged back in the day with a Tech 21 PSA-1 rackmount and a Mosvalve-mv962 into a Marshall 4x12. It was so heavy sounding and killed. I always got compliments and people thought I had a Recto.

 

[Shevek]

There's tons of punk and indie bands where Steven and I live - that isn't in question. There's hundreds, maybe even thousands.

It's very specifically that there are no local metal bands or a metal scene, in like a 700 mile radius

Bro.

Armstrong Metal Fest rules. A mere 260 miles from you (and a minor border crossing)
https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/

 

[DanTravis62]

Bro.

Armstrong Metal Fest rules. A mere 260 miles from you (and a minor border crossing)
https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/

Different country man, vancouver is it's own thing, and dealing with the logistics of international touring isn't going to help me unless i could find band members first

 

[SgtThump]

I change it up often, but I’ve been using this a lot lately.

 

[SgtThump]

I am a bass player lol, I am a shitty guitarist

WTH? You’re not a shitty guitarist!

 

[glpg80]

I change it up often, but I’ve been using this a lot lately.

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I zoomed in at the beer on ice and started to judge you real hard, then I saw the beer on your VH4 and was like oh ok he’s good

What’s the LPC?

 

[SgtThump]

I zoomed in at the beer on ice and started to judge you real hard, then I saw the beer on your VH4 and was like oh ok he’s good

What’s the LPC?

Ha ha ha! I still tease the singer to this day about drinking "tranny fluid." LOL

That's my 2001 LPC with Duncan 59s in it in this pic. I've just recently put uncovered Duncan Whole Lotta Humbuckers in it to try next.

 

[japetus]

WTH? You’re not a shitty guitarist!

You are too kind, but ever since I joined that Polyphia cover band, it's went ALL downhill

 

[Me]

Short answer:
Diezel Hagen

Long answer:
I always have my amp-top rack with cables/power, MIDI controlled Timeline/BigSky, and an RJM mini amp gizmo. So I can grab either the Hagen, the Diezel Herbert, or the Bogner XTC 20thA and all will be MIDI controlled and "just work" with all my pre-programmed MIDI patches. I then choose either an old VL Ground control (that gets phantom powered by the rack), small pedal board with RJM LT MIDI controller/wah/fuzz/drive/phaser/trem and MIDI controlled 4-loop switcher, or the big pedal board with RJM PBC10 and all sorts of pedals including psychedelic and synthy ones. So it's mix and match depending on the gig.

Last week though I also got a Marshall JVM410C 2x12 combo. This now means I can be lazy and just grab that and it's footswitch, or just grab that and a delay pedal to go in the loop. Or, since it has full MIDI implementation, I can actually now use that as a "just works" 4th amp option for the rig above if I want all my usual song presets and/or the spacey sounds, but still want to travel lighter. Sure, the JVM410C isn't the lightest combo, but it's 35 kgs when my Diezel Hagen head in it's flight case is 40 kgs alone, so still a saving!

Hagen is the default though as it has the big Diezel sound I love, but sounds a little more "rock" focussed and slightly less "metal" in my head, so is my best compromise of everything amp. I've definitely been liking the JVM410C though this last week. The combo cost less than a 3rd of my Bogner head here in the UK and it's a do-it-all package in a sensible size.