Amplification Journeys

[jeremyb]

To infinity and beyond! In historical order, what have you owned? include modellers and FR/FR etc as well... this is gonna take me a while to remember

[WellyBlues]

Does a Pocket Pod count?

[jeremyb]

Does a Pocket Pod count?

Oh boy, I think we can draw the line at headphone thangs?

[hamo]

Hmm, I think:
DH Soundtank
Marshall Valvestate 80
Blackheart BH5 "Little Giant"
Orange Dark Terror
Line 6 HD500
Jet City JCA20H
Line 6 HD100
Peavey VK100
Boss Katana

I think that's the lot, and I think it's in order. Kinda surprised there's as many as there are.

[slash-ed]

A broken hifi
Laney AOR50 combo with a broken drive channel
Roland Microcube at least twice
Peavey Rage 158
Peavey Bandit
Laney Tube Fusion TF320
Line 6 Spider Valve
Line 6 DT25
Carvin V3
Marshall DSL50
Marshall Vintage Modern
Marshall AFD100
Marshall SV20H
Mesa Triple Rec
Mesa Mini Rec
Mesa Mark V
Vox AC4HW1
Fender Supersonic 22
Fender 68 Custom Vibro Champ
Roland Cube Street EX
65 Amps London Pro
Peavey 5150II
Orange AD30
BOSS Katana

Not really in order cos I honestly can't remember and I'm probably missing a bunch. Not including modellers cos I've owned most of the mainstream ones at some time or another.

[philipnz]

I was fickle
Home made something
Eminar Solid State
Gallien Kruger
10 Years 80's duo days running GP8 into PA
Joined band, bought a Roland something VA5?
Vox AC30 Korg Reissue
Mesa Boogie F50
Mesa Boogie Mk4
Matchless DC30
Matchless Spitfire #1
Diesel Einstein
Greenstone
Mesa Boogie Electrodyne
Some Marshall 2150 head and a Combo passed through, never really used
Marshall 1974x
Mesa Boogie Roadster
Orange Rocker 30
Fender Supersonic 22
Marshall Silver 2525
Matchless Spitfire #2
Roland JC44?

Matchless Nighthawk - My keeper
1964 Vox AC30 - Holding

[jeremyb]

I don't think this is complete but here we go...

1990 Peavey Rage 158 (Has break from guitar for 10 years)
2001 Marshall G80RCD (Has break from guitar for 7 years)
2009 ZT Club
2010 HD500 + ZT Club
2013 Vox AC15
2016 Blackstar ID:Core 10W
2016 Ryan built Vox / Hotrodded Marshall Head
2016 HD500X + Line 6 L2T Powered Speaker
2017 Katana 50W
2018 Yamaha THR-10X
2019 Katana 100W Head
2020 Positive Grid Spark
2020 Vox AC10 *
2020 Vox AC4
2021 Positive Grid Spark
2022 Blackstar Fly Bass
2022 Ampeg Rocket Bass RB-108
2022 Laney Cub 8 *
2023 Positive Grid Spark Go
2023 Joyo Bantamp Jackman II *
2024 Fender Rumble LT25 *

* = Still own

[robthemac]

Marshall 2061x and 2061cx
Mesa Recotverb 1x12
VHT Special 6
Fender Vibrosonic reissue
Marshall DSL-1
Mesa California Tweed 40 head
Mike-built Deluxe Reverb
Ryan-built Tweed head+cab
Marshall 1974 clone
Mesa Filmore 50 head

[Danger Mouse]

Ross RG10
5150 block letter
5150 II
Greenstone JSN880
H&K Edition Blue 15r.
Blackstar FLY 3/103

I feel like I'm letting the forum down with such a short list, considering I've been playing for 35 years.

[NZTone.e]

Um,

Jansen somethingorother,
Peavey Rage 158
Marshall Valvestate II 240 Bi-chorus I think it was called,
Roland Micro Cube, they were great fun,
Marshall MG-100 112, absolute piece of shit,
Marshall AVT-275, another piece of shit,
Vox Tonelab LE,
Fender HRD,
Mesa Boogie DC-3
Cuba Street Radio tone,
BlackStar HT-5H
Mesa Boogie Nomad-55 212,
Optimus Prime, roughly around there,
Roland AC-60
BadCat HotCat,
Dr Z Z-Wreck,
Bogner Duende,
Kemper toaster thingy,
Boss Katana 50,
Optimus revisited,
65 amps London Pro,
65 Amps Tupelo,
Marshall 1974X clone,
Supro DeltaKing 12…I know there’s some I’ve missed…

Also haven’t included a couple power amps and preamps spaced out through the years…

Um, just remembered a Vox AC-15HW I had a few years ago and. A JCM-900 back in the 90s.

First amp for Codedog was around 1992.

[murky]

Starting 1994:

Park G10
Marshall Valvestate 40
Marshall 2555SL Slash Jubilee Head (#1)
Mesa DC5 (#1)
Marshall 30th Anniversary 1 x 12 Combo (#1)
Marshall 100w Solid State Head
Line 6 AX212
Peavy 5150 Head (Block Logo)
Line 6 Spider Combo
Marshall 2554 Silver Jubilee Combo
AC30TB (Korg era, Made in England)
Splawn Quickrod
Marshall JMP 2204
Mesa Mk IV Combo
Peavy 5150 Combo
ADA MP-1 Preamp
Lee Jackson GP-1000 Preamp
Fender Vibroking
Ceriatone Express
Ceriatone ODS
Ceriatone Dizzy30
JMJ30
BLC30
Mesa Mk2C+ (#1) (1 x 12” combo - factory mint!)
AxeFX Ultra
AxeFx 2
Vox Pathfinder 10 (x 2)
Marshall AFD100 Head
1965 AC10 2 x 10” Combo
Fractal AX8
Mesa Mk2C+ (#2) (1 x 12” combo)
Marshall 2558 2 x 12 Silver Jubilee Combo
Marshall 2555SL Slash Jubilee Head (#2)
Marshall 2555X Silver Jubilee Reissue Head
Mesa DC5 (#2)
Marshall 2525 Silver Jubilee 1x12 Reissue
Fractal FX8
Vox AC4HW
Vox AC15HW
Marshall Mode 4 Head
Bray 4550
Marshall Artist 4203 1 x 12” Combo
Fender Super Reverb (on medium term loan)
Marshall 2554 1 x 12” Silver Jubilee Combo (Black Tolex)
Marshall JTM45/100 Reissue
Germino C45
Lazy J20
1964 Vox AC30T
THD Flexi
THD Univalve
Peavey 5150 II Half Stack
Peavey VTM120 Head
Marshall 2210 2x12 Combo
Gibson Skylark Combo
1967 Vox AC30
Egnater Tour Master
Ceriatone Liverpull
Rockit Super Lead 130
Marshall JMP-1
Line 6 HX Stomp
Fractal FM3
Ceriatone ODS HRM
Mesa Mk5 90 Head
Bogner XTC Head
Friedman BE50 Deluxe
Marshall 30th Anniversary 1 x 12 Combo (#2)
Mike C - Sixty One SRT
Tech 21 Trademark 60
1974 Fender Super Reverb

Edit: I feel it’s worth noting the complete absence of Mesa Rectifier from the list. To this day, I still haven’t played one. No mean feat in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, and probably top 3 life achievements that I’m proud of. I also hold the Mesa Rectifier wholly responsible for everything bad that happened to Shihad after the fish album.

[codedog]

Can you folks please mention when you bought your first amp? I am trying to catalogue mine, then realised it all happened in the past 10 years only!

[The Scarecrow]

As best I can recall it.

1994-1997: Fender Princeton Chorus (hired from school for a few terms)
1998-2001: Peavey Rage (Cash convertors buy) followed by a Peavy Classic 30 combo (which I traded up to from the Rage)
2001-2003: Gunn 50w head + matching 2x12 (good pedal platform)
2003ish: JCM 900 50w + Crate 4x12
2004: DSL 100 + 1960AV, Laney AOR100 head,
2005: 8100 Valvestate head (Cashies score, made a wicked backup head),: JCM800 2x12 combo,
2006: Rivera Knucklehead
2007: Peavey 5150 combo, Rectoverb head
2008: Rivera Duo 2x12 100w combo
2012: Splawn Quick Rod
2013: Mesa Mini Recto
2014: Tiny Terror head
2015: Single Recto head
2016: Carvin combo (forget details)
2017: Blackstar HT100, Mesa Stiletto combo
2018: Katana 100
2023: Fractal AX8

I know I'm missing at least 3-4 higher tiered amps that slotted in between 2005-2015 that I might have bought and flipped quickly, a dozen or so cheaper amps and probably a bunch of speaker cabs I've logged and flogged - Laney 4x12, Mode 4 quad, Ulbrick oversized 4x12, Marshall 2x12 etc... but my mainstay has long been my Splawn 4x12 that I traded my Mini Rec head with Kloppsta for about a a decade ago, and won't part with until time claims my ability to move it physically

The best: Splawn QR, Knucklehead, Stiletto combo
The worst: None really, otherwise I wouldn't of purchased. the 5150 combo weighed a ton, and sounded better running through a cab though.
Honourable mentions: Classic 30 kind of does everything very well bar metal. Mesa Mini Rec did everything with the right tweaking.

Trends I've noticed is that I prefer EL34 based 100w amps for that Brit high-gain sound, and for clean headroom.

Ultimately, I'm way happier with a modelling setup now as I effectively have about 80-90% of all these tones in my arsenal now.

[codedog]

The journey started in 2014. Beyond the first four, I can't remember the order:

Wee Marshall solid-state thingy. Can't remember the model
Vox Valvetronix something-or-other. Can't remember which model
Vox AC4C1-12
Laney VC30-112
Laney Cub 12R
Laney Ironheart Studio
Laney IRT30
Vox Pathfinder 15R
Fender Frontman 15R
Fender Super Champ XD (ex-Danny)
Boss ME-80
Boss GT-100
Boss Katana 100
Princeton-ish handwired clone in hippie flowers painted tolex (ex-Oleg)
Fractal AX8 with Headrush FRFR 12

Still have the following:
Laney Cub 10
Vox AC4C1-12... again.

Those two don't get too much of the already meagre playing time since I bought a Kemper Stage. Used to play it through the FRFR, but now using my KRK monitors for stereo fun.

Can't believe the money I have spent on amps over only 10 years. Ah well, it's a fun journey.

[hamo]

Can you folks please mention when you bought your first amp? I am trying to catalogue mine, then realised it all happened in the past 10 years only!

1990 was the one I was gifted by may parents for a birthday, my first amp. First one I bought myself would have been 1996 maybe?