Amplification Journeys

[JoeBlow]

1998: Marshall Valvestate VS230 (sold 2007)
2007: Marshall 1987x (modified, then sold 2011)
2008: Mesa Mark 4 (sold 2009)
2009: Marshall 1959slp (modified, sold 2013)
2014: Friedman BE100 (still own, won't sell)
2022: Fractal AxeFX 3 turbo (I share that with my brother/he loans it and doesn't like giving it back)
2023: Gallien Krueger 250ml (Weird impulse buy, sent back to seller, as it wasn't functioning correctly).

2024: Boss Katana GO headphone amp... I love that.

[Capt. Black]

Just gonna start with what I can remember then top it up as I go.

Tiny amp that literally melted with home made fuzz.

Jansen Bassman 50 and upright 2x12. Not sure if I actually owned this but I recall it being around for quite a while.
Rockit 130 with 15 inch combo. I loved this amp until I hated this amp. Need a repair before I found out it was one of the ones by the guy that split off from Anil and the original Rockit factory.

'65 Fender (Blackface) Twin Reverb Amp. With an MXR Distortion + (script), a Dynacomp, a Crybaby and an Ibanez Flanger FL-303 (the Yellow one) it was Glorious. Later added an MXR Pitch Transposer. One of the greatest effects that never made the mainstream. Amp and guitar stolen. Wish I still had that.

[Kris]

Ok i wasnt going to attempt this...but 4;15 in the afternoon on a sunny spring day with a freshly cracked hoppy ale...why not?

Fender clip-on "twin"
Jansen mixer w/monitor amp
peavey bandit (1st era supersat)
Jansen BASS 80
Rockit 130 super sustain
Marshall DBS200
Fender pro185
Marshall JCM800 2205
Laney VH100R (still have)
Mesa M-pulse 600
Mesa F50
crate g160xl
Epiphone valve jnr
ADA mp1+marshall 50w monobloc
Sunn model T reissue
Marshall JCM800 2558
Jansen bassman 75
ZT lunchbox 200
Crate powerblock
Carvin R1000
engl Thunder 50
Ashdown Mi BASS
Laney IRT15
badcat unleash-v1 and v2
Fountain Mustang reverb 30
Sunn Model t-50
Holden musician 100
Laney AOR 30
Theres more,i know there is.......

PEAVEY
rage-"rage",108,158-x15
audition
envoy x3
backstage
studio pro x2
bandit x3
studio chorus
stereo chorus
Special
Reno
KB100
KB300
Musician III
Combo 300
cs200/ 400
CLassic 60/60
Classic 120120
Triumph 60 x2
6505
Mark III
Mark VI
TKO
TNT x3

BLOODY.HELL.

[olegmcnoleg]

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.

I'm suspicious that you just compiled a list of every amp ever made and posted it here.

[godgrinder]

Earlier rigs:
Holden 50 (still have it)
Marshall 2205 (gone)
Engl 530 + Mesa 2:90 (both gone)
Soldano HR50+ (gone)

The other stuff I still have are in my sig.

[murky]

I'm suspicious that you just compiled a list of every amp ever made and posted it here.

Ridiculous right?!

I could have happily stopped at Amp #3 (Slash Head). The JMP-1 preamp was a major "ahhhhh" moment for me too - not surprising when you look at who was/is using them (Def Leppard, Mustaine, Gibbons, Corgan, Iron Maiden). Right in the kisser. Does a great No Rest for The Wicked tone too - which is one of my all time favourites.

[Reg18]

Righto I’ll give this a go,

First amp
1997 Peavey Rage 158 (what my Dad thought was a phase became a life long obsession)
Peavey Stereo Chorus 210
Fender Deluxe 112 SS
Crate 112
2001 Peavey Classic 50 combo
2002 Mesa Rocket 44 combo
2003 Marshall 2550 black jubilee head (I want this one back)
2004 Mesa Single Recto combo
2005 Mesa Dual Recto head 3ch
2007 Vox AC15HW combo
2007 Orange Tiny Terror head
Orchard C Mattamp clone
Vox AC15C1
Hughes and Kettner Puretone combo
Vox AC30HW head
5e3 clone
5f2 112 combo clone
Paul C Proamp
Paul C EL84 combo
74 Fender Pro Reverb combo
JTM45 Clone (I want this one back!)
Vox AC10
66 Fender Bandmaster head
Ceriatone DC30 head
JCM900 head
JCM800 1959 Plexi
Fender Pro Junior tweed
Paul C AC10 type circuit tube rectifier, EF86 (actually better than most Voxs I’ve tried)
Orange Tiny Terror #2

I’ll leave this open for editing as I’m sure there are others I’ve forgotten.

[TmcB]

Samick practice
Trace Elliot practice amp
Jade 112 tube bullshit thing
Trace Elliot AH250 into Trace Elliot 1510
Epiphone Valve Jr combo
Epiphone Valve Jr head
Sovtek Mig 50 with Carvin legacy 2x12
AC30CC2
Ryan ac15/jcm800 thing with a g12H30 in an old speaker cab
Ashdown ABM500
Ampeg SVT
Orange AD200B MK3
Fender Twin Amp
AC30C2
JTM45
Holden Wasp
Tamerlane Hodgee Baba
65 Amps Soho
Another Mig50
Ac15 heritage head cab
AC15C1
AC15HW
AC30HW
AC30cc2
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Fender Princeton Reverbs
...gets kinda blurry in there with numercous AC15's AC30's Mig 50's Fender Rumble 500's....

Currently 65 Princeton and an AC30CC2

[robthemac]

Fender Twin Amp: the controversial MV 90s one?

[TmcB]

Fender Twin Amp: the controversial MV 90s one?

One of these: https://reverb.com/p/fender-twin-amp-2- ... -2001-2010

It cost me $600 and I swapped it for an AC30

My lasting impression was kinda noisy and truly awful drive channel

[Green Bastard]

First amp (designed for guitar) around 00/01
Marshall vs230 combo

Started bands a year later
Laney tf700 half stack

Move to tubes 2003
Peavey 5150mk1

Started aquiring - on top of 5150
Laney aor100
Holden something
Laney gh50
Marshall 9005 power amp
Peavey classic 60 or 120 mono power amp
Couple of rack pre's - soldano and a few peavey's
Red bear mk120

Decided I had too much shit, sold everything except red bear and started buying too many pedals

Then started buying more amps, still have red bear and all the below
Mesa dc10
Soldano slo100
Peavey triumph 60 combo
Mi audio revelation mk1
Laney aor100 (bought old one back)
Alron 1000
Alron 2000 bass (both super cheap, couldn't resist)
VHT (pre fryette) Pitbull ultralead

Couple of pedal poweramps, with snk vhd (ampeg vh) pedal, diezel vh pedal, and several other home made preamp pedals

[Bg]

I started thinking about this and thought that it would be easy, it wasn't.

* = still own
x = owned multiple times, not usually at the same time

1980 something : Carlsboro Cobra
1980 something : Carlsboro Stingray Head
1980 something : Wem Valve something with matching speaker
1980 something : Some unknown bass amp, no label never bothered looking
1980 something : Various practice amps that regularly had beer poured over and into them

2001 onwards and in order of me thinking about them

Fender Studio 85
Tubeworks head and 1x12 in Ratfur
Ibanez bass amp don't remember what it was
Gunn 200
Jansen 50 x 2
Peavey Delta Blues
Peavey Classic 30
Epiphone Valve Junior
Laney AOR 50 Combo
* Laney IRT Studio
* Laney Cub 12
Vox AC 30 x 2
* Vox AC 15 x 3 (still have one)
Crate V30
Greenstone Bellbird 0001
Greenstone Bellbird (the smaller one, 5 watts?)
Mesa Boogie Subway Blues
Mesa Boogie Mk1 Reissue (ex head like a hole)
Mesa Boogie something combo - that memorable.
Marshall JCM800 2004
Marshall JTM45
Marshall DSL50
Marshall DSL100
Marshall DSL40 combo
THD Flexi 50
THD Univalve
Rivera Knucklehead
Rivera something else (yes thats its name, at least in my head)
Carvin X100b
Carvin X3
* Carvin Legacy mk 1
Bogner Ecstacy
Bogner Alchemist
* Fender Vibrolux Clone 5F11
Fender Champ Clone
* Fender 5E3 Clone x 3 (still got one)
Ampeg SVT (solid state one)
* Bugera BVP5500
* Fender Princeton 65 s/s (shop amp)

Sadly not an exhaustive list, I'm sure I've missed a half dozen.

What is scary, I think I have maybe a couple of amps and the rest is modelling (don't get me started with that), but no - I have 8 amps scattered between upstairs and downstairs.

Oh missed a couple
* BG Bombardier - 36 Watter, awaiting me fixing it for the past ten years or so
DJW 1 watt head, sounded great

[Cdog]

1995 Peavey Clasic 50 410 - Weirs Piano &Organ Ctr Hamilton
2006 Line6 Vetta II combo - Rockshop Christchurch
2014 Trinity 18w 6V6 Plexi - diy kit ex Canada
2019 Mojotone Super Reverb -diy kit ex USA
2021 Vox AC15 CC Alnico Blue - used, from Conway
2022 Boss Katana 50 - used, from Chur

Still have the Plexi and Super reverb.

My guitars list is similarly short, and I still own all but one of those.

[Lyle]

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

I'll join you... here's my 30 year contribution

Ashton starter amp
Vox AC30
Marshall Class5
Jansen Bassman 50

[olegmcnoleg]

I will have missed some out...

Vox somethingorother
Carlsbro somethingorother
Sessionette 75
Roland Bolt 30
Marshall 100w JMP
Peavey Stereo Chorus
Peavey Triumph
Ampeg Reverberocket *
Line6 Mk1 combo
Mesa Nomad 44
Mesa F30
Fender Blues Deluxe
Crate V30
Trace Elliott Speed Twin H50 *
Princeton-ish combo *
Peavey Delta Blues
Vox AC30CC2
Randall MTS 50w Combo
Randall RM4 and 2x50W Stereo Power amp
Blackstar HT5
Line6 DT25
Egnator Rebel 20
Mesa Lonestar 22w *
Mesa Lonestar 100w
Carvin Bel Air 2 x 12 *
Vox AC15 HW *
Jackson Ampworks McFly head & cab
Vox AC4 HW
Laney Lionheart 5w head

Mesa TA 30 is now the only real guitar amp I own... I use a Kemper most of the time.

The starred amps (*) are the ones I would buy again