Members gardo Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 I started out with a used Peavey Backstage 30. I thought this amp was great at the time. But then my playing wasn't so good either so it didn't really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Strictly speaking, my first amp was an SWR LA12 bass amp like this:[ATTACH=CONFIG]n32017263[/ATTACH]60 Watts SS, 1X12. Phil owns one. I started playing bass while I was strictly an acoustic guitarist so it was my first. $80 used on CraigsList for an amp that sold for $300 new. My first guitar amp was a Roland Spirit 25A like this one:[ATTACH=CONFIG]n32017156[/ATTACH]25 Watts and reverb. I bought it used for $30 from a pawn shop. Mine had a Crate branded 10'' speaker in it, probably a rebranded Eminence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 13, 2017 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2017 a modified Bogen PA head into a 12" speaker mounted on a board. Looking back, the amp was probably about 15-20 watts. I guess there was likely an impedance mismatch, the magnet on the speaker wasn't very big, but for a home built rig, in 1969, it was loud enough. I didn't have a VOM back then, but I could solder; i'd built some crystal radios, thought I knew enough about electronics [i was wrong, but whatever,,,] and I found the amp head at a rummage sale. One bad pre-amp tube, which I was able to find a replacement for [back then, stores sold tubes and had tube testers...]. Shortly after that I got a BF Princeton Reverb, a Vox AC15, then a Marshall SL100 half stack...which was stolen a few months later. Should have kept the Princeton... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Mine was a Traynor TS-5. Solid state, with a 15" speaker. Probably still in the basement at my brother's place back in Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Used my dad's Wollensack reel to reel back when I started in 65.. Had some sort of monitor input, so that had to do until I could scrape together some cash for an amp. Eventually got a Magnatone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Silvertone Twin 12 tube amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 13, 2017 Moderators Share Posted July 13, 2017 I did that too, circa 1972, before I made enough money to buy another amp!! Great OD tone on the Wollensack...wish I still had it for a mic pre! It had a 1/4 inch TS mono mic input and a line level input [RCA jack]Later I used it as the 'cornerstone' of my home made tape delay system...insanity is the stepmother of invention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Park (Son of Marshall) G10, my friends and sister put together for my 18th birthday it sounds like a buzzing chain saw, but i still have it for sentimental reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Silvertone Twin 12 tube amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mistersully Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 i think mine was a little crate 10 watt solid state thing... loved it at the time... then lent it to a mate who blew it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Mine was a Moserite amp with a built in Fuzzrite. It had a single 15" Jensen. It was short lived however. The distortion kept blowing transistors. I then bought this amp in 67 which I still have to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 GA 19RVT Tweed Gibson Falcon from 1961. I hated it then. I wanted a Brown Showman. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32017366[/ATTACH] The next one was a Vox Berkely II. I threw away the speakers,I cut out the baffle for 12's instea d of 10's, and put a pair of gray frame JBL D120s in it. Major cool. Wish I still had it. [ATTACH=CONFIG]n32017367[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Yamaha JX-40. I bought brand new, I HAD to have an amp with reverb and that's what I could afford. I HATED that thing...but years of reading hi-fi magazines meant I had a near-OCD about keeping my tone controls "flat" . It had a master volume, so you could crank up the preamp gain and experience the most horrid SS distortion I can remember. Eventually traded it in on a used 70s silverface Princeton reverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 A silverface Champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Fender Pro 185. Not a bad SS amp at the time. Still have it and use it on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hellion_213 Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Early 70s Silverface Twin Reverb. Looked like this one. Was stolen, along with my first guitar. I still get mad thinking about it - that amp was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 I have an M-80 red knob head I removed from its head cab and installed in a 4X10 cab. The red knobs get a bad rap because the drive channel doesn't sound very contemporary but the clean channel does produce an excellent Fender tone, takes pedals well and its reverb is very good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 My third amp was an Ampeg V2 with a V4 bottom loaded with Altecs. Not as loud as the V4 (mind numbing) The V2 nails the Stones Sticky Finger sound. The three separate mid tone ranges let you get everything from a Fender to a Marshall tone and the amp didn't break up easily. You had to push it up 3/4 to get it to start saturating. Derringer does some of his finest guitar work using these V series on the Edgar Winter Roadwork Album too. I used this head when I played three piece blues. The bass player used and SVT and the drummer has oversized drums. You knew there was a band playing when you let these babies heat up. No whip cream lounge band amp here. Even a hot rodded 50W Plexi had a hard time keeping up with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 WRGKMC, that's been my experience exactly. Push the gain and it sound really mushy, fizzy and harsh but the cleans and the reverb are decent. I've gigged that amp many times are it actually sounded pretty good miced though a PA. Dial back the gain below the fizz on channel 2 and the extra tone shaping options on the 185 are pretty cool. Comes in handy in the studio when I want a sound that stands out from my other amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 That's actually the same as the first amp I used, except my school owned it. Great sound and crazy loud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thatsbunk Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 My first amp was a late 70's Yamaha G50 410 similar to this;It was actually a pretty good amp. Very nice cleans, spring reverb, & a usable tremolo circuit too. Horrible distortion setting, but solid otherwise. I sold it as i stopped playing for about 20 years & it was just too bulky to schlep around every time I moved. I saw one recently on my local craigslist for sale on the cheap & was tempted to buy it, but then the nostalga wore off & decided it's the last thing I need to start hauling around again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted July 13, 2017 Members Share Posted July 13, 2017 Sunn Stinger 60. Durable but didn't have much clean headroom and didn't come close to the Fender sounds I had in my head. Bought it around '84 or so, later sold it for ~ $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted July 14, 2017 Members Share Posted July 14, 2017 Gorilla Amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Juicy Elk Man Posted July 14, 2017 Members Share Posted July 14, 2017 That's solid state perfection there, folks . . . It now resides at my brother's house . . . When I house-sit for him it waits for me to plug in. To be honest though, if I get the settings right, it has a charming fuzzy sound when used with a neck pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Yes, I do own a SWR LA12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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