Members doomsdaymachine Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 This is only my OPINION, as to the "popularity", and how many bands in a metal setting actually use these... 1. 5150 2. Marshall DSL 3. Dual Rectifier/Triple 4. Triple XXX 5. JCM800 boosted/modded 7. Engl 8. Laney GH50L/100L/VH100R 9. Diezel 10. Bogner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scottosan Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by Savo Here's GW's Top 10 Metal Amps list: 1. JCM800 2203 2. Mesa Triple Recto 3. Bogner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZomBiE DinkLE Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by wanky Heres my Metal amp ranking and my 2 tops aren't on the GW's list.1. Marshall DSL100/DSL502. Peavey 5150/5150 II3. Crate BV120/BV150/BV3004. Marshall TSL60/TSL100(DSLs are more metal)5. Bogner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rocky101 Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 My Ampeg Vh-140c is the best I have heard for metal. Super tight metal voicing, no pedals required and extremely LOUD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Romanian Reaper Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by Savo Here's GW's Top 10 Metal Amps list: 1. JCM800 2203 2. Mesa Triple Recto 3. Bogner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doomsdaymachine Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by Romanian Reaper Randall Warhead? Do people still play this? Scott Ian did at one time, don't know if he still does. I don't know why, his tone on their newest CD with all the re-recorded oldies is kinda {censored}ty, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pigsinzen Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by radonballoon marshall jcm's. wow. the best marshall heads are modded. that should knock them off the list right there. Only if you are talking about the 800. There are other newer marshalls I would rather have IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pigsinzen Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by Hegmatronicon Ok. Ive played a few JCM800's. Why are they considered a metal amp???? They have very very little gain really. The 900's are a higher gain amp.... Im not saying 800's arent great...they sound very very very nice...but in order to be "metal" they have to be boosted/modded. right? Wouldn't this kinda knock them off the list? I've never heard anybody use a jcm800 for anything remotely heavy without a boost/OD pedal. I guess that kinda just bugs me when they leave out the 5150. Maybe it shoulda been 1. BOOSTED JCM800. That would be a-ok *thumbsup* I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brutalmoe420 Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by Rocky101 My Ampeg Vh-140c is the best I have heard for metal. Super tight metal voicing, no pedals required and extremely LOUD!! here, here brother. for those people that made their own "metal" list if you didn't add this amp you should kill yourselves. this is a death metal amp that definitly eats a 8100, triple rectifier, 5150, and most other amps for breakfast. only amps better would be most engls and possibly bogners. but for the price its unbeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anti-flag193 Posted October 2, 2005 Members Share Posted October 2, 2005 Originally posted by brutalmoe420 here, here brother. for those people that made their own "metal" list if you didn't add this amp you should kill yourselves. this is a death metal amp that definitly eats a 8100, triple rectifier, 5150, and most other amps for breakfast. only amps better would be most engls and possibly bogners. but for the price its unbeatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BerkleeBill Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 ..and who the hell is using Road Kings? I mean, great amp, but I've NEVER seen a metal or hard rock band with one?!?!? A 5150 should have been in there for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Romanian Reaper Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by napalmshower05 Scott Ian did at one time, don't know if he still does. I don't know why, his tone on their newest CD with all the re-recorded oldies is kinda {censored}ty, IMO. I think Scott Ian is playing a Randall Cyclone now? Is that right? It was one of the newer Randall amps. I know that his tone is awesome on the new Anthrax live DVD. I should look on there and see if it is in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flanger Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by Pigsinzen Only if you are talking about the 800. There are other newer marshalls I would rather have IMHO. 800s, especially the early ones, are built like tanks, sound godlike on their own (hint, crank the master), and take to pedals like cancer to the prostate (to quote Phantom Limb from The Venture Brothers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobrahead1030 Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 i know at one point zakk wylde recorded a lot of stuff with a straight stock jcm800 into a greenback loaded 4x12, and if his tone back in the day wasn't metal then i don't know what is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EmgEsp Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 I don't take GW mag serious anyways. It's all about mainstream {censored} in that mag. It's not even a mag that is helpful in anyway. but to steer young guitarists in the wrong direction. {censored} GW and may all the employes die a horrible death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pigsinzen Posted October 3, 2005 Members Share Posted October 3, 2005 Originally posted by Flanger 800s, especially the early ones, are built like tanks, sound godlike on their own (hint, crank the master), and take to pedals like cancer to the prostate (to quote Phantom Limb from The Venture Brothers). Yes I know this. There are still newer Marshalls I'd rather have than it. Even a master volume crank on the 800 doesn't saturate it as much as I would like.Originally posted by cobrahead1030 i know at one point zakk wylde recorded a lot of stuff with a straight stock jcm800 into a greenback loaded 4x12, and if his tone back in the day wasn't metal then i don't know what is When was that? From what he has said, his boost pedal is mostly always on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanky Posted October 22, 2005 Members Share Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by anti-flag193 have you ever heard a boosted jcm 800? yes i have, but were talking about amps, not pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wanky Posted October 22, 2005 Members Share Posted October 22, 2005 Originally posted by ZomBiE DinkLE so you'd rate a b52 and a mode4 above a SLO? Id have to go back and put the SLO side by side with the B52s but i would definitely put the B52 tube heads above the mode4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted October 23, 2005 Members Share Posted October 23, 2005 The amp should have the 5150 nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members do art Posted October 23, 2005 Members Share Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by Savo Here's GW's Top 10 Metal Amps list: 1. JCM800 2203 2. Mesa Triple Recto 3. Bogner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted October 23, 2005 Members Share Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by brutalmoe420 here, here brother. for those people that made their own "metal" list if you didn't add this amp you should kill yourselves. this is a death metal amp that definitly eats a 8100, triple rectifier, 5150, and most other amps for breakfast. only amps better would be most engls and possibly bogners. but for the price its unbeatable. I had a chance to get one of those cheap at a local musicgoround but thought it sounded a lot less than impressive. I've had a 5150 and would far more prefer that over it, as I also would even my cheap Behringer V-Ampire 120 head or the Ultra Plus head I run that into, and I'd also put the Carvin X-100B head w/ a tubescreamer boost well over the Ampeg, as well. I KNOW that I'm alone regarding my thoughts on the sound of that Ampeg, but I was so unimpressed by it that it's hard to ignore how much rep that amp has as compared to what my ears heard while trying one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted October 23, 2005 Members Share Posted October 23, 2005 Originally posted by do art My TSL is more metal sounding than my 2203.Oh and let the flamming begin. I don't know I'd disagree with you, but the JCM's have had so much history and are the sound of most of '80s metal -- just a very good and very widely used amp over decades now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Charvel1975 Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 ENGL Powerball!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CTBMETAL Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by 5150GSX I'm not usually this outspoken but you're a dumbass. You're obviously biased towards Mesa. The XTC may be a nice amp, but I have never heard a metal tone from one. The closest tone is probably Steve Vai's "Bad Horsie" and I wouldn't consider that anywhere near a metal tone. Granted you might not like the 5150 but you can't deny the fact that a large number of metal bands use them. the xtc can do metal, trust me. picture the offspring of a marshall and a mesa boogie and you have the xtc. does metal just fine in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Random Hero Posted November 28, 2005 Members Share Posted November 28, 2005 Originally posted by BerkleeBill ..and who the hell is using Road Kings? I mean, great amp, but I've NEVER seen a metal or hard rock band with one?!?!? John Petrucci? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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