Members 77BlazerK5 Posted November 25, 2015 Members Share Posted November 25, 2015 at home= 80's fender champ110,or Blackheart Handsome devil, Band Practice= Laney TT100 combo, Live= Marshall JCM2000 dsl100, heads are run thru a laney 4x12 cab w clestions 75s. Boss ME50 MultiFX unit in front of all the amps,my sounds are dialed in the pedal,i can plug it to any amp and dial in my sound in minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted November 25, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2015 Well I'm going to update my own thread as I acquired some new toys. I parted with the Hotrod3 and picked up a 66-67 Fender Blackface Bassman 50 head and matching 2x12 cabinet. The head was recently serviced with new caps and other maintenance. I think my Fender sound is covered ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Those 50W Bassman heads are so under-rated IMHO. Nice score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 25, 2015 Members Share Posted November 25, 2015 Well I'm going to update my own thread as I acquired some new toys. I parted with the Hotrod3 and picked up a 66-67 Fender Blackface Bassman 50 head and matching 2x12 cabinet. The head was recently serviced with new caps and other maintenance. I think my Fender sound is covered ! Congratulations. Happy New Amp Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted November 27, 2015 Members Share Posted November 27, 2015 I'm more of an amp sim guy so I can plug directly into PAs live, but...my main amp is a Line 6 DT 25 because it can get lots of different sounds in the studio. Very versatile and controllable. For an "old school" amp, I have a Peavey Windsor which is eminently modifiable so it's fun. For some reason I only dimly understand, for some reason it sounds fabulous when you put synthesizers through it if you don't want that "direct synthesizer" sound. I also have an Orange Tiny Terror for driving cabs but frankly, I don't have many opportunities these days to show up at places with cabs. It's either bring your amp, or plug into the PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 I'm more of an amp sim guy so I can plug directly into PAs live. Do tell? Any favorites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 And probably basic Plexi sounds as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 +1After years, I just learned you can jump the channels with a patch cable like a Plexi or Metalface.Also a really great amp to mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 I know !I don't know what it is but there are certain amps that synths sound great to record through.Silverface Champ is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 2Marshall 50 Watt Plexi-1960A English Greenies'64 Blackface Bassman Apache Amps mod on bass channel w Matching 2x12 EV-12Ls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Waka62 Posted December 4, 2015 Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 With all those amps, it sounds like you already have a pretty good handle on tone. I also have a pre-CBS 65' Twin but it is an ongoing project slowly replacing components. I thinking about biting the bullet and sending it to Michael Clark at Clark Amplification. He does complete restorations. I really miss having that amp in the arsenal. It has been with me since 1981. I did not realize VHT had become Fryette. Thanks for that tidbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Waka62 Posted December 4, 2015 Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 Those are such great amps! Anything by Fender from mid 60's to 72 or so is great by me. I guess I'm a little old school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted December 4, 2015 Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 Fender's clean tones are the "Holy Grail" of clean tones.The only amp that, imo, achieves that tones is the Carvin X-100 B, due to the 6L6 /12AX7 tubes and five band eq.Most other amps in my collection don't even come close to those divine Fender tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted December 4, 2015 Members Share Posted December 4, 2015 LAPD emailed me, a while back that my Fender Princeton amp ( 1968) was in there possesion and was there to be reclaimed. It was stolen from me in 1985 .... That made my Milenium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spotmandeux Posted June 23, 2016 Members Share Posted June 23, 2016 3. I have a '65 (not reissue) Super Reverb I use at home and in the studio for clean stuff. I use an old '90's 5150 and 4x12 for playing live. I'm currently dialing in my new Verellen Skyhammer but can't quite find the sweet spot yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted June 25, 2016 Members Share Posted June 25, 2016 Excellant ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted June 25, 2016 Members Share Posted June 25, 2016 In the early days I used to run a Fender Rhodes and a CAT by Octave synth into the two channels of a Twin Reverb with premium speakers (translation = heavy) and they sounded great. We just put a mic on the amp to get them in the PA. I've recorded bass with a SF Champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wasgtrjones Posted July 1, 2016 Members Share Posted July 1, 2016 Let's see. I have a 74 Vibrolux, a 62 (blonde) bassman w/ 2 cabinets, a 60 Vibrosonic, and a 62 or so Magnatone 260. Those usually stay at home. I played the Vibrosonic at gigs a few times when I was playing a baritone all night, it handled the clean low-end really well. I also have a very tweaked tweed deluxe, basically a kit-built chassis, in a larger cabinet running a JBL D-130 15" speaker. That's my normal gigging amp. And finally, I have a Fulton-Webb 17-watt amp, in a 2x10 cab. That's for the voxey/marshally tones. Haven't played it much lately, but it may start going to gigs, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 3. I have a '65 (not reissue) Super Reverb I use at home and in the studio for clean stuff. I use an old '90's 5150 and 4x12 for playing live. I'm currently dialing in my new Verellen Skyhammer but can't quite find the sweet spot yet. Cool amps - I love your Super Reverb. Please tell us more about the Skyhammer - I'm not familiar with that amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted July 1, 2016 Members Share Posted July 1, 2016 I have about a dozen different amps for guitar and bass. I run a pair of amps in the studio, usually my Marshall head with a 4X12 1960 slant cab and the second amp is usually a 4X10 cab with alnico Jensens and another head. Recently I been using my Music Man 65. Before that I was using my 67 Bassman Head. Sometimes I use the 76 Sunn Coliseum head or one of my others. I run some stereo effects and having a pair of amps allows me to record a stereo chorus and dual echo/reverbs effectively. I sometimes split the pedals into two separate chains too. It just becomes more difficult to manage two sets when you are recording live. I do have a guest guitar setup too. It too has a pair of amps. I bought a Fender M-80 red knob head a few years ago. I eventually mounted the head in a 4X10 cab which sounds pretty good. I also have a Peavey 4X12 bottom I run with the Bassman head so the two setups are about equal in power. Then of course I have the Bass rig which consists of three bass cabs. I have an EV cab with an 18" JBL and 2X10's, A Traynor cab with 2X15' Celestin's and a folded horn Sunn Cab with a 15" JBL. I run the three cabs with a Crate 200W head, an Ampeg Portaflex 350W and a Sunn 200W head.. These setups would be overkill in a normal room but because the studio is highly sound proofed the sound is completely absorbed so there is practically no reflection. The sound is like a strat laser beam so unless you have your ears right in front of the amp its not very loud, especially when you walk across the room. A 150W dual amp rig winds up sounding like a cranked 15W amp in a normal room. I can mic and record thses amps at higher volumes and still not have the bleed over when tracking. I have used all these rigs playing live but rarely use more then one amp live any more because the stereo effects aren't heard by the audience. I do like using dual bass and guitar cabs playing trio however. I split each so there's a bass and guitar on each side of the drummer and I'm able to hear the bass player clearly on a big stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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