Jazz Guitar Amps - compilation

[Pinner]

Well I have been board at work so I decided to compile a little list. Obviously these amps are not just for jazz, just amps commonly used for jazz that can be used as a resource. Feel free to make any more suggestions of either amp, player of an amp etc. Hope this is some what useful to anyone lol!!! I am going to keep the list to mainly jazz and not so much fusion players as that will bloat the list to an useable level lol!!!! There are obviously some players who bounce through both so I will include their jazz rig.

Amps for Jazz

Acoustic (134) – Pat Metheny,

Acoustic Image Clarus / Raezer’s Edge – Jimmy Bruno, Pat Martino, Mark Kleinhaut, John Stowell, Ron Affif

AER Amps (Compact 60, etc) – Martin Taylor, Tommy Emmanuel, Sylvian Luc, Frank Vignola, Peppino
D’Agostino, John Stowell

Allesandro Amps – (Comins, Italian Greyhound)

Ampeg (Gemini) _ Grant Green, Herb Ellis (54), Johnny Smith (JS-35), Tom Guarna

Benedetto Carino-12 – Bucky Pizzarelli, Barry Greene

Carr – Bill Frisell (Sportsman)

Clark – Anthony Wilson

Comins (Allesandro Amps) -

Dumble Overdrive Supreme- Larry Carlton (Ripper circuit) Robben Ford (Skyline non HRM)

DV Mark Jazz – Bireli Lagrene, Rotem Sivan, Frank Gambale (Multiamp FG)

Evans – Ron Eschete, Ed Bickert

Fender Champ (tweed): Julian Lage

Fender Princeton Reverb – Jim Campilongo

Fender Pro Reverb - Bruce Forman

Fender Super Reverb – Wes Montgomery, Dave Stryker

Fender Deluxe Reverb – Peter Bernstein, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Monder, Mike Moreno, Jonathan
Kreisberg, Steve Cardenas, Bill Frisell, Nick Costley-White

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe – Martijn Van Iterson

Fender Hot Rod Deluxe George Benson Sig – George Benson

Fender Tweed Deluxe – Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Tal Farlow

Fender Twin Reverb – Pat Martino, Vic Juris, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Russel Malone, Dave Stryker, Lage Lund,
Miles Okazaki

Fender 68’ Custom Twin Reverb – Ant Law

Fender Twin Reverb George Benson Sig – George Benson

Fender Vibrolux – Adam Rogers, Peter Bernstein

Fender Ultralight -

Fender Copies and Inspired. – (Louis Electric, Headstrong. Allen, Carr, Tube-Tone, Clark, Tone King,

Fargen, Bruno, Vintage Sound,

Fuchs Jazz Classic II (also Clean Machine) – Vic Juris, Bob DeVos, John Zweig, Dave Stryker

Fuchs ODS – Vic Juris, Al Di Meola

Glaswerks – Scott Lerner (Zingaro)

GLB – Steve Herberman

Gibson (GA 50) – Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow, Charlie Christian (EH-150, EH 185), Jimmy Raney, Lage Lund

Heritage Amps (Defunct) – Kenny Burrell (sig model)

Henriksen (Jazz Amp) – Frank Vignola, George Walker Petit, Bobby Broom, John Stowell

Jazz Cat – John Pizzarelli, Mimi Fox, Henry Johnson

Lab Series - Michael Sagmeister (L5, L9)

Mambo amps – Ben Pedley (300w) , Trefor Owen (Wedge), Hannes Riepler

Marble Amps – Jesse Van Ruller

Marshall – Wayne Krantz (Silver Jubilee)

Mesa Boogie – Al Di Meola (Mark V), Lee Ritenour (Road King II), Dominic Miller (Lonestar), John Scofield (Mark I), Nigel Price (Mesa Rocket 44)

Musicman – Ben Monder (RD-112)

Pearl City – Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tom Guarna

Phil Jones Amps – Cub series

Polytone (minbrute, maxibrute, 102, etc) – Joe Pass (102), Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Kurt Rosenwinkel,
Herb Ellis, John Abercrombie, Dave Stryker, Jonathan Kriesberg, Emily Remler, Lage Lund. Peter Leitch

Roland Cube (original orange) – Vic Juris, Ed Bickert

Roland JC 120 – Pat Martino, John Abercrombie

Quilter Amps – Jostein Gulbranson, John Pisano, Howard Alden, Bruce Forman, Phil Robson, Dave Preston, Peter Amos (Aviator 8)

RedPlate – Allen Hinds (Blackline)

Rivera – James Muller (Jake Studio Combo), other models (Suprema 55 Jazz 1x15), (Jazz Suprema)

Roccaforte combo – Mike Moreno

Standel (Super Custom XV) – Wes Montgomery, Ed Bickert

Stimer – Django Reinhardt (M10)

Sundown Amplifiers (defunct) – John Scofield

Vintage 47 VA-185G (Defunct) - Jonathan Stout

Vox AC30 – John Scofield

Walter Woods amp head - Sheryl Bailey, Steve Khan

Yamaha G100 – Mike Stern, Pat Metheny

ZT Amps - Steve Cardenas (lunchbox) - Nels Cline (Club)

[Jabberwocky]

WhaaaaAAAT? No Dumble?

[Jim Soloway]

WhaaaaAAAT? No Dumble?

Larry Carlton.

[Pinner]

WhaaaaAAAT? No Dumble?

Larry Carlton.

LOL!!!!
If anyone knows me I am actually a Dumble guy. I do have a Fuchs ODS bassman mod. I guess i never considered it a Jazz Jazz amp if that even means anything lol!!!!I'll add it!!!

[Papawooly]

Great job Pinner!

[mcahoon]

Evans - Ron Escheté

[Alter]

Great thread! Phil Jones Cub series also work great for jazz (tiny, solid state category)

[joaopaz]

Birelli Lagrène shows up at the DV Mark website as a featured artist.

[AlsoRan]

Ben Pedley out of the UK is a professional Jazz guitarist that uses the 300W Mambo Amp

Ben Pedley

[boatheelmusic]

Hot Rod Deluxe- George Benson
Twin Reverb- George Benson

Both signature models

[capnrory]

Kenny Burrell - defunct Heritage Amps signature model

[Cunamara]

Standel, orange Cube 60, Evans- Ed Bickert

Polytone- Jim Hall

How about modeling preamps and powered speakers?

[jads57]

I think most Jazz guitarists just play whatever amp is provided by the venue. In case of the Acoustic Image users or players who just go direct ( John McGlaughlin) those are the rarity.

[Naquat]

WhaaaaAAAT? No Dumble?

LOL...I built a Dumble type clone, Brown Note, a few years ago. Sounds good and is very versatile but I wouldn't insult the pros and say I'm anywhere near a "Jazz Guitarist".

[Alder Statesman]

Fender Princeton and Champ are heard by notable players.

I am a proponent of the Fender SuperSonic 22 as its vintage channel comes close to the Deluxe Reverb and the burn channel can be dialed in for nice Wes Montgomery style grit.

[Guitarbean25]

This is a cool thread.

I did see Scofield last month on his new tour and he was not playing an AC30. He was playing through either a Deluxe or Twin Reverb...I couldn't quite tell from where I was sitting...but it was definitely Fender. It was probably the standard backline for the SF Jazz Center. But, he sounded as he always does...like John Scofield.

[wzpgsr]

Mike Stern - Pearce G1 and Yamaha G100

[r_cc_c]

Joe pass Peavey Bandit 112?

[ThatRhythmMan]

Anthony Wilson - Clark Amplification (not sure of model)

[archtopeddy]

Gibson EH-150 and EH-185 - Charlie Christian
Stimer M10 - Django Reinhardt

[Jack]

Trefor Owen ; Mambo wedge

[dtfan4ever]

Al Di Meola - Mesa Mark V

Lee Ritenour - Mesa Road King II

Dominic Miller - Mesa Lonestar (and various other Mesa amps)

[Jack]

In fact many people play the amp of the day, that is, the one that is available on the spot.
Others receive free of charge from the factory and some ask a particular brand or model, like Jim Hall , that requested Polytone mini brute when playing outside United States.
Joe Pass, a few years before he died, used the sound system of the place. If there was a good sound system he had a good sound, if the place had a bad sound system he had a bad sound.

[Average Joe]

Wayne krantz - Marshall Jubilee
I couldn't make out which model it was, but when I saw Abercombie in the late 90s he played some marshall combo. Could have been an 900.

And personally I think there are lovely clean jazz sounds in the classic Marshall designs

[grahambop]

Anthony Wilson - Clark Amplification (not sure of model)

Doesn't Anthony Wilson play through an old film projector sometimes (via the amp circuitry inside it)?