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Mesa Blue Angel (in blue-stained quilted-maple, hardwood cab).
Mesa Subway (in walnut hardwood cab).
Carvin Vintage 16
Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue (mid-90s)
Crate Taxi (portable, compact and has a tweeter, so decent for archtops).
Big Industries Ronnie Montrose (x2) (Tiny, robust, portable, 9V battery-powered, clean and growl; nothing quite like it - from the '90s).
Had a Mesa Mark VI for 30 years and a Mesa Mark V for 13 years. Gave up both 18 months ago as a start on downsizing -- and weight reduction!).
Phil
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10-17-2024 03:57 AM
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Left to right:
5F6A clone
5F1 clone
Fender Champion 600 Reissue modified to 5F1 spec
Trainwreck Express clone
5E8A clone built as a head
All built by me.
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I think I’m finally where I need to be after catching and releasing many amps over the years
1978 Vibro Champ purchased new by me…well my parents actually..has the tweed mod
Headstrong Santa Cruz for small rooms
Victoria Club Deluxe for larger rooms
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I’ll play.
Fender Blues Jr
Polytone MB IV
DV Mark Jazz 12
Da Capo 75
Mambo 10
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The Victoria Club Deluxe is one on my radar, for sure
Originally Posted by alltunes
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At Present:
Quilter Mach 3 Combo
Henriksen Bud 6
Henriksen Blu 10
Milkman The Amp 100 (I use this with a Raezer's Edge Stealth 12ER made by the later Rich Raezer)
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Good morning,
how do you like The Amp100?
I heard good things about it!
best,
Chris
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I’m down to three amps today:
Henriksen Blu Six, for occasional jazz gigs with no backline amps, usually outdoor, for which it does surprisingly well. I also use it as a pedal platform and to practice tunes with iReal thru Bluetooth.
Fishman Loudbox Mini, for home playing with pianists for fun. It has two channels, one for piano and one for acoustic guitar, and sometimes with iReal thru Aux.
Fender Vibro Champ, 1960s BF. Well, no reason, but just ‘cause.
I’ve had others, up to eight at one point but sold all the others. These three cover most needs at this point. I play out at jazz jam sessions at five local venues, so for those it’s whatever amps are available when I’m on the stage, including JC120, Polytone Brute, Fender, Peavey, Yamaha combos.
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Fender Pro Tube Twin Amp 2002 version.
Marshall JCM 800 4104 2 x 12
Musicman 65RP I x 12
Sessionette 75 retrotoned
Sessionette 75 90s version
Polytone MB III
Polytone Teeny Brute
Peavey Solo (battery)
Crate Limo (battery) x2
Fender G Dec 3 30
Kustom 16w practice amp
So12 in total.
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That Ibby looks classy! Originally Posted by Little Jay
I lost count….
But this is the latest one: Quilter Superblock US.
It’s sitting on an unfinished speaker cabinet (cut up Ikea bedside table, solid pine!) with an okd Fender-labeled 12” speaker (I suspect Eminence) inside. This little set does the job and does it pretty darn good even!
The 25 watts are easily loud enough for jazz combos and jazz jamsessions.
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Doesn’t it? ;-) Originally Posted by garybaldy
Thanks!
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It is a great amp. I like it a lot. Originally Posted by JeanSut
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Four:
- Marshall YJM100
- Marshall 1974X
- Marshall Class 5
- DV Mark 12
The one I use depends on the genre I'm playing.
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Thanks! Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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I currently own two amps. A Victoria 20112 Tweed Deluxe (which I'll have for the rest of my life). And a Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb (TMDR). However, I have a Fender '64 Custom Deluxe Reverb on the way to my house as we speak. Traded my TMDR and Yates banjo for the '64 Custom Deluxe Reverb.
If I had the cash I would still have a TMDR in my collection. IMHO, they're an outstanding amp. Great tone, an attenuator that works, no tubes, 23 lbs., mic simulator that also works. Arguably one of the best and most versatile gigging amps on the market today. But.....I can't wait for my '64 Custom Deluxe Reverb to arrive.
Last edited by jumpnblues; 01-12-2025 at 05:51 PM.
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Is 5 the magic number?
Early 70's Pro Reverb,
1981 Pull boost Princeton Reverb,
Selmer Little Giant
(Those last 2 in for repair)
Supro delta king 12" ( moving on)
+ Bro in law's 70's Marshall 50w combo, which is really my wife's.
The Marshall I find a bit insensitive, great if I was in a hard blues rock band but I'm not.
I love my Pro-R. which is mildly modded & used the most, along with the Princeton R.
The Little Giant is /was a bit noisy & died last time out so I'm hoping it will come back quieter & be more useful for small gigs.
The Supro is a useful amp but as it's a similar size to the Princeton, I don't really need it.
Recent gigs have needed a small, very easily portable amp, so I can just carry amp & guitar in & out without back strain.
I tried a couple of Roland / Boss Streets, which were a bit underwhelming, & a Blackstar id Core 10 which wasn't bad, pretty light & compact but I want to try a few more, I'm in no rush to buy.
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Just two amps (not including my keyboard gear)
A Peavy Valve King 212 that I absolutely love!
Second one is an old Crate G40CXL.
It has a great chorus and the spring reverb is top notch! (Don’t ask why my font got funky; I don’t know!?
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Funky Font
I've never seen a Peavey valve king in the flesh (or is it in the wood?) I don't think they're very common in the UK (?)
Having said I was in no rush to buy but I just got a used Fender Passport Mini (which I'd never heard of before). It was cheap enough.
OBV. Not a valve amp... But it is fairly solidly built, 6.5" speaker, 7w, very compact at 9.5" x 9.5" x 7", easy to carry with a decent handle, has multiple voices / pre-sets for electrics & acoustics, plus several effects, everything programmable with the (now obsolete) Fender Fuse software, which can still be found online.
The pre-sets were all over the place, volume & settings wise. But the software is pretty ok to set up & the sounds are half decent with a bunch of amp & cab sims etc.
Not really a guitar amp, more a street performer type thing as it can run off a battery pack & has a separate mic. input section.
I'm hoping it will be convenient, guitar in one hand, amp in the other. Seems easily loud enough for small quiet jazz / semi acoustic gigs or jamming / writing with mates.
So for now I have 6...
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The valve king is really just a clean channel and a channel with gain. There is a spring reverb. That’s basically it! No bells and whistles. Just a straight forward tube beast!
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I have two:
- a 1980 Polytone MiniBrute III
- a 2005 Acoustic Image Focus 1 Series II head into a Flite Sound 1x12" cabinet loaded with an ancient Altec-Lansing 601 driver that was reconed in 1981 as a fullrange driver (i.e., the "Duplex" coaxial tweeter was removed)
Edit: well, technically I have a third amp, a Monoprice Stage Right tube combo...but it is such a piece of crap that I left it at my friend's recording studio 1,500 miles away and 5 years ago, and for all I know he's already binned it.
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Hello group, my name is Little Jay and I’m an ampaholic…..
70ies Guyatone Reverb Custom GA-1100D (Twin Reverb clone) with two 12” Pyle speakers (with the blue Fender label)
60ies Guyatone Reverb Custom GA-1100 (1x15” Twin clone)
60ies Framus Strato 345
80ies Session Rockette:30
80ies Session Rockette:15
2000s Session Bluesbaby 22 in DIY solid pine cab with Jensen Neo 12-100
60ies Dynacord DA-16V in custom cabinet with Eminence 12”
60ies Dynacord MV15 amp top with custom 1x12” cab
Henriksen Blu 6
AER Alpha
Quilter Superblock US
Squier Frontman 10g
Best thing: they all see regularly use on stage and in the studio! (By myself or by fellow musicians… I’m the amp-library in town ;-)
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
You win LJ!
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I guess I should finally answer this thread after looking at it for years! Currently:
'64 Vox AC15
'67 Marshall JTM45
'66 Fender Deluxe Reverb
Fat Jimmy Gigmaster 20
DV Mark Little Jazz
Former amp junkie here too- these are the ones that got away!
1959 Fender Tweed Deluxe
1960 Fender Tweed Champ
1959 Fender Tweed Super (mint!)
1959 Fender Bassman
1960 Fender Bassman (completely mint!)
1959 Fender Tweed Pro
1962 Fender Deluxe (brown)
1962 Fender Concert (brown)
1965 Vox AC30
1965 Fender Super Reverb
1965 Fender Vibroverb
1967 Marshall JTM50 Bluesbreaker
1960’s Gibson tube amp (Skylark?)
1970’s Ampeg V4 with Acoustic 6x10 Cab
1980’s Jim Kelley FACS in maple
1990’s Victoria Low Power Tweed Twin
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2 Laney vc30-210's
Fender Champ 12
Fishman Loudbox 100
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Damn it! Well, now I have one more.
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