Electric guitarists, what amplifier do you use? Photos, please!

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  1. GuildX700

    GuildX700 Forum Resident

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    One of the best tones I've ever got was out of an old beat up early Champ. Mind boggling.
     
  2. GuildX700

    GuildX700 Forum Resident

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    One of the best tones I've ever got was out of an old beat up early Champ. Mind boggling.
     
  3. GuildX700

    GuildX700 Forum Resident

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    One of the best tones I've ever got was out of an old beat up early Champ. Mind boggling.
     
  4. Lord Summerisle

    Lord Summerisle Forum Resident

    The Marshall I posted in this thread got sold a while ago. I bought a Hi-Tone amp from the States late last year. It's a Hiwatt clone based of Page's amp, switchable 15/30 watt, I got all of the nos options with it . Dave Reeves' son is involved with the company, they were great to deal with getting the amp shipped down here, it weighs a tonne.

    It's a fantastic amp, I use Fuzz pedals quite a bit and it's a great platform for them. Lovely tone, straight or with Fuzz.


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  5. Lord Summerisle

    Lord Summerisle Forum Resident

    The Marshall I posted in this thread got sold a while ago. I bought a Hi-Tone amp from the States late last year. It's a Hiwatt clone based of Page's amp, switchable 15/30 watt, I got all of the nos options with it . Dave Reeves' son is involved with the company, they were great to deal with getting the amp shipped down here, it weighs a tonne.

    It's a fantastic amp, I use Fuzz pedals quite a bit and it's a great platform for them. Lovely tone, straight


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  6. Bolero

    Bolero Senior Member

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    wow that thing is pretty cool!! actually very cool! never seen one before

    I had a '70's DR504 w/4x12 I sold a while ago, it sounded glorious but was too bloody loud

    that 30w amp looks like just the ticket
     
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  7. Lord Summerisle

    Lord Summerisle Forum Resident

    Thanks, it is a really nice amp. I always played Marshalls and wanted something different, I took a punt on this buying it from overseas but after owning it a year and being over the honeymoon period I still love it. Their DR-F speaker makes a massive difference aswell.

    Here's their site.

    http://www.hi-tone-amps.com/
     
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  8. Pickoid

    Pickoid Forum Resident

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    I have one of these on my bedside table. I love it.
     
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  9. SpinningInfinity

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    I picked this up in the late 80's but this would be approximately a 1972 Orange GRO 100

    it's heavy

    :)
     
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  10. Lord Summerisle

    Lord Summerisle Forum Resident

    :love:
     
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  11. SpinningInfinity

    SpinningInfinity Forum Resident

    one of the smarter things I bought in my late teens. I still own it and it sounds just like you'd imagine. When I first got it, I wanted to open her up bit, I didn't normally have band practice at my place. I cranked it up about half way and a neighbor from across the street I'd never met ran over freaking out....I guess she'd just put her baby down for a nap. I love the symbols on the amp face.. The fist, cleary you can summon lightening with the other input...and possibly even destroy mountains!
    ;)
     
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  12. vudicus

    vudicus Forum Resident

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    Very nice amp.
    Orange have released a really great book all about their history. It's got 2 main parts (flipbook style), building the brand and The Book of Orange. A really interesting read. highly recommended.
     
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  13. vudicus

    vudicus Forum Resident

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    This is my 1972 Sound City/Dallas Arbiter Concord combo.

    It was bought new by a guy who played occasional pedal steel at home. It now stays at home with me.
    I bought it around 2 years ago and had it fully overhauled by an expert.

    It has a really nice bright clean tone with a reverb to die for. Perfect for the kind of stuff I play.
    It runs on 2x EL34 power valves, 3x ECC83 and 2x ECC81 Pre-amp valves.
    It also has those beautiful Partridge Transformers and Sound City speakers.
     
  14. Pythonman

    Pythonman Forum Resident

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    Marshall all the way now.
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  15. Cymbaline

    Cymbaline Shiny Dog

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    It's nothing really special, but I love my Carvin Legacy. It doesn't do metal, but it does hard rock in spades.

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  16. 56GoldTop

    56GoldTop Forum Resident

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    Posted before; but, pics got moved. Better detail this time around. Marshall JTM45 clone, Sozo caps, in a large head cab with a "twist" (50W OT and EL34s). I'm not exactly sure why I didn't go for carbon comps in this amp, as I generally prefer them (I run them in my "crunch" amp: a rebuilt '76 JMP50) . At any rate, plugging into channel II, with a tube driver in front, yields some very sweet lead tone, indeed.

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    The bottom cab is fed by the '76 (hidden behind the stack) and will be redone to match the top cab one of these days.

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  17. GuildX700

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    35 years later and I'm still using my late 70's Fender Twin Reverb.

    It's the oft hated high power 130 watt model. Still all point to point wiring, massive transformers, very heavy for it's size.

    Yes it will comb your hair, boy live it's just too loud for most situations, but this thing oddly enough records really nice with 2 mics just slightly angled from each 12". Recordings turn out with wonderful clarity, crunch, and sustain.

    I blew the stock speakers the first day. I was bummed. But....I had an old Peavey stack 6x12" with 2 blown speakers, I pulled 2 of the best 12's out of that and the rest was history. Old, alnico magnet speakers with aluminum voice coils and vented center caps, they can take any amount of wattage you throw at them.
     
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  18. misterdecibel

    misterdecibel Bulbous Also Tapered

    My kitten blew up my Marshall 18-watt clone.

    It has an on-off switch that takes very little effort, and it looks like he managed to switch it on whilst playing on to of the amp. I don't know how many hours or days it sat there baking before it failed. I discovered it when I tried to use the amp but discovered that it was already switched on but not lit up. The slo-blo line fuse was blown. I pulled out and replaced the output and rectifier tubes, put in a new fuse, and the fuse popped in about three seconds. So I'm guessing one of the transformers is blown. I haven't pulled it apart yet.
     
  19. Lonson

    Lonson I'm in the kitchen with the Tombstone Blues

    Wow. Sorry to hear that! I hope you can get it repaired with little difficulty and cost!
     
  20. rhubarb9999

    rhubarb9999 Forum Resident

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    Atlanta, GA
    I use my Fender Super Champ X2 head the most .. through an old Music Man 12" speaker.

    Easy to carry, loud (for 15 tube watts), and has a great tone.
     
  21. Ortofun

    Ortofun Well-Known Member

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    I'm not a guitarist, but went through the thread to see if there were any PRS guitars in pics :(

    Not a guitarist, but like the look of them.

    Some nice amps pictured though :)
     
  22. ChrisScooter1

    ChrisScooter1 Forum Resident

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    Athens, GA
    I had an almost identical 86 fiesta strat as well. Loved that guitar. Had it refretted and put Fralins in it. Let it go after I got my Grosh RC.
     
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  23. Gibson67

    Gibson67 Life is a Magical Mystery Tour enjoy the ride

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    1996 Jcm 900 SLX 2100, 100w all tube, I'll never part with this Bad Boy!!

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  24. whaiyun

    whaiyun Forum Resident

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    No pics at the moment, but I'm using an original '65 Fender Princeton (non reverb) and a Vox AC-4 Handwired in stereo, through a Neunaber Stereo WET reverb.
     
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  25. Atmospheric

    Atmospheric Forum Resident

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    Very nice work. You've done this before!
     
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