for those of us that have them, whats your favorite solid state amp?
i have both tube and solid state amps. i do think theres a time and place for the solid state stuff.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

My favorite solid state is my Fender FM 212R, though I do wanna work my way up to a tube amp ('65 Twin or Deluxe Reverb) eventually when I can afford it

doesnt hurt to have both. theres been some classic solidstate amps over the yrs too.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I have the Roland Cube 20 and the small Pignose both cool amps.
Claude.

I have a Stage 100 DSP with the matching DT112 extension cab. While it would never convince anyone that it was powered by "glass" it sounds pretty good and has a nice selection of usable effects. Oh......and did I mention that it was loud? My wife calls it the "micro-stack from hell".

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Yeah, my favorite amp companies have always been Fender and Vox... with Orange and Marshall close behind... I like classic vibes/sounds/tones, always have and always will lol

Plus the only solid states I've ever known/played are my Fender and Line 6 (which was a good starter amp at 15W)... I've played through a few of my friend's Marshall's but never knew if they were solid state or tube

"Back in the day" there was a store in Sacramento called The Vox Room on Marconi near Bell that carried all those lines. I think they also stocked Plush and Sunn as well. Those were the days......

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

i have several peavey bandit's and backstage amps.
i currenty play through a fender prencton 112plus that i like.
i use to have a sunn amp that was solid state. bright and loud lol.
roland jazz chorus is another nice amp.
the cube is really a rockin amp. i really like the cube 30 but its not made any more.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I know not of those days since I joined the world in 1988, all I know is Guitar Center, Sam Ash and Skips Music (which is a Nor Cal thing)

Hell, didn't pick up a bass until I was 14 and a guitar until I was 16 lol

There's another shop in Citrus Heights called Northridge Music, near the corner of Greenback Lane and Sunrise. They sell Fender and Mesa-Boogie among others. Years before, the store was known as Sunrise Music and Jeff Watson of Night Ranger used to work there.

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

randall and musicman had some nice SS stuff. a Gibson LAB series L5 2-12. it's the BB King amp.
even the 1964 vox satellite is a SS amp worthy of playing, if you can find one.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Peavey Combo 115 + Ashdown 210

Love it. Eight years old and yet to have an issue.

even clapton was known to play with musicman back in the 70's.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I don't get out to Citrus Heights much.... tend to stick around South Sac/Elk Grove and/or Arden/Arden-Arcade areas

Hollywood makes it easy on folks though with Guitar Center, Sam Ash, Carvin and Mesa all on the same block lol

lol.

hey santana used SS amps all through woodstock.

lots and lots of famous folks used and still use SS amps.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."