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Post subject: Re: Which amp for a strat?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:56 am
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Ceri wrote:
Hi Blaqdog: but honestly, we could spend the next 20 pages with everyone telling you which brand they personally support, like it's their football team.

What nobody will seriously disagree with is that you've gotta get to some music stores and try them out for yourself. I think the difference between amps is far bigger than between guitars, and what's good for someone is useless for someone else.

It don't matter a pile of dingos' kidneys what some famous players use: it's what it sounds like with your hands and ears that counts.
Cheers - C

I 2nd this one.....some of my same thoughts as soon as I started reading the thread...then the overwhelming temptation came...should I give my favorite (football team) amp? Well.. :-) I use a 1970 Fender Bassman Head with a 2 x 12 cab. Sooo sweet and loud if I want loud. Clean if I want clean. Lots of flavor depending on which channel I use. Then enhance my Strat with a Boss ME-50 floor board. Crunch, echo, etc. really a fun set up!

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Post subject: Re: Which amp for a strat?
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:03 am
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I know the best sounding amp is going to be subjective, but I have three in mind right now: Marshall, Vox, and ENGL. I like Marshall mainly 'cause it's used a lot by many artists, but I like it specifically because Hendrix and Trower. Vox I like because I like the jangly clean tones that it produces and Brian may uses it. ENGL is cool because, well it sounded versatile and I believe a fairly new guitarist Orianthi uses it. I was also thinking mesa boogie, but all I can think of is Santana which is great also. Yes the tube amps are what I'm going for. My ideal: I like something that can produce jangly cleans with good distortion for hard rock.

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Some people do not like modeling amps, but I use a Fender Superchamp XD (tube hybrid). It covers most of the best amps out there. The modeling is more like different stop boxes then actual amps, but the tones are unmistakably like Fender Tweed and Blackface, Marshall, Vox, and a couple others. Even has a Fender Acoustic amp setting.

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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:39 pm
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daversatek wrote:
I'll chime in only because I have some experience with lots of different amps in various forms. I currently use older Carvin X100B's (heads with 4x12 cabs). I absolutely love them, because they have two channels, with a parametric eq and an assignable, 5 band graphic eq. This allows you to dial in nearly any tone you want. The clean channel is very comparable to Fender's (which I also like VERY much), and the lead channel is very simialr to Marshall and Mesa's. The foot pedal typically has three switches, channel, effects loop/boost, and reverb. The boost function is AWESOME for cutting through with leads. For the type of music you mentioned (which is quite similar to what I play), these amps are perfect. There is a reissue available that is nearly as good (better in some aspects), but a fuzzy covered, EL34 loaded head can be had on the 'bay for a quite reasonable amount. I would recommend you try one if you can find it, or at least do some research on them; but I must agree, you have to make the choice using your ears and your guitar. Any of us can make a demo, put it up for you to listen, and you may like it, but that will not guarantee the tone you'll get with your own axe/effects/fingers.


I looked up the Carvin amp on youtube and I was shocked by how good it sounded :D I'm definitely going to look into this amp. The cleans and distortion were distinct and none of it sounded muddy.

This demo is what impressed me the most:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrkXxUvv ... y9mTozdbfM


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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 8:20 am
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Price?
Combo or head/cab?
Dual combo or single?
Intended use (determines wattage)?
Portability?
Speaker voicing?
How many channels?
Onboard EQ?
Effects loop?
Multiple inputs?
Line in and out or headphones?
Multi impedance taps?
Reverb?
Channels?
Distortion is at playing level?
Output limiter?
Separate EQs?
Standby?
Master Volume?
Remote switching?
Amp voicing?
Hand wired or PCB?
US/British or Import?
Has the tubes you want?
The sound you want?
Looks pretty?
Reliability?
Mod-ability?
Warranty?

Once you define what your after the options are far fewer.


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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:10 pm
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I play through a Fender '65 Twin Reverb. Cleanest sounding amp ever produced in my opinion.


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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:39 pm
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Bugera V22. or a Fender Amp. Marshals are overpriced! Sure if you have money to burn, can't go wrong with a Marshall.


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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:51 pm
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I own a bunch of amps and here is my experience.

Strat beautiful tone, Vibrolux or Deluxe Reverb

Telecaster cut through the band chickin pickin, VOX

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marshall jcm 800 here , (1981) i can't fault it, soundwise it does whatever you want , clean or melt you're face :) and it has never let me down once in the 15 or so ( probably more) years i've owned it :)

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i love my 65 deluxe reverb..super clean and gets pretty loud from 2 on volume and upward. breaks up at around 5 but thats too loud (i live in a trailer) so, if i want tube distortion i either use my tubescreamer on deluxe reverb or, i go to my vibro-champ....another amplifier that i love too.

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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:59 pm
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A Strat will sound great through any quality amp but if you want versatility and different sounds you could try one of the Vox modelling amps.I bought a used Vox AD120 VTH a couple of years ago for $400 and haven't regreted it,the amp has several very convincing amp models such as AC30 and 15, several vintage Fender and Marshall models as well as Mesa Boogie and even Dumble Overdrive Special etc..The effects are unbelievably true to life, the simulated Leslie even slows down and speeds up gradually like the real thing and the reverb and variuos delays are among the best I've heard even on par with the Ibanez DM 1000.You can even program up to 64 voices or amp models of your own and double that with the optional VC-12 Foot Controller.THe present Vox modelling amps are quite good also. Even though the amps are largely solid state the pre amp is tube driven giving it an authentic tube warmth.Reliability is also quite good.The new Fender G-Dec series are also quite good but don't quite as many bells and whistles as the Vox.

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Marshall's overpriced????

Nah, not here, certainly no more than Fender are.

Personaly a strat into a marshall, any marshall with atleast 3 glowing bottles, with nothing but a guitar lead inbetween cept maybe a wah.

Sound made in heaven.

Now which should be the next Bluesbreaker for £500, Class5 for £300 or a Mercury for £425?

What would you get out of Fender or Peavey for that? A BluesJr or a Classic 30. Sorry their just not in the same league as a 1962 or a JTM45.

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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:08 pm
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As you state, that is really subjective. Of the three you've mentioned, I'd prefer the Marshall then the Vox. It really depense of course on what you are going for. The purist in me, if I was to have only one amp, would always be to pair a Strat with a Fender Tweed of some sort, like a 57 Twin, or some less expensive tweed. My reasoning is that these tweeds bring out the most of the guitar. The ability to crank them up a bit and play softly with little distortion and pure tone, then to hit the strings harder and dirty it up a bit is such a "Strat" thing. At least to my ear. But I recommend you just go with what sounds best to you and your own style.

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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:30 pm
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jeffo46 wrote:
Don't just buy a amp because a famous artist uses it. Go out and try out several before you make your choice and then decide what you're truly going to be happy with.


Totally agree! You just can't go wrong if you take in your guitar when you go looking to buy an amp and plug in to the different amps you are interested in and select the ONE that really does it for ya.

There's some really good recommendations regarding which amp you should go for, but nothing (and I mean NOTHING) can take the place of actually, physically going in and testing the amps you like.


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