Which of your amps will you "never" part with

Reinhard

Let's try not to get too philosophical about this. Unless you really need the money, which amp would they have to wrestle from your cold dead hands?

I'll start things off:

My 1969 Deluxe reverb. Transition model with the silver trim, I think it has the Blackface circuit. I traded a fender blues Jr and quite a bit of cash for it.The last few years it has been living with a Weber C12N repro speaker. I probably don't baby it like I should; I shudder at the thought of having to replace it. The perfect amp for selling guitars, everything sounds good through it. Whenever I tell Nick a guitar sounds awesome, he asks me if I played it through the DR, because then it doesn't count ?

So which of your amps would you keep for life?

It doesn't matter if it is your only amp, you only need one good one. Pics encouraged!

Keira-WitherKay

for me it's my ZT acoustic lunchbox........ the ultimate modern designed amp..which packs a lot into an amp with a tiny footprint . no bigger than a small practice amp BUt rated at 200W ok that is overrated in my books ..... but more like a good 80W and fully featured .... yet it weighs 5 kg and just add an extention /external speaker cab and this amp is fabulous .... and for acoustic /jazz tone it's clean 100% and even with the small 6.5inch internal speaker is fat and loud enough to get high quality sound into a room when playing with a drummer with brushes ......

this little gem has changed the way i see amps.... and i sold off my tube amp and bigger gear after using it ...

so for me this is a keeper ..till i find something smaller/lighter .....as amp technology has progressed a lot in the last 20yrs that big sound can come from small box's/speakers ..... so no need for that 40kg amp ...... a 5kg one sounds just as good....... btw this ZT has been designed around the groundbreaking 120db rated speaker meaning it may be small but it's clean and loud and will surprise most people who have not heard them before ......

aja

My 1940 cinema amp, converted for guitar, is something that I could never part with. There is nothing else like it.

A close second is my Epiphone Zephyr 15" - best overdrive I have ever heard (the square cream coloured one in the pic below).

AlanRatcliffe

I try never to say "never". ?

But easy - it's the only amp I have kept. My Fender '63 Twin with Weber Alnico Blue Dog and Silver Bell speakers:

Group shot, but you get the idea...

nick

While I have a '69 SuperPA my '73 JMP50 is one I'd probably not part with.. unless I could find a JTM45 ( ? )

TomCat

For me its my TC-8W....mainly because I designed and built it myself......also my first tube amp.

Looking nice and pristine here, but it has gotten a bit more Mojo with use.... ? ?...including the cab getting a bit of tolex rash from travelling in a trailer.....

I also have done a total rewire and mod of the OD channel as well......still love the tone of this amp....the greenback is now also nicely broken in..... ? ?

(Note to self:.....Must get the artwork for the faceplate done sometime..... :-[ :-[)

shaunf

I'd have a hard time parting with any of the amps I currently have. Each one is exceptional in its own way and I have bonded with all of them.

vic

I will always have at least one of these. It's an urban legend that an AC30 is too loud for home use. ? If you have the desire to overdrive it, plug into an overdrive pedal. Playing two of these in stereo, even at low volume, is like heaven :? AND the modern ones have a master volume...so overdriven tone at low volume is no problem.

Big-G

Up until around two weeks ago, I'd have said my Vox AC15 was inseparable from me, but now we all know that this changed! What I will say though is that if I ever pick up another AC15, I doubt I'd ever part with that one again!

I'm pretty sure though that what ever I get to replace the AC15 will be a keeper, unless it has some technical issues that are un-resolvable!

Lets see what happens next! ?

Oh, and Alan... If you ever decide to part with that Dean 12 string, please give me first dibs! Pretty please!

Regards
G!

AlanRatcliffe

Big G wrote: Oh, and Alan... If you ever decide to part with that Dean 12 string, please give me first dibs! Pretty please!

'K. However the only way that'll happen is if I find something better. Chances are slim...

Psean

aja wrote:
A close second is my Epiphone Zephyr 15" - best overdrive I have ever heard (the square cream coloured one in the pic below).

I think it's the best I've heard too. That thing is awesome!

Reinhard

Great input thus far guys!

Aja that Epi amp is beyond cool, why can't I find cool stuff like that. Nick's Marshall JMP 50 I have heard, great amp.

ShaunF, if I had that amp collection I don't think I could pic a favourite either.

Vic, that AC30 is so clean it is unbelievable. Copper panel too, wow.

TomCat I really dig the mini-stack, very cool 8)

Alan, I have never played a Twin, but it is very hard to go wrong with a BF Fender amp.

Keira, I am starting to think a small amp like that could be really useful in my office. Kinda reminds me of the Champ I had.

To keep things moving I will post a pic of my #2

This amp needed quite a bit of work, but in the end it was worth it. New grill cloth, 2 new speakers, caps etc. It changed my view on 10 inch speakers.

All the glory of Fender tone.

throwfirewoodatme

Would have to be my AC30 because when I left the corporate world I cashed in my provident fund to buy it... and my wife will kill me if I sell it!

But given freedom of choice, the amp I would fight to keep in a 'cold dead hands' situation would be my JP Le Roux customised Blues Junior Texas Red. It's perfect. It's a one of a kind already and my dad bought it for me, so it's super precious.

Nicholas-L

Oh wow ??? uhm I couldn't really say that as I built the SLO clone which I still haven't got it running yet and the 5W SE amp. Seeing as the SLO-CLone is my first build I'd have to say it are that one for me.

Rescator

I will never get rid apart from my 1.000 amps (mostly boutique and rare ones) in my Kemper 8)

Chocklit_Thunda

I'm still young... I've yet to find "the one" ?

Bob-Dubery

Chocklit_Thunda wrote: I'm still young... I've yet to find "the one" ?

Is there a "the one"?

Follow your favourite players over a period of time and I bet you'll see their rig evolving. There's always something better that comes along, something that lends something to your tone that you didn't have before. Are there any of our guitar heroes that found some magic combination donkey's years ago and stuck with that? Maybe Brian May. Maybe the Young brothers. But I see a lot of guys changing their gear (or at least their gigging gear) as time goes by.

Maybe you have to live a few decades to notice this ?

babbalute

Any other bass players out there ? Show me yours, here's my gear I will not part with.

Old, vintage, noisy, but great sound from deep warm to clean high sharp sound.

Replaced the 2 x 15" EV speakers with original Fender speakers with silver dust cap in the center. Fender cannot tell me with certainty which brand these speakers actually are. Could be JBL or early EV's. They have the Fender gold on black logo on them and frame is simular to the EV frame.

Chabenda

My '64 Princeton Tremelo. I have had it since the late '80s. Recently resuscitated with a new set of valves (compliments of EZ).

This little amp has the tone that I like - and with a tube screamer WoW!! A great amp for small gigs (Dinner/dance) and great to mike up.

Reinecke

Over the past few years I've looked for amps to cover all areas that I might play in (Genres)

My "workhorse" amp is a Fender SuperSonic 60 Watt! Great sounding amp, handles pedals well and is just loud enough for anything! (I got the head and cab)
Then for the heavier stuff, in the pure Gain area, I have a Orange Dark terror! Very nice little lunchbox amp!
The my at home and sometimes band prac tiny little amp, is the Orange Micro terror! Very cheap and insane!

But my favourite and the one that I will never part with is my 66 Fender Super reverb!