Re: What's your amp history?

Marshall MG100DFXH with 1970 Carvin Cab
Peavey XXL 100W head ''
Marshall JCM900 Head(byfar the best!)

Fender '62 reissue Stratocaster, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio(Stock), Marshall JCM900 100W Head, Original 1972 Carvin 4/12 Cabinet,Ibanez Ts9 Reissue, Keeley Compressor, Boss DD-3 Delay, Vox Wah

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Re: What's your amp history?

Nightfly wrote:

But Joe .... At the Robin in Bilston you had a Two Rock under the Van Weelden .. personally I'd like to hear your opinion on the Two Rock .. i'm hearing good things about them.

Here's Joe talking about the Two Rock.

Joe Bonamassa wrote:

The best dumble style amp  have run across is the a amp that I use in europe and will have in the states later this month.  Its called a Twinkleland and its made by Peter VanWeelden in Holland.  Simply a stunning amp.  The Two Rock has more of a high gain Eric Johnson thing.. Alot of people rave about the clean sound about those.. I think there is something wrong with mine cause it has no clean headroom.. The reason I havent sent it back to get serviced is that I really like it the way it is..  The fuchs is a combination of the the two amps I just described.  All very good, very articulate and very direct.  They are good a showcasing all my mistakes.  Like playing a acoustic guitar in a outside way.. thanks Joe Bonamassa

Re: What's your amp history?

Nightfly wrote:
Joe Bonamassa wrote:

Here we go..

Dean Markely 20 watt solid state practice amp  (First real amp dad bought me , and a great preamp for Fenders)
Sunn Betta Lead 4X12 combo (sat in with Albert  Collins with this one and it stayed up with his quad Reverb when I couldnt)
1973 Fender Twin Reverb also BB King's Favorite Twin.. He used it many times during the early 90's
Marshall JCM 800 50 Watt Head and Cab (first marshall used on my second gig ever)
1964 Fender Super Reverb  ( first vintage amp)
1965 Fender Twin Reissue one of the first ones off the line (Smokin Joe days)
1990s Red Knob Fender Twin (smokin Joe days)
1968 Marshall Super Lead (Bloodline)
1970 HiWatt 100 (Bloodline)
1987 Marshall Silver Jubilee  (bought so many years ago and still use that particular one.  best of the 5 100 watters I have)
3 x 1970's 100 Watt Marshall half stacks (Bloodline)
2 Vox AC 30s  (Early Solo Band) 1997 to 1999
2 Marshall Country Club Combos (Early Solo Band) 1999 to 2000
1968 Fender Vibratone Leslie (Early Solo Band) 1999 to 2000
2 JCM 2000 half stacks Jethro Tull Tour 2000
1965 Dual Showman (2002 to 2004)
Line 6 Flextone 2003
Budda Superdrive 80 (2004 to 2006 )
Fuch ODS 100 (2005 to 2006)
Van Weelden TwinkleLand (2007 to present , part of my Euro 220 volt rig that stays over here)
Category 5 JB 100 (2007 to present)  I have two one European one in Silver for America
Marshall  Hand wired 100 watt reissue (Thank you Paul and Jenny from Marshall) 2008
1973 Park 75 (2006 to 2007)
Carol Ann JB 100  (2007 to present ) I have two one black one red for America only

These are the amps I have used live only....Some of the tweeds and odd ball amps are used in the studio.. I have a bunch of  but usually just stick to the live rig. My collection is around 40 amps right now..
I am happy with my set up right now

But Joe .... At the Robin in Bilston you had a Two Rock under the Van Weelden .. personally I'd like to hear your opinion on the Two Rock .. i'm hearing good things about them.

Nightfly, Two-Rocks....ROCK!!
I bought one, and had to get another!
Anyways, back to the subject, here's my history, dating to when I was 14 (was VERY fortunate that pops was a musician)

-1992- Peavey KB 60 keyboard amp (LOL)
-1992- Vox AC30 Top Boost with bulldog speakers
-1994- Marshall JCM 800 1x12 combo
-1995- 1965 Super Reverb (my first vintage amp)
-1998- Reissue 1963 Fender Vibroverb 2x10
-1998- Reissue 1965 Fender Vibrasonic 1x15
-2001- 1966 Deluxe Reverb (gone now...dammit!!)
-2002- Fender tweed blues deluxe 1x12 combo
-2003- VHT Pitbull 45 1x12 combo
-2005- VHT Pitbull 50 CL head with a Mesa 2x12 recto cab
-2005- Mesa Dual Rectifier Tremoverb head
-2005- Mesa Dual Rectifier Solo head
-2007- Fender 1964 Vibroverb reissue with the Diaz mods
-2007- The "STOVE," a 5 watt single channel head built for me by the G-MAN of Honolulu
-2007- Carr Slant 6V head with Carr 2x12 cab
-2007- Two Rock Jade 1x12 combo
-2008- Two-Rock Emerald 50, modded to Emerald Pro.


I am a true G.A.S. victim...:D

Re: What's your amp history?

You guys make me want to weep. How do you follow Joe's list? I think Roy's riposte is the best yet.

My list would take up too much space(kidding),  I have a had a couple of Marshall's and a wee Vox but I currently use a Mesa Boogie 5:25 Express and think it is fantastic. I sometimes get to use my son's Hughes and Kettner Trilogy 100w half stack which is a peach but that is about it really.


millhouse:)

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Re: What's your amp history?

I like the Two rock amps for a very direct tone.  I  prefer the custom signature reverb 1 with the presence knob over the CSR 2 with the contour.  I dont know why but I do.  They do a very good   ^ type of tone.  Not a lot of lows or highs but great mids that blend well with the Marshall Jubilee.  I have two of them and I actually like the European one better.  Its a little cleaner.  Joe and the guys over there are really nice and helpful.  A very honest amp.  You hear your good days and you hear your bad days very clearly.  The VanWeelden is a bit more true to a Overdrive Special I think.  Its rounder and has less gain,  although Peter makes this pre amp called a gainland which is so great.  Peter's amp is top notch and built like a tank.. You must get the Twinklelator though.  The compression that the outboard tube effects loop creates is beautiful and so Robben Ford ish.. The Carol Ann is the same situation a most expertly built Dumble style amp that is does the full saturation with high articulation thing.  The main difference between Alan's amp is that he uses EL 34s instead of 6L6s.  The Red one with the Eric Johnson tweak is my favorite of the two I have.  Its all what you like.  The amps that I have described are not cheap but do that thing very well. I will say that "Thing" is not for everybody.  Some people prefer less articulation and more compression, some dont like all that midrange that you get.  I hope this helps... I will say this.  I just played a gig with Robben Ford and he had his Dumble ODS and TC 2290.  I also saw him with two reissue twins and he sounded the same.  Great!! Save $40,000 on a real Dumble that may or may not be authentic and buy yourself a nice 3 series BMW.  Girls will dig the car better than the black box with  Vox grille on it.
Just my thoughts 
Thanks Joe Bonamassa

Re: What's your amp history?

Joe Bonamassa wrote:

,   I just played a gig with Robben Ford   
Thanks Joe Bonamassa

Oh my lord !! Joe and Robben giged together .... I just messed my pants !!! please.. some one tell me there is a recording off the desk from that one tongue

Thanks for the extra detail on the Amps Joe.

Nightfly

Re: What's your amp history?

Very successful thread guys!  awesome.....

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Re: What's your amp history?

This one goes to 11 - shame on you Nigel Tufnel - best quote this year has got to be " well four amps are better than two - right?" attributed to the mighty Joe Bonamassa - BBC Blues show live question time. "Loud isn't it Todd"

Brilliant, just Brilliant!

Geoff

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Re: What's your amp history?

Jensen 1-12 combo   circa 1971 (fried it during Stairway to Heaven at a HS assembly in '75 by hooking up another speaker cabinet to it....I learned about mismatched impedence that day  smile

Vox AC-30 after that for a few years

Ampeg V-4 late 70's

MusicMan RD-50 early 80's

ENGLE 1'12 Combo early 90's

Currently I have a Roland Blues Cube 3/10 solid state and an itty bitty Palomino V16 (made by Crate) for small clubs.  Most places in Gnashville are teency weency.

"why isn't the number "11" pronounced "onety one"???....S. Wright.

Re: What's your amp history?

Line 6 Flextone III

29 (edited by DonR 2008-03-07 10:09:14)

Re: What's your amp history?

OK, here it goes-

1974 - Pa head from a high school PBS system converted to a guitar amp(first clue to where I end up)
1976-Randall Commander 120 watt twin
1977-100 watt Silverface bassman(sold in 2004)
Long Break from electric guitar
2004 Fender Blues Jr - then converted to 18 watt Marshall by s2(my Brother has this one now)
2004 1950 TV Front Fender Deluxe
2005 1966 Deluxe Reverb
2006 Founded Category 5 Amplification with s2(Steven Scott)
2006 (2) bose LE pa towers(best acoustic guitar amps on planet)
2006 1967 Princeton Reverb
2006 1966 Fender Twin Reverb
2006 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb
2007 1965 Gibson RVT35 Lancer
2007 2003 Blues Jr(hope to have S2 convert it to a Brown Deluxe with reverb for my personal use)
2007 1987 Marshall Jubalee 2555(Guess why I have this)

I typically have 5-6 Category 5 Amps in my possession at any one time, but techincally don't own one my self(too busy building amps for others)  The best part is I get to play Joe's amps before Joe does(and I've got one now that is going to be his next one!)


DonR

30 (edited by gsj 2008-03-07 17:08:51)

Re: What's your amp history?

Got any job vacancy's there Don?  smile That's a pretty cool thing to do.

Geoff

DonR wrote:

OK, here it goes-

1974 - Pa head from a high school PBS system converted to a guitar amp(first clue to where I end up)
1976-Randall Commander 120 watt twin
1977-100 watt Silverface bassman(sold in 2004)
Long Break from electric guitar
2004 Fender Blues Jr - then converted to 18 watt Marshall by s2(my Brother has this one now)
2004 1950 TV Front Fender Deluxe
2005 1966 Deluxe Reverb
2006 Founded Category 5 Amplification with s2(Steven Scott)
2006 (2) bose LE pa towers(best acoustic guitar amps on planet)
2006 1967 Princeton Reverb
2006 1966 Fender Twin Reverb
2006 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb
2007 1965 Gibson RVT35 Lancer
2007 2003 Blues Jr(hope to have S2 convert it to a Brown Deluxe with reverb for my personal use)
2007 1987 Marshall Jubalee 2555(Guess why I have this)

I typically have 5-6 Category 5 Amps in my possession at any one time, but techincally don't own one my self(too busy building amps for others)  The best part is I get to play Joe's amps before Joe does(and I've got one now that is going to be his next one!)


DonR

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Re: What's your amp history?

Let's see:
1985 Fender Concert (Rivera era - wish I kept that one)
1996 Rivera Anniversery 212

Now it get's fuzzy, because the rest were bought used, so I'm not sure of the year of manufacture:
Fender DRRI
Fender Pro Jr Tweed
Fender Pro Jr Black (still have it)
Fender Blues Jr Blonde BillM mods (still have it)
Fender Custom Vibrolux Blonde (still have it)
Fender 59 Bassman Reissue - first year (still have it)
Rivera R55
Rivera R30
TopHat Club Royale
Tophat Club Deluxe (still have it)
Soldano Astro-verb
Tech21 - 60

And now looking to ad 1, between:
Fargen or Brown Note

32 (edited by ModTourMan 2008-03-08 21:39:56)

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Former:
Late 70's Music Man 1 12 RP combo

Current:

THD Univalve and THD 2x12 cabinet.
Fender Champ - mid 70's.
Gretsch(Valco) 6152 combo - mid 60's.
Airline (Danelectro) combo (60' era Montgomery Ward model).
Songworks Rotary Wave (rotating baffle cabinet).

Russ B.

Re: What's your amp history?

DonR wrote:

OK, here it goes-

1974 - Pa head from a high school PBS system converted to a guitar amp(first clue to where I end up)
1976-Randall Commander 120 watt twin
1977-100 watt Silverface bassman(sold in 2004)
Long Break from electric guitar
2004 Fender Blues Jr - then converted to 18 watt Marshall by s2(my Brother has this one now)
2004 1950 TV Front Fender Deluxe
2005 1966 Deluxe Reverb
2006 Founded Category 5 Amplification with s2(Steven Scott)
2006 (2) bose LE pa towers(best acoustic guitar amps on planet)
2006 1967 Princeton Reverb
2006 1966 Fender Twin Reverb
2006 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb
2007 1965 Gibson RVT35 Lancer
2007 2003 Blues Jr(hope to have S2 convert it to a Brown Deluxe with reverb for my personal use)
2007 1987 Marshall Jubalee 2555(Guess why I have this)

I typically have 5-6 Category 5 Amps in my possession at any one time, but techincally don't own one my self(too busy building amps for others)  The best part is I get to play Joe's amps before Joe does(and I've got one now that is going to be his next one!)


DonR

Don those are cracking amps you are making my friend. Keep up the good work.


millhouse

"Stars fall like tears from your eyes"

Re: What's your amp history?

thx Millhouse

May need some help soon-things are picking up!

DonR

Re: What's your amp history?

late 60's  Had A vibrolux reverb as a kid; didn't know how lucky I was.

2003       Twin Reverb reissue custom 15  My son wanted an amp and figured I'd mail in a
               fender. 

2004        35 Bruno Cowtipper   I'm pretty happy with this amp with NOS tubes
               Actually would like to buy a second to run in stereo or maybe an Underground.

Re: What's your amp history?

Formers:
Marshall Reissue Bluesbreaker Combo
JCM 800 2203ZW
Vintage VOX AC30
Fender Hot Rod Delux
JTM 45 Combo
JTM 45 Combo Clone

Currents:
JTM 60 Combo (personal favorite)
Line 6 Flextone 3 (fun to play with)
Marshall Reissue Bluesbreaker Combo
Hiwatt Hi-Gain 50 50W 2x12 Combo (pops amp but I've pretty much stole it)

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