The Amps of five watt world, by request, A Short History

[@jessejacobs3792]

My personal experience with Keith’s guitar playing has been up close and personal with him. He can play the guitar he’s no fake….keep on keeping on five watt world 🌎 🎉🗽

[@jacobpittman1996]

The amp you play is infinitely better than the amp you dream about. Thank you for taking this walk with us; it made me look back. Remembering is a great exercise. I haven’t been able to own 1/8 of the stuff I tried and liked.

[@steverolfeca]

I was so spoilt as a kid. My dad ran music stores in the UK, and was a salesman on the road for Burns guitars at one point. We moved to Canada in '64, and he eventually went on his own with a teaching studio in our house. As a result, between the early 60's and early 80's, I had access to a smorgasbord of new and vintage gear. Mostly borrowed my dad's silverface Pro Reverb, until I finally bought a used Princeton Reverb for $225 in the mid '70's.

[@Jllyrol311]

The Peavey Bandit is ETERNAL!!

[@johnvcougar]

Love the Peavey Bandit! Still a great amp. Played one in high school in 1983 with a modded TS-808 - WHAT A LEAD SOUND! Oof! Recently bought a 1981 Bandit, still has that sound.

[@alex241]

Oh DANG!!!! Sears & Montgomery Ward amps were hand built by Nate Daniel in his basement...that is an awesome piece of trivia that I wont soon forget.....perhaps I'll find one at a garage sale that I otherwise would not have paid attention to.....

[@BK-pj6nx]

What a wonderful conversation, thanks. Who doesn’t like to talk about amps? Funny you mentioned about having to decide what to take in case of a fire, just had that happened to us last Sunday. I’ve been playing guitar since the early 70’s and later started building amps soon after that so I have quite a selection to pick from but when you’re phones going off say it’s time to evacuate I thought the only gear I felt couldn’t be replaced was my first amp build, 1976 Band Master made into a 1964 Fender Vibroverb and my 1969 Yamaha F-150 acoustic, the guitar that started my journey. Thank goodness everything worked out for us and our neighbors. Keith, I too have always liked the stereo setup, Helix and Powercab on the left and some kind of old Fender on the right.

[@joelspaulding5964]

Non-scripted Keith is always a treat. Looking forward to this, even if late to the party.

[@srv200024]

great video - my first amp was a Crate 2x10... hated that thing. Then I bought a Fender Blues Deluxe - 95 reissue American. Then I bought a Kustom combo. But then I stumbled upon a Genz Benz BP 30 - I still have it. It weighs a ton but is the absolute best sounding amp. I absolutely love it. I also have a Mesa Boogie Lone Star Special Head, Marshall DSL 100, Marshall 20 Watt, Blackstar 50 HT and I found another Fender Blues Deluxe. None are as good as the Genz Benz though.

[@BrentGrowe]

My first amp was a Peavey Bandit 112 I believe. I stacked it on top of a fender rumble style bass amp lol. AC 15 C1 is what I recommend people for a first amp.

[@clifflee7461]

My second Amp is a Fi Soinc head a cab 40 watts. 2x12 with MSP Hi Flux Speakers all Aussie Made .Used it for the last 30 years still going strong .Cheers from Australia .Love you Channel !

[@jjnolan]

My first amp was a padded sparkle blue Kustom amp. Showing my age!

[@ericwarrington6650]

Tuck and roll!😂

[@scottfraser7506]

First amp: Mesa Boogie mkIIB. Fav now: a Vintage Sounds DR. Most played: 1W Roland Cube micro!

[@tadmorrison]

I have been so fortunate. Always an acoustic player, I have entered electric guitar playing with my Dad's '71 Vibrolux and a Princeton modded by Tim Ristau, who does all the tech work for Carr Amplification. Sounds lubbly. I did have a Lab Series L5 amp for a while in high school, but I don't count that.

[@joelspaulding5964]

What a great ride and tale! First: Kustom 2 Valve with Flanger. and Reverb, for my keyboard. Probably rec a Katana as a first Amp today, even though I desire all the classics. But I am old and stuck in the early- mid eighties. 🤷

[@edwardyazinski3858]

Ahh man! Saw Pat small theatre at FSU in 1985. Those American Garage and Wichita Falls albums bring back the days. I need to drag them out yes.

[@7171jay]

5 Watt audio is the best I have heard for live. I often listen on my phone with decent but cheap earbuds and it seems great ! A number of 5 Watt live broadcasts I have listened to I had to put my volume to near full up and still maybe 60-70% after you did some adjustments but with this episode I'm at around 40% and it's strong and clear !!!!

[@fivewattworld]

Finally right? Thanks for hanging in there,

[@7171jay]

​​@fivewattworld It's nice to be able to realize when you need help with something and it certainly sounds like you had very good help. :)

[@josephbaffa3386]

My 1st and still used in my wet/dry in small studio is a 80 0r 81 Fender Harvard Reverb. Now paired with Marshall MG15CF.

[@m1goodwin]

My first amp was a solid state Gibson G40 I bought in 1978 and I still have it today. Somehow I got very lucky getting a great sounding amp as my first amp. I’ve since added a Fender Blues Junior for that nice tube overdrive.

[@ChristopherDowning]

I'm sorry to admit that I had one of the first JTM45 Marshalls that were made in a local garage. Was certainly in the first 20 and maybe even in the first 10. And as they say - what if I still owned it!!! Marshalls was my local shop 3 miles away so natural enough to buy one of the early launched ones because we wanted so much more than an AC30 and def didn't want to look like the Shads or the Beatles!! My very first amp was a 10 watt Selmer in 1962

[@larrywarrenmusic]

My first amp was a Sears solid state amp from 1972....clean and very tinny sounding. The second was a JC 120

[@brianrollins7275]

Great video, sadly I missed the live. My first amp in 1988 was a Marshall lead 12 micro stack that I put on layaway at Daddy’s Junky Music store in Portsmouth NH. I was 16 at the time and my first job pumping gas paid for that amp. Played a little with friends but never gigged or anything. Just a home player that loves the guitar. Love what you’re doing here, great channel I’m glad I stumbled across. Thanks

[@guitrr]

First amp - Music Man 65w 2x10 combo. Bought brand new, then sold when I was in the Army, because it was too much to haul around. My Peavey phase was a 130 Special, my only amp through most of the 1980’s; played many gigs with that. My #1 since 2003 is a Swart AST 20w, 1x12 combo Bought an Amplified Nation Ampliphonix & Gain 50w head a few months ago. It’s a beast to haul around, but man, does it sound brilliant. Knowing what I know now, if I did it again I’d buy the 22w version. My advice for starter amp

[@TommySG1]

Hey Keith! I was on an amp kick myself here a year ago or so... I have four amps and I can honestly say I'm totally good here lol. I own a Two Rock Burnside, Freidman Dirty Shirley head going into an Ox and on over to a Tone Tubby 2x12 cabinet, Revv G20 which I use the most I practice on going into my studio speakers and PC, lastly a Spark 40 which I don't use anymore and it's collecting dust in my den here. I actually purchased the G20 Revv from watching your channel too, it's a great little head that's super versatile with all the Two Tone selections you can purchase if you so desire. I had a 2x12 Fender Hot Rod Deville which I wound up selling although that amp sounded magnificent as well, it was heavy in weight although that's expected for a tube driven 2x12 I suppose. Thanks Keith, love your channel man! PS - If I ever make another purchase it would probably be a Dr. Z although I don't see that happening anytime soon ahah!

[@rushrulz65]

A lot of talk around home volumes. You don't need a 1 watt or 5 watt amp, you need a master volume amp or if not, an attenuator. A Princeton Reverb with a Weber Mini-Mass attenuator is a great home combo. A Mesa Fillmore 25 or a Marshall DSL40CR (yes, a 40 watt amp can sound great at bedroom) both are master volume and can be amazing both loud and at bedroom volume. My first amp? Of course a Peavey Bandit!

[@geoffreywalls4093]

My friend gave me a MIM Fender Telecaster and a peavey solid state amp that got me going and then I bought a John Mayer strat and Carvin tweed and small Vox amp that I still have. I then got a fender tweed champ and a Friedman dirty shirley combo. Then went kind of nuts and got a Sherrif 44 head amp and 12 speaker cab from Victory, a SLO 30 head from Soldono, a PRS Hendrix amp head, and a Carr Super Bee that's my favorite!! I also picked up a vintage Fender100 watt bandmaster head and 2 by 12 cab from early 70s. I have every amp but the Peavey I gave back to my friend. Great episode!!

[@royrobles7423]

I have had....vintage kalamazoo,vintage laney,hot rod deville,hot rod deluxe,Paul reed smith,Marshall....all tube amps...I play a pair of Marshall dsl 1 heads....with a pair of 4 x 12 open back cabs....in stereo.....I am disabled ...almost the only thing I can do is set in a chair and play guitar....pet dogs and play guitar is all I do anymore...I play 4 to 6 hours a day...everyday....some days I play even more

[@eriksantana7249]

That pedal sounds great. I have a small fry burn unit but that thing has been sparking my interest!

[@artemisdarkslayer]

First amp was a fender frontman 15G. In the strat pack back in early 2000s. I still have it and that's my amp I use in my living room when sitting on the couch. Even gigged with it a few times when I first started playing out as part of a duo. Upgraded quickly once I started doing that though, but its a wonderful little amp and I plan to keep it till it dies. Still have the squire strat too.

[@steverolfeca]

I built my 5E3 off a Mojotone kit, but the voltages were too high (close to DR values- well over 400V). It didn't sound right after I adjusted the resistor values for proper bias voltage, so I subbed in a Mission Amps power transformer. It's considerably bigger, let me run the stock resistor values, and made a major improvement to the overall tone and behaviour at the point of breakup. I also used a Hoffman turret board. He relocates the location of the filter caps for a huge reduction in noise without changing any component values. Other than a little hiss, it's virtually silent with both volumes cranked. I used a Weber 12A125A-O (Alnico P12Q replica w/a 20W voice coil) for the finishing touch.

[@lionscircle4700]

Great info, thanks for sharing. Sounds l I keep a quality build after your forementioned mods. I've been rocking the factory ceramic speaker and recently swapped it for an alnico speaker. I think I'll ab my combo speakers alnico vs ceramic because I put too much emphasis in the circuit when the speaker was never considered. The right speaker can really shift the emphasis of the amp.

[@monday6524]

Someday I will join this live! First amp was a Fender Deluxe bought in 1972. Don’t recall the year. Brother sold it in 1980 for $200 when it stopped working. 20-20 hindsight 😖 Love these sessions!

[@jerrywatt6813]

I switched from bass to guitars my fires guitar amp was a 1973 50 marshall and the marshall 8×10 cabinet I have many marshalls now but I've had my 1968 50w marshall plxi for 40 years it'd does clean tones supriseingly good and with my selection of overdrive pedals I can nail whatever I need cheers !

[@phildavison319]

Another great video. Shame I wasn't around for the livestream. I still have one of those Peavey Bandit 65 amps and I do not think of it as lightweight. I'm pretty sure I did when I bought it but having lugged it 8 miles from storage on buses to my house the other month, no. IMO 44lb for a solid state amp is not lightweight! My first amp was a 10 watt but I don't know the make. It ran off two of those big boxy 9 volt batteries and buzzed horribly until I stuck an aluminium bracket (I think it was for holding back a shower curtain) on the bottom and earthed the chassis through it. It was loud enough for busking outdoors. I sold it for more than it was worth when I made the mistake of giving up busking because I got a proper day job. I then got the Peavey Bandit 65 - I was still driving back then - and I remember thinking the reverb was great but now I think it is pretty poor. I had the chance to buy a Fender Super Six Reverb second hand but it weighed about twice as much as the Peavey and was more expensive. As I was on a budget I went with the Peavey but the Fender sounded great to me. The Fender was also huge - over three feet high - because it had six 10 inch speakers in it. I have a 5 watt Roland Street Cube (the original one before they became 50 watt as Roland or 10 watt as Boss) which was just for home use but the other day I played it outdoors and then in a bar. It was more successful outdoors because the bar is an art deco streamline moderne place and nearly all windows in steel frames, so I was getting too much feedback on vocals and too much reverb even with the reverb on the amp switched off! These days I usually play through a small mixing desk and active speakers as this is a lightweight solution which produces good clean tones and is ideal for someone who goes everywhere by public transport. BTW, there's amps available now with stereo input so you can have different effects in each channel but as the sound all comes from one place I'm not sure what the benefit is unless you can have, say, different amounts of reverb on the high and low strings. I've had people asking me what amp to use. I ask what they want first. If it's a home practice amp I point them to the Boss 10 watt Street Cube which has a 5 watt setting. If it's bass I point them to the Fender Rumble, if they start mentioning tubes I tell them they are better off speaking to someone with more knowledge than me. For anything else I tell them to check out Roland Jazz Chorus, Catalyst, or Boss Katana. If someone wants a rig for busking I remind them to make sure the amp has more than one channel. In the UK right now I can get the PRS HDRX 20 Head for £677 and PRS HDRX Cabinet 1x12 for £296 or PRS DGT 15 Cabinet Dave Grissom Signature 1x12 for £349 so about £26 either side of a grand. I am sure you can get that for under $1,200 in the US.

[@coodycaster9812]

My first amp was a Woolworths Tele Tone amp with a 4'' speaker and one knob

[@TheStratpicker]

My first guitar was from Woolies, Audition sunburst vaguely S type, but the amp came from my mum's mail order catalogue - horrible tranny combo with built in tremolo! Lugged them to school once a week with pride!

[@hartlee1160]

I wish i could get a swart atomic space tone reverb amp. Im in-love with the vintage tone, thanks to this channel. Im trying to get a buss pedal too

[@Chiller11]

I started out playing classical guitar but really wanted to be a flamenco player so had no use for amps. I inherited an 80’s Mexican Strat and a Peavy Bandit from my 20 something son who left for Europe which tweaked my interest. The Peavy found a new home awhile ago but the Strat is still here along with a bunch of other guitars mostly acoustic and electric archtops. My two current amps are a silver faced ‘72 Fender Pro Reverb and a repurposed Bell and Howell movie projector amplifier called a Filmosound. It’s a locally converted 6V6 unit similar to those used by Ry Cooder, Blake Mills, Tragically Hip etc. I also have a Black faced Princeton on loan that I’m searching for the optimum edge of breakup level. Lovely amp.

[@melexdy]

Wow and I thought I had too much stuff lying around! Purple and white looks sweet!! I had a blackstar id 15 as my first amp. Sounded good dirty but that was all it could offer for a starting young fella.

[@donbishop6994]

My first amp was a Trace Elliot Super Tramp 100w 2x12. It was a hybrid, tube preamp with a solid state power amo and a real deal spring reverb. I miss that amp, it sounded amazing.

[@thesjkexperience]

The first amp I had, that worked, was a new 1979 Fender silver face Champ I got in 1980. Started on fire in 1981 and quickly fixed by an engineering student across the hall we called Basic Bob. A marshall 50 Watt half stack and then a Music Man RD65. Both started on fire too. Got a MESA Boogie MKIIB in ‘83 and that was my amp for the next 24 years. 😊. Now I have a Morgan AC40 Deluxe that hits all the different Vox tones With power scaling! So it’s a 1/4 Watt to 36-40 Watt. Coffee house to stadium is possible 😂

[@timdetmer]

First amp, 50w Peavey w/tube preamp solid state power amp. Aint it true what you said about Peaveys in the 70s!. The second I got to play in sterio was a Vox Cambridge Reverb 30w all tube from the early 70s. I sold both when I came to Japan, The vox turned up to 7 or 8 was amazing. Years later I really kicked myself for having sold that vox! when I got back into playing, I picked up a solid state cambridge 30 (new gen vox) which didn't have the same power, then a Fender sterio chorus 60w X 2 (their version of a JC120) which I played for 18 years before it suddenly died. Now I have a '87 Fender red knob "The Twin", their first run of printed circuit amps. and a Quelter MicroPro Mach2 300w head through a self built cab w/2 10". Also a Yamaha VR6000 sterio next to my desk for when inspiration strikes while working. Now I am happy.

[@phillipasby9202]

A good gracious some folks came out of the gate really really strong! Matchless, Hiwatts, Bassmen (!) etc... dang. And just to be clear I went through the Peavey phase as written by the prophets ... in my case a Renown which was a surprisingly good amp. Sold it to a pedal steel player where they were apparently quite popular.

[@hiramstumpjumper2836]

My first amp was a new 50 Watt 1969 Fender Bassman with 2 15" Altecs in the cab, used for both bass and guitar.

[@rfpho1456]

First amp was a little orange crush. Got swapped for a Laney VC15-110 (early British made one) which I still have. Mostly play a Boss Nextone, but there’s a lovely handwired Cornell Romany with trem and reverb…

[@joshuaraysummey7679]

Yamaha 30 watt solid state starter amp> princeton 65 (not a princeton)> fender stage 100 solid state head> HrDeluxe> Mig50> Hrdeluxe + badcat cougar 15 (made in china, loved it anyway)> Supro 1600 + ehx mig50 (now). It is worth mentioning that i keep a foxgear kolt 45 in my backpack for when tubes go. I practice with it at home and have gigged it twice. It did GREAT :)

[@kurtniederstadt97]

At the time, I lived in Southern New Jersey, Cherry Hill Music store had Marlboro's, which I blew, I traded up to a 25 watt UNIVOX 1x12 combo with a UNIVOX BRAT ECHO chamber, Red House over yonder was my go to song back then. 1974, what memories, thanks

[@aminahmed2220]

What a great video have a wonderful day Keith also Sunday was my mom birthday ❤😊

[@danthedem]

My main practice/bedroom amps are a Vox AC4TVMini (.5w/1w/4w) and a Blackstar HT-1R mkII (1W in Baby Blue). For louder playing, I have a nice PRS Sonzera (2020/2021 model- 20w) that I LOVE. I have that one in my TV room to play if I feel inspired (ie there's nothing on TV, lol). This one is the best sounding amp I've ever owned and is my favorite out of all of the amps I have owned (including when I owned a Vox AC15).

[@StephaneBergeronPixelyzed]

My amp journey was also a little unusual but I,ve certainly owned fewer amps than you have ;) My first amp was also a Peavy 112 I got used. I forgot the actual model name. It had those metal "wings" on either site of the front baffle like most Peavey 112 of the time. It also had round, flatish metal knobs with a ridge with small indents (best way I can describe them). It was very loud and I hated it. It was just not the sound I was after then. My next amp was a used Roland JC-120. With a CS-1 Boss compressor and a Strat in position 2 it was the sound of the age. I loved it... until I didn't. I tried a variety of dirt pedals through it starting with a Boss DS-1 then an HM-1 and finally, got a rack with a multieffect unit and comp and distortion came from a Rockman Sustainor. Soon after I craved a different distortion tone and I got a Marshall ValveState 8080 212 I used in a 2 amps rig with the JC-120. A complex system (for the time) of 3 Rockman AB/Y boxes controlled in MIDI with a Rockman Octopus routed the signal to either amp and the multieffect rack unit was placed either in front of the JC-120 or in the loop of the ValVestate. My rig remained like that that for a while but it was the mid 90s now and the clean JC-120 tone just didn't cut it for me anymore. I craved the "chime" of a Fender amp. A big reason for that was the tone of Ken Greer who played with Canadian band Red Rider (Tom Cochrane). He also played on Larry Gowan's Lost Brotherhood album with absolutely killer tones (saw that tour twice). I went shopping to Steve's Music Store in Montreal one day and I found a used 1989 red knobs Fender Twin among a ton of other amps. After the amp tech there re tubed it and tightened a few other things inside, it became my main amp for the next 25 years... The clean channel on that amp was absolutely killer. That was 1996 and soon after I sold both the JC-120 and the ValveState. The Peavey was of course long gone. That trusty red knobs Twin died in 2020 after being dropped accidentally after our last gig before lock down. By that time I had acquired a Marshall 1960A 412 cab and I plugged the Twin in it in addition to its own speakers. On 2 it rattled the windows in the house ;) Since I already had the 412 cab, I decided to try a Katana MarkII head and that because my main amp until sometime in 2022. Loved the versatility of that amp and the brown channel is great but it really didn't have the glorious clean tone of the red knobs Twin. Watching KZbin videos I ended up on some Revv amps demos and really loved the tone of those amps. I eventually came across a video demoing the Revv Dynamis 7-40 (the father of the D20, D25 and D40 without the Two Notes stuff). It brought back that chimey Fendery attack I was longing for on its clean channel and its second "Red" channel sounds amazing as well. Marshally mid bite but chewy and fat and more gain than the D40. I also now play a Helix floor but my main amp remains the Revv Dynamis and I keep the Katana as a backup. I play the Helix more and more now so I don't foresee buying another amp any time soon... but we never know! :)

[@ronaldkaminsky7736]

Keith, My first amp was a Danelectro back in 1965. Tube Amp with a small speaker. I didn’t like it. In 1966 I bought a new Deluxe Reverb. Better tone and Reverb.

[@JohnWiku]

Newer generation guitar player here, bought my first amp and guitar in early 2009, and got a Fender Frontman 212R. I didn't want to buy a little 10/20 watt practice amp, so I stepped it up to the biggest amp I could afford. The problem was it wasn't the sound I wanted, but nothing else could do, but it was LOUD, holy crap it was loud 😂😂 I traded it with my guitar teacher for a more metal sounding Marshall Valvestate VS100, which I kept until last year when I traded it back to him for a JCM2000 DSL100, plus a big chunk of cash to help him out. In the meantime, I got over 10 tube high gain heads and a Super Crush 100, which hangs with the best of them. Amps are fun, and now I'm building my own too 😂😂

[@mcmeyer76]

"... still causing hearing damage down there." I just imagined this Little Marshall that Could living out it's true purpose in clubs and bars, doing exactly what it was designed and built to do... and I'm both happy for it, and green with envy. Would that we could all be so lucky 😊

[@christiantaylor4027]

My first amp was a terrible thing that looked like a radio or something. It was awful. Then I got an amped combo that had no overdrive at all and I didn't understand. I shorted it out and blew it up. Got my first tube amp at 50 something. Enjoyed your story. Educational.

[@Lugi45nubs]

Recently got a Catalyst CX 60. I love it. They're great amps for a good price.

[@steverolfeca]

I'm currently running a Catalyst 60 w/the new firmware, alongside a TMDR on the blonde firmware with an Alnico Weber P12Q clone in it. Lovely combination. I also have a handbuilt Tweed Deluxe clone, but haven't pulled it out in ages.

[@raymondjones7773]

First amp Sears Silvertone 1965. Currently a bone stock Fender Deluxe Reverb Re-issue. For my acoustic solo gigs I have a Fishman Loudbox Mini and use a Loudbox Micro as a floor monitor.

[@Wildman9]

First amp was a Fender 64 deluxe , came with a 64 Fender Mustang . Both for $300 bananas. Of course that was in 65 . Now 12 tube amps ,all different makes . Marshall,Vox, Fender, Blackstar, Carvin ,Allen 10 watt., Standel ,and my Peavey musician series. Lol. Had a lot more solid state models St,George, and way more that I don't remember .🎸😎

[@stewartaubel3842]

My first amp was that same Peavey Bandit 65 just like you. I hated that amp though. After that a friend sold me a used Roland Jazz Chorus. The best sounding solid state amp I've ever heard. Best chorus sound!

[@brandonwind5176]

My first amp was a really cheap DOD practice amp with built in grunge pedal! I then upgraded to a Peavy Classic 50, which really didn't seem to mesh well with my Fender Telecaster. For the last 20 year's I've been running through a first generation Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and I love it.

[@TumbleweedRancher]

First amp was a Peavey Backstage 20. Solid state but decent sounding. Also loud enough that people at the pool at the summer camp I worked at told my coworker to tell me to turn it down. I was around 50 yards away. Mostly playing my Quilter Superblock UK now. The 1 watt mode is pretty loud in a small room. Need to build the Tweed Princeton kit I have from Weber.

[@phillipasby9202]

This was super fun as always! I wanted a JC120 ... well really I wanted a Vox AC30 and a JC120. Couldn't afford either so my first amp was a Roland Cube Chorus 30. Shortly replaced by a JC50. They did that thing, mostly... it was the early 80s so ... the Roland chorus didn't seem so peculiar. I wouldn't really recommend a JC120 or even a JC40 necessarily as a first amp unless you REALLY want that sound!

[@paul-u3q]

In Australia 1986 Eminar 70 with 2 x 18 celestion. First and Only amp I gigd with for 10 yr. I didn't realise what I had.

[@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl]

sorry, I missed the live show. I plan to add a pair of switched 1/4 output jacks in the speaker circuit of my Blackstar ID Core stereo 40 to drive a pair of vertical 4X12 tower cabs possibly powered with mini amp boards built in with small power supplies. for more volume and deeper tones. stood together with the amp on top face down as the intrnal speakers will be inactive with the cabs plugged in. so essentially a "Full Stack"

[@JackTheSkunk]

Nobody builds my "dream amp" and I don't have the expertise to do it. It would be 15-18 watts in a 1X15 cabinet. It would combine the best features of a Vintage Sound 15, Fuchs, and Magnatone amplifiers. In short, an amp that Chet Atkins, Albert Lee, Joe Pass, Robben Ford, and Lonnie Mack would love to own.

[@pmrparts]

My current favorite amplifier is a Vox MV50 AC with a Vox BC108 cabinet and a Celestion Vintage 30 12-inch speaker. I previously used a couple of Vox Valvetronix amps.

[@pedalhead2641]

First 2 amps I don’t remember but they were not good. My third amp was a 72 Super Reverb (in the 90’s). Amazing sound. Most enjoyed: Supro Delta King 8 that sat in a front room with cathedral ceiling and lots of reflective surfaces. Made it sound bigger than it was.

[@markmcdonald5711]

In 1981 I bought my first electric guitar, a lefty G&L F-100 Strat with dual humbuckers. Didn't have enough money for a real amp so I bought a battery powered Pignose, that and a Rockman headphone amp were the only two amps I had for ten years.

[@kevinwaynenorthen269]

My first amp was a Silvertone 1481 that my Papa had sitting around. I'd been using an old Yamaha PA system as an amp, and, as you can imagine, it sounded terrible. I still have that old 1481. It's my main studio amp.

[@chrisjohnstone6164]

HH Electronic Micro-30 Amp, natural wood combo - not the greatest - bought in a second hand shop in Leeds UK in 1983. Putting a new plug on it when I got home my mate. (we were both very young teenagers) electrocuted himself and flew across the room after a big bang and smoking! Gladly he survived burt it took him a moment to come around. Good times! 🤣

[@justinkarbel7914]

My first amp took some research to figure out. It was so long ago and obscure I had to post a question to Reddit. It was a Mini-Rock. It was battery powered like a pignose but had a 6*9 speaker like a car stereo. Ran on 8 D batteries or a wal-wart 12 v adaptor. Followed by some kind of Heath Kit TA-16 2*10. The first real amp I had was a Music Man HD-210 130.

[@Warrnan52]

The peavey classic 30 and especially the 115 delta blues were pretty special amps. I’ve still got the DB it’s my first tube amp and still a worthy hoss.

[@traineecanuck]

Marshall reverb 12 in 1985. Sounded great clean to crunch considering they cost next to nothing. Only sold it when I moved to Canada. Voltage and all that….

[@mikebolin4311]

That is a lot of amps, Keith. One can only imagine the number of guitars you have had :) catch and release! wow 😊

[@ronaldkaminsky7736]

Keith, a Fender Super 6 is a taller Super Reverb Style Amp with 6-10’s and a 100 watt Twin Head, all in the same cabinet.

[@johnweiler3700]

Peavey and “lightweight” are words I have NEVER heard together. My Bandit weighed a metric butt-ton.

[@ajsrhodes]

I was super lucky with my first amp, it was a black panel Fender Deluxe Reverb from 1965, that is my dad’s. I still have it and have been playing it since 1978. Great amp, but I’ve accumulated a lot more amps, especially loving old Gibson amplifiers

[@fivewattworld]

Very nice

[@metalmover]

Rickenbacker B-410 (twin reverb with 4x 10s) was my old amp. Freyette PS-100 (under $1200 and the best amp for pedals with preamps or modelers).

[@Kevin-the-Just]

My very first amp was a transistor Carlsbro 2x10 (vertical) combo that, for relatively quiet bedroom playing, was OK, but had no tone and really couldn't rock. I traded it in '78 for my second amp, a '73 SF Twin, which I still have.

[@jbognap]

My first: Gibson Falcon GA19-RTV. My recommendation for a first amp - Boss Katana

[@shadowulf]

My first was an old cratr solid state. Thgen came the HRD and Crate Vintage Club. I bacled away from tube amp because o mainteance issues (hard time finding tubes I liked). Now i have a Blues Cube "Boss Edition" and a Catalyst 100. updated to the newest firmware. I"m interested in the Tone Master Bassman, and setting up a tweed with harmonic tremolo, my holy grail

[@briannacery9939]

First amp: 1963 Fender, brown tolex, leather handle, 1 twelve speaker, tremolo, no reverb. Knicked by fake friends.

[@stevepiper9034]

I built my first amp (early 70's) from defunct TV parts. Had a nice big power transformer, but the audio out was woefully undersized. I got the circuit design out of a 1940's-ish popular science (I think). Was intended to be a phono amp, but worked fine for guitar. Since then, I have owned and built many amps.

[@dalecoffing8655]

My first amp was a Gibson Falcon non reverb. Volume and a tone knob. Later I had another Gibson with reverb, two 10" speakers (don't know the model, wish I could find another one). Traded that Gibson for Heath Kit TA17 with twin TA17A cabs. It was loud! I now run a Fender Acoustasonic 30 for my Acoustic guitars and a Vox AC-15c1 with several pedals for electric.

[@bartboop]

I started with a Peavey Deuce in 1980. I now have 40 tubes amps and 50 guitars. Sadly sold all ten Peavey amps as they were too heavy. I own a lot of Fender BF, Dr. Z, MM, Silvertone amps.

[@kevingates503]

My first rig was a bandit 65 and a les Paul studio and a Marshall lead 12 combo. I still have the Marshall lead 12

[@jloch9312]

My first amp was a 5 watt amp from Woolworths. The result was a bit of a false start on the guitar playing journey. About a year later Marshall brought out their first Solid State amp. The thing was I sold my guitar to buy it!😊

[@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl]

My first amp wasn't really a "guitar" amp but a 1970 Kenwood 6420 receiver with way too many features and also severely modified for use as a primary club amp in a Disco it had a total of just over 2875 watts through 5 pairs of pre and power amps. while the selector had FM, FM stereo, FM auto, AM, Phono 1 and 2, Tape 1 and 2, Aux 1 and 2, then 2 more not marked that I found to be Mic. and guitar inputs .. with a pair of Sansui speakers that had adjustments for highs and mids of soft, normal and clear. if they were on clear you couldn't sty in the rom with them past 3 of 20 on the volume dial. I plugged a Sears Silvertone/Danelectro guitar with it's Lipstick pick ups i it into the guitar jack stood just outside and cranked it. What glorious sounds from that powerful receiver amp. my next guitar amp is one that I got used a few years ago. the Blackstar ID Core stereo 40 works fine for my needs. sounds fine and is quite loud enough to annoy my nosy neighbors plenty. and when i plug in my Stellarcaster. with its 3 quad rail/coil HB's wired like 50's Ls Pau with coil splits and l retaining the Fender 5-way blade switch. The bridge tone pot os also a P/P to activate the bridge and neck Pick ups together regardless of other controls..... yup I did go a bit overboard with this first build but then that was the point to begin with. . Go all out with my design for the ultimate Strat build learning along the way. for th rest of my collection builds I plan for the future. This one is named the "Stellarcaster" owing to its Starcaster-Strat electric guitar By: Fender (said it on the head stock) beginnings and the extreme I took it to in design and execution. the hand made custom extended brushed stainless steel pick guard loaded with the 3 quad rail HB's the 6 control pots and the 5-way switch. the bridge got a full size solid brass trem block and roller saddles. The head stock is graced with a titanium nut , roller string tree and locking tuners, like I said extreme mods and upgrades. but then the paint is very special as well . a stars and planets space theme paint job on both body and head stock done with spray cans and airbrushed details. finished with semi gloss 2K acrylic clear coat. of course it has strap locks to keep it safely in place . strung with 9-46 strings and tuned to E-flat standard like any good Strat should be.. It came out better than I expected it to and works as designed. soldering all of those connections for the controls was quite the adventure but I didn't use the traditional 22 gauge wire. I stripped a computer VGA cable for the smaller stranded wires in it since the real output from most pick ups is mere millivolts and doesn't really require anything bigger than the small wires I used in my build. and it works just fin. and saves space in the control cavity. if a bit fiddly to get where you want it and solder it in place. . Plus the little tricks I added to the circuit. but it works as designed and sounds great. This guitar is good looking, feels good in the hands and it plays as well as sounds out of this world. Wanna Play???

[@sgholt]

I used 2 Peavey Bandit 65s for years...my dream amp was a 65 RI Princeton Reverb .....which came true :p

[@davidchase-lopes8413]

Tech 21 Trademark 10. Then a Tech21 Trademark 60 4x10. About 12 years ago, I got a Marshall JTM 1c and JTM 1w offset head & cab.

[@cortmiller]

My first amp was a red knob Princeton chorus in the 90s. If I recommend an amp to anyone starting I always recommend a Princeton reverb or deluxe reverb reissue. Start right the first time.

[@melwoodblues5749]

My first was a Gorilla with a Hondo Strat HSS. My Mom took me to the local strip mall in the early 80s, and off I went.

[@melwoodblues5749]

Then Peavey Bandit, Fender M80 with 4x12 cab, and my first tube amp, a 4x10 Hot Rod Deville that I played up until 2003. Then I went a couple Dr Z Z28 was my favorite. A Dual Recto, Super Reverb Reissue, Fender Bandmaster with 2x15 cab, Yes Heartbreaker and finally FYD Lurch which I almost sold recently do to medical bills. I'm so glad I didn't because it is the best home amp I've ever had.

[@KennethCrickmore-sl8jl]

From th heaadphone out of my ID Core stereo 40 into the CD in of my surround sound reciver for a more full over all sound and more louder. works well and sounds great weather stereo or full surround. with subwoofer included.

[@mcliffe26]

First amp was a 10w Marshall Valvestate 1x8 combo. 8010 I think. Sounded surprisingly decent. Ironically gone full circle and used nothing but 10w amps for the last few years, although the Blackstar Studio 10 is a somewhat different beast from a 10w solid-state practice amp!

[@jacobpittman1996]

An RCA Y-cable with 1/4” adapter into my dad’s Pioneer solid state stereo head from the late 60’s or early 70’s. No name practice amp with a speaker from a 70’s Volkswagen Beatle, Peavey Studio Pro 112 (silver stripe), Crate Gx-10, Roland VG88&GR33 through Fender Passport 250 (pa), Electar Century 30 DR, Carvin Nomad 112, Crate Taxi 30 DB, old 35watt tube pa amplifier head with Boss RV-5, VHT Special 12/20 RT, Quilter Superblock US. Had a Hot Rod Deville 410 in layaway at a pawn shop in Bastrop, Tx in 2000, but I lost my down payment.

[@ratbird3290]

at 41 I just started so I have a spark mini modeling amp but maybe someday when I grow up I can get a fender deluxe 68!

[@christianjimbomb8204]

I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 1x12 combo forsale right now for $375. It is in real good condition. I have had it on craigslist for two months. It's a good amp.

[@newsycpl]

Keep it! Don’t give it away; that is what those vulture buyers want you to do!

[@christianjimbomb8204]

@@newsycpl it's been forsale for two months.portland oregon. Hasn't sold yet. No one has even come over to look at it.

[@newsycpl]

@@christianjimbomb8204 Well, there are people that don’t like hybrid amps. There are known issues that Fender has yet to fix with the Hotrod and Blues Deluxe reissue. They’re not true all tube amps!

[@christianjimbomb8204]

@@newsycpl how can you say that?

[@justinkarbel7914]

You get get a reissue twin used for less than a grand now. Sounds amazing ... from across town.

[@michaelr.4878]

I first, 'good' amp was an early 90s, Fender Twin (the 1 input 'Twin Amp')...and I still have it. I bought it 2nd hand in probably 97 or 98 and it still looked new. Now, it is extremely beat up on the outside..but I think that I have done a pretty good job maintaining it..and it still works perfectly. Although, I've had to have the reverb unit repaired a couple of times..but that is it. I was and still is way too loud.

[@jaggerwakizero8024]

My first amp was a blackface twin reverb I got from my dad. I've had it for 30 years.

[@Youtubemademeaddahandle]

My first↨ amp was a small Guyatone tube (gone and I don't recall the model). The second one (I still have) is a Stage 25 1x8 SS two channel with reverb and tremolo.. i had the second input changed to s headphone out. I currently have two portable (battery power able) stereo (one for acoustic and microphone), a 7", two 8", two 10", and two 12"(one is tube). All that and all guitars and a 300 Watt PA and a stereo system (including turntable) sit in the same small bedroom. Space is my biggest problem.

[@kenthhamner2641]

An amp is something you plug a guitar into and hopefully gives you a sound you like with your guitar!

[@alnorman6846]

you are right about the Peavey phase,