The What Amp did you play through today Thread

[Don]

I play through a Mesa Express 5:25 most of the time when I practice at home. It's nothing like the Boogie shown here, but it does have a nice clean sound and great reverb. I have a Princeton Reverb right next to it and often choose the Mesa, depending on the sound I want. The Mesa can be thinner, thicker, cleaner and dirtier than the PR and the reverb can be turned up higher. The PR has a nice fat clean sound.

I'd like a MKII but can't deal with the weight. A head and cab would be nice, but my old Mesa EVM12L Thiele cab weighed more then the Express 5:25- as much as my Vibrolux Reverb!

[redisburning]

if you spend the time dialing them in boogies can sound great. they're a little finicky and complicated for me, though. Especially the newer ones. Only boogie I really liked was an early IIb + that was at Earcraft Music in Dover for a surprisingly long time before somebody finally bought it to remove the temptation. I played my '65 closet classic strat through that amp and boy howdie did that sound great. Had a JBL greyback in it. HEAVY. 60/100 watts, four 6L6s. believe me, I thought about that amp for months.

for the most part, I don't care how they sound the way most people use them. that said, I don't care for how a lot of people set their marshalls either so it isn't really a brand thing.

ah, my II is an A from 1979.

EVM12L in it though. And yes, it's VERY heavy.

[renderit]

Horay beer! Horay Flickr!

[CoyotesGator]

Oh my!

Pure Badassery!

Harrumph! Harrumph!

It's good to be the king!

[concert410]

The mighty Mesa Thiele cab!!!! I played a 100 watt head through mine last gig outside un-mic'd. Most controlled sound I've had in a long time.
I have the EV-200 watt speaker in mine.

[renderit]

The Thiele is a neat cab. I have considered getting another. It's great to lug after working with larger cabs.

I gotta admit I have been playing this one more than anything for the months since I got it. Fender '57 Pro. The 15" speaker reminded me why I used them (15" JBL's actually) 35 years ago almost exclusively. If you have never played a guitar through a 15 you really NEED to. They open things up which must be heard. The Pro has a tone that is almost as pretty as a Bassman and with either I like the sound without pushing them to distortion. The cleans have just enough hair to be pretty and harmonic without being sterile.

[DanTheBluesMan]

noice, 6L6 and a rectifier tube, my kind of amp

thanks for the GAS

[chuckocaster]

Today I'm testing out some pedal clones I built, a Bluesbreaker and Emerson Em Drive I added a clipping switch to. Both sound great and the clipping diodes really brought the Em Drive to life!!! I split my signal with an old Ibanez delay, set completely wet no repeats and about 10-15ms of delay. Then into my JetCity 333 powering a 2X12 loaded with Greenbacks and the other side was my Matchless Lightning clone powering a Jensen 60 watt 12". My FilterTron Tele is absolutely KILLING it!!! Great 60/70's rock tones in the Zeppelin and AC/DC vein... My 59 type Tele puts me into the Heartbreakers territory

[Don]

The mighty Mesa Thiele cab!!!! I played a 100 watt head through mine last gig outside un-mic'd. Most controlled sound I've had in a long time.
I have the EV-200 watt speaker in mine.

I had a Mesa Thiele cab with the 200 watt EVM12L speaker and I sold it!!!
I miss that one. I have a couple of amps now that would sound great with it.

[renderit]

You can still get them. And cheap for what it is really. And better deals can be found.

https://www.austinguitarhouse.com/pr...thiele-cabinet

[CoyotesGator]

I didn't need to see that!

[Grimmy]

1982 Rivera Fender Super Champ.

[DanTheBluesMan]

waiting on an arrival.

I bet my neighbors will be going "WTF? Where is that coming from?" at some point today

[BEACHBUM]

I've been playing this 1X12 Princeton since a got it about a week or so ago. I'm in amp heaven.

[xxStonr]

Today I'm playing through my Vox AC15 and Orange BH Terror.

[OldStrummer]

I know it's not sexy, but I've been playing my new little Positive Grid Spark MINI. It sits on the table and automatically shuts off when I'm not using it after a while. The array of different sounds and effects it produces is startlingly amazing!

[blackonblack]

Today I took a break from my current bass related gigs and spent some time exploring an idea with my Fractal and guitar. Looking to build a switch based environment where I can bring in harmonies.

While I want to explore Allman Bros harmonies, Queen is an easier task to learn to. It requires specific note detection unique to each key you may play in.

Its a start of a journey on this, and the good thing is I have no deadline.
There was a song or 2 the other week where I heard this in my head. Next time it comes up, I’m looking to be prepared.

Wait till they hear this LOL.

[blackonblack]

https://youtu.be/d04DY6TXX_4

There are a few scenes in this clip I used as my launch point for this endeavor.

[renderit]