Is there ONE amp that you could get by with as your single amp?

I’d sell them all and keep my Aldrich+ I’ve built.

More gain on tap than my Bogner Ecstasy without a boost pedal and I can control the top end better than my mark iii. The mark iii would be a close second but it’s balls to the wall all the time and I couldn’t play it every day. It does a thing nothing else does but it’s far from desert island.
 
My '96 Ecstasy 101B would be my choice, even if it's not my currently #1. It can do it all, especially when you throw an overdrive into the mix.
 
glpg80 said:
I’d sell them all and keep my Aldrich+ I’ve built.

More gain on tap than my Bogner Ecstasy without a boost pedal and I can control the top end better than my mark iii. The mark iii would be a close second but it’s balls to the wall all the time and I couldn’t play it every day. It does a thing nothing else does but it’s far from desert island.
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I'm dying to try out your Aldrich mod 😆
 
glpg80 said:
Wifey said I was shaking first floor rafters on 2.5 through a cabinet of greenbacks. I shook a pair of pliers off of the cabinet. She fucks super hard.
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The pliers heard that tone and wanted some of the action
 
Having owned 2 Mesa Mark IIIs and having played through a friend's Mark V and Road King, I think it's really hard to beat any of the Mesa offerings as a 'one amp only' option. They really do everything; clean / edge of breakup / crunch rhythm / searing lead - really, really well.
 
I’ve gotten so much less picky these past few years. I’ve been choosing amps based on features and ease of use rather than purely tone. I don’t think live tone matters beyond a point and I’ll happily plug into anything decent. In the studio I can borrow or rent the perfect amps and take the time to dial them in and deal with whatever quirks the amp has. As such, I’ve been mostly running a Badlander since like 2021. I stray a little bit but this thing is no fuss, simple enough but still has useful features, sits in a live mix perfectly, covers a lot of ground without tons of tweaking. Does a boosted Recto or 2203 sound better? Yeah, but this seems to be the middle path between the two and makes me smile every time.

Also honestly I’ve been playing bass in bands more this past year, haha.
 
20th Anniversary XTC. Super reverb cleans, modded 2203 (ish) crunch and ripping leads on red. It's really like three great amps in one box. I find with the Bogners putting the treble and mids at around three o'clock bring it into more of a Marshall (ish) territory.
 
No . I must have 2 hi gain heads to blend and one for clean.
3 is a must for me
 
I think that amp would be my KSR Colossus since it covers a lot of territory for me.

I would be using a Walrus Ages drive pedal in front of the amp when I wanted something slightly different.
 
GreenRust said:
20th Anniversary XTC. Super reverb cleans, modded 2203 (ish) crunch and ripping leads on red. It's really like three great amps in one box. I find with the Bogners putting the treble and mids at around three o'clock bring it into more of a Marshall (ish) territory.
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Yep. Agreed.

Add a couple of drive pedals and you can cover pretty much anything.

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I have a good stable. Dollar for dollar? The XXX would be the last to leave if I had to sell everything.
 
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