TheBiggestJerk
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All amps are REAL!
65’ Deluxe Reverb reissue.
65’ Deluxe Reverb reissue.
gibson5413
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Started playing guitar in 1983 at the age of 13. I bought my first guitar (Gibson Melody Maker) and a Peavey Butcher half stack with the matching cab. I went big! Took me two years of mowing 6 lawns per week to save up for it.
I knew so little about gear and how to make it sound good back then. I lived in Dallas, TX at the time and in the mid-80s our main gear store was called Lightning Music & Sound. I didn't know about pushing a real tube amp and couldn't do it so I slammed a DOD American Metal pedal in front. I found an old recording we did with our boom box and it sounded so bad.
I knew so little about gear and how to make it sound good back then. I lived in Dallas, TX at the time and in the mid-80s our main gear store was called Lightning Music & Sound. I didn't know about pushing a real tube amp and couldn't do it so I slammed a DOD American Metal pedal in front. I found an old recording we did with our boom box and it sounded so bad.
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Mad Axe
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A beat up Marshall 4210 combo, traded a Discman for it. Then I stupidly sold it to the local music store for $50 so I could buy a Line 6 Flextone 
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NowYou'rePlayingWithPower
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1991 Sovtek Mig 50.
My daughter owns it now (also her first amp) along with a few others of my old amps.
My daughter owns it now (also her first amp) along with a few others of my old amps.
67mike
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Hiwatt DR 504.
PBGas
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Mine was a JCM800 1x12 combo amp. I saved up for 2 summers worth of cutting grass to pay for it!
It was with the metal on/off switches. I loved that amp and used it for many years.
Unfortunately, it got stolen when I brought it in for a repair.
They gave me a crate solid state head and 4x12 as compensation for it.
Boy...what a disaster that was. As a young teenager, I didn't know any better and thought the bigger amp would be great. LOL. Was I ever wrong about that!
It was with the metal on/off switches. I loved that amp and used it for many years.
Unfortunately, it got stolen when I brought it in for a repair.
They gave me a crate solid state head and 4x12 as compensation for it.
Boy...what a disaster that was. As a young teenager, I didn't know any better and thought the bigger amp would be great. LOL. Was I ever wrong about that!
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RaceU4her
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A fender M80 chorus combo my boss gave me, which I quickly traded in for a mosfet 100
TheGreatGreen
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My first real amp was sold to me online in the 90's as a Mark IIC+ but ended up being a Mark IIB, which I didn't learn until a decent amount of time had passed. Goddamn I was pissed. This was back before all the Mesa Mark info online was available, and I only paid $800 for it so I don't feel too awful about it these days. Plus it was a late era IIB and sounded very close to a IIC+. It sounded really good honestly.
Sold it a year or so later. I don't miss it but I do still wish I'd caught a real IIC+ back then.
Sold it a year or so later. I don't miss it but I do still wish I'd caught a real IIC+ back then.
MadAsAHatter
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Ouch!A beat up Marshall 4210 combo, traded a Discman for it. Then I stupidly sold it to the local music store for $50 so I could buy a Line 6 Flextone
rsm
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oh, yes; the Univox was a good pedal platform, very full sounding amp as I remember; I pretty much had everything at 10, then would adjust the volume and bass...that's my recollection.
angelspade
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Marshall Valvestate...Then Peavey 5150
psychodave
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I first bought a Crate CR-112 in the mid 1980's. My next amp was a 1971 Marshall super lead and 4x12 cab with greenbacks around 1990. A few months later I bought a 1967 Marshall plexi and another 4x12 with blackback H30's.
rsm
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it worked well for me, very open and full, but it's been a few decades so... IDK if I'd get one today without trying it first. Was much less than half for the head and cab vs Marshall heads at the time
glpg80
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6505+. Still own it although I don’t play it. Nostalgic reasons I keep it around and it’s not worth what I have in it to ever sell it.
Hiwatts-n-Gibsons
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Fender London Reverb
First real tube amp was a Yamaha T100C.
First real tube amp was a Yamaha T100C.
BackCrack
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'68 Silverface Bassman with no tubes at a local garage sale for $20 back in '78. My friend's dad put all new RCA's in it for another $20.
SonVolt
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One of these things. It could drown out any drummer in the state and almost killed me changing a fuse. It sat atop an old Peavey 5150 cab.
boogieman1187
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First amp was a Triaxis with a used Mesa 50/50 power amp. Killer rig.
simonfrewler
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Imma get me one of them. Real soon.