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    The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    So...



    What amp did you play through today?
    What happend?
    Who let the magic smoke out?

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Well thanks for asking Coy.

    I used a 6G3 Brown Deluxe clone.

    Normal channel, half-volume with a Stratocaster and a Les Paul.

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Oh THAT is friggin GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I played through a Bugera Vintage 5 tube yumminess and a BLACKSTAR Fly 3 watt.
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Volumeknob View Post
    Oh THAT is friggin GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I played through a Bugera Vintage 5 tube yumminess and a BLACKSTAR Fly 3 watt.
    Excellent!

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    I noodled around with my silverface Spankmaster Reverb this afternoon, using my R9 flametop and my Buddy Holly tribute Strat.
    "When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."

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    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    I noodled around with my silverface Spankmaster Reverb this afternoon, using my R9 flametop and my Buddy Holly tribute Strat.

    Nice.

    Can you Define the "SpankMaster?"

    I've got a big SpankMaster, SuperSixReverb... much to much spank in most places.

    Pics or this thread is useless.
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    This is a Spankmaster Reverb......



    (shown in comparison with its little brother, a stock '68 Deluxe Reverb with a JBL D120F)

    The Spankmaster is a conversion I dreamed up about ten years ago that mates a DR chassis to a 15-inch JBL D130F, wrapped in a taller custom-made cabinet. The version shown is #2 of six that I've built thus far -- four for clients, two for myself. The other one is a blackface re-issue chassis with blonde/wheatstraw cosmetics.
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    My Big Spanker...



    6L6GC, or 6V6GT, I'm glad it never has to move again.
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    This is a Spankmaster Reverb......



    (shown in comparison with its little brother, a stock '68 Deluxe Reverb with a JBL D120F)

    The Spankmaster is a conversion I dreamed up about ten years ago that mates a DR chassis to a 15-inch JBL D130F, wrapped in a taller custom-made cabinet. The version shown is #2 of six that I've built thus far -- four for clients, two for myself. The other one is a blackface re-issue chassis with blonde/wheatstraw cosmetics.
    D130F... one of the best... ever!

    Very nice.
    What happend?
    Who let the magic smoke out?

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Yesterday I practiced through the Mojotone Princeton Reverb clone that I built a couple of years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CoyotesGator View Post
    Excellent!

    What guitar did you use?
    I was actually testing a new project Epi SG G310..........I call her "Butters"
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoyotesGator View Post
    My Big Spanker...



    6L6GC, or 6V6GT, I'm glad it never has to move again.
    Now THAT is an amp!

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    I recently started gigging again so I re-strung MIM '50s Classic Series Strat, a 2013 PV '52 Reissue Tele and played them both through a Mustang III (mainly for the tuner) and a Blues Deluxe reissue.
    The kit sounded great, my playing, well, not quite so...

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    1989 Fender M80. Remember? Originally covered with grey carpet. Ugh. Retolexed with light blue.
    Will be used alongside a Fender SuperChamp X2 in Surf Green for my daughter's wedding August 1st!
    Fender Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar, surf green,
    Gibson SGJ, cherry,
    Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar Bass Special, black,
    Peavey Classic 30 Tweed
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    I like that better than a dingy gray rug.

    "When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Mukman....thats gorgeous!
    I played through....er these.....
    The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Frame off restored 64 Ampeg Jet or custom 12 watt semi clone of a Matchless Lightning. I dig small amps, and these things give me the cool clangy Keef and squishy Neil type tones I love.
    "don't worry, i'm a professional!"

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    I grabbed my Les Paul Special and gave it a run through these two...'66 Bassman and '63 Reissue Reverb Unit!
    [IMG]http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3a84abd8.jpg[IMG]

    [IMG]http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...psaea84f72.jpg[IMG]

    It was a nice little change of pace.

    T2

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by mukman View Post
    1989 Fender M80. Remember? Originally covered with grey carpet. Ugh.
    I DO remember -- Painful..

    For me last night it was my 5F2a / Philco and a tele.

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    At today's work lunch jam I use my 5F1 tweed Champ clone. The guitar was my new Epiphone ES-335 Pro. I used a Rat pedal with them. It didn't suck.

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by terry View Post
    The kit sounded great, my playing, well, not quite so...
    I know the feeling, there's a reason I don't direct ya'll to my youtube videos!

    Quote Originally Posted by mukman View Post


    1989 Fender M80. Remember? Originally covered with grey carpet. Ugh. Retolexed with light blue.
    Will be used alongside a Fender SuperChamp X2 in Surf Green for my daughter's wedding August 1st!
    MUCH better than the Fender rug.

    Quote Originally Posted by Volumeknob View Post
    Mukman....thats gorgeous!
    I played through....er these.....
    Hey that looks like my studio floor, and thought it was just a ghost in the middle of the night.


    Quote Originally Posted by chuckocaster View Post
    Frame off restored 64 Ampeg Jet or custom 12 watt semi clone of a Matchless Lightning. I dig small amps, and these things give me the cool clangy Keef and squishy Neil type tones I love.
    Keef!

    Quote Originally Posted by T2Strat View Post
    I grabbed my Les Paul Special and gave it a run through these two...'66 Bassman and '63 Reissue Reverb Unit!
    [IMG]http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3a84abd8.jpg[IMG]

    [IMG]http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...psaea84f72.jpg[IMG]

    It was a nice little change of pace.

    T2
    That just makes my teeth itch.

    Quote Originally Posted by jeru View Post

    For me last night it was my 5F2a / Philco and a tele.
    That is sweet! Is there a build thread somewhere?

    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    At today's work lunch jam I use my 5F1 tweed Champ clone. The guitar was my new Epiphone ES-335 Pro. I used a Rat pedal with them. It didn't suck.
    Work. Lunch. Jam. work lunch jam...

    Wanna send me an application for employment?
    What happend?
    Who let the magic smoke out?

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    60's Guyatone S8 through a '64 Gibson Falcon RVT

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    I keep it pretty simple CoyotesGator! I like me some clang and a little grind, nothing too far removed from Keef, Neil, or John Forgerty. They call it "alt country" now... But it's nothing new, cool stuff, just not trying to reinvent the wheel over here.
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    New lo-volume hi-coolness practice rig...



    Set up in the corner of my vintage books/vinyl/guitars reading/listening/relaxing room.



    What they are: 3 Vox Pathfinder 10 amps - one a Limited Edition... the red ones were $70 each and the British one was like $85.
    I'm running them split in three signals -

    1. dry signal, in-and-through my Zoom G3 processor (taking the XLR out to a 1/4" cable end)
    2. Zoom G3 processed - Left out into one red Vox
    3. Zoom G3 Right out into the other red Vox.

    Sounds great, and it looks so darned cool. Not terribly loud though - I'd have to mic one of them to use them live. But this way I can leave my gig amps stored and just use them when we play out.

    Don't they look so cool and neat?

    "I'm gonna find myself a girl
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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Rickenjangle View Post
    New lo-volume hi-coolness practice rig...

    What they are: 3 Vox Pathfinder 10 amps - one a Limited Edition... the red ones were $70 each and the British one was like $85.

    Sounds great, and it looks so darned cool.

    Don't they look so cool and neat?

    HELL YEAH. Most certainly a hi-coolness practice rig. Pretty geeky there on the splitting/processing

    I bought a Path-10 off craigslist for $20. Neat little package.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeru View Post
    Pretty geeky there on the splitting/processing
    Geeky indeed. I call it my tri-stereo rig. Which is of course a misnomer.

    But it's literally the only way I could split the signal with the gear I had on hand...not gonna buy an A/B/C amp splitter box for a lot of ducats when it's just for home use.

    OTOH - I do sit around and think about schemes for running signals between devices. It's kinda like counting sheep. I plan out elaborate guitar rigs.

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    Just these old things today!



    Got the Space Echo running really nice just now, they can be a little temperamental from time to time.

    '64 JM > ZVex SHO > '81 Ibanez OD-855 Overdrive II > '85 Roland RE-201 Space Echo > '57 Bassman clone I built a while back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ziess View Post
    Just these old things today!

    '64 JM > ZVex SHO > '81 Ibanez OD-855 Overdrive II > '85 Roland RE-201 Space Echo > '57 Bassman clone I built a while back.

    Tommy.
    Speaking of SHO...

    I have a Super Hard On just looking at this rig!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rickenjangle View Post
    Speaking of SHO...

    I have a Super Hard On just looking at this rig!
    !!!

    Is it due to the original Space Echo footswitch I tracked down? That usually does it for me!

    Tommy.

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    I played my Tele through gasp..... Roland Blues Cube 30 nice little practice amp...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ziess View Post
    !!!

    Is it due to the original Space Echo footswitch I tracked down? That usually does it for me!

    Tommy.


    If I had to pin it down it's the whole rig - so simple, elegant, and toneful (I can only imagine).

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    Quote Originally Posted by melody View Post
    I played my Tele through gasp..... Roland Blues Cube 30 nice little practice amp...
    I had one of those for a while- paid $69 for it with an Eminence Tonker speaker! The cleans were nice! I used it with a band. It was easily loud enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rickenjangle View Post
    If I had to pin it down it's the whole rig - so simple, elegant, and toneful (I can only imagine).
    You're right, it's really simple. I don't even turn the OD-855 off, it just stays on warming things up a bit. It sounds really good at all volumes with the vintage P10Rs really shining when the amp hits 4-5. I swap my main amp quite often but the Bassman is getting a lot of play time at the moment.

    Tommy.

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    Re: The What Amp did you play through today Thread

    I might use the Mesa/Boogie Studio .22+ for rehearsal tonight. Just because I feel like it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    I had one of those for a while- paid $69 for it with an Eminence Tonker speaker! The cleans were nice! I used it with a band. It was easily loud enough.

    How did the Tonker sound? I have been thinking of replacing the stock speaker for something with a clearer sound.

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    Finally got a pic... So here ya go! My 12 watt Lightning semi clone sitting on top of my 64 Jet. On top of the 2X10 I got a Frankensteined Flip Top sitting on top of my Ashdown. The Mini SVT cab kinda sucks, but it looks cool and is good enough to jam out a little at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by melody View Post
    How did the Tonker sound? I have been thinking of replacing the stock speaker for something with a clearer sound.
    The Tonker was pretty loud and articulate. I never heard the BC-30's stock so I can't compare, but when I tried the Tonker in my Mesa Express, the dirty sound was crispier and crunchier, really nice, but the clean sound was less fat and round.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtdog View Post
    60's Guyatone S8 through a '64 Gibson Falcon RVT
    That sounds delicious.

    I would love love to see a pic.

    Quote Originally Posted by Rickenjangle View Post
    New lo-volume hi-coolness practice rig...



    Set up in the corner of my vintage books/vinyl/guitars reading/listening/relaxing room.



    What they are: 3 Vox Pathfinder 10 amps - one a Limited Edition... the red ones were $70 each and the British one was like $85.
    I'm running them split in three signals -

    1. dry signal, in-and-through my Zoom G3 processor (taking the XLR out to a 1/4" cable end)
    2. Zoom G3 processed - Left out into one red Vox
    3. Zoom G3 Right out into the other red Vox.

    Sounds great, and it looks so darned cool. Not terribly loud though - I'd have to mic one of them to use them live. But this way I can leave my gig amps stored and just use them when we play out.

    Don't they look so cool and neat?
    That is way too cool!

    So many options, wet, dry, mix.....

    One has to fed with a delay, right?

    Quote Originally Posted by ziess View Post
    Just these old things today!



    Got the Space Echo running really nice just now, they can be a little temperamental from time to time.

    '64 JM > ZVex SHO > '81 Ibanez OD-855 Overdrive II > '85 Roland RE-201 Space Echo > '57 Bassman clone I built a while back.

    Tommy.
    Good to know I'm not the only deaf man in the neighborhood.

    Very nice setup.

    Quote Originally Posted by melody View Post
    I played my Tele through gasp..... Roland Blues Cube 30 nice little practice amp...
    I gotta get me another Telecaster, really, need, a, Telecaster.

    Quote Originally Posted by chuckocaster View Post
    Finally got a pic... So here ya go! My 12 watt Lightning semi clone sitting on top of my 64 Jet. On top of the 2X10 I got a Frankensteined Flip Top sitting on top of my Ashdown. The Mini SVT cab kinda sucks, but it looks cool and is good enough to jam out a little at home.


    Keef! Keef! Keef!
    What happend?
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    Longhorn El Vaquero

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    Quote Originally Posted by renderit View Post
    Longhorn El Vaquero

    DROOOOOOLLLLLLLL! (I need a bib when I look at those beautiful Goldtops.)


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