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Tag
04-26-2005, 02:51 PM
Im talking an amp that is NOT a take of someone elses tone.
No Cowtipper (Fender) or S100, Custom reverb\E.Pro, Fuchs.(Dumble) %13 (Deluxe reverb or Matchless) here, we want DIFFERENT sounding. No Vox, Fender, Mesa, Soldano or Marshall wannabes wanted, we want DIFFERENT.
Here are some that I think are totally their own man. Strange, but I like every amp in my list, even if they are not for me.

1: Allesandro working dog Rottweiler. Never heard another amp sound anything like it.
2: Orange Rockerverb... Yes it sounds like an Orange, but THATS different!
3: Bruno UG 30. Nothing like a Vox or Fender to my ear.
4: Mesa Maverick. It sounds like ??????? nothing else!
5: Peavey classic 50. Like it or hate it, it has its own thing going!
Add to the list, its not that easy!

IPlayHamers
04-26-2005, 02:55 PM
Here are my picks.

Randall RG100
Vox AC50
Ampeg V50H

Tag
04-26-2005, 02:58 PM
I want to add one...sorry! :o The Dean Markley amp.
I thought it was REALLY cool, and had a 100% different tone!

fenderbender4
04-26-2005, 03:00 PM
I suppose a sort of "obvious" one would be the Mesa Rectifier series.

erksin
04-26-2005, 03:05 PM
Vintage Ampeg R-12-R Reverberocket w/7591As - pretty distinctive tone.

Come to think of it - an Ampeg V-4 sounds pretty unique too!

Most Supros and Magnatones have their own thing going on as well.

My '63 Gibson Falcon is a 2-6V6 1-12" combo with reverb and trem, but it doesn't sound like most 6V6 amps I owned or heard...

IPlayHamers
04-26-2005, 03:05 PM
The Mike Matthews Freedom Amp and the Pignose

hear and play
04-26-2005, 03:05 PM
Perhaps you would want to include it in your "excluded" list, but you didn't, so...

HiWatt

wordsonyou
04-26-2005, 03:06 PM
Here is my list of unique sounding amps fwi:
Bruno UG30
Kingsley Deluxe 30
Top Hat Embassy
Matchless Clubman (doesn't quite sound like anything I've ever heard)
I thought the Jamison amp had a very unique voicing also
Anderson amps - nothing sounds the same as these
Purkhiser Class A El34 - a top boost Vox circuit with class A el34's - definitely sounded diferent than any other amp I heard
Selmer T n' B - very Brit, but also very different sounding

Swarty
04-26-2005, 03:06 PM
Mesa Blue Angel comes to mind. If you back far enough all amps had a signature voice. The old Sunn tube stuff had a unique voice as did Ampeg, as did Fender, as did Marshall, as did Hiwatt, etc... I'm just glad that the original Marshalls did not decide to go for a new sound. Mr. Marshall heard something great and ran with it after Fender had moved on to surf amps.

QuickDraw
04-26-2005, 03:15 PM
a smokey:dude

mlynn02
04-26-2005, 03:20 PM
dr z? anyone?

i think all of his models are original and different

Dave Orban
04-26-2005, 03:22 PM
JC-120
Alessandro English
Alessandro Beagle
Matchless Chieftain

RickC
04-26-2005, 03:23 PM
I'll offer the Budda Twinmaster

/rick

rwe333
04-26-2005, 03:27 PM
60/70s Hiwatt, vintage Orange, Pearce...

Dave Orban
04-26-2005, 03:28 PM
Carlson Turbo Pup

59burst
04-26-2005, 03:47 PM
Legend Rock N Roll 50. Not a great sound, but I've never had an amp that sounded like it. It might have been the amp I owned for the shortest period of time!

Mike
04-26-2005, 03:55 PM
Music Man RD112-50
Aiken Tomcat
Gibson GA Series
Mesa Maverick
Standel 25L15
%13 - all


Mike

Shemp
04-26-2005, 04:08 PM
The old 1949-51 Supro one knobbers.

ericb
04-26-2005, 04:10 PM
The KING of the sounds like no others is the LAB SERIES L5 amp and the rest of the L's !!!!!!!!!

The Queen is the Roland JC120 but someone else mentioned it already ... Why repeat everyone's posts!

Other than that every amp Ive owned bears some semblance to something else.

I own a Mike Morin preamp that's rather different (I love it)

ERIC

wsaraceni
04-26-2005, 04:19 PM
i dont think the hot cat sounds like any other amp. i could be wrong about that though since i dont know all the matchless amps there are. i'd also say that the mesa rectifier is the first of it's kind. although now lots of amps sound like that.

Chi
04-26-2005, 04:26 PM
Guild THunderstar,,VERY different- Ilove the way the one I've heard (mine) sounds....unique.....

scottcw
04-26-2005, 04:33 PM
Gibson GA-40T with the 5879 pre-amp tubes, 6V6 power tubes.
Ampeg Jet with the octal pre-amp and the 7591 power tubes.

Tag
04-26-2005, 04:34 PM
Originally posted by wsaraceni
i dont think the hot cat sounds like any other amp. i could be wrong about that though since i dont know all the matchless amps there are. i'd also say that the mesa rectifier is the first of it's kind. although now lots of amps sound like that.

I agree! The Hotcat is without a doubt totally original to my ears. Kudos to Badcat!

Lots of cool amps here I have never tried. I would LOVE to line them all up and give them a go! :)

Bearded
04-26-2005, 04:42 PM
Carmen Ghia
SRZ-65
Komet
Bogner Metropolis

Joe

rkstarr
04-26-2005, 04:53 PM
go ss rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hemlock
04-26-2005, 05:26 PM
VHT Pitbull 45
Top Hat SD
Fargen Bordeaux
Silvertone Twin Twelve
And this monster
http://img235.echo.cx/img235/7844/roll3218gm.th.jpg (http://img235.echo.cx/my.php?image=roll3218gm.jpg)

garbud
04-26-2005, 05:55 PM
All the full-size Gjika Amps!

Garbud

philster
04-26-2005, 06:16 PM
The Divided by 13 amps, especially the 6V6 models, have a totally unique tone.

aleclee
04-26-2005, 06:17 PM
Peters 3CP1

markp
04-26-2005, 07:12 PM
Univalve
you can aproach the sounds of other amps with the Uni,but which amp can sound like the Uni?

cr8z4life
04-26-2005, 08:44 PM
Originally posted by philster
The Divided by 13 amps, especially the 6V6 models, have a totally unique tone.

Definately.....also

Barber Echelon- not trying to be anything else....doesnt have to.

LSchefman
04-26-2005, 09:05 PM
1969 Heathkit

SuperReverb2
04-26-2005, 09:22 PM
Soldano SLO 100.

Totally unique to my ears.......

I also have to mention the Kendrick line of amps. While his "original" Kendrick 2410 may have sounded like a fine old Fender Bassman, (I used to own one) the rest of line (to my ears anyway) seems to have a unique tone/vibe to them that I haven't heard in any other amps.

Electroplex Amps
Diaz Club Classic 30 2 x 10
Mesa Boogie Lonestar
Mesa Boogie Lonestar Special


Chuck

noctilux1
04-26-2005, 10:11 PM
rwe333, you said it!
Old Orange, very unique

Pedro58
04-26-2005, 10:56 PM
Umm... Whatever Albert King played. Acoustic "soiled-state" design? Cool in his hands. Yucky for anyone else.

riverastoasters
04-26-2005, 11:23 PM
Originally posted by Tag
Im talking an amp that is NOT a take of someone elses tone.

Garnet?

How would I know. I haven't heard all amps so I don't know what doesn't sound like _any_ other.

jbird
04-27-2005, 12:20 AM
Carvin Legacy

jpage
04-27-2005, 02:50 AM
It hasn't been mentioned...

Roland Jazz Chorus

And my current love...

Mesa Lonestar Classic

And my standbys...

Voodoo Amps 1x12 plexi

Supro/Valco 50s 1x8

ericb
04-27-2005, 07:16 AM
Originally posted by jpage
It hasn't been mentioned...

Roland Jazz Chorus

And my current love...

Mesa Lonestar Classic

And my standbys...

Voodoo Amps 1x12 plexi

Supro/Valco 50s 1x8

Jazz Chorus was mentioned at least 3 other times!!!!!!!!!!

ERIC

JPenn
04-27-2005, 07:19 AM
Originally posted by erksin
Vintage Ampeg R-12-R Reverberocket w/7591As - pretty distinctive tone.

Come to think of it - an Ampeg V-4 sounds pretty unique too!

Most Supros and Magnatones have their own thing going on as well.

My '63 Gibson Falcon is a 2-6V6 1-12" combo with reverb and trem, but it doesn't sound like most 6V6 amps I owned or heard...

I'm goin with the Falcon also.

shallbe
04-27-2005, 07:28 AM
Jamison, nothing else like it to me.

Komet Constellation, a unique design and very deep in tones.

e-flat
04-27-2005, 07:31 AM
I had a Matamp 2X12 that had a really "unique" sound. (This was a 120 watt chassis, the old 2000 model with an extra gain stage in the front. I don't think they make them anymore) I thought it sounded very dark, distant and was surprisingly "choked" sounding for what i thought would be a 120 watt monster. Definitely different...barky and dark. Weird amp. I thought it was too indistinct so I sold it to a friend who liked it. Different strokes.:confused:

drbob1
04-27-2005, 07:33 AM
Any single ended, large tube amp-Emery, Allen, THD
The Dano/Silvertone 3 tube (50C5, 35W4, 12AX7) and all their copies (you could say they're copies of the champ, but no champ ever sounded that ratty and lo-fi, or gave you such a shock if you weren't careful).
Kalamazoo Model 12-imagine a Princeton Reverb with more gain and less clean overhead.
Sansamp PSA1-oh wait, that sounds like ALL the others:dude

lhallam
04-27-2005, 08:28 AM
Originally posted by LSchefman
1969 Heathkit

Two of my buds had one, I never liked the sound of those things.

Acoustic 150 - no longer made and yes it's solid state but it has it's uses

Jon C
04-27-2005, 08:38 AM
Originally posted by Dave Orban
Carlson Turbo Pup

aaayup.....

:D

bigjoeblue
04-27-2005, 08:42 AM
Silvertone 2X12
2nd channel of a Mojotone ToneMachine (I know it's supposed to sound like a Mattamp but it has it's own voice to my ears)

Guitar Desire
10-03-2005, 03:23 PM
Mesa Heartbreaker

Roccaforte Amps
10-03-2005, 03:55 PM
My Crate GFX15, and my Line6 Spiders.

jpage
10-03-2005, 03:56 PM
My smokey amp.:D

Phloored
10-03-2005, 03:56 PM
I havn't even played squat of all the amps out there. I use a London power super standard and it can do all sorts of interesting stuff. So, I guess I'm missing out, but I do enjoy the amp that I use. I will be selling my others for lack of use, even though they do offer some cool tones. I do enjoy the discussions of all this though. I think I'd like to have a power scaled old Orange, that would be cool!

procos
10-03-2005, 04:03 PM
1) Swart AST
2) Komet Constellation
3) Dr Z Maz Jr
4) Bruno UG30 - Kind of sounds like a mix between an AC30 and Tweed when overdriven though.

BTW I don't own any of these but have played all of them.

Chuck

mockoman
10-03-2005, 04:48 PM
Yikes! I've owned 3 of the amps listed...

Lab L5
Fender 75
Mesa Maverick

I didn't know I was such a renegade!

Mark Robinson
10-03-2005, 05:40 PM
The Kelley sounds somewhat Fendery when clean, but really has a unique mid voice when driven hard in the attenuator channel.

Ampegs have unique sounds. VT40 is a unique piece. I love Ampegs when they are up loud. But I love almost any tube amp when it's up loud.

Orange Matamps have a unique sound, super detailed and wide frequency response in the clean part of the knob. Then in the middle volumes, a really unique loud sound that sustains prior to getting hairy. Above 7 they flood out into a really nice roar.

Old Marshall Superbass heads are different in a big way, from the normal grindy Marshalls.

I also think that the FTR-37 is more unique than credited in the opening post. Sorry there's no Deluxe Reverb that can approach tha racket and bottom end of the click channel. Plus the normal channel has twice the headroom, and at least twice the brawny bass. The distortion comes out of a totally different part of the note. That's how my ears hear it anyway.:)

57special
10-03-2005, 05:43 PM
Originally posted by Tag
I want to add one...sorry! :o The Dean Markley amp.
I thought it was REALLY cool, and had a 100% different tone!
Tag, was that a little tube combo, about the size of a Fender DR?

Chrome Dinette
10-03-2005, 05:45 PM
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/chrome_dinette/mig.jpg

This started its life as a Sovtek Mig 100. It now has EL34's and a massive output xfmr taken from a 140 watt Traynor bass head from the early 70's. The xfmr is so big that I could not mount it with the front panel of the amp on. It sounds great.

aeolian
10-03-2005, 07:26 PM
Four pages and nobody mentioned Polytone? A very unique sound. Very fundamental. Makes almost every other amp sound scooped. I used a 1'st gen MiniBrute for years.

riffmeister
10-03-2005, 07:28 PM
Tweed Fender
BF Fender
Marshall
Roland JC120
Mesa Dual Rectifier
Dumble
Trainwreck

riffmeister
10-03-2005, 07:30 PM
Originally posted by Chrome Dinette
The xfmr is so big that I could not mount it with the front panel of the amp on. It sounds great.

Du ist mein Chrome Dinette?

VaughnC
10-03-2005, 08:48 PM
Let's not forget the new Esteban amp with that magic overdrive button :eek: ;) .

Leonc
10-03-2005, 08:51 PM
Orange - many models
Ampeg - several models (Gemini, R-e-R, V series)
Dumble - ODS 100
Fender - Tweed Champ
Mesa - Rectifier

These amps--particularly the Orange and Ampeg--produce sounds that I can often pick out because there's something different about their sound, and they haven't been emulated ad nauseum like so many others.

I think a number of the Divided by 13s and the Komet Constellation often sound like other amps but when you play them in person, they are capable of responding/acting pretty unique. I also think some of Alessandros are like that. The English can get an acoustic/hi-fi quality to it that's pretty unique.

We like to think all of our amps have a unique, original sound...but most don't, IMO. That doesn't make them bad or unworthy, it just means there harder to tell from some others.

bluesdoc
10-03-2005, 09:14 PM
Fargen VOS/SCO

jon

GAT
10-03-2005, 09:42 PM
Komet: Fat Marshall, but not really Marshall tone.

Baldwin: My main gig amp when I was 12 years old, I'm amazed that I continued playing after that tone!

Sex Amp: Just different, kind of a Tweed/Marshall/Swart thing going on.

Stevo57
10-03-2005, 10:52 PM
Ooooohhh you beat me to it Bluesdoc! This VOS is so off the hook. Dialed it in tonight with mid pot way up and bass and treble rolled back. Sick sick sick stratification going on. Pulls tone out of a V30 I didn't know were poissible. Big tone all it's own. :D

90wreck
10-03-2005, 11:06 PM
Trainwreck Express :dude

hemlock
10-04-2005, 10:27 PM
Just got the cahnce to spend a few hours tinkering with a Bruno UG30 and I will have to say it's pretty unique. Very cool amp with a different voice for sure.

bluesdoc
10-04-2005, 10:30 PM
Originally posted by hemlock
Just got the cahnce to spend a few hours tinkering with a Bruno UG30 and I will have to say it's pretty unique. Very cool amp with a different voice for sure.

:)

jon

Stevo57
10-04-2005, 10:35 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/stevo57/FullGainer.jpg

OOG
10-05-2005, 12:32 AM
Baldwin Exterminator

Leftee
10-05-2005, 01:10 AM
Boggy

http://home.triad.rr.com/leftee/boggy/boggy_IV_chassis_front.jpg

Riscchip
10-05-2005, 01:42 AM
This bad boy: :dude

http://www.riscchip.com/guitars/Knight/knight1.jpg

DonW
10-05-2005, 05:32 AM
Zwengel Banshee 50: impressive hi gain clarity
Lab Series L5:unique voice
Bogner Metropolis:amazing, pristine cleans.

Chrome Dinette
10-05-2005, 05:54 AM
Originally posted by riffmeister
Du ist mein Chrome Dinette?

Ich bin der chrome dinette.

StompBoxBlues
10-05-2005, 08:50 AM
I got one for ya...

I never have even heard the amp yet, but reading reviews and about teh features, and HC User Reviews (where they really do mention it)

Genz-Benz Diablo 60.

Several folks on HC mentioned things like "I thought I wanted a really original sound, but found out I am more of a "follow the pack" kind of guitarist", others mention a LOT that this amp is like no other, which can be disconcerting til you find your sound.

BrentSP
10-05-2005, 10:40 AM
Originally posted by Tag
Im talking an amp that is NOT a take of someone elses tone.
No Cowtipper (Fender) or S100, Custom reverb\E.Pro, Fuchs.(Dumble) %13 (Deluxe reverb or Matchless) here, we want DIFFERENT sounding. No Vox, Fender, Mesa, Soldano or Marshall wannabes wanted, we want DIFFERENT.
Here are some that I think are totally their own man. Strange, but I like every amp in my list, even if they are not for me.

1: Allesandro working dog Rottweiler. Never heard another amp sound anything like it.
2: Orange Rockerverb... Yes it sounds like an Orange, but THATS different!
3: Bruno UG 30. Nothing like a Vox or Fender to my ear.
4: Mesa Maverick. It sounds like ??????? nothing else!
5: Peavey classic 50. Like it or hate it, it has its own thing going!
Add to the list, its not that easy!

Blockhead Plexi clone :dude


:D

billstets
10-05-2005, 12:32 PM
I guess since almost every amp has been mentioned, then every amp sounds unique!

Tag
10-05-2005, 12:41 PM
Originally posted by BrentSP
Blockhead Plexi clone :dude


:D


LOL!!!!!! :D

BrentSP
10-05-2005, 12:44 PM
Originally posted by Tag
LOL!!!!!! :D

:D


Off topic here but are you interested in another Bruno Leadman? I have one I'm selling. ;)

BrentSP
10-05-2005, 12:46 PM
Oh and btw I guess my pick would a Bruno Leadman. It sounds like nothing I've ever played. I've owned superleads, JMPs to SLOs and this thing has its own tone.

hawkeyeinexile
10-06-2005, 11:15 AM
Juke 1210

http://www.jukeamps.com/images/green.gif

:cool:

DonM
04-07-2007, 11:42 PM
http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/graphics/guild69.jpgJust got a 1969 Thunderstar by Guild..

I'm diggin it.. has nice old tubes , Mullards + GE's
seems to be all there but one small tube was replaced..

Full blast with humbuckers and full reverb its a MoNsTeR>>>:RoCkIn .

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to hook up the tremolo -- mine has no foot control.. and seems to have 2-Rca Jacks unused..

???
Don

alaskagrown
04-08-2007, 04:27 AM
Great thread... I was just talking about this with my bandmates the other night. It seems a vast majority of amps are either Marshall-ish, Fender-ish or Boogie-ish, with Hiwatt, Orange/Matamp, Ampeg, and some newer boutique stuff being the exception.

I'm looking for something different... Loud and different. I'm leaning towards a CAA OD-100 or VHT, but I can't play before I buy and I haven't found any clips representing what I would do to them. Do they have a unique voice?

MoRawk
04-08-2007, 05:05 AM
Juke 1210

http://www.jukeamps.com/images/green.gif

:cool:

Hi Jeff,

What a coincidence in that I was just talking to Gary a few days ago about purchasing a Juke 112. The few clips that I've heard of the Juke 1210s sound incredible and unique. The reverb, vibrato and trem are of a quality I've never heard before.

I've just been trigger-shy on committing on the amp because I've not been able to find out any information on the Juke 112 in the 6V6 version. I'm looking for a low wattage option for home use and light jamming with friends. With 6V6s I'd be at 18 watts pentode/8 watts triode. Still too loud for home so I'd still need some attenuation and pedals for overdriven tones. Can I ask how the overdriven tones are for you? It's billed as a non-distorting amp but I could hear some overdrive on the clips. Do you have to literally crank to full to get overdriven tones?

mad dog
04-08-2007, 08:21 AM
Ampeg Gemini
Magnatone 260
Magnatone M10A, M15
Gretsch 6164

Heinz W
04-08-2007, 08:54 AM
The Swart Super Space Tone definitely has it's own (exceptional) voice.

My amp GAS is completely cured.

majorledhead
04-08-2007, 09:16 AM
My Marlboro Box Smokey Amp with the 2" speaker. Nothing else sounds like it. The other little amps just don't have the Fuzz like it. Now with the other great amps listed in this post; Doesn't the flavor and tone change depending on what tubes and/or speakers your running? The " Own Tone " thing must be infinite.

theBruce
04-08-2007, 12:09 PM
Now this is what I call a guitar amp thread.

+1 Orange Rockerverbs, my RV50 gives me shivers, and nothing sounds even remotely close. I can, and do, get lost in this amp's spell. If I ever meet Ade Emsley in person, he has a cold beer coming to him.

+1 Mesa Rectos, my solo 50 is literally the bomb, complete with slab-cracking detonation. No description needed here, we hear these amps every time we turn on the radio.

+1 Randall RG series, my RG100 is the only SS amp I've ever kept, a metallurgist's hallucination. The chorus alone is worth the cost of the amp, and it's over-the-top hair is ready for tomorrow's metal.

I also have another to add which hasn't been mentioned yet - The Mesa rocket 44. Inimitable and addictive solo tone. The 4xEL84 power section
howls like a wolf in a snap trap.


Gotta say again, great thread.

John Phillips
04-08-2007, 12:52 PM
ZVex Nano

localplayer
04-08-2007, 01:13 PM
Two Rock custom reverb. its all in the touch and this one responds to the lightest differences. simply amazing

LHakim
04-08-2007, 01:17 PM
I'm surprised no ones yet mentioned the Valco amps with the 6973 power tubes.

zombywoof
04-08-2007, 01:25 PM
Virtually all Magnatone amps (incredible headroom and that patented Maggie vibrato)

Narrow Panel Fender Twin - the circuit that launched a thousand copies

Flux
04-08-2007, 01:37 PM
Great thread... I was just talking about this with my bandmates the other night. It seems a vast majority of amps are either Marshall-ish, Fender-ish or Boogie-ish, with Hiwatt, Orange/Matamp, Ampeg, and some newer boutique stuff being the exception.

I'm looking for something different... Loud and different. I'm leaning towards a CAA OD-100 or VHT, but I can't play before I buy and I haven't found any clips representing what I would do to them. Do they have a unique voice?

You forgot Vox-ish.

Don't know that I agree with some of the thread listings - I agree more with alaskagrown's comments, but:
+1 on the hybrids
MosValve
Valvetronix
Johnson, etc
Not all are great, but... cost effective headroom with valve warmth, probably see more of this type as inboard FX improve e.g. larger Valvetronix models are impressive and fun :AOK IMO despite their lack of more tubes.

Peppy
04-08-2007, 04:01 PM
Carr Hammerhead.

vchizzle
04-08-2007, 04:32 PM
I know they've been mentioned already but:

-Bad Cat Hot Cat
-almost anything in the VHT line. they really have their own voice and feel that people love or hate. haven't heard anyone duplicate that sound.

Ascension
04-08-2007, 05:34 PM
Carvin Valvemasters and Series IV X100B's and my all time favorite amp the Bruce Zinky designed Fender Prosonic. The Prosonic is truely a unique amp with it's own feel and tones.

ahab
04-08-2007, 06:17 PM
Tophat Vanderbilt 33. Total grind machine, really cool and really unique.

Ud Reks
04-08-2007, 06:38 PM
Krank amps. They sound like ass. Oooops, I guess that disqualifies them from this thread. They sound like something else after all.

Boogs
04-08-2007, 08:24 PM
Yamaha G100-115 - solid state workhorse amp sold with a mediocre speaker.

I played with one for years, and after I switched to tubes it took me a while to "get" the tube thing as far as cleans. Turns out its cleans were stellar even with the stock speaker, and it took me some time before I surpassed them. One of the chief clean tones that took the original sounds was the same amp with a Weber Chicago alnico 15". Another was a Champ clone (Valvetrain) real quiet, then a Richter Deluxe clone.

What a great clean amp, and damn..does it love my Barber Direct Drive pedal! Glad I never sold it!

That Weber Chicago alnico is one fine speaker with this amp. :)

58T
04-08-2007, 08:44 PM
dr z maz 18 jr definitely not a marshall, more vox than anything when cranked and more fendery at low volumes. Great jazzy tone with some added reverb.
loved my budda twin master shouldve kept it
loved the gibson falcon, poor mans deluxe but with great smooth overdrive when dimed, shouldve kept that one.
never liked the mesa stuff much other than the late 70's mk1 with the graphic EQ, great sounding amp.

And oh yeah I would take any old marshall non master or Fender tweed thru BFace era along with a good set of ear plugs. Guys these are the sounds that created rock n roll. Everyone else followed in their footsteps......EVERYONE

iggs
04-08-2007, 09:21 PM
Dr Z Route 66 ... unique front end, EF86 used differently then in other amps with pentode based front, original design, ultralinear power section ... pretty unique and definitely different.

Deuterium
04-08-2007, 09:51 PM
I got one for ya...

I never have even heard the amp yet, but reading reviews and about teh features, and HC User Reviews (where they really do mention it)

Genz-Benz Diablo 60.

Several folks on HC mentioned things like "I thought I wanted a really original sound, but found out I am more of a "follow the pack" kind of guitarist", others mention a LOT that this amp is like no other, which can be disconcerting til you find your sound.

I actually own one. It definitely has its own thing going on. It is picky about pedals (even though it has more than enough built-in gain then I would ever need). I have always found (with no exception) that my best tones are found when an amp is just breaking-up...and then using an outboard OD pedal to push it over the edge. Invariably, I end up liking this set-up more than just pushing the amps own high gain abilities. And this is a general habit I do with all of my amps. Okay, maybe I'm just weird.

But back to the El Diablo 60-C. As I was already saying...this amp seems to be derided by so many. Certainly, on Harm Central it seems to be put down as much as your Kranks...although, I suspect the majority of the people who slam this amp have never played it, nor ever heard it played.

As for me, I love the El Diablo 60-C. I have a bunch of amps that I tend to cycle through, but the El Diablo is one of my favorites. I especially like setting it for the lower 30 Watt Triode mode.

It definitely has a unique voicing. It is not Marshally, nor is it Fendery (although it has some of the best Cleans I have ever heard). The active EQ on the amp may plays a big part in the tone shaping...and just a smidge of adjustment one way or the other radically changes the sound.

The best way I can characterize the El Diablo 60-C is that it is very, VERY mid-ranged voiced. It is EXCELLENT for single note lead/solo work, exactly because it has such a singing, liquid mid-range. I think this very fact scares off a lot of the Nu Metal and Death Metal wankers, who couldn't play a lead if their life depended on it. This is not a "Chugga, Chugga, Woof, Woof" amp. It is a throw back to the more Heavy Rock, Classic Metal of the mid 80's.

Cheers,
Deuterium

Droptop
04-08-2007, 10:10 PM
My Talos Basic is Tone Supreme

drbob1
04-08-2007, 10:21 PM
I own a Mike Morin preamp that's rather different (I love it)

ERIC

Which one? I have the blue, machined aluminum one that he built in the 90s (part of George Lynch's sound into a modded Marshall Plexi power amp). I think he built 15 of them...

Let's see, other wierd amps:
-Park Rock Head
-Watkins Westminster/Dominator
-Selmer (T&B here, but most of their amps just a little different)
-Montgomery Ward "Suitcase Amp"-4 6V6s with a pair of low gain preamps into 8 8" speakers in a folding enclosure. Got the amp, not the speakers...
-Rickenbacker model 59-field coil speaker, 6L6s, metal cab with no air displacement at all-different, not great.
-Emery Superbaby-with a KT88, 12AU7 and GZ34, there's never been as overtubed a single-ended amp!
-Gibson "EH" series amps from the 30s. How many of these did they build? Then figure in the fact that at least the KEH that I've got had at least 5 different schematics (at least that Gerald Weber has seen) and it's not even listed in the catalogs...

rwe333
04-08-2007, 10:26 PM
Hiwatt, vintage Orange, VHT, THD, my custom Newalls...

jeswin123
04-08-2007, 10:48 PM
Carvin MTS 3200 and Legacy