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View Poll Results: Which el84 amp do you prefer?
Vox AC30 JMI 59 18.67%
Matchless DC30 or JJ 37 11.71%
Bad Cat Trem Cat or Black Cat 19 6.01%
/13 ERT 33 or other 17 5.38%
Bruno UG30 18 5.70%
Kingsley Deluxe 30 15 4.75%
Alessandro English 13 4.11%
Top Hat King Royale 19 6.01%
Komet Con. 22 6.96%
No, you got it wrong, what about Mojave, Fargen, Mayfly, Valvetech etc you dummy!! 97 30.70%
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Old 01-13-2005, 01:08 AM
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Cornford Hellcat. Chimey cleans and a crunch channel that can Plexi with the best of them....
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Old 01-13-2005, 02:06 AM
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My vintage AC-15 Twin is hard to beat. I don't have pictures, but it's the one PlexiPalace had for sale here: http://plexipalace.com/vox/buyit_vox.html

Also my vintage Watkins Dominator V-Front is nice, but kinda a one-trick pony.

I built a Marshall/Vox EL84 amp for my son that is pretty sweet, and that led me to making some new EL84 amps with friends that I like even more.
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Old 01-13-2005, 02:34 AM
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Well,I voted for the Matchless,which I own,but I suspect Alessandro and the Constellaton must be great too.I wish I had them around!
However,for 18 watt British style EL-84 amps(a different flavor alltogether)I would go for the Mojave Coyote.I've yet to hear a 2 EL-84 amp do the plexi thing so well.

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Old 01-13-2005, 04:09 AM
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DrZ????????
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Old 01-13-2005, 05:22 AM
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Lots of great amps mentioned here, but my vote goes for the Cage 18/30. Simply superb sounding amp.
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Old 01-13-2005, 05:50 AM
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1st place: Matchless SC30
2nd place: Bogner Metropolis 30Watt

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Old 01-13-2005, 06:10 AM
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Cage 18/30 Corsa.
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Old 01-13-2005, 06:47 AM
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Hard to pick just one.

I voted Alessandro English, but I really like my UG30R
and Snake River Vox clone. The Mayfly Bc15 has its own very good thing going too.
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Old 01-13-2005, 06:59 AM
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Tough question really. My AC15 RI (well, it's not really a RI, just recent) is the complete package for me and continues to impress a year on. Chimey and complex, portable. Master volume. I have a hayseed 30 on the way, so we'll see what happens with that. But really, the Alessandro's are mind-blowing, but while they have uber chime, it doesn't have the same complexity, that jumbleyness, as the ac15 or vintage voxes i've heard.
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Old 01-13-2005, 07:15 AM
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Aiken Invader MK II 18-watt is another favorite of mine.
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Old 01-13-2005, 07:39 AM
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Does the Guytron GT-100 count as an EL-84 amp? If so I pick it.

If not I'll have to go with the Maz 18 Jr Reverb.


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Old 01-13-2005, 07:49 AM
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One great unsung EL84 amp is the Vox Cambridge Reverb. It's a Thomas Organ model. You can see some Fender influence in the circuit, and it shows - it sounds like a cross of maybe a Deluxe Reverb and an AC15, in all the right ways.

I dunno if it's my favorite EL84 amp, though. I've made a few of my own that I'm pretty happy with.

Shea
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Old 01-13-2005, 08:02 AM
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Vox AC30. Nothing beats the real thing. Alessandro English is my second choice.
Well stated.
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Old 01-13-2005, 10:09 AM
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My favorite is the Roccaforte Rockie. It's brand new and I know very few folks have gotten to play one but I love mine. It has the top-end complexity of an AC30, the bottom-end firmness of...well, Doug's bigger amps (which is to say...the low end response is a serious mofo), the touch sensitivity of a good Trainwreck amp and the solid midrange of an older Marshall....all in one small 30W cathode-biased package. Love it!!!
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