What is the most "giggable" amp you've ever played?

[guitarman3001]

Originally Posted by buddaman71

Mesa Lone Star Classic is my fave no-pedals-needed gig amp.
2 channels plus an adjustable boost for each channel.

I'd love to get one of those. For me, a giggable amp MUST have a footswitchable boost. Sure, I've played plenty of gigs with a C30 and others that don't have one but then I'm forced to add an eq in the fx loop.

I usually do anyway even with my palomino but I don't like to be forced to. I like the option of being able to gig with just the amp and no pedals at all, whether I actually do or not.

For me, the palomino was the only one I could afford that had that option.

[Jack Luminous]

Originally Posted by charveldan

79' Marshall JMP 2204 [50 watt].

But i prefer 2203's.

Ditto. I only giggged with my 2203 and a few pedals. It always worked great !!

[FLYING V 83]

Mid-80s Peavey Heritage VTX has been my go-to amp for many years now.
130w (and the LOUDEST watts I've ever heard!)
ss preamp, four 6L6 power tubes
2 12" Scorpions
on-board phaser & reverb

This amp never gets to 2 on the master volume without drowning out the entire band. Excellent pedal platform also.

I've had Marshalls & Laney AORs thru a 412 slant cab loaded with G12K-85s and this Heritage mops the floor with all of them.

But at 53, this 92 lb. beast is gettin' a little heavy.....

[GregoryL]

For the last several years, it's been a Dr. Z Maz 18 ... versatile and built like a tank.

[Structo]

Well from a reliability standpoint, I had a Ampeg solid state amp, can't remember the model, but it had the control panel that lit up like it was an etched circuit board with a light behind.
I gigged with that for several years until I blew a couple power transistors, so it was retired to the junk heat.
Then I got a Peavey Century amp, another solid state 100 watt amp.
That and a couple pedals and an old VOX 2 x 12 cab served me well until I got back into tube amps in the late 90's.

Tube amps are cool but they can act up at the most inopportune times.....

[dbx]

+1 on the Vibrolux, but you may also find the Chicago Blues Box Kingston 30 very useful...it has a small footprint (smaller than the Vibrolux) but a big sound. No footswitchable boost but has toggles to increase the brightness, and harmonic boost...it's dense (heavy) for it's size but easy/quick for me to dial in the sound I need..don't let the size fool you, it has alot of power (takes 6v6, 6L6, or EL34s, mixed or matched...)

[gtrs]

Carol-Ann Tucana.
If I didn't have the Tucana it would be a Shiva.

[cbguy]

If my back wasn't a concern, the Shiva would get another vote here.

Currently I use my Red Plate Blackloop Overdrive and occasionally my Bogner Duende. Both are very giggable amps with plenty of clean headroom (the redplate is a REALLY loud 50 watts) and built in creamy overdrive.

[hubberjub]

Soldano Astroverb 16 combo. One very musical channel and reverb. Add pedals to taste. Pretty light too. The best $400 I ever spent on Craigslist. Now if I could only find another...

[Terry Hayes]

Originally Posted by dunara

You'll get a wide range of answers to this question. I use several, but the most versatile by far that I use is the Rivera R55.

Yes indeed. That is an excellent gigging amp.

[SpaceFlunky]

1973 Ampeg VT40. It is just the perfect gigging amp.

[The Golden Boy]

Originally Posted by charveldan

79' Marshall JMP 2204 [50 watt].

Mine's a 78, but for all intensive porpoises, the same amp...

[Eagle1]

JVM 410C no pedals needed.

[Spudman]

Peavey Delta 1x15 and Hot Rod Deluxe. They cover a lot of ground.

[CitizenCain]

When I was in the blues band, playing fairly hard blues, best sound I got was with a Peavey Delta Blues 1x15, clean channel around 7-8, pushed with an OCD V4. Man, that setup could do everything I needed. Clean to scream at the twist of the guitar's vol control.