Amps for punk..

[Carmeg]

So, if you guys were choosing an amp for punk what would you lean towards? I am thinking Bad Religion, Green Day, Blink 182, Dead Kennedys, the Offspring, Pennywise, Lagwagon, etc...

Just curious mainly. Getting into the sounds recently

 

[37 others]

For punk? Something with a torn speaker - otherwise a nice Orange ought to do the trick.

 

[Kevi]

I second something of the Orange variety. I can get some killer Alkaline Trio sounds out of my rockerverb.

 

[LoudAC30]

JCM 900, JCM 2000 or Mesa Dual Rec.

 

[Big'Uns]

Would it be considered un-punk to have a premium high end amp?

 

[NortheastHick]

Les Paul Custom and 1970s silverface twin.
Straight in.
Cranked!

 

[Alabamarama]

Marshall half stack and call it a day.

Honestly, anything would work.

 

[j_el_jee]

Would it be considered un-punk to have a premium high end amp?

Correct answer to whoever’s asking: pi** off
=)

 

[longgonedaddy]

I’ll be the first to say it, a stolen twin reverb

 

[In Absentia]

JCM800 covers a lot of those bands. Early Offspring is a Mark IV Mesa. Another great choice.

 

[Tommy Biggs]

Can’t go wrong with a one of the good old jcm900s...
But it’s more about how you play it than what gear you’re using.

 

[ekafroops]

Marshall half stack and call it a day.

Honestly, anything would work.

This was exactly my response as well.

 

[Jay Strange]

Mesa Dual Rec

 

[Matt0007]

As several have already mentioned, a lot of the skate punk bands use Mesa Dual Rectifiers

 

[pelliott]

for me and punk, I think of Fugazi and Coliseum and they were JCM800 all the way

and modern punk/emo definitely Orange Rockerverbs

 

[White Limo]

I’d get a DSL head, run it on the green channel with a BB Preamp cranked. Low cost, high power, fat punk sound.

 

[The Rossness]

The guitarist in my favourite punk band uses a Wizard MC2. Start there.

 

[Goldie Glocks]

JCM 900, JCM 2000 or Mesa Dual Rec.

Agreed. Green Day uses a hot rodded Marshall Plexi, Bad Religion uses Marshalls, dude used a Silver Jubilee for a long while. Pennywise uses Dual Rectifer as does NOFX.

My vote would be Marshall or Rectifier. They have both appeared on a **** load of records and both can get nice tight and aggressive tones.

For what it's worth I play in a punk band and I used a JCM800 (SC20H) on our least session. It recorded perfectly.

 

[Mudder]

Lots of the bands listed used Marshalls, a couple used Mesa Rectifiers. On a side note El Jefe of NOFX used Mesa Mk3 and now EVH 5150s.

 

[jlb2957]

The Fender Bassbreaker. Get a 15 or a 30R, depending on what you need it for. That thing can do everything and had that "punch" down for great punk rock.

For me, I was always a Green Day fan. An interesting thing about Billie Joe, after Insomniac, is that he started turning down his distortion. In my opinion, his guitar tone got so much better. I love the sound of an overdriven P-90 that is not too heavily distorted. Of course, he plays through two JCM 800 heads, I believe. The bass breaker with a Les paul Jr or Special can get you pretty close.