daphil_1
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Hello all,
I have recently ended my illusive search for "my amp" when I found a mint and recently serviced Ampeg VT-22 from 1974. I have had a bunch of amps owned and played a bunch of amps over the last 5 years in varying price brackets (orange, marshall, vox, matchless, traynor, matamp, Fender, victoria, heritage) and none of them have have the overall sound and vibe of the Ampeg - which was a third of the price of the boutiques and half teh price of new and reissues) I realise that there is a lot of personal preference at play and I cant say that its necessarily the result of it being "vintage" - but there is just something about an 35 year old non master amp that sounds like all the other amps are just flapping in the wind trying to emulate what was so right over three decades ago. Features aside - they just seem to sound the way and guitar amp is meant to sound. Am I alone on this?
I have recently ended my illusive search for "my amp" when I found a mint and recently serviced Ampeg VT-22 from 1974. I have had a bunch of amps owned and played a bunch of amps over the last 5 years in varying price brackets (orange, marshall, vox, matchless, traynor, matamp, Fender, victoria, heritage) and none of them have have the overall sound and vibe of the Ampeg - which was a third of the price of the boutiques and half teh price of new and reissues) I realise that there is a lot of personal preference at play and I cant say that its necessarily the result of it being "vintage" - but there is just something about an 35 year old non master amp that sounds like all the other amps are just flapping in the wind trying to emulate what was so right over three decades ago. Features aside - they just seem to sound the way and guitar amp is meant to sound. Am I alone on this?