Talk me out of buying 20 year old modeling tech...

[Diary Of An Axeman]

"motorized knobs"?

Isn't that like Gibson's "robot tuners"?

Those Robo Tuners had a habit of changing to a weird open tuning if you hit the strings too hard .... like if the ghost of John Lee Hooker was there messing with your tuning

 

[makeitstop]

I still have my old Line 6 Flextone XL combo that I bought new in 1998. Still sounds good, still dangerously loud.

If it didn't weigh 350 pounds I'd probably still be gigging with it.

 

[Diary Of An Axeman]

Johnson Millennium 250 is still killer, way ahead of its time and could easily hold its own .

 

[Sedaxel]

I used to gig a Zoom G5n into the return of a Peavey Valveking MicroHead 20W tube amp and a Matrix Neolight cab. It sounded quite good. It was loud, light and versatile. I could perfectly still be using that rig (the G5n is not 20 year old gear, though).

 

[madmarcus1960]

There are a few old digital amplifiers that still measure up. The power Kemper is still excellent . The old Yamaha DG stuff is still pretty good but lots are terrible but they always were. Dishonourable mention goes to the Vetta here.

I still have a DG80, that a friend made into a head, due to a cracked combo case. Still has a few really great basic sounds