What Amp Are You Playing Today?

[gearJunkie]

Need to make some space for this setup, so test driving it in a temporary location.

Badlander 50 with TK Imperial preamp in 4CM, with a Pigtronix Echolution 3 in the TK fx loop.

 

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Need to make some space for this setup, so test driving it in a temporary location.

Badlander 50 with TK Imperial preamp in 4CM, with a Pigtronix Echolution 3 in the TK fx loop.

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How do you toggle between imperial/amps preamp?….bypass switch?
Is the Echolution still in the chain when you use the amps preamp? ( and the TK is bypassed)

 

[gearJunkie]

How do you toggle between imperial/amps preamp?….bypass switch?
Is the Echolution still in the chain when you use the amps preamp? ( and the TK is bypassed)

The far right bypass switch toggles between the BL and TK preamps. The Echolution, TK tremolo, and TK reverb are available for the BL preamps as well.

 

[Sirloin]

This amp this past Friday and Saturday.
Ceriatone 2203

 

[joebloggs]

These two...

 

[EOengineer]

Tracking guitars and the Mark III is a monster. Huge focused crunch tones with a Les Paul. Plug in a Tele and it’s a whole other palette of sounds. The clean is killer too.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Using crab at practice still, got it dialed in a little better tonight sounding pretty ripping

 

[DISTORT6]

Using crab at practice still, got it dialed in a little better tonight sounding pretty ripping

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Camo moving blankets - FTW!
(I used a few at my old rehearsal place)

 

[Desertdweller]

I've been practicing my harmonic minor runs with the rack last night. It's fun to see the differences in tone between the old school g force and the new vp4. The killer Kali is incredible too.

 

[Stratzrus]

Line 6 Catalyst CX 100 combo. I got it primarily to practice fundamentals, Jazz, Funk and R&B. It's proven to be very good for both.

It's fine as a stand alone amp but I'm also looking forward to using it as a pedal platform and as an amp for my FM9.

Not mine pictured.

 

[Jazz Padd]

Just got back from a jazz jam session, and played through a Roland Jazz Chorus JC-90 in the venue backline. Set it mostly flat rolling off a bit of bass and mid to avoid feedback, and added a splash of reverb. Great amps, but JCs can get a little glassy at times, so I adjusted the treble and the volume a bit on my Gibson Johnny Smith, mainly to taste while comping or soloing.

 

[ChordInversion]

I woke up early. I went and plugged into my Nextone Special and dialed in a satisfying chimey crunch sound.

 

[Chocol8]

My amps played yesterday…

Living room: Super Reverb (attenuated with a JohnH M4/M2 hybrid) that my wife has shockingly allowed to stay in the living room for a couple years now! There is something about an old cranked Super that never fails to make me smile, even with the volume tamed down quite a bit.

Basement: The last few days I have played an SMS pre-amp paired with a MosValve 982. I haven’t played the SMS in a long time and I have a pair of MosValve 962’s that get used more often than the 982 for reamping and digital, but I broke out the 982 because I was thinking it was finally time to replace the flakey volume pot. Of course, the threat of replacement had that pot on its best behavior. It is still probably going to go, but I might try a heavy Deoxit bath first.

The SMS is a clean machine unless you hit it really hard, and even then it doesn’t do power amp distortion like a full amp and it doesn’t to preamp distortion anywhere near like a “modern” high gain amp, but the combo with a MosValve or old McIntosh does do cleans and pedal platform stuff really well. I forgot how fun the SMS plus MosValve can be when turned up a bit and you can enjoy the dynamics.

 

[Jazz Padd]

Just finished messing with this Silvertone “amp-in-a-case” for a couple of hours. It has tremolo, but I also tried it with a couple of “big box” EHX echoes, for a trip down memory lane and a blast from the past.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Living room: Super Reverb (attenuated with a JohnH M4/M2 hybrid) that my wife has shockingly allowed to stay in the living room for a couple years now!

 

[Chocol8]

It is truly a mystery. If I leave a mini pedal on the desk for 24 hours, I hear about it, but the Super has for some reason been deemed acceptable. I brought it up to work on a tremolo tick and rebias while watching TV, and she commented about it then, but after I put it back together and tested it, no further complaints!

 

[FuzzyAce]

It is truly a mystery. If I leave a mini pedal on the desk for 24 hours, I hear about it, but the Super has for some reason been deemed acceptable. I brought it up to work on a tremolo tick and rebias while watching TV, and she commented about it then, but after I put it back together and tested it, no further complaints!

Kudos to you. I wonder if my wife will notice the twin reverb in the living room?

Worth a shot!

 

[Chocol8]

Kudos to you. I wonder if my wife will notice the twin reverb in the living room?

Worth a shot!

In more than 2 decades of marriage my wife has never failed to INSTANTLY notice one of my Twins in the living room and react negatively, and even the ever stylish tweed Bassman didn't last 30 seconds as an multi-use end table. 4x12 cabs? NO CHANCE!!!! So, my advice, if the Twin doesn't work for you, get yourself a BF Super. It is worth a try! Worst case, you have a Super to play while not getting any action.

 

[FuzzyAce]

In more than 2 decades of marriage my wife has never failed to INSTANTLY notice one of my Twins in the living room and react negatively, and even the ever stylish tweed Bassman didn't last 30 seconds as an multi-use end table. 4x12 cabs? NO CHANCE!!!! So, my advice, if the Twin doesn't work for you, get yourself a BF Super. It is worth a try! Worst case, you have a Super to play while not getting any action.

You make a compelling argument!

 

[Humbug]

I just finished (ish) wiring this one and took it for a test drive. The phallic potentiometer shafts make all the difference.