What was your first amp?
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Cool thread! 
I first played electric guitar through my dad's solid state '70s Yamaha 4x10 combo, which had a decent clean sound but an absolutely horrible distorted sound. Pic from Reverb (not the actual amp, but same model):
So, in search of The Sound Of Rock + something I could use in my bedroom, I got one of these as a present. The TubeStack™ distortion sounded glorious to me:
Later, in order to have something big and loud enough for a band, I mail-ordered a Rockman Distortion Generator up to Canada, from the back of a guitar magazine, and used it in front of the big Yamaha combo, which actually sounded pretty good with the DiMarzio Super Distortion I'd had put into my 80s BC Rich:
And then, finally, I worked all summer as a custodian's assistant and saved enough money for a JCM900 Marshall half-stack. This was my amp for the next 10 years, through many bands and gigs.
Here I am at age 15 playing outside my high school with it:
I first played electric guitar through my dad's solid state '70s Yamaha 4x10 combo, which had a decent clean sound but an absolutely horrible distorted sound. Pic from Reverb (not the actual amp, but same model):
So, in search of The Sound Of Rock + something I could use in my bedroom, I got one of these as a present. The TubeStack™ distortion sounded glorious to me:
Later, in order to have something big and loud enough for a band, I mail-ordered a Rockman Distortion Generator up to Canada, from the back of a guitar magazine, and used it in front of the big Yamaha combo, which actually sounded pretty good with the DiMarzio Super Distortion I'd had put into my 80s BC Rich:
And then, finally, I worked all summer as a custodian's assistant and saved enough money for a JCM900 Marshall half-stack. This was my amp for the next 10 years, through many bands and gigs.
Here I am at age 15 playing outside my high school with it:
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My first one came with a 335 style guitar. Can’t remember the brand but it was very small and only had a volume and tone knob. Got a 10 watt Peavey Backstage after that.
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I was 12 or 13 when my uncle sold me a crappy Fender Stage Lead combo for $10. Up until that point I had found a way to rig up the Teisco Tulip to use rca cables so I could plug it into my bedroom stereo, which also sounded awful.
I’ll never forget the day I discovered the overdrive channel. It changed everything for me. I finally started to get how this plinky sounding instrument might make all those big, crazy noises I heard Slash and Kurt Cobain make.
When I was 15 the channels stopped switching. I took the amp out back and smashed it with a baseball bat as was the style at the time.
I’ll never forget the day I discovered the overdrive channel. It changed everything for me. I finally started to get how this plinky sounding instrument might make all those big, crazy noises I heard Slash and Kurt Cobain make.
When I was 15 the channels stopped switching. I took the amp out back and smashed it with a baseball bat as was the style at the time.
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