Your Desert Island Amp

[ChordInversion]

Desert island with a full power grid. Amazing!

 

[Badonkey Kong]

 

[Desertdweller]

Desert island with a full power grid. Amazing!

That's why my desert island amp is a Marshall. Rescue crews will be able to spot the flames.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Mrak

 

[Deadpan]

My MI Audio Megalith Gamma, no question. Was between my Gen 3 Armored Sabot and Bogner 101b for years, but the Gamma sent both packing.

Sabot v3 with Philips power tubes is pretty equal to my Wizard with stock el34.

 

[dronerstone]

That's why my desert island amp is a Marshall. Rescue crews will be able to spot the flames.

My Ampeg VT-22 should be able to take down aircraft by shooting blue lightning bolts.

Not exactly my desert island amp, unless I need a boat anchor.

 

[laxu]

Knowing myself, it'd probably have to be a Synergy system with all the modules. Preferably somewhere where the desert island sand doesn't get into them!

I know I'd likely eventually get bored with just that one amp and want to swap things out.

If it had to be out of something I own or have owned, rather than the Mark V...I'd probably pick my BluGuitar Amp 1 Mercury Edition. That's the amp that gets me to my happy place with the least amount of fuss - just big, bold Marshall goodness in a practical format.

 

[Jarick]

Without having played one I would guess it's the Friedman BE-100 Deluxe. The only tube amp I currently own is the Friedman JJ Junior and while I love the clean and high gain tones, to me it's missing a proper crunch channel and some additional tone shaping controls. Seems like the BE-100 Deluxe is a proper 3 channel amp with clean, crunch, and high gain with more flexibility.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Mrak

 

[MatrixClaw]

Sabot v3 with Philips power tubes is pretty equal to my Wizard with stock el34.

It's a great amp, for sure.

 

[Stratzrus]

My Ampeg VT-22 should be able to take down aircraft by shooting blue lightning bolts.

Not exactly my desert island amp, unless I need a boat anchor.

I gigged in NYC using a VT-22 hauling it up and down the stairs of the New York subway system. Every time I started up a new staircase I thought to myself "I can't believe I'm doing this."

 

[dronerstone]

I gigged in NYC using a VT-22 hauling it up and down the stairs of the New York subway system. Every time I started up a new staircase I thought to myself "I can't believe I'm doing this."

wtf, riding on public transport with a VT-22 on your lap? this is insane

 

[Stratzrus]

wtf, riding on public transport with a VT-22 on your lap? this is insane

I was one of the musicians providing live music accompaniment to the dancers on Dancemobile back in the '70s. Sam Rivers and Vishnu were also part of the group.

https://www.nypl.org/blog/2024/02/12/social-choreography-dancemobile

 

[BFRaid]

It would have to be my Carvin X100B it is my most flexible amp, great gain, built-in boost, 5 band, two channels, and amazing cleans. Especially if we are assuming no pedals in this exercise.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I gigged in NYC using a VT-22 hauling it up and down the stairs of the New York subway system. Every time I started up a new staircase I thought to myself "I can't believe I'm doing this."

I know the VT-22s were pretty heavy. I carried around a Carvin Legacy combo for years which made lifting a Twin Reverb later on seem not so bad.

 

[dronerstone]

I know the VT-22s were pretty heavy. I carried around a Carvin Legacy combo for years which made lifting a Twin Reverb later on seem not so bad.

Yup, when you lift some of the real deal heavyweights, carrying a Twin is "not fun but can do".

 

[FuzzyAce]

Yup, when you lift some of the real deal heavyweights, carrying a Twin is "not fun but can do".

It felt like this:

 

[greatmutah]

Metroplex Mk I. George nailed it with that amp.

 

[[Nathan]]

The real desert island sound is that you finally have the time to practice and get better

….. and some kind of 5150 of course

I think another good one would be “I just won the lotto” amp purchase. Retail, custom, rare you name it.

 

[Night Stalker]

My current fave, Rivera K-Tre.