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Post by JamesP on Aug 29, 2014 7:37:31 GMT -5
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Post by Pistol Pete on Aug 29, 2014 15:27:45 GMT -5
I always struggle to get excited about amps in the same way I can about guitars, but even so they all seem like safe choices to me. Where's Hound Dog Taylor's Sears Silvertone or the Valcos, Pignoses etc?
Surely five Fenders on a list of ten amps is overkill?
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Post by Tony Done on Aug 29, 2014 17:51:36 GMT -5
I always struggle to get excited about amps in the same way I can about guitars, but even so they all seem like safe choices to me. Where's Hound Dog Taylor's Sears Silvertone or the Valcos, Pignoses etc? Surely five Fenders on a list of ten amps is overkill? Hi folks, this is my first to TM, and seems as good a place as any to start. A brief bio. I've been playing acoustic folk and blues since the early 60s, electric the past 20 or so, slide only. My whole repertoire is about 50;50 slide and fingerpicking. Some of my interests are linked in my sig. Pete, I was born and brought up in Crewe, but have lived in Australia since '75. It took me about 30 years of electric unsuccess before I realised the importance of pickups and amps, so now I'm the opposite of you, I can't get excited about electric guitars (just a lump of wood), pickups are a big deal, and amps likely would be if I could afford it. I can't argue with the list (except maybe the AC30), but there are other ways of skinning the sonic cat. For example, the little lunch box amps are very versatile and becoming more popular. You can also do a lot with any half decent amp if you choose the right pickups and stomp boxes. I've used a Blues Deluxe and a Peavey Classic 30 and they worked well with acoustic guitars and clean bright electric pickups, not good with humbuckers. I don't gig anymore but I now have an H&K Statesman Dual EL84 that has enough tonal range to cover blues, acoustic guitars and electric folk. I still don't like most humbuckers though. EDIT - Oops no sig, avatar. Must fix.
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Post by earleg on Aug 31, 2014 18:23:34 GMT -5
The Peavey Classic 30 and Delta Blues amps seem to be well liked for current players on the local level. Fender Blues Junior is also popular.
I don't think the Dumble, Mesa, CS Twin or the Marshall are very realistic price wise for most blues players but affordable might not have been what the writer had in mind. The Mesa has more "knobs" than most blues guys would need! [guitar]
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Post by dadfad on Sept 2, 2014 10:48:11 GMT -5
The Peavey Classic 30 and Delta Blues amps seem to be well liked for current players on the local level. Fender Blues Junior is also popular. I don't think the Dumble, Mesa, CS Twin or the Marshall are very realistic price wise for most blues players but affordable might not have been what the writer had in mind. The Mesa has more "knobs" than most blues guys would need! [guitar] I've got a number of amps I've acquired over the years... a Fender Twin and a Fender Champ, a Marshall combo, an Ampeg, a Hi-Watt, a Gibson, Randall, and others. My "number-one" guitar amp for blues is my old Mesa Boogie. (I originally bought two of them back in the early 70s, I gave one to a friend of mine not long ago. He'd been begging me for years! LOL). "The Mesa has more "knobs" than most blues guys would need!" But once you find "your spot" you don't need to mess with them any more. I have three settings I might use depending on the style of blues I'm playing. (One setting most of the time.) On the back I have "the numbers" written down. I haven't needed to go outside of them for years. As far as the quality of the amp, it's gone through hell and back several times. (I put a stainless-steel mesh over the front a long time ago to protect it from stray beer-bottles and bar-fights!) I've replaced a few tubes, but that's it. And enough power to drive more speakers the rare times I needed them. The natural over-drive just drips from the speakers, and that's what I want. My number-two guitar amp is just my old little Fender Champ, mic'ed into the PA for more volume.
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Post by Tony Done on Sept 3, 2014 18:59:15 GMT -5
Found it thanks, my default browser (Orca) didn't support the format, but it worked fine in Avant.
I like it, but my style is more coffee house/folk club. There's not much demand for it here these days, and I tend to get treated like an interesting museum specimen.
I can't recall ever having been to Stafford, so I think of that whole area as industrial. I still like it, except for the congestion, even though I've become a country boy since leaving the UK.
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