Your First Amp

[hcsterg]

No matter where you are in France, I'm quite sure that they could hear you all the way in Andorra with that rig.

I had to put in ear plugs just to view the picture! A deluxe piggybacked with a Super Twin= LOUD

Well, yes, it can be loud ! But I'm not Ted Nugent !

In fact, this stack combination gives a big clean tone with a deep reverb effect coming from the two amps, and quite spectacular when the two tremolos are operating with reverb.

A+!

 

[afire]

I won't count the mighty Peavey KB-300 that my dad bought for a synth before I started playing guitar. I was into vintage from day one. The first actual guitar amp I got was a 1964 blonde/blackface Fender Bandmaster. I still think of it as one of the best sounding amps I've ever owned. One of these days I'll have to come full circle and get another one. I'm guessing it will set me back more than the $600 I paid for it in the early '90s.

 

[64ChevSS]

My first amp was a Vox Pathfinder 10. Haven't used it much since I got my Traynors - 3 of them for $220 total.

 

[JC higgy]

Well the first amps i had use of weren't mine,they belonged to my dads band.
One was a wee Jennings amp head of about 15 watts,i paired it with a home made floor monitor with a Celestion blue speaker from an AC30 in it,sounded rather nice.
The other was a Simms Watts something or other,i'm sure this was solid state.

The first guitar amp i bought was a Peavey 112 Bandit,mid to late 80s.

 

[Maguchi]

Not counting the practice amp that came with the Squier Strat Pack, my first amp purchased separately was the 1990s Peavy Bandit 112 Sheffield. Got me through highschool and college. I then moved on to Fender Amps as an adult.

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A new 1986 Peavey Bandit 65. Still got it and still gig with it. Weighs less than 40 lbs but built like a brick $&!+house and it can get loud if needed!

 

[dmunson]

This would have been in 1959. The little amp had no name, one on/off volume control, a 4" speaker, and maybe 5 watts. This amp was shared and passed around to any new player that needed something until they could talk their parents into something else.

 

[SAguitar]

My first was a mid-60s blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb. I bought it in the early '70s from a nice little old lady that had to sell it due to arthritis. It still had the original amp cover and probably had never left her living room. I gigged that baby for about 15 years, and it always delivered. I've still got that one, and I need to get some caps replaced to restore it to glory.

 

[pmac11]

Acoustic Control Corporation G60-112
60 Watts of solid state fury. Great drive channel.

 

[6187LX]

'Twas a '70s silver-face Fender Princeton Reverb, the one with the weird overdrive master volume pull switch. A total match for my first electric, the holy grail '56 6120. You really didn't need anything else.

 

[LivingMyDream]

My very first amp was a Gorilla 10w practice amp. Honestly, it didn't take me too long to upgrade.

My second amp had a bit more volume: a used Crate GX-600 head and cab.

 

[slide]

My first was an "Alamo" branded amp. I then moved up to a bigger, louder Supro combo. Finally, getting my first pro-quality amp, a used, but well taken care of Fender Bandmaster, $150.

 

[GlenP]

A new 1986 Peavey Bandit 65. Still got it and still gig with it. Weighs less than 40 lbs but built like a brick $&!+house and it can get loud if needed!

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I have a similar vintage Studio Pro 50. What’s the deal with their yellow and blue speaker wires? I never can remember which one is which if I ever disconnect the speaker.

 

[Wozob]

Fender Champ 12.

 

[Cryin_Caleb_Aaron]

I had a late 90’s Peavey Delta Blues 1x15.
Killer amp, but it was not cut out for a life with Caleb. If I so much as gave it a harsh look, one or all the tubes would rattle out of their seating and/or crack. It got to the point that just taking it from rehearsal to gig was a risk. After having it fixed for the 3rd time, it broke again. I sold it.

It was a great sounding amp though.

 

[Wagonpeddler]

Here's mine....First guitar 1963 with amp in the case.


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[tifftunes]

1965 Silvertone 1482. Sweet amp!

 

[Likeabrave]

It was awful:

But I was 12 so it was awesome.

 

[Bertotti]

My first amp was an MG50dfx from Marshall that after two days at home grated on my ears. So it promptly went back for a Peavey Triple XXX Super Forty, the one I liked the best when I went in to buy guitar and amp but was a coupe hindered dollars above my self imposed limit. I will have to get a picture I can’t find one on my phone.

 

[Mr Twangy]

My first amp was one of these Bell and Howell film speakers with a Heathkit tube hifi amplifier installed in it.

 

[fretbuzzard]

Fender Bullet! 15 watts of solid state fury into an 8-inch speaker. It was… fine for my purposes. Then when I got into playing with other people/out I bought a floor model DRRI at a significant discount (this was the mid-90s). Great amp.