What Are Your Favorite Amps To Play?

[Mark Ray]

You guys sound great!

Thank you so much! Coming from you that's definitely a compliment I truly appreciate!

*There's been plenty of discussion about Dragon 1's on here lately. Those are the originals in my '95 Custom22.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Here's the Tubemeister18 in action. I was using the head into an H & K 1x10 Celestion loaded cab. On the 5 watt setting. The built-in Red Box is the secret sauce. The volume in the room was very low, but Mickey was able to get a nice, full tone in the mix.

*Listen on some decent speakers if possible

Great share Mark, one of my favourite Free songs.

Paul Rodgers is one of my vocal heroes.

 

[Prina]

Here's the Tubemeister18 in action.

Great song & playing.

That Tubemeister18 has a great classic rock sound.

 

[Mark Ray]

Great song & playing.

That Tubemeister18 has a great classic rock sound.

Thanks!

 

[Bogner]

Fryette Deliverance 120 Mk II Kind Of Day

 

[FatFingerBlues]

I just pulled the trigger on an Archon 50W head
I'm excited to play it once it gets here

 

[DISTORT6]

Fryette Deliverance 120 Mk II Kind Of Day

I really need to dig my Sig:X out again.
Love the Fryette amps.

 

[Bogner]

I just pulled the trigger on an Archon 50W head
I'm excited to play it once it gets here

USA Original Or The Other?

 

[Bogner]

I really need to dig my Sig:X out again.
Love the Fryette amps.

DO IT!!!

 

[FatFingerBlues]

USA Original Or The Other?

It's brand new so I imagine its the other

 

[Bogner]

Today Is Kemper Day...

 

[bodia]

I just pulled the trigger on an Archon 50W head
I'm excited to play it once it gets here

Nice!

 

[DreamTheaterRules]

Today Is Kemper Day...

Booooo!

 

[Bogner]

Roland JC 120 Day

 

[Bogner]

Experimenting With The Bogner XTC Classic And 101B Today.

 

[aamefford]

Helix today, ‘cause it’s new to me. So far, I’ve found a clean Morgan that I like once I turn off the tremolo and vibrato and tame the reverb, and a “Guidorist” JCM800 liquid profile.

Der, Kemper, not Helix.

 

[Jbyrd78]

I have read this entire thread with much interest
one thing makes me curios
not a single mention of a Hughes and Kettner

Why no love for H&K?

I was thinking the same thing, then I saw your post \m/

They just don't seem to have a big following in North America.

I got a good deal on a Triamp mk2 in 2010 and loved it. Ended up as my main amp in the band I was in until 2019.

Speaking for the Triamp, it was super versatile: I remember using 1A for clean 1B for slight break up, 2A as a jcm-ish rythm tone, 3A for leads and 3B for the heavies.

MK II's & Dual/ Triple Rec's were the "Gold Standard" in the early 2000's. H&K was handing MK II's out to Alt/Nu-Metal, & Post Grunge bands like they were pez candy going out of style, just to get their name out there on that scene.

Thank you for the response
I was looking at one but will wait for a bit before I pull the trigger

How much are they asking? Does it have the footswitch?

The Triamp mk2 is the only H&K I am familiar with, but if you have any other questions, I would be happy to help you!

What I can tell you from my experience with that particular amp is that for the prices they go for now, they are an absolute steal of a deal for essentially a 6 channel flagship amp. Something like a 2 channel Rev G Rectifier goes for more than a mk2 Triamp and the Triamp SMOKES a Rev G. IMHO.

Oh Yeah! People showing love for my desert island amp...the H&K TriAmp MKII.
Currently, I own a:
- Kemper Stage Profile & Kemper powered kab
- H& K TriAmp MK II
- Early 2000's Mesa Boogie 3 channel Triple Rectifier
- 1991 Peavey 5150 block letter version
- Marshall DSL100HR
- B-52 AT 4x12 cab
- Marshall JCM 900 1960 A cab

Of all the amps listed above the TriAmp & Kemper gets the most playtime. My TriAmp channels have been profiled to the Kemper, and that is the performance slot that gets the most play time on the Kemper.

I remember when I first saw a MK II at a guitar store in New Jersey back in 2002. That $3k sticker for only the head was a hard pass for me to even plug in and test drive it. I remember seeing Three Days Grace & Theory of a Deadman rock those amps on stage early in their careers, and thinking "man...I really need one of those amp!", but I still couldn't justify buying one b/c I wasn't making enough money at the time.

Fast forward to August of 2022, when I started making good money in my career, I was in a Guitar Center, and they had one forsale w/ the footswitch, as a "for parts only, as is" and they wanted $500 bucks for it. I took the gamble and bought, and drove straight over to my amp techs shop and dropped it off. I had it back a week later. All he did was reflowed some solder joints that had cracked, replaced a few parts that were weak, tuned it up and the amp has been a smoking ace since then.
The panel light went out in it, but I just installed a $25 LED light in it from Amazon and it is all good. My only qualm about the amp, is that I wish the EQ controls on channel 3 worked better at lower volumes, b/c you really have to have the amp cranked to get the best of the EQ on that channel.

https://imgur.com/a/j9pKIMj

 

[Bogner]

Today Is Diezel VH4 Day.

 

[FatFingerBlues]

I was thinking the same thing, then I saw your post \m/

MK II's & Dual/ Triple Rec's were the "Gold Standard" in the early 2000's. H&K was handing MK II's out to Alt/Nu-Metal, & Post Grunge bands like they were pez candy going out of style, just to get their name out there on that scene.

How much are they asking? Does it have the footswitch?

Oh Yeah! People showing love for my desert island amp...the H&K TriAmp MKII.
Currently, I own a:
- Kemper Stage Profile & Kemper powered kab
- H& K TriAmp MK II
- Early 2000's Mesa Boogie 3 channel Triple Rectifier
- 1991 Peavey 5150 block letter version
- Marshall DSL100HR
- B-52 AT 4x12 cab
- Marshall JCM 900 1960 A cab

Of all the amps listed above the TriAmp & Kemper gets the most playtime. My TriAmp channels have been profiled to the Kemper, and that is the performance slot that gets the most play time on the Kemper.

I remember when I first saw a MK II at a guitar store in New Jersey back in 2002. That $3k sticker for only the head was a hard pass for me to even plug in and test drive it. I remember seeing Three Days Grace & Theory of a Deadman rock those amps on stage early in their careers, and thinking "man...I really need one of those amp!", but I still couldn't justify buying one b/c I wasn't making enough money at the time.

Fast forward to August of 2022, when I started making good money in my career, I was in a Guitar Center, and they had one forsale w/ the footswitch, as a "for parts only, as is" and they wanted $500 bucks for it. I took the gamble and bought, and drove straight over to my amp techs shop and dropped it off. I had it back a week later. All he did was reflowed some solder joints that had cracked, replaced a few parts that were weak, tuned it up and the amp has been a smoking ace since then.
The panel light went out in it, but I just installed a $25 LED light in it from Amazon and it is all good. My only qualm about the amp, is that I wish the EQ controls on channel 3 worked better at lower volumes, b/c you really have to have the amp cranked to get the best of the EQ on that channel.

https://imgur.com/a/j9pKIMj

I ended up buying a PRS Archon 50w Head
Brand new for $829
It's an awesome amp and I am very happy playing through it for now
I may add another amp in the future and split my full stack like you did
but this is enough for now

 

[Wyzard]

I went out to watch a mate's band (improv jazz ) last night, and it was truly excellent

He's been amazing and awesome since we were both very much younger, and has since grown beyond my limited understanding of all things ....er, "harmolodic".

He was using his Boogie King Snake (we have many amps in common) and sounded epic . Time to pull the KS out again, methinks