Obedoff Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 1:52 PM, Filbert said: I have a number of electric guitars and a number of amps so in theory, I have a lot of potential combinations to play with but in reality, there are only a few ones that sound 'good' to me, at least to my admittedly, very imperfect, ears. I have a Fender Champion 100 amp, that is great for a solid state amp. Unfortunately, my Gibsons tend to sound like arse through it whereas my two Fenders ( a Strat and a Tele) sound lovely though it - the Strat in particular chimes like a bell. Obviously, Fender designed their amps to sound good with their guitars as opposed to being more generic I guess. I have a Marshall DSL 30 combo and that sounds fantastic with any guitar plugged in but in particular, my Les Paul and Firebird sound best through it. That's my 'go-to' amp; my workhorse,m if you like. I also have a small 5 watt Marshall DSL tube combo that I picked up for a laugh, just to see if I could whack up the gain and volume on a small amp and get that lovely tube overdrive but without the neighbour unfriendly volumes. It's a decent little amp but a little too much gain on the 'clean' channel for my liking; the sound breaks up unless you roll back on the guitar volume quite a bit. Finally, I also have a little Vox solid state amp and that is the most surprising out of the lot. I get a really good sound out of that and it almost sounds like a tube amp if you wind the gain up. Really impressed by it, so much so that I would like to get a 'proper' Vox tube at some point. TLDR: The Marshall/Firebird or Les Paul combo is great as you would expect but very closely followed by Marshall/Strat which also sounds good. It does help that my Strat is an HSS Shawbucker model as well so has a little extra grunt. Hi) I have a fender amp 15 junior, my l.p. sound orrible on that😂😂😂😂 the fender is perfect) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 late 70's into the 80's I had a Lab Series L5 2x12 combo. solid state but sounded nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I've had so many guitars and so many amps that it's hard to pick a favorite. But I must confess that I have really enjoyed the tones and sweetness I have gotten out of my Gibson SG Naked, played thru the Vox AC15VR and the older Marshall Valvestate VS265. (I run my pedalboard stereo-out to both of them when on stage. ) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I'm going to jump on the Blues Junior bandwagon. I've got the tweed with a Jensen speaker, and every guitar I have sounds great through it. This is a great thread. This is the kind of stuff that keeps me coming back to the lounge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Most any decent guitar through any decent Fender will do me just fine. I use a Blues Junior for quite a while now. I have all Teles and Strats and Esquire. Downtown I usually have a Deluxe or a Twin to plug my pedalboard into, they never fail. Haven't since 1971 for me. rct 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Rct you should have BBP or someone make you a tweed style fender. You needs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I have thought about that! rct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, rct said: I have thought about that! rct I highly recommend it. If you can get a nice straight up copy of one of those early fender amps you’re gonna like it. It’s pretty much everything you like in one setting with one guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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