Best Amp You've Ever Played Through-Clean - Page 6

rickalexander · July 12th, 2008, 07:52 PM

Either or both these SFTs

I rarely take them out anymore though, they've gotten a lot heavier in recent years.
I still use them a lot in the studio for a clean sound, and often in conjunction with a small Gibson Maestro for dark saturation and a Fender Champ for bright saturation.

I've been taking a Peavey VK112 to clubs, conventions etc., it's light, it does the job just fine and I don't worry about it.

Sargeslide · July 13th, 2008, 09:02 AM

66 Pro Reverb, hands down, no bull####, no competition. Oh yeah, I OWN IT! BHWAAAA HA HA HA (evil Laughter)

By sargeslide at 2008-07-09

Sorry

Sargeslide

johnnytronics · July 13th, 2008, 09:08 AM

'66 Super Reverb, played in '66 with my band, The Skyliners. I was 16. Wish I had it now!

Jeffscreamedcorn · July 13th, 2008, 09:13 AM

My '71 SF Twin.

Walter Broes · July 13th, 2008, 09:59 AM

sounds like a snobby comment, but the most impressive amp I've played through for clean, with a telecaster, was a white twin with two ceramic Utah speakers. A dealer/collector friend had one for a short while, very impressive amp, and I didn't think it would be - it wasn't "just a twin without reverb".

zoppotrump · July 13th, 2008, 05:19 PM

dr. z maz 18 jr 2x12" loaded with one weber blue dog alnico and one silver bell alnico speaker.
for my taste nothing better heard yet
take care everybody

zoppotrump
:O)

Marellicaster · August 4th, 2008, 11:38 AM

Hi fellow Mk111 player,
I also use a Mk111, have done since '93, up until now with mainly humbucker guitar's, rock and blues.
I have recently rediscovered the good ole' tele and am looking for that clean fender type tone.
I wondered if you play a tele through your's what sort of settings you use?

King regards,
Rick

gibsonjunkie · August 4th, 2008, 12:22 PM

Hughes & Kettner 20th Anniversary Edition

DMace · August 5th, 2008, 09:27 AM

blackface Princeton Amp. No contest.

charlie chitlin · August 5th, 2008, 09:52 AM

Narrow panel tweed Deluxe plugged into the "mic" channel and the "inst" channel turned up.

rand z · August 5th, 2008, 10:00 AM

easy...

71 silver face twin reverb. turn it up to 6... louder than you can imagine and NO DISTORTION. clear as a bell.

never was able to get to the distortion point without running the risk of ruining my hearing. used pedals for comp and overdrive... even had a master volume.

sold it 4 years ago to an 18 year old. told him if he wanted distortion, definately use a pedal... or he would ruin his hearing. i think he believed me, too.

i hope so.

imho.

rand z tropicalsoul.net

Papa Joe · August 5th, 2008, 12:37 PM

I've owned and played through many amps that sounded good in certain situations,but I sat in one time with my 68 Tele thin line,playing traditional country,and they plugged me in-to a Music Man 210..Best I've ever heard MY Tele sound for that genre..PJ...

M I K E D. · August 5th, 2008, 01:57 PM

Bruno Cowtipper 45 with a Carr Rambler running a very cose second...

rdchapman · August 5th, 2008, 03:16 PM

I have to say my 69 SF Princeton (non-reverb) is the best I've heard. Defeat the tremolo circuit with a pedal or shorted RCA connector and even fully cranked up, it's STILL clean with a 12ax7 . It records beautifully.

Chefacaster · August 5th, 2008, 06:34 PM

I'm with you tiktok (however late to this thread I may be!) Mesa Blue Angel 4x10 Combo all the way, I would trade it for anything!

Chefacaster · August 5th, 2008, 06:37 PM

Whoops, I WOULD NOT trade it for anything

13ontheB · August 5th, 2008, 06:41 PM

Love my Peavey classic 30

Gary in Boston · August 5th, 2008, 08:34 PM

Two come to mind from my past.

1) I had a 1965 black face Deluxe Reverb with a Jensen Lifetime 12" in it.
It was mint, clean and tight.

2) I had a Guild amp. I don't know the year but I bought it in 1969 when I found it buried( brand new in the box) in the basement of a music store I worked at in a Spring cleaning. It had a wierd "flesh" colored tolex cover with a brownish gril. The Guild logo was cut dull steel kinda like the early Fender ones. It had a 10" speaker probably 15 watts tremelo and reverb. It had low and high inputs. You could not hurt it. It was very clean and when you pushed it it got creamy overload smooth.

I sold the first amp and the Guild was stolen.

It's funny I'll bet more than half the amps talked about here are not still with the person wrting about them.

Gary

matt_mcg · August 5th, 2008, 08:51 PM

I have a 1967 Park 50 watt plexi head with 6L6s in it which sounds amazing clean. It's hard to drive at all at reasonable volumes, it's loud, but the clean sound is lush.

bluende · August 5th, 2008, 09:05 PM

My '65 non-reverb Deluxe:

Justinvs · August 5th, 2008, 10:00 PM

I've owned a 64 SR for ages, and the clean tone is exceptional. I've been toying with the idea of selling it (there was a discussion about it on another thread) but probably will hang onto it after all.

harry the filter · August 6th, 2008, 07:52 PM

The best clean sounding amp I ever spent time with was an early 70's Plush P1000S mated to a Plush 215 cab, all in glorious pea-green sparkle tuck and roll Naugahyde. I owned it in the mid to late 70's and it sounded round warm fat thick sweet and had an amazing amount of clean headroom. Although it was destroyed in a bar fight in Bulls Gap TN in 1979, and I have never been able to get those dulcet tones out of my head.

sprokett · August 7th, 2008, 07:52 PM

after a trip to a local gc this weekend, I have to add one to my list. It was a Sewell Texaverb 25. It was absolutely amazing.

THRESH · August 8th, 2008, 08:59 AM

BANDSTAND "The Spirit of '56"
Bird Brothers.
15" speaker, 12AY7 valve through 4XEL34

I think it's a UK made, at least 20 years old.
Think Lou Reed had two of these a long time ago.

It has two wired separated channels:
1- with 12AY7
2- with 12AX7.
Treble, middle and bass EQ and master volume.
The bird brothers speaker gives an awesome punch.

I couldn't find anything about this amp on internet.
If anybody knows anything about this amp, please, send me a private message.Thanks!

chabby · August 9th, 2008, 04:16 PM

69 SFVR with Jensen P-series alnicos and black--faced with Allessandro Filter Caps wax&oil and Mallory's, powered with RCA nos tubes.

BRADPDX -that 65 DR is a thing of beauty what caps are you running in it? Any originals left in the secondaries? Hows the JBL holding up? Aren't you scared to blow the JBL?

chabby · August 9th, 2008, 04:26 PM

GARYinBoston - O owned that same Guild amp back in the late 80's - early 90's actually now that I think about it, I sold it 1996. It was the coolest little amp and I'd give anything to have it back. I think I either bought it at a pawnshop, or used at a music store, but it was better than any champ I've ever played. Guild hit one out od the park with that little pulsating beauty. My pals used to laugh at it because it looked like a kitchen appliance from the early 60's. Mine evan still had the schematic paperwork inside. What a LIL gem. I used to love that amp for slide on a strat. The little thing did get hot though. If I only knew then what I know now.....okay, I still don't know much,, but that was one killer amp and a rare find. Think I paid 150 bucks for it!!!!Sold it for 250-300!!!!

July 13th, 2008, 09:02 AM	#202 (permalink)
Sargeslide Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NIles, Michigan Age: 48 Posts: 259 3 Photos	66 Pro Reverb, hands down, no bull####, no competition. Oh yeah, I OWN IT! BHWAAAA HA HA HA (evil Laughter) By sargeslide at 2008-07-09 Sorry Sargeslide __________________ Never argue with an idiot! They will drag you down to thier level then beat you with experience

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johnnytronics Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Big Apple, NYC Age: 58 Posts: 520	'66 Super Reverb, played in '66 with my band, The Skyliners. I was 16. Wish I had it now! __________________ Support our Troops

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zoppotrump Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: nuernberg, germany Posts: 350 13 Photos	dr. z maz 18 jr 2x12" loaded with one weber blue dog alnico and one silver bell alnico speaker. for my taste nothing better heard yet take care everybody zoppotrump :O) __________________ may the twang be with you !

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Marellicaster NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: devon england Posts: 3	Hi fellow Mk111 player, I also use a Mk111, have done since '93, up until now with mainly humbucker guitar's, rock and blues. I have recently rediscovered the good ole' tele and am looking for that clean fender type tone. I wondered if you play a tele through your's what sort of settings you use? King regards, Rick __________________ Rik Marelli

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gibsonjunkie Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bloomfield, Connecticut Age: 55 Posts: 582	Hughes & Kettner 20th Anniversary Edition __________________ The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese...

July 12th, 2008, 07:52 PM	#201 (permalink)
rickalexander NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 4	Either or both these SFTs I rarely take them out anymore though, they've gotten a lot heavier in recent years. I still use them a lot in the studio for a clean sound, and often in conjunction with a small Gibson Maestro for dark saturation and a Fender Champ for bright saturation. I've been taking a Peavey VK112 to clubs, conventions etc., it's light, it does the job just fine and I don't worry about it.

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Jeffscreamedcorn Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: beantown Age: 51 Posts: 781	My '71 SF Twin.

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Walter Broes Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Age: 38 Posts: 453	sounds like a snobby comment, but the most impressive amp I've played through for clean, with a telecaster, was a white twin with two ceramic Utah speakers. A dealer/collector friend had one for a short while, very impressive amp, and I didn't think it would be - it wasn't "just a twin without reverb".

August 5th, 2008, 09:27 AM	#209 (permalink)
DMace Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 355	blackface Princeton Amp. No contest.

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charlie chitlin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bucktown, Pa Age: 46 Posts: 2,176	Narrow panel tweed Deluxe plugged into the "mic" channel and the "inst" channel turned up. __________________ Nil illigitimi carborundum http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...6-bf3537901a07

August 5th, 2008, 10:00 AM	#211 (permalink)
rand z Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 972	easy... 71 silver face twin reverb. turn it up to 6... louder than you can imagine and NO DISTORTION. clear as a bell. never was able to get to the distortion point without running the risk of ruining my hearing. used pedals for comp and overdrive... even had a master volume. sold it 4 years ago to an 18 year old. told him if he wanted distortion, definately use a pedal... or he would ruin his hearing. i think he believed me, too. i hope so. imho. rand z tropicalsoul.net

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Papa Joe Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pontiac Mi. Age: 79 Posts: 176	I've owned and played through many amps that sounded good in certain situations,but I sat in one time with my 68 Tele thin line,playing traditional country,and they plugged me in-to a Music Man 210..Best I've ever heard MY Tele sound for that genre..PJ...

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M I K E D. TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern Maine Posts: 10	Bruno Cowtipper 45 with a Carr Rambler running a very cose second...

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rdchapman Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Saratoga, NY Age: 54 Posts: 413	I have to say my 69 SF Princeton (non-reverb) is the best I've heard. Defeat the tremolo circuit with a pedal or shorted RCA connector and even fully cranked up, it's STILL clean with a 12ax7 . It records beautifully.

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Chefacaster TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chester co. Pa. Age: 32 Posts: 59	I'm with you tiktok (however late to this thread I may be!) Mesa Blue Angel 4x10 Combo all the way, I would trade it for anything! __________________ '08 Am Std Ash Tele '08 FSR MIM Thinline Tele '93 Howard Roberts Fusion Mesa Boogie Blue Angel 4x10 Combo

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Chefacaster TDPRI Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chester co. Pa. Age: 32 Posts: 59	Whoops, I WOULD NOT trade it for anything __________________ '08 Am Std Ash Tele '08 FSR MIM Thinline Tele '93 Howard Roberts Fusion Mesa Boogie Blue Angel 4x10 Combo

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13ontheB Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bury UK Posts: 172	Love my Peavey classic 30 __________________ BB

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Gary in Boston Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 474	Clean Two come to mind from my past. 1) I had a 1965 black face Deluxe Reverb with a Jensen Lifetime 12" in it. It was mint, clean and tight. 2) I had a Guild amp. I don't know the year but I bought it in 1969 when I found it buried( brand new in the box) in the basement of a music store I worked at in a Spring cleaning. It had a wierd "flesh" colored tolex cover with a brownish gril. The Guild logo was cut dull steel kinda like the early Fender ones. It had a 10" speaker probably 15 watts tremelo and reverb. It had low and high inputs. You could not hurt it. It was very clean and when you pushed it it got creamy overload smooth. I sold the first amp and the Guild was stolen. It's funny I'll bet more than half the amps talked about here are not still with the person wrting about them. Gary

August 5th, 2008, 08:51 PM	#219 (permalink)
matt_mcg NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 2	I have a 1967 Park 50 watt plexi head with 6L6s in it which sounds amazing clean. It's hard to drive at all at reasonable volumes, it's loud, but the clean sound is lush.

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bluende TDPRI Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 38	My '65 non-reverb Deluxe:

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Justinvs TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wise River, Montana Age: 46 Posts: 63	I've owned a 64 SR for ages, and the clean tone is exceptional. I've been toying with the idea of selling it (there was a discussion about it on another thread) but probably will hang onto it after all.

August 6th, 2008, 07:52 PM	#222 (permalink)
harry the filter Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tennessee Age: 50 Posts: 160	The best clean sounding amp I ever spent time with was an early 70's Plush P1000S mated to a Plush 215 cab, all in glorious pea-green sparkle tuck and roll Naugahyde. I owned it in the mid to late 70's and it sounded round warm fat thick sweet and had an amazing amount of clean headroom. Although it was destroyed in a bar fight in Bulls Gap TN in 1979, and I have never been able to get those dulcet tones out of my head.

August 7th, 2008, 07:52 PM	#223 (permalink)
sprokett Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lubbock,Tx Posts: 203 11 Photos	after a trip to a local gc this weekend, I have to add one to my list. It was a Sewell Texaverb 25. It was absolutely amazing. __________________ Twang With a Bang

August 8th, 2008, 08:59 AM	#224 (permalink)
THRESH NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Spain Age: 21 Posts: 1	BANDSTAND "The Spirit of '56" Bird Brothers. 15" speaker, 12AY7 valve through 4XEL34 I think it's a UK made, at least 20 years old. Think Lou Reed had two of these a long time ago. It has two wired separated channels: 1- with 12AY7 2- with 12AX7. Treble, middle and bass EQ and master volume. The bird brothers speaker gives an awesome punch. I couldn't find anything about this amp on internet. If anybody knows anything about this amp, please, send me a private message.Thanks! __________________ -FENDER Lite Ash Telecaster (Korean) Vintage White modified wiring:Neck position tone bypass. -BANDSTAND "The spirit of '56" Bird Brothers 4XEL34, 12AY, 12AX7. 15" speaker.

August 9th, 2008, 04:16 PM	#225 (permalink)
chabby Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,259	69 SFVR with Jensen P-series alnicos and black--faced with Allessandro Filter Caps wax&oil and Mallory's, powered with RCA nos tubes. BRADPDX -that 65 DR is a thing of beauty what caps are you running in it? Any originals left in the secondaries? Hows the JBL holding up? Aren't you scared to blow the JBL?

August 9th, 2008, 04:26 PM	#226 (permalink)
chabby Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,259	GARYinBoston - O owned that same Guild amp back in the late 80's - early 90's actually now that I think about it, I sold it 1996. It was the coolest little amp and I'd give anything to have it back. I think I either bought it at a pawnshop, or used at a music store, but it was better than any champ I've ever played. Guild hit one out od the park with that little pulsating beauty. My pals used to laugh at it because it looked like a kitchen appliance from the early 60's. Mine evan still had the schematic paperwork inside. What a LIL gem. I used to love that amp for slide on a strat. The little thing did get hot though. If I only knew then what I know now.....okay, I still don't know much,, but that was one killer amp and a rare find. Think I paid 150 bucks for it!!!!Sold it for 250-300!!!!