DOES THIS AMP EXIST?

[Restless Native]

My needs are simple, I’m actually trying to downsize/reduce/fengshui my gear.

I currently own Vox AC10, Egnater Tweaker 15, Orange CR120H & twin cab, Spark, Roland Micro Cube. I actually miss my Bassbreaker 15. I play mostly tele, Strat, 335, Gretsch hollowbodies, with Revstars (f’trons & P90s), LPs, Casino in reserve, and a few good acoustics.

Apirational amps (but I don’t need really) are the usual 65 Deluxe Reverb, something really good and “tweedy”, Vox AC15 Twin, Vox AC30HW with Blues, Marshall Bluesbreaker/JTM45 - no surprises probably. I’d like something I can gig with later, use with attenuater now, that isn’t back breaking (it has taken raising a 3 year old son to finally make me accept my mortality at 53 years old ) to lift.

I play (poorly) everything from rockabilly/50s RnR, Roots/Americana, Ska, 60s pop/rock (Beatles, Faces, Yardbirds, Byrds, Stones, etc), Folk Rock/Punk (Neil Young to Levellers, Waterboys, Pogues), New Wave, Punk (UK), Very Rudimentary Jazz, Blues/Rock, Classic Rock, Country Rock (esp. Earle, Isbell, Sturgill, Stapleton), proper Country (Cash, Hank, Merle, Kris, Willie, Waylon, Jones), Bluegrass.

I like the Bassbreaker 30R most recently, but don’t like the clean channel. Too dark, even with bright switch. I’d love a 65 DRRI (cleans, tremolo, reverb)/BB30R (brilliant gain stages and layout)/Tweed (warm and fat)/Vox AC (chime, crunch) hybrid. Would love built in delay too, that way I can just go from guitar straight to amp, no tap dancing on a pedal board. Does anything out there exist that gets close? I don’t want modelling as such so Silverlines, Nextones, Katanas are out. An older Vox AV60 looked promising but hard to get hold of newish. I’m looking for one amp to rule them all. Dumb?

 

[uriah1]

I think you want it all.. lol..You might look at used Goodsells 18s or some of the newer supros
if they are on your side of the pond. Dr z are pricey and a tad heavy on diff lines but could also
deliver.
Wish you luck.

 

[swarfrat]

Excuse me sir, I think you're looking for two forums down.

Edit to add: This is a tongue in cheek response to suggest the only way you're going to find all that in a single box is likely to be a much smaller box than you're looking for.

 

[loopfinding]

what's wrong with the tweaker? it does most of what you want.

 

[stormsedge]

what's wrong with the tweaker? it does most of what you want.

I agree. My Tweaker 15 with a Boss ME-80 addresses all of it in a tight, light, reasonably priced package.

 

[VintageSG]

The Laney IRT30 combo is worth looking at.
It lacks built in delay and tremolo, but wants for little else.
30 Watts of trouser-flapping Laney goodness. It can go from super clean to all out nasty. Sloppy garage to taut djent. Multi channel with separate EQ, power scaling, presence and reverb. Weighs around the same as an AC15.
Watched a band where the guitarist used one. Chap coaxed some fantastic sounds from it. Great amp and allows you to burp some GAS too.

-or-

I'm with @stormsedge here. The Boss ME-80 is incredible. I can't get my head around them, but that's on me being a belming gloid at the best of times. At the worst, you could invert me and use me as an impromptu pencil eraser.
Great sounds, not heavy. Can go direct to FOH or into an amp. The ME, not me.

 

[Restless Native]

what's wrong with the tweaker? it does most of what you want.

I like it, but… there’s just something not quite right, too quiet maybe?

 

[Restless Native]

I agree. My Tweaker 15 with a Boss ME-80 addresses all of it in a tight, light, reasonably priced package.

Oddly, I haven’t used my Tweaker with my ME80. It can be moody with some of my pedals though. I use it as a clean machine.

 

[schmee]

It's just hard to beat a DR or a PR for that matter. The DR will do more gigging than the PR can, but you have to tame it a bit in some situations. I've had many amps in the last 25 years, but always came back to a DR in the last 40 years. Love my PR for rehearsal or duo gigs etc. though. For your music diversity a DR is the thang. For heavy metal it's not.

 

[uriah1]

Actually on the value side the Ibanez 15 has nice cleans and other. You just have to swap the fuse if you gig with it.

 

[Peegoo]

Would love built in delay too, that way I can just go from guitar straight to amp, no tap dancing on a pedal board. Does anything out there exist that gets close? I don’t want modelling as such so Silverlines, Nextones, Katanas are out.

You want simple? What is your cleanest small amp? Use that, and plug in through a Fly Rig 5. It's not a modeler; it's analog. You'll have delay with tap tempo, reverb, clean gain, EQ, overdrive and distortion, and they all sound good. This is mine, mounted to a board with a rechargeable battery pack.

As we get older, larger and louder amps become boat anchors we have to lift into the car and drag across the parking lot and up and down stairs when gigging. There's a thing called a mic and a PA that make your little amp as loud as you need it to be

I may be wrong, but it appears you are looking more for some inspiration than you are practical application of equipment.

 

[Jakedog]

Doesn’t work for everyone obviously, but I found much happiness when I stopped trying to get a million sounds, and became happy with *my* sound. I know it’s sacrilege on a forum like this one, but I don’t try to match anything or anyone. Even for cover gigs.

Sure, if it’s a clean song, I’ll play clean. If it’s a medium to light dirt, I’ll do that. If it’s more dirt, I can do that. But even on higher dirt stuff, I never get past what most people would consider medium gain.

I use the effects I want to. I get a sound that makes me happy. And I’m happy. I have several amps that all sound different. Which one gets used depends on the size and nature of the gig, not the material being played. Because it doesn’t matter to me, cause I’m going to sound like me no matter what.

 

[JustABluesGuy]

Actually on the value side the Ibanez 15 has nice cleans and other. You just have to swap the fuse if you gig with it.

I have a Ibanez TSA15, and I’m curious. What do you mean by swapping the fuse for gigging?

 

[uriah1]

I have a Ibanez TSA15, and I’m curious. What do you mean by swapping the fuse for gigging?

YEP tsa15....You can google it, but there is a quick blow .5 amp in there that should be swapped up to
a slo blo 1.0 amp. For long playing periods it helps any issues and pretty safe fit. Hard to get to.

 

[Rufus]

Not sure there is one amp to cover every possible amp tone.
You didn't say what your budget was...if you're like me, as I get older, I was willing to spend whatever it took to make me happy in the long run.

For me, TWO amps cover what I was looking for, a Fender (blackface) style and a Marshall style.

In the last 18 months I purchased both a LilDawg SuperDawg head (BF Deluxe and Super Reverb tones) and a Marshall SV-20 (Plexi style) head... AND a ToneKing Ironman II 100 watt attenuator. NOT inexpensive, I agree but they satisfy my needs 100%.

I have always had Fender amps (vintage late 50s tweed Champ, '71 SFSR) but also wanted to scratch that Marshall itch.
I absolutely love the Marshall cleans and being a 4 holer Plexi style, can jumper the channels on the SV-20 for more breakup.

Both amps take pedals very well but I usually dont bother, other than maybe a compressor and delay...

Being in a head configuration, you can use whatever speaker combination you desire and are lightweight and portable.

I am a happy hacker...

Maybe keep TWO amps and get rid of the rest...??

 

[Restless Native]

Been having some fun this afternoon following YouTube’s Dave Simpson’s “How Many Tones From One Amp” series but I think my CR120H must be broken some how In all seriousness though, mine seems to grit/dirty up much sooner on the gain knob (3-4 on mine, 6-7 on his) using the same settings with very similar guitars. Maybe just my ears…

 

[printer2]

Not sure there is one amp to cover every possible amp tone.
You didn't say what your budget was...if you're like me, as I get older, I was willing to spend whatever it took to make me happy in the long run.

For me, TWO amps cover what I was looking for, a Fender (blackface) style and a Marshall style.

In the last 18 months I purchased both a LilDawg SuperDawg head (BF Deluxe and Super Reverb tones) and a Marshall SV-20 (Plexi style) head... AND a ToneKing Ironman II 100 watt attenuator. NOT inexpensive, I agree but they satisfy my needs 100%.

I have always had Fender amps (vintage late 50s tweed Champ, '71 SFSR) but also wanted to scratch that Marshall itch.
I absolutely love the Marshall cleans and being a 4 holer Plexi style, can jumper the channels on the SV-20 for more breakup.

Both amps take pedals very well but I usually dont bother, other than maybe a compressor and delay...

Being in a head configuration, you can use whatever speaker combination you desire and are lightweight and portable.

I am a happy hacker...

Maybe keep TWO amps and get rid of the rest...??

The old Marshall/Fender request. The thing that started me on the downward slope of messing with amp circuits. Not a hard thing if you want to roll your own and you have the skill level. Going for three types gets a lot harder. I am trying to decide on what I want in an old man's amp (besides light weight), hard to keep things down to two amps though.

 

[KnopflerStyle]

My needs are simple, I’m actually trying to downsize/reduce/fengshui my gear.

I currently own Vox AC10, Egnater Tweaker 15, Orange CR120H & twin cab, Spark, Roland Micro Cube. I actually miss my Bassbreaker 15. I play mostly tele, Strat, 335, Gretsch hollowbodies, with Revstars (f’trons & P90s), LPs, Casino in reserve, and a few good acoustics.

Apirational amps (but I don’t need really) are the usual 65 Deluxe Reverb, something really good and “tweedy”, Vox AC15 Twin, Vox AC30HW with Blues, Marshall Bluesbreaker/JTM45 - no surprises probably. I’d like something I can gig with later, use with attenuater now, that isn’t back breaking (it has taken raising a 3 year old son to finally make me accept my mortality at 53 years old ) to lift.

I play (poorly) everything from rockabilly/50s RnR, Roots/Americana, Ska, 60s pop/rock (Beatles, Faces, Yardbirds, Byrds, Stones, etc), Folk Rock/Punk (Neil Young to Levellers, Waterboys, Pogues), New Wave, Punk (UK), Very Rudimentary Jazz, Blues/Rock, Classic Rock, Country Rock (esp. Earle, Isbell, Sturgill, Stapleton), proper Country (Cash, Hank, Merle, Kris, Willie, Waylon, Jones), Bluegrass.

I like the Bassbreaker 30R most recently, but don’t like the clean channel. Too dark, even with bright switch. I’d love a 65 DRRI (cleans, tremolo, reverb)/BB30R (brilliant gain stages and layout)/Tweed (warm and fat)/Vox AC (chime, crunch) hybrid. Would love built in delay too, that way I can just go from guitar straight to amp, no tap dancing on a pedal board. Does anything out there exist that gets close? I don’t want modelling as such so Silverlines, Nextones, Katanas are out. An older Vox AV60 looked promising but hard to get hold of newish. I’m looking for one amp to rule them all. Dumb?

same process here... i will find a Deluxe Reverb Blonde TM... a see what it happens. Sold my amps, and guitar... enough for me... making room for practice only.

 

[String Tree]

My needs are simple, I’m actually trying to downsize/reduce/fengshui my gear.

I currently own Vox AC10, Egnater Tweaker 15, Orange CR120H & twin cab, Spark, Roland Micro Cube. I actually miss my Bassbreaker 15. I play mostly tele, Strat, 335, Gretsch hollowbodies, with Revstars (f’trons & P90s), LPs, Casino in reserve, and a few good acoustics.

Apirational amps (but I don’t need really) are the usual 65 Deluxe Reverb, something really good and “tweedy”, Vox AC15 Twin, Vox AC30HW with Blues, Marshall Bluesbreaker/JTM45 - no surprises probably. I’d like something I can gig with later, use with attenuater now, that isn’t back breaking (it has taken raising a 3 year old son to finally make me accept my mortality at 53 years old ) to lift.

I play (poorly) everything from rockabilly/50s RnR, Roots/Americana, Ska, 60s pop/rock (Beatles, Faces, Yardbirds, Byrds, Stones, etc), Folk Rock/Punk (Neil Young to Levellers, Waterboys, Pogues), New Wave, Punk (UK), Very Rudimentary Jazz, Blues/Rock, Classic Rock, Country Rock (esp. Earle, Isbell, Sturgill, Stapleton), proper Country (Cash, Hank, Merle, Kris, Willie, Waylon, Jones), Bluegrass.

I like the Bassbreaker 30R most recently, but don’t like the clean channel. Too dark, even with bright switch. I’d love a 65 DRRI (cleans, tremolo, reverb)/BB30R (brilliant gain stages and layout)/Tweed (warm and fat)/Vox AC (chime, crunch) hybrid. Would love built in delay too, that way I can just go from guitar straight to amp, no tap dancing on a pedal board. Does anything out there exist that gets close? I don’t want modelling as such so Silverlines, Nextones, Katanas are out. An older Vox AV60 looked promising but hard to get hold of newish. I’m looking for one amp to rule them all. Dumb?

Keep in mind that all of those influences you mentioned, played through different Amplifiers.
It's tough finding just one to do it all!

I'm a performer.
I judge Amps by how well they sound with a Live Drummer next to me.

With that said, I like bone simple tube amps.
Fender Princeton Reverbs and Blues Juniors might be worth a look.
-ST

 

[jim777]

Doesn’t work for everyone obviously, but I found much happiness when I stopped trying to get a million sounds, and became happy with *my* sound. I know it’s sacrilege on a forum like this one, but I don’t try to match anything or anyone. Even for cover gigs.

Sure, if it’s a clean song, I’ll play clean. If it’s a medium to light dirt, I’ll do that. If it’s more dirt, I can do that. But even on higher dirt stuff, I never get past what most people would consider medium gain.

I use the effects I want to. I get a sound that makes me happy. And I’m happy. I have several amps that all sound different. Which one gets used depends on the size and nature of the gig, not the material being played. Because it doesn’t matter to me, cause I’m going to sound like me no matter what.

This is the ideal, IMHO. I bought an AX8 2 years ago and never really moved off of the "EJ Clean" sound in the whole time I've had it. Even for cover gigs what you actually need isn't much; some reverb, chorus here and there, and some dirt does 90%+ of what I need. took a while to get that through my head but I'm getting there