| Mike's Amps & Effects |
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| 1964 Transitional Bandmaster. Bought it in 1978 for $300.00 from A.C. at Torp's on Rice St. I used this amp HARD (which is evidenced by the wear and tear) for many years. The routine was, Bandmaster in the back seat of the '67 Chev, P.A. in the trunk. Served me well for many years until I got the '60 Bassman. It rested comfortably on my backroom shelf until pressed into service as Cliff's amps were not performing. Great old amp & it's magical too. |
| The left amp is a '87 Fender Champ 12. Great sounding little tube combo. 12 watts through a 12 " speaker. Fender heaven! This tweed amp is my '60 Bassman. I can get that nice Fender tone & when pushed, Marshall city! My favorite amp for the last 11 years. Certainly shows it's age. I never fully trust that leather handle though. I think I have a reissue rubber handle somewhere. Some nights I find that the tubes have dropped out & rolling around in the back. Plug 'em back in & go. Fender reliability! |
| Ah! Effects! What was cool in the '60's and '70's became uncool in the '80's and cool again in the '90's and still today! Here are a bunch of the boxes that stuck with me over the years. Top Row: Thomas Organ Crybaby (bought new in the '70's), Boss Acoustic Simulator (great for when you don't wanna haul around your J-200), Japan-made Boss CE-2 chorus (warm and rich, baby!), Boss DM-2 analog delay( traded A.C. a Crybaby for this. And hey, they don't include 'anal' in analog for nuthin!),Early series Ibanez Stereo Box.( traded Tingler a MXR Phase 90), I never got an 808, but i do have a Ibanez TS-9 (beat but still kicking), Stevie Ray approved Japan-made Ibanez TS-10 (mine still has the plastic on the front!). Middle row: Multi-Kord tremolo box, Rapco a/b switcher(hey, you too can run two amps at once!),MXR reissue Distortion +, Block logo MXR Distortion +( gift from Jack Zitzer), Block logo MXT Phase 45, SansAmp GT 2 (great fro recording!), Bottom row: Tube Works Real Tube, Danelectro BLT slapback echo, Danelectro Pepperoni Phaser, Danelectro Dan-Echo, Two Ibanez Soundtank TS-5's (touted to be just like the TS-9's but I find them to have just a hair more gain. Not bad for a little pedal. Get while you can afford them!) |
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| Left: 1975 Vibrolux I bought this amp recently before the prices went too high. Silverface amps were for years touted as the scourge of the world. Smaller silverface amps, like the Vibrolux here, remined virtually the same as their blackface kin. Great amp! 1980's JCM 800 2210 on rightBought this amp new. I thought I wanted to be a rock star until I descovered that I had to haul this refridgerator around! These amps have since become classics as well. Marshall rules! |
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