Guitar players, what amps are giving you your PJ fix for now?

mccreadyisgod wrote:

Be careful throwing the term "DSP" around...

Not many of us are fans of the Fender technology carrying that name.

You talkin' about the Cyber-Twin? Never was a fan of that amp.

My current happy guy setup is a

Gretsch 1979 "The Committee" solid body guitar
or my new lovetoy a
1974 Gibson SG Professional with aftermarket Khaler floating bridge and p90s
mmm

run through several effects
Ibanez TS9 (analog man 808 mod, bought on ebay, $90)
Ibanez Phase Tone '70s phaser (with the flying fingers. woo hoo! whatever)
Ibanez UE-305 analog multifx (chorus, delay, compression)
[yeah so i like old ibanez pedals, so what]

into either
Mesa Boogie DC-3 30watt tube amp.
I love this little baby. It's got a blown fx send right now, but it squeals for a 30w amp.

OR

[Robert] Egnater 1980's vintage handwired DualTone (Fender Delux\Marshall Plexi) 2 channel 100 amp head (this thing is retarded rare, but i had to have it when i saw it. the Egnater name plate is classic 80's DOS computer lettering)

powering a

2x12 EarCandy Amplification all Maple clear PU finished BuzzBomb cabinet (This cabinet is sick looking. i'll take a picture some day and show you) with a tweed cover over diamond stamped steel grill plate. Ridiculous.

Ok ...
I can't say that i sound just like pearl jam ... but i can definately nail bits and pieces.

Hell sometimes live PJ doesn't even sound like PJ.
-nick-

mccreadyisgod wrote:

To be fair, Peavey makes a lot of really shitty gear. And most of their stuff from the 80's and early 90's is complete crap.

But they have good models:

Classic 20, Classic 30, Classic 50 (either 2x12" or 4x10"), Delta Blues, Delta Blues 210, 5150, 5150 II...

They had some tube amps back in the 70's that were pretty cool, too.

I sincerely think that the best solid-state amp out there is the Peavey Bandit II. If you've never tried one out, you should give one a shot. They'll never replace my Vibro Champ or my Sovtek Mig, but if I was playing bar shows every night, I'd probably be playing one of those rather than my precious tube amps.

don't forget the road master from the late 80's and early 90's as a good amp, very solid, nice sound, all tube head with enough power to smash walls

the odd thing is we are talking about such a relative topic, it's strange to see such polarity, I go through phases, I had a nice road master big loud tube amp that was nice, got a little marshall solid state that i like for a while but now hate. now spend time between my peavey classic 30 adn peavey mark bass head and home made cab, i like em both, If I could i would get a twin from fender black face silver face no matter, sound is so subjuective though unless you are trying to sound just like someone.