Guaranteed to survive nuclear fallout as well as the cockroaches. I've fixed my share of Peavey on my channel, both solid state and tube... There's lots of good ones if you take the time to tinker with the tones.
@@crazeyjoe most class a amps will make you a better player. You only get what you give em. You have to have perfect accuracy and intonation to make em sound like they do in the youtube demos.
@@WilsonTheArchitect A Harley Benton 2x12 Speaker Cabinet with 2 Celestion V30 speakers, with a price just over $200. The best deal for a really good quality speaker cab. Yes, substandard speaker cabs can turn a good sounding amplifier into a tonal waste land!
@@crazeyjoe i agree. And knowing how much headroom you want or how tight you want the low end helps to choose a cab. The higher the speaker wattage the louder they get before they break up.
I own a few Peavey TransTube amps, the more I play them the more I admire the genius of Hartley Peavey. They are quickly becoming my favorite solid-state amps.
@@edd9157 silver stripes' T.Dynamic knob.Brightens & tightens. Too bright in extreme settings for nice pristine cleans that takes pedals great.Great for heavy crunch at those.
Hell Yeah, the acoustic and Sunn heads are amazing and so much potential for really loud bass affordably. I’ve been playing acoustic since I bought my first all original 1972acoustic 370 head with matching 301 cab. After working on the farm all summer as a ten year old boy all I did was save my money so I bought that whole rig out the door for a hair under $400. That woulda been 1993-94ish and before the stoner metal scene revived them. I never met another bass player who had one or even new what they were for that matter. The other bands would always ask WTF is that? It’s so loud and so clear. It wasn’t til about 2010 and on they started getting popular again which meant price goes up big time! Of all the gear I’ve collected over the years, bass and guitar, I still have my first acoustic stack and it’s my go to!! I was lucky that my old man was a blues and southern rocker in the 70’s so he was the one who talked me into getting it even though I had every intention and enough money to by the 74 Ampeg stack I had gone to buy but fate is a fickle mistress. I still thank him all the time for talking me into that amp and since the. I’ve had quite a few SVT and other model Ampeg stacks even currently but.....yeah ya dig?!!!
I used a Sunn concert lead with a Yamaha S412 cabinet for a while in the 80's, it was a remarkably good amp. Most of these amps you mention are recent ones, the best SS amp I ever used was a 200 watt Kustom Kasino stack back in the early 70's. Hard to find these days but it was my workhorse for over a decade. I just made a RUclips video about it called "What's in your backline?"
Glenn Ritchey I still play my SS-150, bought in 1991... over the years, I’ve ‘almost’ bought a Triple Rectifier, or whatever, but my Ampeg just sounds better, period.
@@pwsmanowar yes! i have one, and it sounds crushing! The clean channel is a great pedal platform also, and the bright button brings out the metal like no other..
+1 Clean channel; T dynamics on 10%, crank like a tube amp. Very close to Quilter kind of simulation. Part of the resurrection comes from intheblues man Shane who adores the Red Stripe Bandit. Red Stripes still go cheap and IMHO sound a bit better than the modern bandits. ruclips.net/video/Wc4NkZUItOg/видео.html
@@stevenburvenich168 Shane Diiorio (intheblues) introduced a whole new generation to the red and silver stripe bandit models, and is almost single handedly responsible for the market value increasing from around $100 U.S. to around $200-$250 US for a nice example with the footswitch. He's since sold all of his Peavey Bandit amps and swears by the Marshall DSL40 nowadays. I've had my U.S. Red Stripe Peavey Bandit for years, and never plan to sell it. It's versatile, bulletproof reliable, sounds great and takes pedals well. Is at as good as my blackface Super Reverb? Well, honestly, no. But... it's 85% of the way there sound and feel wise for 1/10th the price. I'd be absolutely gutted if some bearded hipster spilled a PBR in my Super Reverb at a watering hole.
I could kick my dad in the ass for getting rid of his and not even offering to sell it to me lol. He had a 1995 Silver Panel Transtube series Bandit 112 and the accompanying 1x12 Extension cabinet. Still one of the loudest and clearest sounding solidstate combos ive ever heard. Side note: in high school, my buddy used that same amp and the extension, early on in a band we were in, before getting his own Marshall half stack and actually could keep up with a Marshall JCM900 SL-X 50 watt half stack I was using. Pretty impressive really
I have a silver stripe 112 and also a pacer 100. Both are very good clean and with pedals, but as he states not so good with the stock gain distortion.
Tossing in a mention of the Tech21 Trademark 60, a workhorse that got me thru a few years of club gigs a few years back. Reliability was an issue, and no one knows how to fix 'em, but I used to get compliments on my tone with that amp. FWIW...
I just found a Peavey Bandit on Craigslist near my home in CT for only 35 dollars! I called them immediately to see the hype and of course someone beat me to it. It literally sold within 20 minutes of being posted.
Played a JC120 in high school in a school jazz band in the early 90's and was always blown away by how good that thing sounded, now with the aid of the internet and finding out how many albums they were used on makes feel like I had an idea of good tone back then... kinda. Great vid Cheers.
You forgot about the Orange OR-120H. That thing is leagues above the bad rep to the Crush name that those little combos give. It's no RockerVerb or OR, but it sure does sound like an Orange.
Thanks for including the Roland Blues Cube. I think it's one of the most underrated solid state amps these days! I have the Artist 112 with a sparkle clean tone capsule and the clean tones are Fender at it's best in my opinion but it also does the job as a pedal platform for any kind of setup. The clean tone is great when you crank it up, it reminds me of a Bassman. The factory speaker brings the best out of that amp, so there's no need to change it at all. Other great features: built in power attenuator, tremolo, reverb, second channel (which is in fact the Boss Blues Driver), Boost and Tone function for both channels and last but not least: the footswitch which regulates many of the features mentioned above! Man, this amp is soo good that I sold all my other tube amps and I had many of those! It's light and very reliable. What else do you need? I think this thing will be a classic such as the Jazz Chorus.
The Peavey Renown 212 was a good amp(had one for about 6yrs in early 90s) and for anyone not caring for the chorus a better alternative to the Chorus 212 amp. The Peavey Studio Pro 40 which I bought new in '86 is still a good solid state amp. Replaced the stock speaker with a Celestion G12M-70 in '90 and that was a huge improvement. And ten years ago or so, I rediscovered just how good the Saturation circuitry really is still today and marveled at its pioneering spirit given the era in which it was designed. And it's hard to beat the JC-120 for nice clean tones and that is why if it ever stops being manufactured by Roland, it would be a sad day. That is a timeless guitar amp.
I cut the top part of my Peavey Renown 2x12 and boxed bottom in myself and use it with a 4x12 cab and it sounds magnificent.its now a piggy back half stack custom.
Why no mention of Lab Series amps? IMO the best sounding solid state amps ever made. I used one for years until I wore it out and will buy one again when I can.
Good Call. Just happen to be moving things around. Watching the Video, Reading the Comments, and starting at my L5 in the kitchen with an Engle Thunder 50 head & a Dr. Z Z28 head sitting on top of it. CRAZY!!!😎
You nailed this list! The Fender Princeton Chorus has amazing cleans, but also makes a great pedal platform. I used one live a few times to play hard rock covers and it did fine. Also, if you're going to do a Bandit, I recommend the teal stripe from' 89. It was designed by Jim Brown, the 5150 designer.
Alex Skolnick was a big proponent of the Marshall Mode 4 amps for a while. He said they could sound terrible unless you dialed them in right, and then they were killer.
The trick with the Princeton chorus is to turn it on the overdrive channel, set the limiter high, and bring up the gain. You end up with a hot, compressed, signal. Top it off with a little reverb
I loved my Valvestate when I had one back in the 90’s. I compared many amps and the Valvestate amps gave me the best sound for what I was playing back then 🙂
Yes! The 8100. I've had mine since I bought it new 26 years ago. Only thing I've done to it is clean the pots about 2 weeks ago. Still sounds as good as when I was a teenager in the 90's.
The greatest solid-state amp I've ever owned and played was made by Lab Series. I've owned a 2x12 and a 4x10. They're so good in a side by side with a tube amp, You would not know the difference.
@@JimJWalker yes and BB and Ronnie Montrose. ha, I was offered $80 for my Peavey Studio Pro 112 (red stripe) that I paid $150 for in '03. Turned that down. a move made things tight. sold it for less.
Nice Vid! In the early to mid ‘80s I had a Marshall MOSFET LEAD 100 that was GREAT! I also just got a New Fender Tone Master Twin The is just UNBELIEVABLE!! You’d swear it was a Tube ‘65 Twin!! GREAT AMP!! Please keep up the Good Work! Love your Content!!
I don’t know about “perfectly,” but if you’re looking for the JCM 800 sound, the MOSFET 100 is a solid alternative at a much more affordable price point. It won’t get you all the way there, but it will get you in the ballpark.
Dime never used the Warhed for his heavy distortion sound, he said he didn`t like the way they sounded, he only used them for cleans live. He did however use the Warhead X2 (second version) and liked it 👌Yes, Dime did use the Century amps a lot but his early sound was the RG100ES and he switched between them from time to depending on his preferences but he prefered the RG`s 😉 I have one from 88 with original zebra tolex and I fucking love it, even has a really good clean sound if you mess with it a little bit 👍
@catfromthedead You got almost everything right. Yes, he did split from Randall around the time Pantera broke up but he would still use their amps, the RM100`s, X2 and the Titan, showed in pictures from Damageplan era. He never used the Warhead(V1) for dirty live, you saw them in the racks yes, but that was for CLEANS ONLY. And yes he never recorded with the Kranks, that probably a mixtures of his old Century 200`s and some other Randall amps 😉
Own a Fender Princeton Chorus and you're right, this is a good value. Warning, it is heavy for a small solid state amp. Great clean and decent chorus. The only thing I don't like are the cheap looking knobs.
I love the clean sound, the reverb and the chorus on the Princeton Chorus combo - so much that I brought two of them (one for by son). They sound like the new Fender Tone Masters, except they weigh much, much more. You have to forget the overdrive channel and just pretend it's not there. If you're like me and have no desire to provide the maintenance that a tube amp requires, but want the classic fender sound that this amp undeniably delivers with the reliability of a solid state , then this amp is for you.
Yep, had an L5 (BB King amp) and the L7 4x10. Both should be top of this list but not even there. Kinda hard to get hold of them now so maybe that’s it?
Watched this to see if the lab l5 was on the list. Played one in high school. I’m 58 now and just bought one this year. Regretted selling it 40 years ago but there’s one sitting in my living room right now…. Guess I’ll go play!
SS King is my Pearce G1 ....owned it for years and I still love it . I respect Roland, LAB,Peavey and Sunn for solid state amps produced but Pearce is the best to my ears . I have not played a Quilter yet and I have heard they are very good .
Man, my cousin ( who was one of the reasons i began playing music) had the Peavey Chorus 2x12. Sounded just like Lynyrd Skynyrd The Breeze and it was SOOOOO LOUD!!! And an older Native American guitarist called Joe Puff who played with a great cover band called Cream Cheese had the JC 120, that i played through a coupla times with my little pedal board in a high school band opening for them (small town!!) He was my hero when i was a teen beginner...that amp!! RIP Joe Puff.
Hi from England.i can't get out the house because of disability so I rely on guitar playing to keep me going. The one I like is the peavy bandit. I put a jensen speaker in it and it sounded great, as good as my valve amps.
I have a removed left wrist joint & my guitar days are over. I switched to pedal steel, which I have to play with an amputated left foot, but I can do it with the prosthesis & a finger slide over my left thumb. No, I'm not a country western guy but played it when I had to ... like Wipe Out!
Lol yeah man I said CR120 as soon as I read the title!! It and the JC are the only ones I use . Well, except for my old Bandit lol and it just won’t go down lol. But I wouldn’t use it live. Only EVER use the CR for dirt live. Don’t think I would record with it but I can have a good night with a CR 120.
Peavey Bandit 65 - Had one in the late 80's. Two channel, great clean and fabulous distrotion channel with "tube saturation" overdrive, spring reverb and a 12" Scorpion Speaker. I think it cost around £165 new. Sold it in 1991 and regretted it ever since.
The Yamaha THR series of amps are awesome. Personally I've played almost all of those amps in this video, and my Yamaha THR100HD totally RULES. I can run it stereo, and is very pedal friendly, just to name a few great features. Makes a great mod amp platform, and it does sound, and react to playing just like any of my tube amps.
Hey man. I recently bought an 80's Yamaha B100 II head to play bass through. It's incredibly warm sounding for solid state. A friend told me to try playing guitar through it. Oh man!! Killer clean tone and it's a fantastic pedal platform! And they sell for about $200.
I had a G50 that I picked up With a laptop at a swap meet together for $20 the laptop was completely dead and unfixable. But only the speaker was not working. I put in a 12" guitar center speaker and it sounded great. Had to pawn it though. Really miss it. Also, replaced the braided wire that connects from the terminal to the voice coil and ended up fixing the original Yamaha speaker. I put it back in before pawning it.
the only ones I feel were left off and deserve notice are the Sunn Beta Lead and Marshall Valvestate. I have literally never been let down by Buzz Osborne's sound from the Beta Leads, and Chuck Schuldiner's Valvestate tones on Sound Of Perseverance were just... so damn lovely
How about any Lab series amp? I got a free non working L5 and haven't got it fixed yet. But what sound it's made, could be very loud. And I know since I have the only combo amp to make the loudest tube amp list. My pro tube Twin.
Today I purchased a fender ultimate chorus 2x12 65watt combo for $80.00. It needed a bit of cleaning in the input jack and the pots. When the seller saw I wasn't afraid to dig into it, he gave me a Princeton chorus made in USA that needs work. Nice.
Peavey XXL ,Marshall Valvestate, Hughes and Kettner has plenty, Taurus amps, Hartke gt60, Acoustic/G120, Crate too many to name, DV mark mini heads, also just found a Randall Rg 60 less than 200 built 1981.AND SO MANY VOX amps. Your list rocks too! Just honorable mentions. Also I always wanted a Randall RT503 and just found a 100 watt cheap. Any experience?
Robert's Guitar Dungeon I think people might be surprised how many death metal bands used this amp and still use it today. That’s not my style but it does a really good job at a modern metal sound as well
@@mikemadden2729 Hi there. The Ventures ones were Mosrite Award amps made in the USA. The *Award Session* stuff started in the UK in 1979 and were the progeny of English electronics wizard and pro musician Stewart Ward. Lots of famous folk used their stuff plus Jerry Donahue and Gordon Giltrap had signature products. I have some of their preamps which are outstanding; some were branded _Morley_ in the States.
I remember Mosrite & Award being mentioned on the back of Ventures albums in the mid 1960s. I was always criticized for being a Ventures fan, people said "but they don't sing". I learned guitar because of the Ventures' Walk Don't Run. I guess they wouldn't like Dixie Dregs or the Hellecasters (or all the good jazz rock fusion stuff), would they?! Are you a Hellecasters fan? I saw them, the Dregs & Little Feat (& others from Bruce Cockburn to KD Lang to Mojo Nixon) in Madison, always tripping our brains out. My sister & I would go there for concerts & Ma would tag along. We got her to trip too & she would have been over 70 at the Hellecasters show in the 1990s. She loved it! We were such spoiled rotten brats.
We saw Mojo Nixon in a bar & he's known for his "off color" ways. He was dancing on the bar singing & saw Ma. He couldn't believe a little old white haired lady at his show & bent over to stare at her, funny as hell! Everyone there laughed!
The Old Man died in 1975 & I can't imagine him getting involved with our escapades. His whole life was his job at the paper mill office. He said I'd never "amount" to anything (he was an accountant & it was all about numbers) if I didn't "behave" & do better in school or whatever. He was a staunch Republican. He probably turned over in his grave, especially the time I saw God on 4 hits of acid while driving & when I retired after 30 years at one job at a natural gas utility! He was alive when I got the job & he probably never dreamed this long haired trippy hippie would retire from there. Oh, that's right ... I saw God the year BEFORE he died, but I s'pose God told him all about it, "I saw your kid cruisin' down the highway tripping, joint in hand", LMAO!!!
The ZT Club 200w is a beast. Best solid state amp Ive ever heard at a live concert when I saw Of Montreal. Monster tone and sounds great clean or driven. Traynor also makes great SS stuff too, but almost no one has ever tried them. My current pedal platform is a Peavey Wiggy. It gets a bad rep from tube guys but every single person that has ever played mine wants to buy it from me. Peavey nailed the Transtube circuit.
You’re Definitely Right about the Blues Cube Robert,I have one & you can get every sounds in it , also the Peavey Bandit ( wish I have one) they Said it’s a Poor Man!s Plexie, ,that’s what I heard ,anyway Good Choices Robert Thank You
Glad to hear the Fender Princeton Chorus mentioned. My drummer has one and it’s a great-sounding amp. It has a nice, comfy feel to it that you can kinda lean into. Which is very different from the very tight, percussive feel I usually get from solid-state amps.
I like this. One thing to remember about The Warhead is Dime used to use at least 3 Century stacks on stage. He loved the sound to a point, then he didn't. Needed stage volume.
I gotta try those randallss! Also Im intrested in more peavey stuff from the 90's and more top 13 guitars you may not know about! Rock on Robert! RGD! RGD! RGD!
I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention any of the orange cr series, imo they're amazing for everything, or the valvestate or transtube supreme, perhaps I like garbage amps who knows 😂
It's not you. He started with the Randall Warhead dude 😂 that thing is garbage. Dime actually hated how they sounded but it was kinda too late to make changes before they shipped. Most people who actually use those things use them as clean boosts or purely for the clean channel. I love Dimebag, but I can't personally act like he had a great sound. Check out Ola Englund's review of it lol and he's a huge Pantera fan also. This channel kinda scares me. I like that Rob has his own opinions and he seems really knowledgeable, I just think he and I have different tastes. I love Orange and the CR120 is amazing. I don't know how the Warhead is on here and that isn't lol
What about the GK 250ml? It was like Eddie VanHalen in a box. A lunch box to be correct. Keith Alexander plugged his into 2 Marshall 1960 4x12 cabs for live shows and it killed. Then you could take it home and play it in a studio apartment. Still one of my faves.
But how does it sound compared to the Warhead and the Mode Four? It ain’t about the wattage, it’s about the sound quality. If wattage was all that mattered, I could just run a Boss distortion pedal into a 350-watt Crown power amp and call it a day.
@@RobertWJackson Very true... I have the 50 watt version (very similar preamp). Cleans are amazing for a solid state, and the distortion is great too. Only thing is the mid-shift setting on it sucks. Other than that, I'd put it alongside a Lead 12 in terms of sound.
What about Lab Series ss amps? The L5 is fantastic. It has a built-in compressor and a parametric midrange. It does everything from warm cleans to a substantial crunch. Takes pedals well, too. B.B. King used them for a long time and Ty Tabor used them with King's X.
I had a Peavey Musician for years, It was my workhorse and after 50 years it started acting up so I need to send it back to the shop. It's a 300 watt solid state amp and it was loud! I used it for my guitar and even as a power amp to push my whole band! I bought one of the new Peavey Vypyrs and was sorely disappointed with the sound and reliability. Ever since they sent their manufacturing across the sea they have been crap. I'm definitely going to check out some of these amps, Thank you.
I have two Marshall lead 12 mini stacks and a JCM 800 full stack, I live in an apartment now so the mini stacks work great, I don’t have to put them on 10 to get the full range of sound. I also bought a MG 15 mini stack for clean tones, the lead 12s are always dirty but the MG15 has a clean channel
Back in the mid-80's I owned a solid state, 200W Yorkville 2x12 combo that was absolutely outstanding. I cannot remember the model number to save my life, but I remember that it had two Eminence speakers in a closed back enclosure, two channels, Hammond reverb tank, and a blue Fender-style jewel power light. I was in a band playing a lot of RUSH, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and Deep Purple and that amp took to all my pedals wonderfully. I wish I could find one again.
It’s funny I love Dime’s playing but never loved his tone. Same with Randy Rhoads. So Randall was just never something I looked at. I’m possibly going to get my first solid state head in many years in the Orange CR120. Don’t know why I want an Orange so much lately. Great vid!
Also I was going to vote for the Peacy Mace or Duece as my favorite classic SS amp but the Chorus is legit too. But the Mace had a phase shifter built in which was cool as f*ck, especially in 1979!
I’ve heard a lot of people in the last few years start trashing Dimebag’s guitar tone. I always thought it was pretty awesome. Definitely unique, if nothing else. As soon as you heard the first note, you KNEW it was Dimebag.
Robert's Guitar Dungeon I’m not trashing his tone - fingers wise or phrasing just the amp sound was never for me- exciting GReat Southern trendkill - that’s actual tone I love
i have a jc120 but i found a jc70 (with a 12) at a resale for 7 dollars and i really like that one, i did replace the speaker as it died right after i got it but , it makes more sense than getting out the 120 as i dont need all that at this point .
The Lead 12 and Lead 100 Mosfet (3210) are completely different amps. I had a lead 100 and it was amazing, best sounding solid state marshall ever made, beats the SS pre/tube poweramp hybrid Artist 30.
Peavey Special 130. I've been playing these for years. Sometimes two at a time. Generally, my go-to amp. The most reliable, amps I have ever known and will go head to head with my Fender Twins.
The Jc 40 is updated with stereo ins, better gain channel, and the Chorus can be adjusted like the vibrato, there is still the fixed chorus. Roland Amp into Crate Power Block to a couple of cabs, try a Rockman unit into a JC sometime 😁
Marshall 8100, Ampeg VH 140C, SS 150, Crate Excaliber and Shockwave amps should be on the list. The VH140C is my favorite solid state amp for high gain.
Oh yes the Marshall 8100. I loved it, the OD2 channel required a bit of tweaking, especially the contour knob to help nail the mid frequencies i preferred, but when it was set up nicely and cranked, it was a beast.
I bought a old combo that might have been B.B. Kings studio amp.I found it at Guitarcener a few weeks after he died.In Memphis you could find them dirt cheap.In the late 1970's Lab series amps were very expensive.
Are You gonna sell Me that Beautiful Randall RM with maybe that awesome tight metal pro 1st edition pedal? J/k Randall is Amazing but the price of the Diablos today radically over priced. I also have an addiction to Washburn Guitars! Those Blackstar Ht amps 1 thru 20 are going around for 200$ again. And the Booger amps… eh em.. Bugera are actually more expensive
Just got a new Orange Pedal Baby 100 today! My first amp was a Peavey Rage. I remember pushing the hell out of it jamming with friends as a teenager. I had it for probably 20 yrs until I lost it in a hurricane.
when a bomb drops and the dust settles, all that will be left are peavey amps!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I played mine for 30 years then I gave it to my nephew. It's still rocking.
@@collintheplonker4809 thats what I mean!! I just bought the delta blues 115 ! this one will outlast me, im 65
Guaranteed to survive nuclear fallout as well as the cockroaches. I've fixed my share of Peavey on my channel, both solid state and tube... There's lots of good ones if you take the time to tinker with the tones.
I have a Peavey Pacer I bought new in 1979, still going strong. Wish I could say the same for me in general!
Weather it’s tube, solid state, digital or just plain magic, one can always make an amp sound like shit.
If it is an amp that provides lots of clarity, it will certainly expose one's playing flaws!
@@crazeyjoe most class a amps will make you a better player. You only get what you give em. You have to have perfect accuracy and intonation to make em sound like they do in the youtube demos.
Dont forget about cabinet/speakers, they can make 60% of the tone
@@WilsonTheArchitect A Harley Benton 2x12 Speaker Cabinet with 2 Celestion V30 speakers, with a price just over $200. The best deal for a really good quality speaker cab. Yes, substandard speaker cabs can turn a good sounding amplifier into a tonal waste land!
@@crazeyjoe i agree. And knowing how much headroom you want or how tight you want the low end helps to choose a cab. The higher the speaker wattage the louder they get before they break up.
I own a few Peavey TransTube amps, the more I play them the more I admire the genius of Hartley Peavey. They are quickly becoming my favorite solid-state amps.
Good amps
Peavey red stripe..15 yrs ago 👍👍 Takes all peddles like a Mofo
Crate CR65 with the combine channel in the back.
Great amps!,the transtube knobs are vastly missused,heavy af tho.
@@edd9157 silver stripes' T.Dynamic knob.Brightens & tightens.
Too bright in extreme settings for nice pristine cleans that takes pedals great.Great for heavy crunch at those.
I love a good solid state amp, but the classic 70s Sunn and Acoustic heads deserve recognition. Beta Lead!
Hell Yeah, the acoustic and Sunn heads are amazing and so much potential for really loud bass affordably. I’ve been playing acoustic since I bought my first all original 1972acoustic 370 head with matching 301 cab. After working on the farm all summer as a ten year old boy all I did was save my money so I bought that whole rig out the door for a hair under $400. That woulda been 1993-94ish and before the stoner metal scene revived them. I never met another bass player who had one or even new what they were for that matter. The other bands would always ask WTF is that? It’s so loud and so clear. It wasn’t til about 2010 and on they started getting popular again which meant price goes up big time! Of all the gear I’ve collected over the years, bass and guitar, I still have my first acoustic stack and it’s my go to!! I was lucky that my old man was a blues and southern rocker in the 70’s so he was the one who talked me into getting it even though I had every intention and enough money to by the 74 Ampeg stack I had gone to buy but fate is a fickle mistress. I still thank him all the time for talking me into that amp and since the. I’ve had quite a few SVT and other model Ampeg stacks even currently but.....yeah ya dig?!!!
I used a Sunn concert lead with a Yamaha S412 cabinet for a while in the 80's, it was a remarkably good amp. Most of these amps you mention are recent ones, the best SS amp I ever used was a 200 watt Kustom Kasino stack back in the early 70's. Hard to find these days but it was my workhorse for over a decade. I just made a RUclips video about it called "What's in your backline?"
The Ampeg VH-140c / 150 should have been mentioned.
Glenn Ritchey I still play my SS-150, bought in 1991... over the years, I’ve ‘almost’ bought a Triple Rectifier, or whatever, but my Ampeg just sounds better, period.
Still have mine, bought it brand new in 2000 and it STILL blows away anything on the market
The Crate GX130c (same circuit as the Ampeg VH140c) is one of the greats. Used in the first few Cannibal Corpse albums.
@@pwsmanowar yes! i have one, and it sounds crushing! The clean channel is a great pedal platform also, and the bright button brings out the metal like no other..
Pigs RULE!
Huge tone, louder then the voice of God! No need for pedals.
VH 140 for life!
Get a red or silver stripe USA Peavey Bandit. That tube dynamics knob backed off on the cranked up clean channel is where the magic happens.
Made in USA Red or Silver, can't go wrong. I have both with the extension cabs.
+1
Clean channel; T dynamics on 10%, crank like a tube amp. Very close to Quilter kind of simulation. Part of the resurrection comes from intheblues man Shane who adores the Red Stripe Bandit. Red Stripes still go cheap and IMHO sound a bit better than the modern bandits.
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@@stevenburvenich168 Shane Diiorio (intheblues) introduced a whole new generation to the red and silver stripe bandit models, and is almost single handedly responsible for the market value increasing from around $100 U.S. to around $200-$250 US for a nice example with the footswitch. He's since sold all of his Peavey Bandit amps and swears by the Marshall DSL40 nowadays. I've had my U.S. Red Stripe Peavey Bandit for years, and never plan to sell it. It's versatile, bulletproof reliable, sounds great and takes pedals well. Is at as good as my blackface Super Reverb? Well, honestly, no. But... it's 85% of the way there sound and feel wise for 1/10th the price. I'd be absolutely gutted if some bearded hipster spilled a PBR in my Super Reverb at a watering hole.
I could kick my dad in the ass for getting rid of his and not even offering to sell it to me lol. He had a 1995 Silver Panel Transtube series Bandit 112 and the accompanying 1x12 Extension cabinet. Still one of the loudest and clearest sounding solidstate combos ive ever heard.
Side note: in high school, my buddy used that same amp and the extension, early on in a band we were in, before getting his own Marshall half stack and actually could keep up with a Marshall JCM900 SL-X 50 watt half stack I was using. Pretty impressive really
I have a silver stripe 112 and also a pacer 100. Both are very good clean and with pedals, but as he states not so good with the stock gain distortion.
I stand by my YAMAHA G100 212. It’s warm, responsive, and has loads of headroom.
These are so slept on. They sound excellent.
I had one in the early ‘80s. Used it for five years in a road band playing country music & never had a bit of trouble with it ever.
Hell yeah, I have one and they are awesome, with a parametric EQ built in too!
@@aitken1965 I have one of those,too. The 3rd version. It sounds as good or better than my jc120
Tossing in a mention of the Tech21 Trademark 60, a workhorse that got me thru a few years of club gigs a few years back. Reliability was an issue, and no one knows how to fix 'em, but I used to get compliments on my tone with that amp. FWIW...
Where's the Ampeg vh 140c.
Really underrated metal amp.
90's Roland Blues Cube, Tech 21 Trademark, Orange CR120, Sunn Beta Lead... I have much love for SS amps.
I’ve played through all but the Sunn but yeah, these all should be in the list
I just found a Peavey Bandit on Craigslist near my home in CT for only 35 dollars! I called them immediately to see the hype and of course someone beat me to it. It literally sold within 20 minutes of being posted.
Vox Super Beatle should be on this list as well as Lab Series L5, the favorite amp of BB King and the secret to Ty Tabor's tone.
Played a JC120 in high school in a school jazz band in the early 90's and was always blown away by how good that thing sounded, now with the aid of the internet and finding out how many albums they were used on makes feel like I had an idea of good tone back then... kinda.
Great vid Cheers.
You forgot about the Orange OR-120H. That thing is leagues above the bad rep to the Crush name that those little combos give. It's no RockerVerb or OR, but it sure does sound like an Orange.
Exactly! And it's not $2000. A steal at $450
As long as it's not a lemon xD jk. In all seriousness, I'd really love to check out some orange stuff
Can’t agree more. i have a Mesa Single Rectifier and an Orange OR 15. The CR120 beats them both
@@mikeyo3230 in what way? sucking?
Orange CR combos aren't bad little practice amps at all. I've compared them to an array of SS combos and they sounded better to me!!
Thanks for including the Roland Blues Cube. I think it's one of the most underrated solid state amps these days! I have the Artist 112 with a sparkle clean tone capsule and the clean tones are Fender at it's best in my opinion but it also does the job as a pedal platform for any kind of setup. The clean tone is great when you crank it up, it reminds me of a Bassman. The factory speaker brings the best out of that amp, so there's no need to change it at all. Other great features: built in power attenuator, tremolo, reverb, second channel (which is in fact the Boss Blues Driver), Boost and Tone function for both channels and last but not least: the footswitch which regulates many of the features mentioned above! Man, this amp is soo good that I sold all my other tube amps and I had many of those! It's light and very reliable. What else do you need? I think this thing will be a classic such as the Jazz Chorus.
I was into the H&K Attax Series in the 90's, a lot of guys in the Okanagan region were into them back in those days.
The Peavey Renown 212 was a good amp(had one for about 6yrs in early 90s) and for anyone not caring for the chorus a better alternative to the Chorus 212 amp. The Peavey Studio Pro 40 which I bought new in '86 is still a good solid state amp. Replaced the stock speaker with a Celestion G12M-70 in '90 and that was a huge improvement. And ten years ago or so, I rediscovered just how good the Saturation circuitry really is still today and marveled at its pioneering spirit given the era in which it was designed.
And it's hard to beat the JC-120 for nice clean tones and that is why if it ever stops being manufactured by Roland, it would be a sad day. That is a timeless guitar amp.
I cut the top part of my Peavey Renown 2x12 and boxed bottom in myself and use it with a 4x12 cab and it sounds magnificent.its now a piggy back half stack custom.
Why no mention of Lab Series amps? IMO the best sounding solid state amps ever made. I used one for years until I wore it out and will buy one again when I can.
Good Call. Just happen to be moving things around. Watching the Video, Reading the Comments, and starting at my L5 in the kitchen with an Engle Thunder 50 head & a Dr. Z Z28 head sitting on top of it. CRAZY!!!😎
@@reverendg5937 Thanks for the reply! Yes I love L5's I think they sound fantastic. Hold onto yours, it a good one.
Lab Series were good enough for BB King. I used to play one and loved it.
You nailed this list! The Fender Princeton Chorus has amazing cleans, but also makes a great pedal platform. I used one live a few times to play hard rock covers and it did fine. Also, if you're going to do a Bandit, I recommend the teal stripe from' 89. It was designed by Jim Brown, the 5150 designer.
Alex Skolnick was a big proponent of the Marshall Mode 4 amps for a while. He said they could sound terrible unless you dialed them in right, and then they were killer.
The Orange CR120 is a pretty sweet solid state amplifier.
I bought my Fender Ultimate Chorus in high school (circa 96-97). It’s still the best clean amp I own almost 25 yrs later. Beautiful tone.
The trick with the Princeton chorus is to turn it on the overdrive channel, set the limiter high, and bring up the gain. You end up with a hot, compressed, signal. Top it off with a little reverb
The Marshall Valvestate has a mean sounding distortion. Infact it's the amp that Chuck Schuldiner used in Death.
Exactly what I was gonna post. What about the Valvestate ???
Valvestate has a single 12ax7. The first preamp stage sounds awful if you hit it with a loud pickup, really harsh farty clipping.
I loved my Valvestate when I had one back in the 90’s. I compared many amps and the Valvestate amps gave me the best sound for what I was playing back then 🙂
I have an AVT 150H. I use it with a 1960B cab. Sounds killer!
Yes! The 8100. I've had mine since I bought it new 26 years ago. Only thing I've done to it is clean the pots about 2 weeks ago. Still sounds as good as when I was a teenager in the 90's.
The greatest solid-state amp I've ever owned and played was made by Lab Series. I've owned a 2x12 and a 4x10. They're so good in a side by side with a tube amp, You would not know the difference.
D K ,I played Lab Series amps back in the day ,they sound 👍
I shared a bar gig in '83 with a local band who's lead player used a 2x12 Lab Series. All I could think was I was glad we went first.
bb king liked em
The Lab Series was a 1979 collaboration between Bob Moog and Gibson, if memory serves me correctly. I just saw a 1x12 combo sell for $80.
@@JimJWalker yes and BB and Ronnie Montrose.
ha, I was offered $80 for my Peavey Studio Pro 112 (red stripe) that I paid $150 for in '03.
Turned that down. a move made things tight. sold it for less.
Nice Vid! In the early to mid ‘80s I had a Marshall MOSFET LEAD 100 that was GREAT! I also just got a New Fender Tone Master Twin The is just UNBELIEVABLE!! You’d swear it was a Tube ‘65 Twin!! GREAT AMP!! Please keep up the Good Work! Love your Content!!
You should def try the Randall Titan, most powerful amp i have ever played and it's drive channel has tube purists scratch their heads in disbelief
The Marshall MOSFET 100 is a solid state version of the JCM800. It’s my favorite solid state guitar amp ever.
I don't know how Marshall did it, but they did it perfectly.
I don’t know about “perfectly,” but if you’re looking for the JCM 800 sound, the MOSFET 100 is a solid alternative at a much more affordable price point. It won’t get you all the way there, but it will get you in the ballpark.
I've got an Orange Crush 60R, and it is damn near impossible to tell it's not tube! I was blown away!
Fender M80 head was a beast for old school death metal and did it amazingly well. They still sound good today.
Add the MOSFET with two 4-10 cabinets sounded great in its day.
Dime never used the Warhed for his heavy distortion sound, he said he didn`t like the way they sounded, he only used them for cleans live. He did however use the Warhead X2 (second version) and liked it 👌Yes, Dime did use the Century amps a lot but his early sound was the RG100ES and he switched between them from time to depending on his preferences but he prefered the RG`s 😉 I have one from 88 with original zebra tolex and I fucking love it, even has a really good clean sound if you mess with it a little bit 👍
@catfromthedead You got almost everything right. Yes, he did split from Randall around the time Pantera broke up but he would still use their amps, the RM100`s, X2 and the Titan, showed in pictures from Damageplan era. He never used the Warhead(V1) for dirty live, you saw them in the racks yes, but that was for CLEANS ONLY. And yes he never recorded with the Kranks, that probably a mixtures of his old Century 200`s and some other Randall amps 😉
Gallien Krueger 250ML was a groundbreaking solid state amp, especially for its tone and portability. It should be on any all time best list.
Agree, Iron Maiden used these to great effect as did Fates Warning
Really loud amp with great tone when plugging a 2x12 cabinet into it.
The effects were on point too.
Carlos used an 800 watt GK at Woodstock.
Is that a bass amp ?
@@youthmanrecords965 they made bass amps but this is a solid state guitar amp with unbelievable chorus and reverb effects
Own a Fender Princeton Chorus and you're right, this is a good value. Warning, it is heavy for a small solid state amp. Great clean and decent chorus. The only thing I don't like are the cheap looking knobs.
I love the clean sound, the reverb and the chorus on the Princeton Chorus combo - so much that I brought two of them (one for by son). They sound like the new Fender Tone Masters, except they weigh much, much more. You have to forget the overdrive channel and just pretend it's not there. If you're like me and have no desire to provide the maintenance that a tube amp requires, but want the classic fender sound that this amp undeniably delivers with the reliability of a solid state , then this amp is for you.
Gotta say the Norlin era Lab series amps are the best sounding SS amps I've ever heard. Got the L3, and I would never get rid of it!
Yep, had an L5 (BB King amp) and the L7 4x10. Both should be top of this list but not even there. Kinda hard to get hold of them now so maybe that’s it?
Or it could be that it’s not YOUR list? 🤦🏻♂️
Watched this to see if the lab l5 was on the list. Played one in high school. I’m 58 now and just bought one this year. Regretted selling it 40 years ago but there’s one sitting in my living room right now…. Guess I’ll go play!
My main gigging amp has been a Peavey Bandit for years - it sounds great, and I bought it for $80 (busted reverb tank, but I fixed it)
SS King is my Pearce G1 ....owned it for years and I still love it . I respect Roland, LAB,Peavey and Sunn for solid state amps produced but Pearce is the best to my ears . I have not played a Quilter yet and I have heard they are very good .
Fender Pro 185 with red knobs. A staple in studios all around the world as a great clean amp and pedal platform.
Robert well done,I'm a big fan of solid state amps. I think the Acustic brand ones are great for the money
Man, my cousin ( who was one of the reasons i began playing music) had the Peavey Chorus 2x12. Sounded just like Lynyrd Skynyrd The Breeze and it was SOOOOO LOUD!!! And an older Native American guitarist called Joe Puff who played with a great cover band called Cream Cheese had the JC 120, that i played through a coupla times with my little pedal board in a high school band opening for them (small town!!) He was my hero when i was a teen beginner...that amp!!
RIP Joe Puff.
Hi from England.i can't get out the house because of disability so I rely on guitar playing to keep me going. The one I like is the peavy bandit. I put a jensen speaker in it and it sounded great, as good as my valve amps.
I have a removed left wrist joint & my guitar days are over. I switched to pedal steel, which I have to play with an amputated left foot, but I can do it with the prosthesis & a finger slide over my left thumb. No, I'm not a country western guy but played it when I had to ... like Wipe Out!
I still have my 90,s GX 160 Crate combo built like a tank with effects loop.
Horonable mentions:
-Sunn Beta Lead
-Orange CR 120
-Ampeg SS70, or G212
dimiaraujo90 I have a G18 Ampeg and it’s a great practice amp. As well, it loves the Helix pedal board in front of it
Yeppers. Love my Sunn Beta Lead... F'n horse ... And yeas, I've owned most of the tube. It's nice to have a real reverb and super reliable.
Lol yeah man I said CR120 as soon as I read the title!! It and the JC are the only ones I use . Well, except for my old Bandit lol and it just won’t go down lol. But I wouldn’t use it live. Only EVER use the CR for dirt live. Don’t think I would record with it but I can have a good night with a CR 120.
... and I will actually say the lead 12 was ok for what it was. I had the micro stack
Love my orange crush 120
circuit module wow! sounds cutting edge
Peavey Bandit 65 - Had one in the late 80's. Two channel, great clean and fabulous distrotion channel with "tube saturation" overdrive, spring reverb and a 12" Scorpion Speaker. I think it cost around £165 new. Sold it in 1991 and regretted it ever since.
The Bandit 65 is one of all time favorite amps :)
Try the Yamaha G100II or the Yamaha B100II. Amazing and loud clean Sound. This Amps have tons of Headroom... and they works great with Pedals.
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Steven Turner I have the G100-112 with semi-parametric EQ, amazing amp!
The Yamaha THR series of amps are awesome. Personally I've played almost all of those amps in this video, and my Yamaha THR100HD totally RULES. I can run it stereo, and is very pedal friendly, just to name a few great features. Makes a great mod amp platform, and it does sound, and react to playing just like any of my tube amps.
Yes! That's what I'm talking about! Wonderful amps - called the solid state Fender Twin.Lennie Breau used them so I rest my case!
I have a 112 and 210 Yamaha from late 70s......huge clean headroom and pedal platform!!....never fail!
I have three G100-112ii combos and LOVE them!!!!
Hey man. I recently bought an 80's Yamaha B100 II head to play bass through. It's incredibly warm sounding for solid state. A friend told me to try playing guitar through it. Oh man!! Killer clean tone and it's a fantastic pedal platform! And they sell for about $200.
Yamaha was marvellous stuff back then, G50 , G100 etc.
I had a G50 that I picked up With a laptop at a swap meet together for $20 the laptop was completely dead and unfixable. But only the speaker was not working. I put in a 12" guitar center speaker and it sounded great. Had to pawn it though. Really miss it. Also, replaced the braided wire that connects from the terminal to the voice coil and ended up fixing the original Yamaha speaker. I put it back in before pawning it.
No complaints with the list. If you ever get to plug into a Yamaha G100 2-12 you'll find a reliable workhorse amp. Can't wait for your next vlog.
Fifty 210 here, love it
I've tried a few of these and the solid state amp I like the best is the Sunn Concert Lead.
Love your videos. Randall amps are the best. I have a Randall RG100ES from the 80s and it's killer. Keep up the good work!
Liked seeing Peavey here. Renowns and Studio Pros were cool too.
I have a vintage Marshall lead 12 full stack and it's the shit. People are blown away when I tell them its solid state
the only ones I feel were left off and deserve notice are the Sunn Beta Lead and Marshall Valvestate. I have literally never been let down by Buzz Osborne's sound from the Beta Leads, and Chuck Schuldiner's Valvestate tones on Sound Of Perseverance were just... so damn lovely
The Valvestate is a hybrid amp, though. It has a tube preamp.
@@RobertWJackson oh snap, i forgot about that. I was a bit gone when i posted that, my b. XD
@@RobertWJackson I have a Marshall Mode Four... it is also hybrid.... It has a tube preamp as well. Glad it made the list tho, it rocks!
I discovered that after I made this video. I’ve since bought one of my own. 😉
How about any Lab series amp? I got a free non working L5 and haven't got it fixed yet. But what sound it's made, could be very loud. And I know since I have the only combo amp to make the loudest tube amp list. My pro tube Twin.
Today I purchased a fender ultimate chorus 2x12 65watt combo for $80.00. It needed a bit of cleaning in the input jack and the pots. When the seller saw I wasn't afraid to dig into it, he gave me a Princeton chorus made in USA that needs work. Nice.
I’m glad the fender princeton chorus made the list and the Roland blues cube. I enjoy them both very much.
Early 2000's marshall hdfx heads sound great with some tweaking and right pedals.
You forgot Lab series amps one of the best SS amps
Peavey XXL ,Marshall Valvestate, Hughes and Kettner has plenty, Taurus amps, Hartke gt60, Acoustic/G120, Crate too many to name, DV mark mini heads, also just found a Randall Rg 60 less than 200 built 1981.AND SO MANY VOX amps. Your list rocks too! Just honorable mentions. Also I always wanted a Randall RT503 and just found a 100 watt cheap. Any experience?
Probably gonna get a lot of hate for this but, Fender’s Princeton 65’ DSP is my fav.
Those are actually good-sounding amps dude!
Yes decent sounding I put a EV black label 300 watt 12 speaker in mine for ultimate clean!
The Ampeg vh140c should have made the list imho. It and the Randall rg100 are probably the most respected high gain solid state amps ever made
I think there’s plenty of tube amps out there that would strongly dispute that argument, but I get what you’re saying.
Robert's Guitar Dungeon sorry I meant respected solid state lol
Robert's Guitar Dungeon I think people might be surprised how many death metal bands used this amp and still use it today. That’s not my style but it does a really good job at a modern metal sound as well
I actually really like those amps. I just didn’t think of it when I was putting this list together. ;)
Agree. I love the Ampeg VH140C. Crate GX130C is very similiar. I play thrash/death metal and the Crate doesnt disappoint.
Possibly not so well known in the USA are the *Award Session* amps. Great tones from solid state, many Vox tones but other sounds too.
The Ventures used Awards in the mid 1960s. I thought they (the Ventures' tunes) sounded pretty good!
@@mikemadden2729 Hi there. The Ventures ones were Mosrite Award amps made in the USA. The *Award Session* stuff started in the UK in 1979 and were the progeny of English electronics wizard and pro musician Stewart Ward. Lots of famous folk used their stuff plus Jerry Donahue and Gordon Giltrap had signature products. I have some of their preamps which are outstanding; some were branded _Morley_ in the States.
I remember Mosrite & Award being mentioned on the back of Ventures albums in the mid 1960s. I was always criticized for being a Ventures fan, people said "but they don't sing". I learned guitar because of the Ventures' Walk Don't Run. I guess they wouldn't like Dixie Dregs or the Hellecasters (or all the good jazz rock fusion stuff), would they?! Are you a Hellecasters fan? I saw them, the Dregs & Little Feat (& others from Bruce Cockburn to KD Lang to Mojo Nixon) in Madison, always tripping our brains out. My sister & I would go there for concerts & Ma would tag along. We got her to trip too & she would have been over 70 at the Hellecasters show in the 1990s. She loved it! We were such spoiled rotten brats.
We saw Mojo Nixon in a bar & he's known for his "off color" ways. He was dancing on the bar singing & saw Ma. He couldn't believe a little old white haired lady at his show & bent over to stare at her, funny as hell! Everyone there laughed!
The Old Man died in 1975 & I can't imagine him getting involved with our escapades. His whole life was his job at the paper mill office. He said I'd never "amount" to anything (he was an accountant & it was all about numbers) if I didn't "behave" & do better in school or whatever. He was a staunch Republican. He probably turned over in his grave, especially the time I saw God on 4 hits of acid while driving & when I retired after 30 years at one job at a natural gas utility! He was alive when I got the job & he probably never dreamed this long haired trippy hippie would retire from there. Oh, that's right ... I saw God the year BEFORE he died, but I s'pose God told him all about it, "I saw your kid cruisin' down the highway tripping, joint in hand", LMAO!!!
The ZT Club 200w is a beast. Best solid state amp Ive ever heard at a live concert when I saw Of Montreal. Monster tone and sounds great clean or driven. Traynor also makes great SS stuff too, but almost no one has ever tried them.
My current pedal platform is a Peavey Wiggy. It gets a bad rep from tube guys but every single person that has ever played mine wants to buy it from me. Peavey nailed the Transtube circuit.
How did you feel about him listing it as an amp he hates?
You’re Definitely Right about the Blues Cube Robert,I have one & you can get every sounds in it , also the Peavey Bandit ( wish I have one) they Said it’s a Poor Man!s Plexie, ,that’s what I heard ,anyway Good Choices Robert Thank You
I used a cyber twin forever, even used it on my only recoding for my band(aspiring downward) played many gigs with it, I really liked that amp.
Glad to hear the Fender Princeton Chorus mentioned. My drummer has one and it’s a great-sounding amp. It has a nice, comfy feel to it that you can kinda lean into. Which is very different from the very tight, percussive feel I usually get from solid-state amps.
I like this. One thing to remember about The Warhead is Dime used to use at least 3 Century stacks on stage. He loved the sound to a point, then he didn't. Needed stage volume.
The Randall RGs..When they were good, they were awesome..when they were bad, a total piece of shit. Depending on the AC socket you plugged into.
I gotta try those randallss! Also Im intrested in more peavey stuff from the 90's and more top 13 guitars you may not know about! Rock on Robert! RGD! RGD! RGD!
I'm kinda surprised you didn't mention any of the orange cr series, imo they're amazing for everything, or the valvestate or transtube supreme, perhaps I like garbage amps who knows 😂
It's not you. He started with the Randall Warhead dude 😂 that thing is garbage. Dime actually hated how they sounded but it was kinda too late to make changes before they shipped. Most people who actually use those things use them as clean boosts or purely for the clean channel. I love Dimebag, but I can't personally act like he had a great sound. Check out Ola Englund's review of it lol and he's a huge Pantera fan also.
This channel kinda scares me. I like that Rob has his own opinions and he seems really knowledgeable, I just think he and I have different tastes.
I love Orange and the CR120 is amazing. I don't know how the Warhead is on here and that isn't lol
Mode 4 Marshall amps are a total nightmare to service. Just sayin as a tech.
If you still want one after this advice. orlando.craigslist.org/msd/d/orlando-blackbird-vintage-music-lots-of/7010623648.html
Pritchard amps, Lab Series, Dan Pierce amps.
What about the GK 250ml? It was like Eddie VanHalen in a box. A lunch box to be correct. Keith Alexander plugged his into 2 Marshall 1960 4x12 cabs for live shows and it killed. Then you could take it home and play it in a studio apartment. Still one of my faves.
Why do these channels have opening credits and theme songs, like they're 70s TV shows...
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It sucks that the Warhead and Mode Four aren't made anymore. Fortunately, Hiwatt makes a 350 watt "Big Crunch" head for under 500 bucks new!
But how does it sound compared to the Warhead and the Mode Four? It ain’t about the wattage, it’s about the sound quality. If wattage was all that mattered, I could just run a Boss distortion pedal into a 350-watt Crown power amp and call it a day.
@@RobertWJackson Very true... I have the 50 watt version (very similar preamp). Cleans are amazing for a solid state, and the distortion is great too. Only thing is the mid-shift setting on it sucks. Other than that, I'd put it alongside a Lead 12 in terms of sound.
The Marshall lead 12 mini stack was actually a 12watt 1-10 cabs
IXNAY ON THE PRINCETON AYY!😅 I've got a ultra chorus and Princeton. Don't drive up the prices.
The Ampeg VH 140C is already crazy expensive
What about Lab Series ss amps? The L5 is fantastic. It has a built-in compressor and a parametric midrange. It does everything from warm cleans to a substantial crunch. Takes pedals well, too. B.B. King used them for a long time and Ty Tabor used them with King's X.
I basically said the same thing today without reading your comment!
Among several others. LOL
I had a Peavey Musician for years, It was my workhorse and after 50 years it started acting up so I need to send it back to the shop. It's a 300 watt solid state amp and it was loud! I used it for my guitar and even as a power amp to push my whole band! I bought one of the new Peavey Vypyrs and was sorely disappointed with the sound and reliability. Ever since they sent their manufacturing across the sea they have been crap. I'm definitely going to check out some of these amps, Thank you.
The orange cr 120 is a great solid state amp
Old school PEAVEY!!! 🤟🔥🤟 what's up with you having Randalls ....God bless dime as our fellow TEXAS GUITAR SLINGER!!! Cheers....
Crate GT212 combo... Beautiful reverb, three channel ... Takes pedals really well... Can CHUG! LOL
I was pleased to see you included the Marshall Mode Four. I love the one I have, wouldn't trade it for anything.
orange crush 120 pro head is awesome
Agreed !!! That would be my #1
I have two Marshall lead 12 mini stacks and a JCM 800 full stack, I live in an apartment now so the mini stacks work great, I don’t have to put them on 10 to get the full range of sound. I also bought a MG 15 mini stack for clean tones, the lead 12s are always dirty but the MG15 has a clean channel
The Fender Princeton Chorus is a great SS amp as well.
Back in the mid-80's I owned a solid state, 200W Yorkville 2x12 combo that was absolutely outstanding. I cannot remember the model number to save my life, but I remember that it had two Eminence speakers in a closed back enclosure, two channels, Hammond reverb tank, and a blue Fender-style jewel power light. I was in a band playing a lot of RUSH, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and Deep Purple and that amp took to all my pedals wonderfully. I wish I could find one again.
Yorkville makes great stuff!
@@RobertWJackson Yes! Basically Traynor, after all.
It’s funny I love Dime’s playing but never loved his tone. Same with Randy Rhoads. So Randall was just never something I looked at. I’m possibly going to get my first solid state head in many years in the Orange CR120. Don’t know why I want an Orange so much lately. Great vid!
Also I was going to vote for the Peacy Mace or Duece as my favorite classic SS amp but the Chorus is legit too. But the Mace had a phase shifter built in which was cool as f*ck, especially in 1979!
I forgot all about the Mace! Those were killer! I thought the Deuce was a tube amp?
I’ve heard a lot of people in the last few years start trashing Dimebag’s guitar tone. I always thought it was pretty awesome. Definitely unique, if nothing else. As soon as you heard the first note, you KNEW it was Dimebag.
Robert's Guitar Dungeon I’m not trashing his tone - fingers wise or phrasing just the amp sound was never for me- exciting GReat Southern trendkill - that’s actual tone I love
Robert's Guitar Dungeon you’re probably correct
i have a jc120 but i found a jc70 (with a 12) at a resale for 7 dollars and i really like that one, i did replace the speaker as it died right after i got it but , it makes more sense than getting out the 120 as i dont need all that at this point .
The Lead 12 and Lead 100 Mosfet (3210) are completely different amps. I had a lead 100 and it was amazing, best sounding solid state marshall ever made, beats the SS pre/tube poweramp hybrid Artist 30.
I had a Lead 100 mosfet and I should have kept it forever !
He didn’t even mention the 3210 MOSFET! ????
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great amp .I have 2
Love my JC-120, I run it with my MESA Stiletto Trident amp for a killer stereo surround sound!
Peavey Special 130. I've been playing these for years. Sometimes two at a time. Generally, my go-to amp. The most reliable, amps I have ever known and will go head to head with my Fender Twins.
Slide players love them!
Bright and warm at the same time!
The Jc 40 is updated with stereo ins, better gain channel, and the Chorus can be adjusted like the vibrato, there is still the fixed chorus. Roland Amp into Crate Power Block to a couple of cabs, try a Rockman unit into a JC sometime 😁
Marshall 8100, Ampeg VH 140C, SS 150, Crate Excaliber and Shockwave amps should be on the list. The VH140C is my favorite solid state amp for high gain.
I just scored a Crate GX-140CH. It's like a cross between a VH140 and a Crate Excalibur. Mind blowing heavy tone.
Oh yes the Marshall 8100. I loved it, the OD2 channel required a bit of tweaking, especially the contour knob to help nail the mid frequencies i preferred, but when it was set up nicely and cranked, it was a beast.
The VH140C blows away the Mode 4 and The Warhead…. Plus both those amps AlWAYS had issues breaking down
Check out the Traynor DG30, amazing tone and very highly regarded. Lots of goodies built in, too.
Best I ever played was LABSeries!!!!
That was B.B Kings main amp wasn't it?
I bought a old combo that might have been B.B. Kings studio amp.I found it at Guitarcener a few weeks after he died.In Memphis you could find them dirt cheap.In the late 1970's Lab series amps were very expensive.
Are You gonna sell Me that Beautiful Randall RM with maybe that awesome tight metal pro 1st edition pedal? J/k Randall is Amazing but the price of the Diablos today radically over priced. I also have an addiction to Washburn Guitars! Those Blackstar Ht amps 1 thru 20 are going around for 200$ again. And the Booger amps… eh em.. Bugera are actually more expensive
George Lynch is one of my favorite guitarists and he always used Plexis and Randalls. Thankfully, the Randalls are a bit easier to find cheaper.
Robert nice work brother love your channel truly brother
Thanks man!
Just got a new Orange Pedal Baby 100 today! My first amp was a Peavey Rage. I remember pushing the hell out of it jamming with friends as a teenager. I had it for probably 20 yrs until I lost it in a hurricane.