List your amps up till the Splawn(s)

[TuskerKevin]

ohhh...up to the splawn....
Peavey VTX Heritage combo
Ada MP1
Peavey 5150
Marshall 1987 Plexi

[guitargoyle]

Old Peavey Musician head
New (at the time) Peavey Musician or Standard head (can't remember which)
Mesa/Boogie Mark III 50w head
Rivera M-100 combo
Roland GP-100 w/ Rocktron power amp
Yamaha DG Stomp w/ Peavey 50/50 power amp
Soldano Lucky 13 head
Then I built a couple from scratch:
1) a little 7w single ended amp called the High Octain (designed by Randall Aiken)*
2) a Soldano SLO 100 (complete w/ snakeskin Tolex)*
Rocktron Vendetta head (designed by Bruce Egnator)*
Then another homebrew: Soldano Atomic 16 (w/ 6V6's instead of EL84's)*
I'll be getting a Quickrod once I scratch up the coin.

[DonaldDemon]

tusker said:

ohhh...up to the splawn....
Peavey VTX Heritage combo
Ada MP1
Peavey 5150
Marshall 1987 Plexi

Alot of former 5150/Peavey owners it seems.

[DonaldDemon]

guitargoyle said:

Old Peavey Musician head
New (at the time) Peavey Musician or Standard head (can't remember which)
Mesa/Boogie Mark III 50w head
Rivera M-100 combo
Roland GP-100 w/ Rocktron power amp
Yamaha DG Stomp w/ Peavey 50/50 power amp
Soldano Lucky 13 head
Then I built a couple from scratch:
1) a little 7w single ended amp called the High Octain (designed by Randall Aiken)*
2) a Soldano SLO 100 (complete w/ snakeskin Tolex)*
Rocktron Vendetta head (designed by Bruce Egnator)*
Then another homebrew: Soldano Atomic 16 (w/ 6V6's instead of EL84's)*
I'll be getting a Quickrod once I scratch up the coin.

Nice. You didn't like the Rivera M-100? I don't think I would ever get rid my M-60 because it can get so many different tones and it does them well.

[guitargoyle]

donalddemon said:

guitargoyle said:

Old Peavey Musician head
New (at the time) Peavey Musician or Standard head (can't remember which)
Mesa/Boogie Mark III 50w head
Rivera M-100 combo
Roland GP-100 w/ Rocktron power amp
Yamaha DG Stomp w/ Peavey 50/50 power amp
Soldano Lucky 13 head
Then I built a couple from scratch:
1) a little 7w single ended amp called the High Octain (designed by Randall Aiken)*
2) a Soldano SLO 100 (complete w/ snakeskin Tolex)*
Rocktron Vendetta head (designed by Bruce Egnator)*
Then another homebrew: Soldano Atomic 16 (w/ 6V6's instead of EL84's)*
I'll be getting a Quickrod once I scratch up the coin.

Nice. You didn't like the Rivera M-100? I don't think I would ever get rid my M-60 because it can get so many different tones and it does them well.

Actually, I wish I could get the Rivera and the M/B Mk III back, just so I could play them again and re-evaluate their tone.....listening with fresh ears to determine if I did indeed screw up when I got rid of those amps.

Also, I don't recall EVER running the Rivera through any external speaker cabinet. At the time, I don't think I had any seperate cabs to plug it into. In hindsight, that in itself was a huge mistake because its internal speaker was an EVM 12L. I don't know if you're familiar with those or not. If not....it was a monster speaker with a huge magnet and 300 watt RMS power handling. A very nice speaker....the problem (if there was a problem) is that it was very accurate, and in the world of guitar...accuracy can translate to "cold and/or sterile" tone. Although, if I remember correctly, Mesa used those pretty extensively in their early days, so who knows. Maybe someone here can comment on that.

So, yes I have some regrets. Especially since you are diggin' your Rivera. Just out of curiosity, what speaker is yours loaded with?

Also, I apologize if I "schooled ya" on stuff you already knew.

[guitargoyle]

I just remembered, Al Estrada (on the splawn soundclips page) uses EVM 12L's....so, obviously, he doesn't have a problem with 'em.
Regardless, I still should've tried the Rivera with a different speaker.

[Axemane]

Here goes...........

Splawn Quick Rod*
Splawn Modded Marshall Plexi*
Laney GH50L*
Carvin Legacy
Marshall DSL
Engl Screamer*
Bogner Ecstacy
Metaltronix M-1000
Peavey 5150 II
Rhino YJM Blackstar
Line 6 AX2
ADA MP2* Mesa 50/50 power amp
ADA MP1 Marshall 9001 power amp
Marshall JCM900 dual reverb
Marshall JCM900
Marshall JCM 800 50 watter
Marshall JCM 800 100 watter
Marshall Super Lead metal panel
Randall RG100 solid state
Ampeg V4 head
Fender Bassman


And for around the crib practice I still have these:
Marshall Lead 12 mini stack
Marshall Lead 12
Fender Bullet Reverb
Line 6 Spyder II

[DonaldDemon]

guitargoyle said:

donalddemon said:

Just out of curiosity, what speaker is yours loaded with?

Also, I apologize if I "schooled ya" on stuff you already knew.

I believe mine has the stock Jensen or something like that. It is just a big black magnet and no way I can tell what brand but I checked on the Rivera website and they listed the stock speakers in those amps by year. I could definitely use a better speaker though. I think one that has a lower power rating to drive it better.

Yeah I know a good dea about Rivera's because I used to swear by them but that is changing now ;D

[shawn]

First amp was a 20watt Yamaha
Peavey Renoun 2x12 combo
*Marshall JCM 800 2203 (83 model)
a bunch more 2203's and 2204 and bunch of cabs i ended up keeping one 2203 and one 4x12 from that era
*Mesa/Boogie DC-5 combo
*VHT Pitbull 50 CL/EQ and Reverb
*Bogner Ecstasy 101B
*Splawn Quick Rod (2004 model)

*still own these along with
5 4x12's, Marshall, Bogner, VHT, Soldano and Splawn

[kurtsstuff]

My first amp was an old heathkit tube thing into a Standel 4x10 cab....since then I have been through almost every amp known to man..From A to Z literally! I'm still waiting on my Quick Rod's and 4x12's but currently biding my time witha Boogie Stiletto Trident through a Boogie wide body 3/4 back 1x12 cab.

[DonaldDemon]

How are you liking the Stiletto? The first time I played through one I fell in love and thought it was exactly what I was looking for. Everytime I went back to play them they sounded like crap, kinda like the first one I played was a good production and the rest weren't.

Did you see the new Rivera Knucklehead TKE? It looks sweet and I would love to hear it. Its gotten some great reviews already. If it improves on the KHR I may have to look into it. I was so close to loving that amp but I it just wasn't there for me.

[natemeanie]

ummmmm....

Marshall JMP, JCM800, JCM900, DSL100, TSL100
Mesa Dual Rec, DC10, Triple Rec, Maverick
VHT Pitbull 100CL, Pitbull Classic
Peavey 5150, Classic 50
Soldano SLO, AVenger, Hot Rods

Now the Quick Rod and a JCM800 2210.
I will be getting another SLO soon, and maybe a Splawn Competition with KT88s.

[kurtsstuff]

donalddemon said:

How are you liking the Stiletto? The first time I played through one I fell in love and thought it was exactly what I was looking for. Everytime I went back to play them they sounded like crap, kinda like the first one I played was a good production and the rest weren't.

Did you see the new Rivera Knucklehead TKE? It looks sweet and I would love to hear it. Its gotten some great reviews already. If it improves on the KHR I may have to look into it. I was so close to loving that amp but I it just wasn't there for me.

Totally diggin the Stiletto and may keep it in the line up.....ya just have to spend some time with them and I found running a little EQ through the loop and scooping the mids a little (restructure them and not bury them) turns it into a fire breather and I'm pretty sure the clean is going to be better on this than the QR but...still waiting on those 2 and we'll see??

[twistofcain32]

marshall micro stack,crate g 212 combo, digiteck 2101
preamp processor with marshall 9200 power amp 100/100
with full marshall stack,then switched to the prophecy through the same power amp,mesa roadking, and the king of them all 06 splawn qr.just need the splawn cab.

[chobley]

In no paticular order :
Mesa nomad 55
Peavey 5150 combo
Marshall SLX 50 & 100 watt
Bogner XTC 50 watt 6L6
Bogner Überschall
VHT clx
Diezel Herbert ( which I miss )
Splawn modded '59 ( 3)
Pro Mod

JB