What was the first amp you ever bought?

[V-Type]

My first bought amp was a mid 70's Crate combo that actually looked like a wood crate. The speaker blew the first month so the warranty covered a replacement which turned out too be a Fender stamped replacement.
Sounded better and never blew up again. I have the thing to this day(couldnt give it away). Its got sterile tone and does a Horrible gain sound but does sound quite good with a modeler in front for low volume home jammin.
My first amp I had given to me(Christmas) was a 70's Fender Vibro Champ. God I wish I still had that little wonder.

http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/amps_and%20_effects/Crate_CR-1_TW_web_small.jpg

[Juggernaut]

Mine was just like that, except it was a 2x12, and weighed 4000 lbs....... :w:

[diditfortehlulz]

My first amp was one of those awful Marshall MG10CD's.

[Monster]

well i can not rem the model number but it was a peavey and it was from 87 when i first started playing... the thing sound nice but was beat up as i bought it used.....

[floydmoline]

my first amp was a fender princeton chorus 2X10 from the 80's i'm guessing, it was a red knob variety solid state amp nice distorion for a solid state amp.

[indytruckboy]

i had a Gorilla 1x8 combo :w:

[jackal]

The first amp i had was a Frender Frontman... small little thing with a 8 inch speaker i think... i took the amp it's self out of the cab, and put it on top of two big as house speakers i got from my grandma's barn, lol they had a huge bass speaker a mid range and a tweeter, lol it sounded really good amazingly, then when moving it arounf one day i shorted somthing an blew the board... i was heartbroken, then a bought a Randall

[senor_penguin]

A little practice amp that came with the yamaha pacifica pack lol

[jeffreyliu838]

I had an MG10.....

:lamez:

[floydmoline]

yeah sadly indy's gorilla 1X8 sounded better than the little MGs :-( marshall don't do SS amps well

[indytruckboy]

A little practice amp that came with the yamaha pacifica pack lol
That was a Gorilla amp, like mine, wasn't it? I got it from Fingerhut about 15 years ago or so. Yamaha Pacifica, Gorilla, strap, picks, strings, and instructions. $119 out the door.


In a music video we made about 10 years ago I smashed that guitar. But I still have it. Body is split in two. Held together by the pickguard. THinking about either putting it back together , or carving the spring cavity and turning it into a ashtray/conversation piece.
Maybe make a case for it, instead. Display it. Whatever.

[Brian Krashpad]

My first amp was a little combo Sears-type amp. Probably had a 10" or 8" speaker. I have no idea what became of it.

However, that amp was a gift. The first amp I bought was one of these:

http://www.afn.org/~afn52445/Kustom100.jpg

I still have it. A 60's Kustom 100. The amp ain't so hot but the cab kicks behind. Has a 15" J.B. Lansing (pre-JBL company) speaker. I actually used it for bass for part of a year when I switched over to bass in a band I was in and had no proper bass amp. So far as I can tell it didn't hurt the thing, which is pretty amazing.

[characterzero]

I had a Fender Frontman 15watt. It buzzed so much!

Luckily I've since upgraded to a Roland Cube 30, which I've found to be really loud for its size.

[jackal]

Thats the same thing i had the fender frontman, loved that little amp... i have since then upgraded to a mesa boogie roadster stack, I love it!!

the first amp i bought for myself was a Randall RC100SC Combo

[MrSandMan]

Welcome back Jack

[Servant]

Peavey Rage - better for use as a drinkholder than amp. At least I didn't know any better.

[Vintageheadbox]

Mine was a 60's Montgomery Wards 50 watt 2-12 combo .. Heavy and LOUD!!!

[MrSandMan]

Mine was an old Peavey T-15 with an amp built into the hardshell case (like this photo). The guitar was really nice, Made in USA -- 1981, Maple neck and fretboard, PAF style pickups and Cream Pickguard. It was my 13th x-mas gift.

[Brian Krashpad]

Sandman, did you mean to say P-90, rather than PAF? The T-15 has blade oversized single coil pickups, iirc. So they would be in the P-90 ballpark, but not much like PAF humbuckers.

[characterzero]

Mine was an old Peavey T-15 with an amp built into the hardshell case (like this photo). The guitar was really nice, Made in USA -- 1981, Maple neck and fretboard, PAF style pickups and Cream Pickguard. It was my 13th x-mas gift.


That looks like a very cool first guitar/amp combo. Are those still in production?

[Brian Krashpad]

Mine was an old Peavey T-15 with an amp built into the hardshell case (like this photo). The guitar was really nice, Made in USA -- 1981, Maple neck and fretboard, PAF style pickups and Cream Pickguard. It was my 13th x-mas gift.


That looks like a very cool first guitar/amp combo. Are those still in production?


Nope, unfortunately. The Peavey T-series was in production during the 70's and 80's. The flagship of the series was the T-60, designed by Peavey designer Chip Todd ("T" is for Todd). I have a T-60:

http://static.flickr.com/20/71021519_a6a90ee6d3_o.jpg

It's a cool guitar, with a unique coil split control (1-7 on the tone control is humbucker, 7-10 fades the second coil out in favor of a single coil). If you want info on the T-60 or other T-series guitars or basses (the main bass was called the T-40), check out this site:

http://www.PeaveyT-60.com

Chip Todd, the T-60 designer, posts there regularly, which is very cool. He's a really nice old dude. I tried referring to him as Mr. Todd out of respect, and he'd have none of it. He's just "Chip" to everyone there.

[characterzero]

Very cool, thanks for all the info!

[Brian Krashpad]

Very cool, thanks for all the info!


No worries. The T-series guitars were very underrated while in production, other than bluesman Johhny Copeland and some studio country guys they didn't get much love. For a long time you could buy them for dirt cheap even though they are US-made guitars. Prices on the T-60 and possibly the T-40 bass have been going up in the last few years though. Most of the other T-series guitars can still be picked up pretty cheaply. I got my T-60, w/ohsc, about 3 years ago for $200.

[characterzero]

Checking E-bay they look like the T-60s are around $300 now, but I'm still intrigued. The whole series looks pretty cool.

[Brian Krashpad]

Checking E-bay they look like the T-60s are around $300 now, but I'm still intrigued. The whole series looks pretty cool.


Yeah, seems like the T-60's are 3 bills and even up nowadays. Natural ones are usually less than the ones in colors (red/maroon-- can't remember which, white, black) and sunburst ones. One dowsside about the natural ones is they are Northern Oak and HEAVY. A lot of the solid color ones are poplar instead, and so weigh a little less. I haven't opened mine up but it's not as heavy as some of the naturals I've hefted, so I'm guessing it's poplar.

Happy shopping!