Gear-Monkey Guitar Community

Gear-Monkey Guitar Community (http://gear-monkey.com/forum/index.php)
-   Amps (http://gear-monkey.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=11)
-   -   What was the first amp you ever bought? (http://gear-monkey.com/forum/showthread.php?t=300)

indytruckboy 03-22-2008 06:17 AM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by senor_penguin
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 04-03-2008 08:51 AM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
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 04-05-2008 04:24 PM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
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 04-10-2008 08:33 PM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
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 04-10-2008 10:19 PM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
Welcome back Jack

Servant 04-16-2008 12:08 PM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
Peavey Rage - better for use as a drinkholder than amp. At least I didn't know any better.

Vintageheadbox 04-18-2008 08:30 AM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
Mine was a 60's Montgomery Wards 50 watt 2-12 combo .. Heavy and LOUD!!!

MrSandMan 04-18-2008 09:12 AM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
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 04-18-2008 10:04 AM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
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 04-18-2008 03:55 PM

Re: What was the first amp you ever bought?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:08 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.