Tedster Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Remember it? What was it? Funky or cool? Mine was a Sound City 50 watt...like a mini half stack...had 4x10s in a straight cabinet. Eventually sold it for a Marshall 50 watt half stack. What ever happened to Sound City amps? Anyone remember 'em? I think they were made by Dallas Arbiter...looked kinda like a Marshall or a Hiwatt. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Mine was an early sixties Deluxe that I thought sucked (youthful indiscretions), and sold in favor of bigger louder. Now just where was that time machine?????? Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbrock1san.rr.com Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Music Man 210 I bought in the late 70's. I think it was a standard in country music, and I still see them occasionally. I ruined it by playing a synth through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 LOL Gene... I hear ya. My first amp was a Fender Princeton Reverb. I loved the tone of it (at least I knew that much at the ripe old age of 15), but when I started gigging it just wasn't powerful enough. And I didn't have any money. So I went to the music store and asked what they'd trade for the Fender straight up, that had more power. They gave me a Peavey! LOL... it was some 40 watt thing, I can't even remember the speaker configuration. It kinda sucked, tone-wise, but at least it cut the mustard on stage, and it made me a believer in "you gotta get your tone from your hands." http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif I played it for a year and then it went up in smoke on stage one night, like most Peaveys did in those days. Just as well though, I was making a little money gigging by that time and ready to get something better. That's when I got my Ampeg, which I still have to this day and never have found an amp I love better. I do have a Fender again now, too, though. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif --Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Fender Sidekick Reverb 15. It was 15 watts with an 8" speaker if I recall. -Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emile Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Sidekick 15 me too but no reverb. I'd be curious to ear myself thru one of those now. I don't recall it having a nice sound but that was 13 years ago what did I know. Emile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanner Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 well,just like lee i had a blackface princeton that was the bomb-more neighbors complained about that amp...then i *got*(had) a peavey 'artist' thinkin similarities and of course they were never there. AMPSSOUNDBETTERLOUDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg music Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 First thing I ever had was an old Selmer 50 watt head with a 2x10 cab.... it was really cool for clean stuff but sounded like a total dog for the old distortion. I then had a peavey combo, which I absolutely hated and bugged my Parents to death until I got my first Marshall and a 4x12. I loved it so much I still have it, albeit at my ex 'spousage's'.... Mmnnnn I really must get it back one of these days. Simon http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif ...remember there is absolutely no point in talking about someone behind their back unless they get to hear about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHAN Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 '71 FENDER DUEL SHOWMAN WITH A 15" JBL-E130...CCCCLEEEEEAAAAANNNNN!!!! So Many Drummers. So Little Time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Silverface Fender Champ. I was 16 years old. A few months later I got an MXR Distortion + and I was in rock-n-roll heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanner Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 i envy you khan-do ya still got it? wanna sell it?? i covet those beauties... if that was your 1st amp there was no place to go but down, imho. AMPSSOUNDBETTERLOUDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokker Posted May 17, 2001 Share Posted May 17, 2001 Jeez,.....Fenders??!! Sound City??!! Stacks??!!! My first amp was a Sears Silvertone. Not a nice one. Solid state...8" speaker...it might have even had a tone knob, but I'm not sure. Two things made that amp sound better. When I threw it out the window of my cousin's '67 Chevelle at 35 mph, all the buzzing noises stopped. Shortly thereafter, my friend shot up the speaker with a BB gun. Awesome fuzz tones after that. Fender indeed!! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Wow... I don't even remember my first amp, I was just a little kid. I do know that it was some tiny little no-name piece of garbage. If I remember right, it had a toggle switch on it that turned on the world's worst distortion. When I was in my early teens and wanted to put together a garage band I picked up a Peavey Bandit 65. Worst sounding amp EVER, but I was happy 'cause it was loud. Later I started running an MXR+ into an old Woodson PA head (which I still have hanging around) and into a 2x12 cab. That actually sounded really good. Then the day came when the gods smiled upon me and I was introduced to the miracle that is LabSeries. I've been a devoted Lab user ever since. This message has been edited by Scott from MA on 05-17-2001 at 05:16 PM Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted May 18, 2001 Author Share Posted May 18, 2001 Rickenbokker said... >>>Jeez,.....Fenders??!! Sound City??!! Stacks??!!! My first amp was a Sears Silvertone. Not a nice one. Solid state...8" speaker...it might have even had a tone knob, but I'm not sure. >>>Two things made that amp sound better. When I threw it out the window of my cousin's '67 Chevelle at 35 mph, all the buzzing noises stopped. Shortly thereafter, my friend shot up the speaker with a BB gun. Awesome fuzz tones after that. >>>Fender indeed!! You're seriously cracking me up, Steve... http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif Actually, I kinda lied...my first "amp" was my Dad's old Wollensak tape recorder that had a "PA" input on it. That shitty enough for ya? I had a reaaaallly shitty no name electric guitar (made a Teisco look top of the line) with a warped neck. Used to plug it into the tape recorder and make all kinds of weird sounds. That was really before I knew how to play anything. Instead of a "Fender"...you had a "bounced off the fender" amp...hahahaha.... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jef5f Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 1979, a brand new Montgomery Wards 20 watt single channel amp with a 10" speaker, I think, made by the Marlboro amp company. Bought a Electro-Harmonix LPB-1 in 1980 to get distortion. I moved down in the 80s, and traded it for a Crate 2x12. Psalm 33:3 The best instrument you have, is your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricknbokker Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Thanks so much, Tedster! I feel a lot better now. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif When I was a kid, I wanted to be a DJ for the longest time. I found out that if you run an extension speaker off one of those basic tabletop cassette players and hit record, it acted like a PA. What a trip! Sorry I didn't own an electric guitar back then! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 My first amp was a real gem - a solidstate Marlboro G-20R. Talk about tone.... or should I say, lack of tone! Two years later, I bought a Fender Twin Reverb. It was another ten years before I took the plunge into the wonderful world of Marshall amps and got my first 50-watt head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Peavey Backstage. At least it had gain. I was asked to join an established group a few months after I started playing: had to get something fast. Enter the Peavey Heritage. Louder crappy sound (thick phaser, though). Hmm. The funny thing is that I can remember what that amp smelled like, the brand new tolex.... That lasted about 3 weeks; once I started playing with the band I realized it wasn't happening. Did some research, realized that 99% of my favorite players used old Marshalls (the 1% being Brian May). Another trip to Atlanta - old 50 watt Marshall combo, Greenbacks... which sounded perfectly rock and roll. Less than $300. I still have it. Originally posted by Tedster: Mine was a Sound City 50 watt.... Circuitry wise I think those were basically Marshall clones, but with some weirdness on the input jacks. Hmm.. Haven't seen any of those around in a lonnnnnnnnggg while. Used to see them now and then, oh well. ------------------ New and Improved Music Soon: ]www.mp3.com/chipmcdonald Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted May 18, 2001 Author Share Posted May 18, 2001 Lisa said... >>>Two years later, I bought a Fender Twin Reverb. It was another ten years before I took the plunge into the wonderful world of Marshall amps and got my first 50-watt head. Yeah...but, a TWIN...that's a sweet amp! And yep, Chip, I haven't seen a Sound City for a long time either. Although I did find a site that has a lot of used amps...and a Sound City among them. I'll try to find that site again... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 originally posted by Lee Flier They gave me a Peavey! LOL... it was some 40 watt thing, I can't even remember the speaker configuration. Could it be a Peavey Pacer Lee? My parents bought my brother a Peavey T-60 and a Peavey Pacer Amp (40 watts, 1 - 12" speaker) when the knobs were metal. Of course that didn't make it sound any better! The overdrive was garbage. I bought it from him in 1984 along with an MXR Distortion+, an Ibanez phaser (great sound, but had to retrofit a new button on it from Radio Shack.) and a Boss Chorus. (All pedals pre-1980) The best feature of the spring reverb was the sticker, claiming "This reverb was built under controlled conditions by beautiful women in.." (Too lazy to go downstairs and read the rest. Yes, I still own the amp AND the guitar, but both need repair. I own the pedals, too! The worst part is, I got suckered into buying a used Peavey T-40 bass 12 years ago, and I jumped because both my T-60 and the bass were natural finish. They sure look nice! Of course this was when you had to spend thousands of dollars for an axe with translucent finish. Now they're a dime a dozen and colored. Yeesh!) I bought a Peavey Decade with an 8" speaker, used,for less than $100 because it cut out. Turned out there was a loose connection to the Mid pot. Took 5 minutes to diagnose and fix. Been good as new (not saying much!) ever since, and I found the 18v power supply that hooks on the cabinet. 2 9v batteries and I was totally mobile. It does sound a lot better than most of the junk they sell as portable. (DC powered) Neil It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 My first gtr-amp (back in 1979) was a 120 w Randall 212 combo, loud as hell, cold sounding bastard. Traded it as fast as possible for a Twin Reverb. /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFTurner Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 1965, Mom and Pops got me one of those Sear's Silvertones for X-Mas, got a job that summer and scored a used Fender Deluxe Reverb. Silly me I was so sure that reverb knob was gonna make me sound like my favorite Rock and Rollers. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif ------------------ William F. Turner Guitarist, Composer, Songwriter turnermusic This message has been edited by WFTurner on 05-18-2001 at 07:45 AM William F. Turner Songwriter turnersongs Sometimes the truth is rude... tough shit... get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip McDonald Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Originally posted by Lisa: My first amp was a real gem - a solidstate Marlboro G-20R. Talk about tone.... or should I say, lack of tone! . Aren't those as ubiquitous in the U.K. as Peavey is here in the U.S.? I always see Brits refer to them, and they're always in foreign magazines, but I don't think I've ever encountered one.... For whatever reason that reminds me of a weird little ss amp a student of mine had, called a "Radian". It had the most wide-band saturated sound I've run into I think, a very particularly weird sound. Anyone have one of these? ------------------ New and Improved Music Soon: ]www.mp3.com/chipmcdonald Guitar Lessons in Augusta Georgia: www.chipmcdonald.com Eccentric blog: https://chipmcdonaldblog.blogspot.com/ / "big ass windbag" - Bruce Swedien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg music Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Originally posted by Chip McDonald: Aren't those as ubiquitous in the U.K. as Peavey is here in the U.S.? I always see Brits refer to them, and they're always in foreign magazines, but I don't think I've ever encountered one.... For whatever reason that reminds me of a weird little ss amp a student of mine had, called a "Radian". It had the most wide-band saturated sound I've run into I think, a very particularly weird sound. Anyone have one of these Hey Chip I can't say I've ever heard of a Marlboro amp over here... Do you know anything else about it, like when it was made ? I'd like to find out some, although nobody I know has ever heard or played one of them. Simon http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif ...remember there is absolutely no point in talking about someone behind their back unless they get to hear about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott from MA Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Anyone remember THIS one? My friend (and future bandmate) had a Gorilla amp. It was like 15 watts with one 8" speaker. He played a Squier Strat through it, producing the most nasal sound imaginable. Scott (just another cantankerous bastard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trick fall Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Yes, my first amp was a fifteen watt Gorilla. I played a horrible Carlo Robelli Strat through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strychn1neaol.com Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 Yo Scott! My first amp was a Gorilla! It was fifty watts, i think, and was a small bass amp. I had no idea what the knobs did(what is gain, if it is not distortion?) I know now but back then i didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 I had an Ampeg V4 (was it?) I bought used in 1972, I guess it was, a 100-watt head with a pretty junky non-Ampeg 4x12 cabinet. Sold it the next summer because I had to leave it home when I went off to college and found I needed something smaller -- just having an acoustic wasn't enough. I sold it and bought a 1965-ish Fender Deluxe Reverb for $125 which I still have to this day... not very loud but a lovely sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Wing Posted May 18, 2001 Share Posted May 18, 2001 This goes back a ways, but my first amp was from a Japanese company called Guyatone. It was 50 cycle, since we were living in Japan at the time. When we moved back to the States, I kept using it and ruined it with the 60 cycle power. I do remember it was loud and clear. There are two theories about arguing with a woman. Neither one works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greed2000 Posted May 19, 2001 Share Posted May 19, 2001 Mom's Zenith console stereo and some creative wiring...it sounded killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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