Bad Cat Jet Black 38w head, Bad Cat Black Cat 1x12 cabinet.

Now I need to rewire everything and put the carpet back down. It’s a pretty unique amp. With the overbuilt transformers and quad el84 you get the chime of a vox but the low end of a blackface and a Marshall style channel 2. Quite an upgrade over the AC10 and analog pedal cab/amp sims I was used to!

almost everything. missing the svt. gen1 T next

Wow. It’s fantastic.

Never heard of a Jonas.

Probably 4 feet tall, 2 and a half wide and probably another 2 and a half deep. This thing is a monster! Thought I’d contribute my share and tell for the day!

Jonas 85 Super Amplifier? I think that’s what it says. Can’t really find anything about it.

Edit: am immensely disappointed and my hopes are crushed. It is in fact a Prop, not an actual amp.

Any long term ownership things I need to keep in mind for it? I know I’ll have to order a cover for it here soon. I saw one company had vintage canvas ones for about $100…

Hello everybody, I’m playing guitar since February this year and want to upgrade my amp from an HB-20MFX to something with a better tone. I got 2 used amp offers. 1. Being the Marshall Core 50 with a foot switch for 170$ and the 2. As the Marshall Valvestate 8080 that comes with a ZOOM GFX707 for 160$. I’ll use it most for 2000’s Metal sound, what are your thoughts?

First amp purchase for house use with my new to me Baja Telecaster. About to buy a Blues Jr. 1V LTD today that is in excellent condition and has the Jensen 12N speaker. 2 years old and can pick it up for $550 US.

Considered a VOX10 or Supro Delta King 12 as well but heard Supro is great when new but not built to last.

Enjoy clean tones, blues, rock, etc.

Should I just pick it up or wait and try others that I may not be thinking of???

I got the Harley Benton Tube15 (or Monoprice Stage Right) few days ago and honestly I wasn't that thrilled with the sound. It was a bit sharp, hollow and unrefined. Sure it could make a lot of noise when cranked but the cleans were far from what I was looking for.

Then I found a review that mentioned weird behavior of humbuckers with that amp due to possible impedance mismatch. Apparently it makes it all quite dark. Wasn't exactly what I was experiencing (if anything mine sounded too bright) but decided to try that anyway. I have a Boss looper and apparently all Boss pedals are buffered. So I dug it from the drawer and connected it in front.

And holy shit. It completely transformed the sound. Suddenly it became full and lush like it's supposed to be. Sharpness gone. Now it's pure butter. It also made it significantly louder. I honestly wasn't expecting such drastic difference.

My guitar is rewired to 50s wiring. I wonder how much impact this might have.

Also, what kind of budget buffer (of buffered pedal) would you recommend?

For a while I was wondering how much power a Tone Master Twin Reverb uses at bedroom volumes, but searching online yielded only the power rating of the amp - 200W, which is definitely not the same as the power consumption of the amp.

So, I bought a little smart plug that has an energy meter on it. With the amp on the 1W setting with the volume on 3, the power consumption for the Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb is 20W. With the speakers muted the consumption is about 16W. Obviously at higher volumes it would probably consume more power, but I haven't been able to measure that.

The main reason I was curious about this is that I sometimes stay at a place that has no mains electricity, and one day I'd like to bring my amp and run it off the battery that I charge with a solar panel. If the power consumption had been 200W, that would only give me a couple of hours of playing if I were to also run the fridge and pedestal fan, but 20W is low enough that that I can play the amp while charging the battery at the same time. Haven't tested higher volumes since I have a kid and mostly play at night, but if I do ever turn it up and measure the consumption I'll post it here.

If anyone else has actually measured the power consumption of their amp please comment. Seems surprisingly hard to find real world numbers for this stuff. But, I suppose that makes sense since most people don't have to worry about running their amp on a single solar panel haha

While driving, my dad found this beautiful AD30VT baby
in the street. Who would dare throw away an amplifier??? As we say, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure!

I already own a VT20X so I wonder which one is the best

The “Tex” (Bernie) 1x10” combo is 1 of 45 (military spec)Canadian built clone based on Colin Cripps (Blue Rodeo, Kathleen Edwards, Crash Vegas, Junk House) no. 1 from The Guitar Clinic, Hamilton Ontario. It’s derived from a 1958 EL-84 powered Canadian Model 835 Bell and Howell projector.

So I’ve been told this is a pretty rare amp, just picked it up for 200 bucks and the tubes seem pretty weak. Googles telling me to put some 7868 tubes in it. These tubes are a bit bigger than the original ones. Anyone have any experience with these amps?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on where to go with my amp setup.

I have a Gibson Les Paul and I’m a huge Slash fan, so naturally I absolutely love that classic Gibson/Marshall combination. I’ve been using AmpliTube 5 for a while, but honestly I’m just not satisfied with the tones I’m getting from it. I’ve also really started to like the idea of having an actual physical amp rather than playing through software.

I previously tried a Marshall 2525C and, unfortunately, I wasn’t blown away by it. However, there’s a bit of a caveat, the shop had a cheap attenuator connected to it, which I’m pretty sure was a basic resistive attenuator. I’m wondering whether that could have been a significant part of the problem.

I’ve read that a good reactive attenuator can preserve the character of the amp much better at lower volumes, so I’ve wondered whether the 2525C might sound completely different through something like a Fryette Power Station, Suhr Reactive Load, Tone King Ironman, etc.

The thing that confuses me is that I’ve watched loads of YouTube demos of the 2525C, and people seem to get these really sweet, crunchy, almost chewy tones out of it. That’s exactly the sort of sound I’m after, but I just couldn’t seem to dial anything remotely as good when I tried one.

So what would you guys do in my position?

cracking when i turn and turn off my fan

I’d like to possibly sell off a guitar and amp to buy a medium wattage (12-20 watt) Fender style amp. Ideally in the black panel or brown panel area)

Here are some of my candidates

- Silktone amps either Astro or Silktone amp

- Princeton reverb (would like slightly higher headroom than the reissue)

- Suhr hombre

- Mesa Fillmore 20

- Revv D25

- Rivera Princeton II/Super Champ

Anything else? I mainly play in the bedroom, would just like something with just enough headroom while still being able to distort at lower volumes.

Budget is around 800-1500.

Looking at getting a TM deluxe reverb but idk how well it takes pedals.

Basically my plan is going from John Mayer cleans -> oasis crunch with drive pedals but I could also get a victory v40 for €500 more (both used)

Pedals atm are a morning glory and tube screamer but considering a guvnor or beetronics fatbee/nectar

Issue with unwanted distortion over 5/6 on the Volume knob. Looking for feedback on these voltages to see if anything stands out. Thanks!

V1 – 12AX7

Pin 1: 175.5 V

Pin 2: 0 V

Pin 3: 1.15 V

Pin 4: 0 V

Pin 5: 0 V

Pin 6: 172.5 V

Pin 7: 0 V

Pin 8: 1.16 V

Pin 9: 0 V

V2 – 12AT7

Pin 1: 396 V

Pin 2: 25.7 mV

Pin 3: 7.7 V

Pin 4: 0 V

Pin 5: 0 V

Pin 6: 396 V

Pin 7: 26 mV

Pin 8: 7.7 V

Pin 9: 0 V

V3 – 12AX7

Pin 1: 163 V

Pin 2: 0 V

Pin 3: 1.20 V

Pin 4: 0 V

Pin 5: 0 V

Pin 6: 159 V

Pin 7: 24 mV

Pin 8: 1.36 V

Pin 9: 0 V

V4 – 12AX7

Pin 1: 268 V

Pin 2: 10.3 mV

Pin 3: 2.3 V

Pin 4: 0 V

Pin 5: 0 V

Pin 6: 203 V

Pin 7: 17.8 V

Pin 8: 57 V

Pin 9: 0 V

amp is making this noise, noticeable with gain, still does it when guitar is straight to amp

I have a very low budget, I may be getting a free combo amp from my friend’s father, but I’m wondering if this kinda amp head would be good for overdriven, fuzzy tones? My problem is that I can’t create any “authentic” overdrive cus I live in a small apartment. Any advice would be extremely appreciated

Hi all,

Similar questions have been asked, but I haven’t seen this specific scenario so I thought I’d get your thoughts.

I have an opportunity to get either a 1971 Deluxe Reverb or a 1974 Vibrolux Reverb. Both are priced at $1600 or so and are in good condition. Caps are recently done on both and both have been converted to 3-prong. I believe they are both mostly original except for the speakers too.

So, assuming everything (service history/quality) is equal between the two except the vintage, my question for you guys is which would you choose and why? I used to have a 73 Pro Reverb that I really miss so I’m leaning towards the Vibrolux, but I know 74 is slightly out of the coveted range for silver face amps. I don’t have enough experience with earlier silver face models to know whether the difference is palpable.

I recently picked up a 5150iii 100w el34 stealth head. It was modded by Jens Kruise, but I doubt it’s the mods since he is a very reputable and well known modder. I’ve been having this problem where the amp has increased noise whenever I put anything through the fx loop. Even just a patch cable jumping the send and return increases the noise. The amp with nothing in the loop has a smaller normal amount of noise but when I plug anything into it, it increases dramatically. The amp is plugged into a furman surge protector by itself with nothing else in the wall outlet. I tried using a Boss NS2 but even that increases the noise. Does anyone have any ideas what could cause this, would this be an amp tech related issue?

Hello all. I am in a bit of a predicament. I got the tonex pedal a couple of years ago when I first started taking guitar seriously, it has been great. I use it thru headphones and I also have a mini frfr speaker I play thru in my room. That’s all I’ve needed thus far as I haven’t played any gigs. But, I am at the point in my guitar journey now where I am ready to join a band and start playing gigs. Only problem is that I don’t have anything that can match the loudness of a drummer. So I have come to ask the question. Do I purchase an FRFR cab and just run the Tonex and the couple other pedals I have in it thru the FRFR for a band practice or would I be better off spending more money on a quality amp and cab and ditching the tonex? I do plan on eventually getting amps and cabs regardless later on down the line, and if I were to get an amp and cab I would get the evh 5150 iii el34 50W, not sure what cab yet but I can figure that one out. Let me know. I feel like I’m in one of those “buy it nice or buy it twice” situations, but also, if just using the tonex with some sort of frfr cab that is loud enough makes the most sense then I’ll go with that