What amp would your 16 year old self buy for at home jamming?

[Prages]

I was 16 in 1991. I think that's about the same time the Peavey 5150 came out. I probably wanted either that, or a 100 watt Soldano.

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[reverend1]

I was 16 in 1991. I think that's about the same time the Peavey 5150 came out. I probably wanted either that, or a 100 watt Soldano.

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Do they still build Soldanos?

 

[reverend1]

I mean, I just want an Overdrive Special but I’ll gave to settle with a Euphoria Drive of a The Dude.

 

[mongooz]

I mean, I just want an Overdrive Special but I’ll gave to settle with a Euphoria Drive of a The Dude.

if i had to choose between an O.S. and a Steel String Singer......ahhhhh.....i don't know

 

[DFB]

Fender Champ. ( silverface )
It's what I had then,and still miss that amp.

 

[reverend1]

if i had to choose between an O.S. and a Steel String Singer......ahhhhh.....i don't know

I don l’t know what S.S.S sounds like.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

I desperately wanted this guitar/amp at 16.

 

[335clone]

I don l’t know what S.S.S sounds like.

 

[Rick 381]

Wanted this,

Got this,

 

[telecaster911]

Eh, head to head against my Tiny Terror I think the TT sounds more rich and the leads sing a little better. The DT is a riff monster though but not quite as silky for single note stuff. The DT does sound better than the micro Dark Terror though. Going to drop off the Dark Terror back at the store tomorrow.

 

[mongooz]

I don l’t know what S.S.S sounds like.

SRV's clean stuff.
think Lenny

or.....think black face dual showman 100 on steroids.
i've played a few showmans....once with a giant 2x15 cabinet that shook TMIE's shops windows and ALL the guitars.

 

[Mark Wein]

16 year old me (actually 17) bought a 100 watt Marshall Jubilee halfstack at GC in Santa Ana. Boy was my dad pissed when he came home and saw that in the living room

 

[mongooz]

I don l’t know what S.S.S sounds like.

or......think....un-fucking-believably loud and clean with a noticeable bit of tube compression.

edit: real dumble SSS's are between 150 to 170 WRMS!!!
and all 6L6's

 

[Chad]

Eh, head to head against my Tiny Terror I think the TT sounds more rich and the leads sing a little better. The DT is a riff monster though but not quite as silky for single note stuff. The DT does sound better than the micro Dark Terror though. Going to drop off the Dark Terror back at the store tomorrow.

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Sounds like your 16 year old self should wait for another trip to Atomic

 

[OGG]

My 16 year old self ran a Roland JC-120. My 49 year old self is no different beyond having several various wattage variants of the JC to choose from.

The 55 or 77 are both suited better to home use for volume reasons, but you can make the 120 work if you keep the volume knob well below 1. At 1 or higher, it will hurt you.

 

[Tiltsta]

Shit, I’d buy a JCM800 and two 4x12 cabs so I could emulate my heroes. Shit I might need two heads and 4 cabs.

 

[sleewell]

When I was 16 I had a fender blues deluxe and I actually still have it.

 

[Knox in Box]

My 16 year old self had a Fender Musicmaster Bass amp that was pitifully insufficient for playing in a metal band with a Kay bass with refrigerator magnet pmckups. I tried everything to make that thing louder until I blew something, thought it was beyond repair and the it into the landfill with a bunch of construction trash we had. I could kick myself for that.

These days I'd buy my kid a Katana if I didn't already have one at home.

 

[jelloman]

My 16 year old self had a Music Man HD135 4x10...he had no idea how to use it...

 

[speakerjones]

16 was when I changed from a Peavey Stereo Chorus to a Fender M80, which I put through an old, borrowed Bandmaster cab. Horrible sound, really. A couple of years later I bought a Laney AOR100 half stack.