Amp recommendation?

[jomah]

Hello,

I hope all is well! I am new to Marshal amps and Les Pauls. I am looking for a good Marshall combo amp for club gigs. I really do dig the Plexi sound for more of the Southern Rock/ Blues stuff. Any Suggestions/recommendations? Thank so much!

 

[jb_abides]

Hello,

I hope all is well! I am new to Marshal amps and Les Pauls. I am looking for a good Marshall combo amp for club gigs. I really do dig the Plexi sound for more of the Southern Rock/ Blues stuff. Any Suggestions/recommendations? Thank so much!

Replied to your other thread with:

Depends on the club and your goals... and which Marshall tone... Plexi? The best straight-ahead 'Plexi' sound combo is the Studio Vintage SV20C but it lacks a Master Volume.

Alternatives with MV include: Friedman Pink Taco V2 combo, Victory Amps The Sheriff 25 combo, and Marshall Origin 50C. You can find others.

Or add attenuation to the SV20C. There's also a head version, the SV20H, so you can pick up a 1x12 or 2x12 cab. There are parallels for early JTM and later Marshall JCM800 tones, etc.

 

[goldtop0]

Welcome to the forum and I see with your Introduction thread the recommendations from the other guys.
I'd go for the SV20H and a 2x12 cab model 1936 or, if you want to go bigger the 1987X 50 watt or a JCM 800 50w head(with master volume) and the same cab or a 4x12.
All the best with the hunting !!

 

[Tomtama]

My brother, who's an amp snob, recently bought one of these and is in absolute love with it.

Marshall ST20C Studio JTM

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...848eO3Ga-RDRyLIQfd4fLnBf8CHn-AuYaAilMEALw_wcB

 

[Any Name You Wish]

You could save a lot of dough and get a '59 Fender Bassman reissue used and put an Origin effects Revival drive pedal in front of it. Marshall/Southern rock (Allmans) all day long and volume control for any size club.

 

[jb_abides]

You could save a lot of dough and get a '59 Fender Bassman reissue used and put an Origin effects Revival drive pedal in front of it. Marshall/Southern rock (Allmans) all day long and volume control for any size club.

Save dough vs a Studio Vintage setup...? How so?

 

[Any Name You Wish]

A used '59 Bassman reissue can be had for $800. Couple hundred for a drive pedal. Bingo.

 

[jb_abides]

A used '59 Bassman reissue can be had for $800. Couple hundred for a drive pedal. Bingo.

Don't see any of those for $800!

Used vs New, not an apt comparison ... that said:
-- Used 59 Bassman RI over $1k, and Used Origin Revivals still $400+ = 1.4k+
-- New SV20c = $1.6k

New-to-New:
-- New Bassman $2200
-- Exceeds New SV20h + SV 2x12 @ $2.1k

Also, the SV can switch down to 5w mode...

 

[Any Name You Wish]

In my response I noted "used." I got my last Bassman for $800 in excellent condition. A used Revival drive compact is about $300 but any decent drive pedal will work. Looks like a used Studio SV20c goes for around $1k, so yes not much difference in price used-wise or new really.

 

[Offshore Angler]

Rivera Chubster 40's are a great southern rock amp since you can basically switch between British and American voicings. Southern rock covers a wide tonal palette. Perfect club size for when sound reinforcement is not great. Oranges pop up a lot in southern rock as well but they are one-trick-ponies. If you're doing your own stuff a single amp sound will work well but for covering everything from The Outlaws to The Dregs to Allmans to Molly to Skynyrd to Charlie Daniels to Tucker to 38 Special to Black Oak to Blackfoot to etc., you need to have a wide array of sounds. I'll usually approach a southern rock gig starting with a Fender Tweed and really - I switch out to modeling for the Marshall sound because it works better. I've always used a Beta 57 on the tweeds but lately Mike has been using a new Sennheiser on my amp that I really dig the sound of. Don't know what model offhand but I'll ask tonight. But if I was constrained to one amp it would most likely be the Chubster 40 because it's basically a Marshall and a Fender all in one very well-built package. And they sound phenomenal and can be had for dirt cheap (less than $1KUSD used) so you can have two of them. Finally, they are easy to transport and look great onstage.

The other southern rock sleeper is the earlier PEAVEY Classic 30's. They're EL84 amps with a switchable gain stage and a boost switch and they do a whole lot for not much. Again, will fit on most stages. The days of showing up with a Plexi head and a four-holer and finding a place to put it onstage where you can hear it are long gone.

But hey, nuthin' wrong with cranking up a Marshall if you have the venue to do it! They do what they do and sound awesome.

Chuck

 

[poor man's burst]

The other southern rock sleeper is the earlier PEAVEY Classic 30's. They're EL84 amps with a switchable gain stage and a boost switch and they do a whole lot for not much.

Peavey Classic 30 are among the worst amplifiers to have to work on for repair or service.

 

[goldtop0]

Peavey Classic 30 are among the worst amplifiers to have to work on for repair or service.

That's what my amp man has said for years also, Peaveys and Boogies

 

[57StratSpanker]

A used '59 Bassman reissue can be had for $800. Couple hundred for a drive pedal. Bingo.

Last year. I picked up a used Tweed Bassman Reissue with a road case for $800.00.
Deals are out there.

 

[Offshore Angler]

My Classic 30’s have survived years on the road. Nile Rodgers has loved them and many people don’t know that SRV had two of them he really liked.

As opposed to the Fender Hot Rods which were notorious POS’s. The Peavy Bandit was probably the number one amp used by gigging musicians until the Tone Wars started.

 

[57gold]

Have a 1966 JTM45, but it needs to be opened louder than what is acceptable in a club/bar these days.

Got this, a Carr Mercury V, which is a 20 watt amp with a very flexible front end to go for cleans to a "southern rock" approved singing lead tone with no effects at a reasonable level. The late, great Skynard guitarist Ed King liked it enough to do some demos of it:

Got mine I southern rock approved gator covering.

 

[Any Name You Wish]

Small amps - don't get me started 40 watt amp + drive pedal = gold, pure gold.

I did just recently play through a 14/28w Carr Rambler 2x10 with 6L6 power tubes and it sounded damn good. Real damn good, but at $2150 used I could get two used Bassman RI's and have enough left over for the drive pedal. Carr amps do sound damn good though.