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Anyone experiment with multi-amp setups that include tweeds and other vintage amps ?

F-Hole

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Yes, usually an 18w Marshall together with an early Vox AC15 (or, alternatively, a 59 Super).
 

BurstWurst

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I've tried this several times over the years, with a variety of vintage amps. It's great, on stage, for the player. However it creates a bit of a conundrum for the the sound guy as he can't always know which amp the player is hoping will be featured. When I do sound and a guitar player shows up with a two amp setup, I don't get too excited over it. Nearly 40 years ago I had a tech modify a Morley pedal into a pan between two outputs, each output to a different amp (blackface twin and Marshall super Lead). That was a pretty cool and unique setup. And really loud!
 

brandtkronholm

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I've tried this several times over the years, with a variety of vintage amps. It's great, on stage, for the player. However it creates a bit of a conundrum for the the sound guy as he can't always know which amp the player is hoping will be featured. When I do sound and a guitar player shows up with a two amp setup, I don't get too excited over it. Nearly 40 years ago I had a tech modify a Morley pedal into a pan between two outputs, each output to a different amp (blackface twin and Marshall super Lead). That was a pretty cool and unique setup. And really loud!

I did this very same thing for a while. I used a Morley Stereo Volume pedal with an ABY box to “roll” between a Mesa Boogie MKIII and a BF Twin Reverb. It was LOUD, especially with extra cabs; Boogie + 4x12 & Twin + 2x12. Sometimes it was one mic for the amps set up at 90 degrees or two mics with the amps next to each other for a big stage. Again, loud, but I had loads of control.

The Twin was a reissue and the Boogie had some “vintage” sonic qualities but it wasn’t about using a specific amp for a specific song, it was about getting “the sound” and being loud for big rooms. I abandoned this set up because it became musically complicated. In other words, I wasn’t getting the sound. It presented too many options and so I removed the Twin from the equation.
 

The Shifter

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I run two amps a lot. Almost always, and AC15 is one of them. In my experience, that is one of the best "blending" amps out there.

I like the Radial Twin Cities for using two amps. Being able to flip the phase is super handy.
 
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