Our 10 Favourite Guitar Amps – That Pedal Show
You can never have too many amps… but which ones do we love the most? Today it’s these, tomorrow it may be different!
Life too short for long YouTube videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.
Glad tidings tone seekers! If you’re new to the channel, don’t worry, maybe it will make sense in time. If you’re not new then you will know that Dan and I love amps every bit as much as we love guitars. In fact we did a show a few weeks back covering every guitar in our possession as of July 2020. Cue a cacophony of calls to document our amps, to which we respond:
“Yay! But verily we cannot do them all, for we are old and they are heavy and a PITA to cram into a single filming session.”
Please note, these are OUR 10 fave amps that we have in our possession today, not the 10 Best Amps In The World Ever. That would be a different list!
Honourable mention. One brand we haven’t included here – the elephant in the room; the glaring exception – is Fender. Let it be said loud and clear that the guitar amp market would be nothing without Fender amps: they are the basis from which all rock’n’roll guitar tone was built. If we owned them, a Deluxe Reverb, Princeton Reverb, tweed Deluxe and tweed Bassman would be in the list. For reasons we can’t explain, we don’t own any of these amps. Maybe because they are the foundation from which our fancy pants boutique stuff is built. Hmmmm….
With that in mind, find ye here these 10 Favouritest Electronical Guitar Amplificators Of That Pedal Show. Today at least…
Enjoy the episode!
Amps in this episode…
• Audio Kitchen Big Chopper and 212 / Celestion G12M Greenback and Alnico Blue
https://www.audiokitchen.co.uk/products/big-chopper/
• Tone King Imperial MkII and 112 cab / Custom Celestion “1660” 12
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/2Pe1abo
USA: Head: https://imp.i114863.net/BrvR1
Cab: https://imp.i114863.net/nGLZR
• Sovtek MIG-50 with 1960AX cab / Celestion G12M Greenback speakers – no longer made
• Marshall 1987x with 1960AX cab / Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/31eVWmc
USA That Pedal Shop: https://bit.ly/3v3Xazc
• 1973 Hiwatt Custom 100 DR103 with Marshall 1960AX cab / Celestion G12M Greenback speakers
No longer made – try the reissue!
• Mesa/Boogie California Tweed 6V6 4:40 1 x 12 combo with Jensen Blackbird Alnico speaker
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3bmQzU9
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/gjxar
• 1961 Vox AC30 with Celestion Alnico Blue speakers – links to latest version
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/3jaA7uz
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/4bvg9
• Victory V140 The Super Duchess and V212VCD cab/Celestion G12M-65 Creamback Speakers
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2XuHmDR
• Matchless HC-30 with ESD 212 cabinet / Celestion G12M Greenback & G12H
https://www.matchlessamplifiers.com/amplifiers-and-cabinets/c-30
• Two Rock Classic Reverb Signature with 212 cabinet / TR 1265B speakers
https://www.two-rock.com/classic-reverb/
Pedals in this episode…
• Vemuram Myriad Fuzz
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2u6vUnM
Australia: https://bit.ly/3aIFdem
• KingTone The Duellist
https://www.kingtoneguitar.com/product/the-duellist/
• Xotic Effects RC Booster
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2dYulwD
Australia: http://bit.ly/2F3ucY4
• Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe 1100-TT
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2WbQLhG
• Catalinbread Topanga
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/2mj3leK
USA: https://bit.ly/3Gub8Ol
Australia: http://bit.ly/2qVOTyJ
• TheGigRig Three2One
https://www.thegigrig.com/three2one
• TheGigRig G2
https://www.thegigrig.com/g2
* Why do we have preferred retailer links? Find out here: http://www.thatpedalshow.com/partners
Interesting bits and go-to sections…
– Intro playing: 0:00
– What are we doing today? 00:50
– Audio Kitchen Big Chopper: 01:42
– Tone King Imperial MkII: 06:05
– Sovtek MIG-50: 10:20
– Marshall 1987x: 13:50
– 1973 Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100: 17:32
– Mesa California Tweed: 20:25
– 1961 Vox AC30: 26:50
– Victory V140 The Super Duchess: 32:19
– Matchless HC-30: 38:12
– Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature: 44:42
– Honourable mentions: 50:30
Guitars in this episode:
• PRS McCarty Soapbar – Mick’s video at https://bit.ly/30fmsdN
• 1965 Fender Telecaster
• Supro Jamesport
• PRS DGT – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2d8Xo2I
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2cQv3yT
• Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 – Mick’s video at http://bit.ly/2mpJA8X
• Fender Classic Series Jazzmaster Lacquer – no video yet
• Collings 360 LT – https://www.collingsguitars.com/electric-guitars/360-lt/
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‘Oh that tone king sounds pretty good, to Google!’
JFC it’s a A$4.5k 20w combo…
I have been using a Sovtek MIG-50 in the studio we're renting and I am blown away by it. It reinvigorated that thing I had when I was a kid and I heard an amp for the first time. Not much does that to me anymore. I think I need to get myself one.
Love ❤️ every one of those amps! The Mesa sounded kinda Larry Carlton. Love the Marshall, Hi Watt, Vox and Matchless.
This video gave me tinnitus!
(kidding… gave that to myself 40 years back ????)
I have never seen a good amp….come tho think about it …I have never played through an amp I thought was any different
I want to play like Mick when i grow up. Great video and channel.
I’ve seen pedal pairing guides, amp pairing guides, but no pedal and amp pairing guides. Would love to see some tips for paring overdrives and the amps best for them.
I have the toneking imperial mk2 and its amazing
And Robben Ford plugs into his $299 Monoprice 1×12 15 watt combo and sounds just as good as all the other amps.
I think I've watched this episode like 5 times..already..
I come back to it, every once in a while.. It is one of my favourite ones.
The Two Rock sounds amazing.. And loved the Tone King.
But that AC30…. Bloody hell…!
PS: and paired with a Twin Reverb… It's heaven.
I can't thank you enough for this. I really really like this channel…and this episode rocks. ????
Kudos from Portugal
We need a 2024 update please….
Ended up here today because the livestream went down. Love having so much content from you wonderful leg-ends.
Whichever amp Slash played. I think folks who came of age in the 70s were lucky to have the music they grew up with readily available to recreate but if I'm not mistaken it's tricky to get the Appetite for Destruction tone without doing a mod or spending loads on limited edition models.
Dan do you run pedals in front of the matchless even when it's driven a bit?
Hi guys, currently using a Vox AC15C2. Using the normal channel and relying on pedals for drive.
Looking to upgrade my amp but torn between the Victory Sheriff and a Friedman Runt or maybe Pink Tack. What would you recommend… Playing indie/Rock Covers
Get rid of the garbage and get some Louis Electric Amps on there.
Great episode- my wallet is cowering in fear ????
What about favourite bedroom / living-room amps ?
I guess the tone king makes that list as does the mesa boogie thanks to the attenuation and power scaling?
That MESA is chewy greasy. The MESA and Vox or Matchless would sound good running together. If I could pick one though, it would be the Two-Rock…or the Matchless. And you're right, everything sounds better through a 4×12. I have a Lone Star. The best part about it, IMO, is the ten-watt tweed mode. I leave it there all the time. So it makes sense I'd like the Cali. There are a couple of things you can do to a Lone Star to make it better, BTW. Add a bias pot, for one. Stock MESA's are biased cold. Swap a couple of pots in channel two, for another.
It’s remarkable that the only time the tone leaves me a little wanting is when Mick uses the DGT… not even a top class amp can save that one ????
Just curious to how high off the floor the California tweed is and what you recommend for an amp stand? I recently bought the 2 twenty California tweed 1×12 combo and it is kinda dark sounding just sitting on the floor. Also, do you think with it only being 20 watts that it would work playing in a band live?