What was your 1st amp?

iaresee said:
It was a Dean Markley practice amp. Akin to that famed Gorilla we're waiting to be modeled.
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Mine was actually the famous Gorilla amp... Years later, I spray painted it neon green and gave it to my first son when he was 4 or 5 along with a (very POS) Frankenstein copy.

I have that amp up in my music room... And my son still has that guitar.
 
neuralfraud said:
some very old and unconventional stuff here.. that being said this was my first amp ever:

ALWAYS plugged into "SATURATION", and PRE always on 10! (someone elses pic from reverb)

Even got the same broken Peavey badge!

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My second amp was a Peavey TKO-80 bass amp that I bought at a pawn shop.

It has Pre and Post Gain controls. I would crank Pre-Gain and was (at least to my ears back then) very much in the Tony Iommi ballpark.

I sold it to a friend of mine shortly after high school because he wanted to learn to play bass.

About 13 years ago I reconnected with him on Facebook. He asked if I wanted it back since he didn't use it anymore, and it's currently in my bedroom :)

Works great for bass!
 
1st was a 10W Marshal practice-amp with 10" speaker as far I can remember.
Then later I had a used Engl Savage 60 as first real amp for rehearsal and gigs.
 
Yamaha G100 2x12...after borrowing my uncle's 112 model...thought this was incredible!

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1993 @ Wake Forest Univ in NC.
I had recently gotten that 1979 ES335 for $550 bucks....

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1965 Blackface Fender Twin with EV SRO speakers. Needed a fork lift to move it, so I put the amplifier section in a separate head cabinet the owner that sold it to me had made (for the same reason. That helped. Sadly it was stolen from the house I was renting.
 
Infuseguitar said:
Randomly scrolling through the worldwide inter-webs and came across this gem. I started playing guitar way back in 1984ish. I didn’t own an amp yet for my Hondo Strat. My family had one of these 70’s console stereos that was used for a TV stand. It had a 1/4” mic input jack and I think a built in reverb unit. I can’t remember the brand but I know it was an all tube loud as hell monster. I had a few old DOD distortion and fuzz pedals I placed in front. Eventually my old man got tired of me moving the TV off the top and bought me a Peavey Special 130. This was my 1st guitar amp. I’d like to hear from others what they had for their 1st amp. View attachment 129974

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My first real amp was an early 90s Princeton chorus. Stereo amp and two effect loops. Still have it.
 
sskkmm said:
Yamaha G100 2x12...after borrowing my uncle's 112 model...thought this was incredible!

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1993 @ Wake Forest Univ in NC.
I had recently gotten that 1979 ES335 for $550 bucks....

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Not my first amp, but I had the exact same model back in the 80's that I used in a stereo set-up with a Pearce amp. It sounded great, and has now been passed down to my grandson. Also, coincidentally, I have a very similar guitar like your's, a 1971 Gibson ES-335 in that same walnut color.
 
I am dating myself here, but my first amp was a Vox AC-30 purchased in Europe where I was stationed In the late 60's. I had it shipped back, and later traded it in for a Fender Bandmaster. Still one of my biggest regrets.
 
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