Favorite amps for Strats?

[giantslayer]

I’m currently in the process of rebuilding my main kitchen sink preset. I started with making the switch to dynacabs, and now everything is on the table and I’m trying new amps. My main guitar is a single coil strat and I tend to gravitate towards edge of breakup, but also need clean and mid gain (which I’ve generally achieved with a pedal into an EOB amp).

What are your favorite amps/cabs/pedals for strats and tips for dialing them in?

 

[RLD]

Dirty Shirley

 

[scarbodave]

FTR-37 for cleans and a bit of grit. I have different scenes to dial in the amp and dynacab separately for my neck and bridge pickups.

 

[ak301]

Dirty Shirley

Beat me to it

My favourite amp, usually with Legacy cab 103

 

[Budda]

Jcm800, ac20, drive in front of bandmaster (band commander)

 

[aziz]

MrZ 38

 

[Wired]

AC-20

 

[KyleHowdy]

AC-20 12AX7 for sure!

Always use it with a compressor mixed at 50-75%, with the compression high. Then on the amp: gain rather high and the cut around 5 into a @York Audio ac30 blue 212 IR that is FANTASTIC.

And obviously a bunch of your reverb of choice lol.

 

[Hamsworld]

CAE Clean

 

[randocaster]

FAS Class A and Buttery are worth a look.

After some discussions I saw, I ended up playing all day yesterday on the Komet 60 in to a York M65. (Greenbacks were good too).

Thick and chewy gain on a Strat bridge pickup. (Lace Hot Golds).

 

[strabes]

Depends on the genre. JC120 for the 1975 thing, plexi set clean for RHCP, AC30 for U2, cranked plexi or 5153/6160 for double tracked rock chords (HSS), etc.

I likewise mostly use EoB amps, run everything into the front, and use drive pedals for gain. High gain amp tones excluded obviously.

 

[jyflorida]

The Carr is a hidden gem - very Strat friendly.

 

[Admin M@]

More like "favorite Strat for amps" in my case

(That'd be my Anderson S Icon... it sounds good through EVERYTHING!)

 

[Chromatizm]

Can't get any better than Shiva clean

 

[sheky]

I've had the axe fx for 15 years (yikes) and been through all of them. If I had to choose one, it would be the Vibroverb. I'm using The Ownhammer Vibroverb IR's.

Others that have been great for me is the Princetone AA964, Swart, and the Carr Rambler with the dynacabs is just amazing.

 

[RevDrucifer]

Can't get any better than Shiva clean

I’ve never actually checked that model out, but I bought an actual Shiva last weekend and HOLY SHIT! Definitely going to be making some presets with that clean model!

 

[camilovelandiamusic]

JTM 45, ODS Clean

 

[Home Skillet]

Matchbox D30 w/2x12 Class-A + Double Verb + 4x12 1960TV mixed in CabLab, and Mid Boost for drive.

 

[giantslayer]

Dirty Shirley

That one is already one of my favorites, actually the one amp I am happy enough with that I might keep.

It won out over the JTM45 because I liked how I could throw a pedal or boost at it to give it a little more oomph, whereas the JTM45 would sag when I pushed it. However, I did like the character that the JTM45 had, and it’s been quite a while. Might be worth giving the JTM45 another shot and maybe tinkering with an advanced parameter or two.

 

[giantslayer]

I've had the axe fx for 15 years (yikes) and been through all of them. If I had to choose one, it would be the Vibroverb. I'm using The Ownhammer Vibroverb IR's.

Others that have been great for me is the Princetone AA964, Swart, and the Carr Rambler with the dynacabs is just amazing.

Which Vibroverb?