30 years ago everybody had Crate amps. They helped a lot of musicians make a living in my homeland. 🇵🇷
@antonwilding9744
3 жыл бұрын
Cannibal Corpse used Crate at their early albums 🤘
@roosterj2599
3 жыл бұрын
I used a Crate G120 120w 4X12 half stack in the late 80s live. Sometimes I would use my Crate G40c steroid chorus 2X10 40w combo and put 2 mics in front and play through the PA. Sounded awesome! I still own a Crate G120 2X12 combo amp and use it for practice. I wish I could find a new condition Crate half stack. Best solid state amps for metal in my opinion.
@DaisyHead666
3 жыл бұрын
Crates were really good for sludge back then.. Hoping to get my hands on a g130c xl again..
@JMohler
3 жыл бұрын
30 years later Crate combo amps have permanently ruined reverb for me
@DaisyHead666
3 жыл бұрын
@@JMohler the crate combos have always been pretty shite.. Then again i almost never use reverb as i play really distorted stuff so idk.. Maybe crate's reverb sucks no matter what..
@ricksanchezito8972
4 жыл бұрын
"Mg series suck!" *looks at my Mg15 mini stack "He doesn't know what he's talking about baby" 😂
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ricksanchezito8972
4 жыл бұрын
@@RobertWJackson We'd be okay with a pinned comment explaining this mistake haha
@jwmcmillenii
4 жыл бұрын
Are you making music and loving it? Then, fuck it, dude. I miss some of my "bad" amps because I had so much fun playing them. Just keep playing.
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the pinned comment for this video is currently being occupied by a troll. LOL
@ricksanchezito8972
4 жыл бұрын
@@jwmcmillenii he knows that I'm joking, but I appreciate the encouragement man. Tbh, I'm a beginner and mostly practice on a cheap 5 watt amp with a line 6 floor pod for when I want to get wild lol but I have a couple other amps for when I really want to jam
@MarcRead
4 жыл бұрын
My only criticism is that I think Modeling amps should be separate category from solid state amps. There are so many bad amps out there I’m sure you could make a “10 worst Modeling amps”. I love your insight.
@0riole11
4 жыл бұрын
And the amps should be aimed at gigging, practice amps should not be included. All solid state practice amps suck
@nonelost1
3 жыл бұрын
How does Crate model GX-4126 fare in your ratings? (100 W RMS 50 W/side)
@larslevinberget9558
2 жыл бұрын
yes, digital modeling front end and digital conversion power sections are a whole different ballgame than transistors which they aren't
@Dremeli
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, waiting for best/worst modeling amps video.
@arturoacosta6583
Жыл бұрын
@@0riole11 I agree,and it's ok everyone sucks at first .......lol
@befingered
4 жыл бұрын
Tubes rule! However, Peavey-back before they went Chinese-made some small solid state combos that sound just freakishly good.
@wadepatton2433
3 жыл бұрын
Peavey ruled the South forever, even with transistors--back in them days when no one was talking about tube amps. It was all SS and pedals for us pedestrians. Hell my first amp was a Sears SS and I fucking hated it. Sounded so shit, then I got the Peavey Bandit (a new model when I was a kid) and was in heaven with transistorized overdrive and fatass reverb...and my ears have never stopped ringing.
@acousticshadow4032
3 жыл бұрын
@@samboggs3499 Perhaps, but I put a Scorpion speaker in my Crate, and now it rocks!
@acousticshadow4032
3 жыл бұрын
@@ONOBITCH Preaching to the choir, Reverend Ono! Have always been a Fender amp disciple, and still am. However, a few years ago I picked up my first Peavey amp at an auction for $20; a 1983 Studio Pro 40. Lemme tell ya, this little sucker can bring it! So, I started watching for Peavey amps at local auctions. Consequently, I now have five (5) Peavey amps; 1996 Delta Blues 115 (1x15 Emerson), 1991 Bandit 112 Solo Series (Teal Stripe ~ 1x12 Scorpion), 1988 Bandit 75 Solo Series (1x12 Scorpion) 1983 Studio Pro 40 (40w ~ 1x12 Emerson) and a 1984 Backstage Plus (35w ~ 1x10 Emerson). Still love my Fenders, but these 1980s/mid-90s Peaveys are the best bang for your Rockin' Blues buck!
@acousticshadow4032
3 жыл бұрын
@@ONOBITCH Got real lucky with two Peavey amps at the local auction house; the Studio Pro 40 & the Backstage Plus (latter is perfect for HB pups). My 1991 Teal Stripe Bandit is a 112; not a 65. Sorry about that miscue. I got it and the Bandit 75 together at a Music-Go-Round for under $200 out the door; and the teal stripe Bandit 112 came with a footswitch. More importantly, to me at least, is both Bandits came with stock 12" Scorpion speakers. I love the sound of Scorpions - so much so I picked up an extra 12" & 15" Scorpion on eBay. Put the 12 in a Crate GX-60, and that speaker totally transformed the amp; brought it from the outhouse to the penthouse. The 15" Scorpion is in an extension cab I run off my Delta Blues 115. I can't even hear when the cops pull up anymore. 🙃
@larslevinberget9558
2 жыл бұрын
The blue stripe Peavey amps from 1990 to about 1995 were the best solid state amps ever, similar to the Triumph, Ultra and Bravo Tube amps
@ThePowerman121
2 жыл бұрын
I worked in a music store back in the early 2000’s through high school. I got yelled at by my manager and was told “You don’t know anything about metal” when I tried to steer a customer towards a different amp other than the Ibanez Tone Blaster. I absolutely hated the tone of that amp and the gain channel sounded like synthetic static. I’m glad this amp made the list.
@Jonathan_Doe_
9 ай бұрын
When he said metal, he meant margins. The profit margins on them were probably massive.
@RobertWJackson
9 ай бұрын
Not like you might think. They were about 36-38% at full price, which is pretty typical for most Ibanez products, and the majority of people who bought likely bought them at a discount, which would have brought them down to the 25-30% range, maybe a little less.
@Axxman300
4 жыл бұрын
I had an Ampeg with a 1/10 that I hated. Someone stole it and I'm still laughing about it.
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@glenkepic3208
4 жыл бұрын
sorta funny,,,Crate aka SLM was why Ampeg Jets were available in the '90s. I actually met a rep at a local shop. yep. all tube. They were good little amps.
@goodun2974
4 жыл бұрын
@@glenkepic3208 , the original 60s Jets were better. The 1962 version had 6V6s and the '64 version had either 7591s or 7868s ( same tube, different base and pinout). The 90s Ampegs were cool in their own right but rather different electronically, and utilized printed circuit boards.
@MarcosMendozaJr
4 жыл бұрын
You did KUSTOM AMPS a great ? service. My 1967 Kustom amp still works, plays loud and clean or killer distortion with '83 ProCo Rat. It came with two cabs with 4 D-130 JBL's. Covers and all plus lifetime warranty, although never needed it. Just saying. Loud and proud on stage.
@Metalbass10000
4 жыл бұрын
Robert, it's perfectly acceptable to include Marshall amps on this list, Marshall has released its share of turds for a company that so many people put on a really, really high pedestal. If you take the Marshall pre-bias that many people have, I was born in the 70's, was listening to rock in 76 at age 4, and started playing music in 1986, and almost everybody wanted a Marshall because that's what everybody had on stage for about a five-year period. When I started playing in bands, and started hearing what everyone was using, there were a lot of Marshall amps that I thought just did not compare to the reputation, or to the amp on the other side of the stage. That being said, there were plenty of Marshall amps that absolutely lived up to the hype. I also started with a Crate solid state 2 x 12" combo, and I had a lot of guys coming up to me asking how I got that tone, "how come your guitar sounds like that?" Good pickups, knowing how to set the amp up, and playing that guitar for as many hours a day as I could, and listening to how it sounded, figuring out that my right hand better get damn good if I wanted to sound like the people on those albums I was listening to.
@lecorsaire2283
3 жыл бұрын
@Boony Tooty It’s not that they’ve went wrong. Their main JCM now JVM line has always been great. The thing is that to get that legendary sound you need to crank the hell out of them and you typically need to use an overdrive. Also keep in mind that nearly everyone who used them in the 80s to present had theirs modified so it’s pretty much impossible to get those tones with a stock one off the shelf.
@FortessofShred
10 ай бұрын
I had a Marshall VS100. It was 🔥 🗑
@marcosomercrest486
3 жыл бұрын
I've only ever seen gorilla amps in pawnshops. I'm pretty sure they were manufactured in used condition.
@jerryjones698
3 жыл бұрын
I think your right thats where i got mine and it looked rough and used lmao😁😁😁😁
@vaughncook8815
2 жыл бұрын
I think they're remanufactured Radio Shack crap still in used condition...
@shaniwoods5923
2 жыл бұрын
Lol guys my local music store gave them away if you bought a guitar lol I bought a USA strat and got a gorilla for 350 back in 85 lol wish I still had the strat but ironically I have the gorilla lol
@MarsHalekGuitar
2 жыл бұрын
I had a couple of Gorillas, a GG25 and I think a GG10. They sounded great, but both of them started getting noisy pots that somehow degenerated into everything becoming noise until there was no signal left. Ran across one in a pawnshop, turned a knob, heard the static, and instantly said "nah". If somebody built the same circuit with quality parts, I'd buy one.
@randomjones8753
Жыл бұрын
Blow the speaker for no reason, like when it’s turned off. Lol
@howardcunniffe8738
4 жыл бұрын
All these amps are now on sale at your local pawn shop. The gorella amp is on display.
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@christophermorrow5995
4 жыл бұрын
I would buy a gorilla amp, for nostalgia at the very least. It was my first amp that had reverb and I couldn’t understand why the hell anybody would choose to use that!! Lol. I was 13.
@howardcunniffe8738
4 жыл бұрын
@@christophermorrow5995 Let's call it a Monkey Amp.
@jerryjones698
3 жыл бұрын
Hey mine didn't even have reverb damn it 😁😁😁😁
@danc3746
4 жыл бұрын
The OLD Marshall MG heads are not bad at all. The Marshall CODE is the worst SS amp I have ever played.
@ALTDOK667
4 жыл бұрын
Really? The worst? I've played a small handful of SS amps and my CODE25 sounds pretty dang good. The problem I have is that there are too many presets. I only use 2 or 3 variations of the same setting with minimal effects. Plus it doesn't take external pedals too well.
@MegaWumba
3 жыл бұрын
The little 15fx amps are pretty great actually
@mattbrillhart2922
4 жыл бұрын
Kinda ironic...drove past the old Kustom plant in Chanute, KS today. My wife is from there. Actually, I liked the tuck n roll the amps...
@johnymartin5411
3 жыл бұрын
I know a guy who has like 15 of those collecting dust
@patramirez5264
3 жыл бұрын
I thought they looked cool but kustom is garbage.i got a newer practice amp and still barely use it.only payed 40 bucks so I keep it for emergencies.
@tommyroseguitar4557
4 жыл бұрын
Lost count how many times you said the words “on a budget”. For a kid or parents low on dough most of these will get someone by. Someone’s gotta give them some love.....
@deanbibb3680
4 жыл бұрын
Honorable mention from the peanut gallery here: the Peavey Rage 108. I believe they were planted in the basement of people’s houses during construction as a sick joke because everybody seemed to have one growing up. A fellow Helix user suggested Line 6 should model one and call it the “Poverty Box”.
@zakkwyldesliver
Жыл бұрын
My first real amp (“real” meaning that it was designed and built as a guitar amp) was a Peavey Rage that my dad bought me for Christmas in 1987. It sounded awful then and it still sounds awful. I can tell you that because apart from a sticky pot, it still works as well as it did the day I brought it home. Can’t kill those old 80s Peaveys.
@gregrose6915
2 жыл бұрын
Respectfully disagree on the Kustoms. I have a K150-8 and I love it. It's loud as hell and you can't beat the clean tones. Plus they look amazing. And a hot collectors item
@backlineguy
Жыл бұрын
hey gregrose, I'm with you on the Kustom amp...for the record, Fogerty claims that he used the Kustom amp everywhere, and not just on tour. I used a few over the years myself and found them to be super reliable, can be pushed very hard and never fail, and are a great pedal platform, even if you don't like their 'overdriven' tone. This Jackson dude...how the hell did he get 20k people to subscribe to this?
@RobertWJackson
Жыл бұрын
@backlineguy Fogerty fanbois… 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jackjones2381
4 ай бұрын
I used them for country bass good clean tone for my taste
@rockindavebyron3960
4 жыл бұрын
Glad that Crate was Not on the list Robert, my 1st decent amp was a Crate 1R, bought it new in 1979 when Crate amps were shaped like a crate box! The reverb didn't work, but I didn't care because I actually didn't even know what it was supposed to do back then, boy was I young & stupid, LOL!!! But I do have a Crate half stack, & it actually does sound pretty ass kicking!!! Great video my friend, stay safe, Rock On & God Bless!!!
@grilledspaghetti
4 жыл бұрын
I still believe someone should recreate the Gorilla G25 preamp section as a drive pedal for noise rock folks. I'd buy it. Add a "Tube Stack" switch.
@daddyosink4413
4 жыл бұрын
Yea... I'd buy a couple of those.
@grilledspaghetti
4 жыл бұрын
It was shitty in a good way. Maybe sound like God into a good amp and speaker.
@grilledspaghetti
4 жыл бұрын
And check out Johan Segeborn showing us that the problem wasn't the amp. It was us. :O kzitem.info/news/bejne/256pr5ems3Whnno
@shaunw9270
4 жыл бұрын
I had one of their bass / keyboard combos with "growl" control. It was awful but different ! Lol
@brianyanney1289
4 жыл бұрын
Don't they make a Gorilla pedal now ? I'm sure I saw a distortion pedal when I was browsing G.C.
@SlyHikari03
3 жыл бұрын
Behringer and Gorilla. I miss these amps.
@roosterj2599
3 жыл бұрын
My live rig is the current Kustom kg100hfx half stack. With my pedal chain it is one of the best sounding rigs I've ever played through. Better than dicking around with tubes.
@valuedhumanoid6574
6 ай бұрын
Back in the day, Scott Grove (there's a blast from the past) used to just fawn over the Johnson amps. He defended them to the bitter end. And like you said, you could get some decent sounds out of them. But what he and other Johnson defenders failed to realize is that there's no free lunch. Everyone wants that free lunch. To get the price down something had to go. And that was quality. Cheapest electrical components on the planet were used, hence the failures. No free lunch people
@RobertWJackson
6 ай бұрын
I know Scott. His former roommate is a really good friend of mine. He’s actually a really nice guy.
@everythingbobbywolfe
4 жыл бұрын
Hold the phone, Robert. The Johnson millennium is a tube. Dual pre Amp with Two 12AX7 tubes
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
I just looked it up and I’ll be damned if it doesn’t! It looks like those tubes are BURIED inside that thing, which explains why I never noticed them before. I still don’t like them, though. LOL
@everythingbobbywolfe
4 жыл бұрын
@@RobertWJackson fair enough. I love the sound demos, especially from Scott G, but never owned one. I know the pre sets killed it for a LOT of people
@gregaltenhofel7326
4 жыл бұрын
The Kustom Tuck & Roll did FOR A VERY SHORT TIME had 1 redeeming quality. Just one and only just for a short time. They used Altec Langsing speakers. The one I had that was given to me by a guy that barely knew me. A 20 something guy I’d just gotten into Jr high and for a minute I thought I wanted to play Bass & guitar. He gave me some Bass head he wasn’t able to trade in for a decent amp. It came unbeknownst to him till later. A 2X15” cab. They were awesome bass drivers and over the years went into several P.A. speakers & monitors I’d built. Wish I still had them.
@DougZbikowski
4 жыл бұрын
Every new guitarist in the 80’s had that Gorilla amp 😆
@AndrewAHayes
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't, I had and still have a WEM Dominator MKII
@henchmusic5878
4 жыл бұрын
Back in the 70s a friend had a Kustom--they were all tuck and roll back then. One 12, and It weighed 700 lbs. Glad to see my Fender Power Chorus didn't make the list--the foot switch still works.
@theirritatedirishman5440
3 жыл бұрын
I sold tons and tons of Gorilla Amps when they came out. I personally knew the owners and those amps became big amongst jazz players for their clean fat sounds. Most guitar teachers way back would have students practice through the Gorilla amps because of the clean sound. The Johnson amps should’ve been called “The Johnson” cause they did SUCK BAD! Marlboro also made some of the worst sounding solid state amps.
@bamalam21
10 ай бұрын
Holy crap never thought i would see someone else mention Marlboro i used a marlboro full stack for one of my doom projects it sounded like crap but it was 150 bucks for a whole full stack I couldn’t beat that price and it really didnt sound that bad with layers of fuzz stacked on it 😅
@bamalam21
10 ай бұрын
and now that i think about it i dont even think it was a guitar head it was a friggin pa amp 😂
@jackjones2381
4 ай бұрын
I had a rhythm player that played a larger gorilla amp he made it sound fantastic
@jackjones2381
4 ай бұрын
I have a old Marlboro amp , sounds bad but In mint shape
@theirritatedirishman5440
4 ай бұрын
Let’s not forget though that the late great Shawn Lane used a “Holmes” amp but then went into a tube distortion and he killed!!! I worked for him at 1 show in Tennessee and it was the first time we met and he absolutely blew my mind!!! Till this day and I’ve worked and became friends with lots of big time musicians and Shawn was beyond comprehension! He was so F’ing Great!!!
@ronmatthews7213
4 жыл бұрын
You've got to include Fender's late '60s solid-state line. They were horrible. Fender tried to recreate all their great models with transistors and it didn't exactly work out for them. I had a Solid State Bassman (SP3100) which came with a 3-12" cab (?) and it sucked. Constantly blowing fuses and the overload light stayed lit 99% of the time.
@fredchatham6680
4 жыл бұрын
I had a solid state Deluxe Reverb amp, ice pick shrill and clean. It had "uses" but not enough to warrant moving it gig after gig. It weighed nearly as much as a tube counterpart.
@vincebagadonis8016
11 ай бұрын
As a musician, I can tell you, the compartment in back of the Ibanez tone blaster is not for storing the footswitch....its where we keep the "party favors". It can also be used to store the cash you owe the guy that owns the studio your band is renting for the night if he's not there to collect when you're there. Of course why I would be renting a studio that has a tone blaster on the backline is a question I ask myself everyday. This same studio I'm referring also has a line 6 spider on the opposite side of the stage, so you have your choice of awful amps to practice on for 20 bucks an hour.
@RobertWJackson
11 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@willnisbet4338
3 жыл бұрын
Pleasantly surprised to NOT see my Peavey VYPYR on here…
@johntombarello3599
3 жыл бұрын
Hmmm I wonder if my old Marshall MG will be in the list? “number one, the Marshall mg series”
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
Surprise. LOL
@TheHighwinder
3 жыл бұрын
I can take an old solid-state Peavey Renown 400 and put it up against a JCM800 stack and with the twist of a knob you won't have a clue as to which amp is which if your eyes are closed. The 400 will also blow that 800 out of the room. In fact I'll put it up against any boutique. All this "solid state sucks" is a bunch of blind fanboy bullshit.
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
I never said solid-state sucks. I like plenty of solid-state amps. Just not the ones in this video. LOL
@vaughncook8815
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree, I had a renown 212 back in the 80's...Absolutely insane!!!
@angelbreath6539
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@dellper1
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but I have to disagree! I owned a Peavey Renown In the late 80's I believe. It was the worst sounding amp. The clean was ok but the saturation channel was the worst. No definition or tight sound, just muddy. It lacked warmth. If you played rhythm guitar you could get by. When you added pedals to it that helped but over all it was loud and muddy. I've never been what you call a tube snob but the newer Amps sound much better. I had the Renown for over 10 years.
@roboravitz5572
5 ай бұрын
Had that Univox in the mid 70s.still sounded pretty good in an auditorium at 17.but i was alread y ahead of my time in skill .however stepped up to a Fender Twin Reverb in 1977 and that wss like going ftom ab Opal GT to a Ferrari.much more power with little effort even outdoors.
@theanarcho-luthierist2882
4 жыл бұрын
none of my secondhand/dumpster foundling/parts pile ss amps made the list... not sure whether to be proud or disappointed...
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@mikeygabbard9268
4 жыл бұрын
Even if every amp you own made the list, you're still giving new life to found amps, and I can't be mad at you for that.
@kevinnightmareszzz6140
4 жыл бұрын
I'm curious to pick your brain about a Blackstar Id core 20 it broke about a year ago and it was working fine but I legit stopped playing it for a couple days and when I went back to it, it wouldn't turn on, the light on the power brick was on but the amp wasn't, would you happen to know how I can fix it maybe?
@curtisnorris868
4 жыл бұрын
The first app I bought was a Gorilla amp 😄. $99 brand new, I was 17 and it was all I could afford. A year later I bought a Gorilla combo for $250 😄. I could almost get a good sound out of it by throwing a couple of pedals on it. You'll be happy to know I have a Crate amp with two overdrive channels and I think it sounds pretty good. I got it 20 years ago and have never had a problem with it.
@Rick-Jangle
2 жыл бұрын
The mighty gorilla amp! My first amp was the 65 watt gorilla. It was as bad as you described it. It was so unreliable, it only ever worked half the time. I took it back to the shop where I bought it for repairs under warranty, they gave it back to me a week later with same problem. I managed to pull it apart myself and got it to work properly for a while. I ended up doing a Pete Townshend on it. The thing ended up in as many pieces as I could get it. And I emptied into a skip bin. Horrible Horrible amp! The thing was possessed!
@juanvaldez4043
4 ай бұрын
Crates sound great, it’s just when that dsp chip dies, you basically end up with a PA amp.
@jetcheneau5811
2 жыл бұрын
My MG head sounded fucking great -- when it worked. Potentiometers would always fail.
@alexlightningboyedwards5350
4 жыл бұрын
So I picked up an old Gorilla GG80 for cheap. When I first turned it one and had the volume low it sounded like junk. But I was shocked once I cranked it up. I could not believe how much better it sounded once some electricity was really running through it. So for an extra amp to pull out if a bunch of players come over, it will do.
@thomaskenish3593
4 жыл бұрын
Ive been using a Marshall MG 100 watt and honestly its not bad, im mostly using it for the clean channel as a pedal platform, but the OD channel sounds pretty good in a pinch, by no means as good as the old school tube amps but serviceable
@robby024
Жыл бұрын
Used a mg100hdfx half stack all through my hs years and it was JUST FINE. Sold it though.
@stringsattached67
Жыл бұрын
There's a very popular guy here in KZitem land that makes one of those marshall MG 100fx sound pretty damn good .
@Deeznutseighthundredthirty
Жыл бұрын
God I had the Marshall 100hdfx half stack and I was so happy that I was low on funds and had to sell it cuz it was by far one of the worst amps I’ve ever heard in my life. Bought a joyo bantamp zombie 2 head with a Harley Benton 212 cab with v30s. Amazing amp and really comes alive with an eq pedal in the fx loop and a tube screamer in front. Such a huge upgrade from that horrible mg.
@hectorheath
3 жыл бұрын
Someone stole my Line 6 and the bastard returned it.
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@lostreb
3 жыл бұрын
ROTFLMFAO...
@poindextertunes
Жыл бұрын
I’ve never heard anybody having a Johnson Millennium blowing up or a speaker or whatever. I would put my Millennium up against anything except a Kemper model. Also, its got a tube 🤷♂️
@RobertWJackson
Жыл бұрын
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@15thwardadrian
4 жыл бұрын
The coolest thing about Kustom is that founder Bud Ross lost the company in a poker game. Eventually Baldwin Pianos bought the company, but that was the beginning of the end. Ross also marketed one of the first successful guitar compressor pedals.
@shaunw9270
4 жыл бұрын
Cool , I never knew the Ross guy owned Kustom . History lesson 👌
@MegaWumba
3 жыл бұрын
I was all “please don’t let the mode four be on here” and super pumped it wasn’t
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
The Mode Four is actually a hybrid amp.
@cameronshanley599
3 жыл бұрын
@@RobertWJackson must be the only reason it wasn't on the list then lmao. All Joking aside I love mine for how much I paid for it
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
I love mine as well. WAAAAAY more gain than I’ll likely ever use - I seriously rarely even get into channel 3, and I never use channel 4 - but it’s a powerhouse of an amp. That thing is loud as hell. LOL
@cameronshanley599
3 жыл бұрын
@@RobertWJackson I feel like I run mine kinda weird. Needing both clean and dirty I keep channel 1 and 4 at the same sort of volumes and use them. I've got channel 4 right the way down until it's only just distorted enough to sound smooth, good enough for some modern rock/punk rock type stuff
@psycojuggalo1642
10 ай бұрын
loved my toneblaster 25r played on it for close to 20 years before i decided to upgrade
@rodbelding9523
9 ай бұрын
I'm watching this with both a Spider and an MG in the corner of my house looking at me.
@RobertWJackson
9 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@sunsparkle8443
4 жыл бұрын
I had a little Gorilla amp many years ago. I wasn't crazy about it's tone, but I could get some decent sounds from it for practicing at home. Never had any mechanical problems with it.
@celticfury7328
4 жыл бұрын
Dishonorable mention: Raven amps in ALL shapes and sizes, but especially the half stack. Gawd, wtf was Guitar Center THINKING when they commissioned these solid state turdlickers?
@Metalbass1979
4 жыл бұрын
The Raven cabinets were pretty good when paired with a real tube head but those amplifiers sucked horrifically.
@zombiet.5232
4 жыл бұрын
GC was thinking they'd take money from a bunch of gullible kids. And they were right.
@paultrammel6875
3 жыл бұрын
Kustom Amps were built in Chanute, Kansas.
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that’s what I said. 😉
@michaelcosta7235
4 жыл бұрын
1 - 6 should just be Line 6 Spyders.
@TylerJohnstonGuitar
Жыл бұрын
Had a Line 6 Spider II as my first amp growing up. Glad to see it on this list! The ‘Insane’ setting was god awful.
@wisdomoverfear2685
3 жыл бұрын
I had a Laney linebacker back in the early 90's on top of a cheap Jackson 4-12 cabinet with red Jackson speakers ! I not only gigged with it ..........I sold it to a guitar player in a rival band that was using a 100 Watt vintage Marshall because he said my Amp had the "magic" sound he was looking for ! It was kinda nasally to be honest ..........but I loved it for 80's metal !
@kpmurphy62
2 жыл бұрын
The pop band 1910 fruitgum company use fake Custom Vans and heads in the mid 60s as stage props but used fender twins miked up behind the curtain
@RobertWJackson
2 жыл бұрын
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@moogyboy6
3 жыл бұрын
I actually have experience with three of the amps on your list. Here are my opinions: 1) Kustom K200B-3 tuck-n-roll: actually not a bad amp, but not a tone monster, and that's fine because it wasn't meant to be. It's an *amplifier*. It gets loud. Crazy loud. And clean loud, at that. Having two simultaneously available channels was damn useful for separate guitar and keyboard chains coming through the same cab. Built-in *fuzz* circuit in lieu of a "drive" is quite novel, ditto for a unique click-stop mid boost thing. It did tend to give me shocks occasionally though. 2) Kustom Lead I combo My brother still owns his, which was the first guitar amp I ever played with, when I was a kid. So I have some sentimental attachment to this thing. Again, no good for what's now considered good guitar amp tone--the Drive control is a bad joke-- but it's very bright, has great vintage type reverb, and nails that twangy surf/Ventures sound. It's unique, anyway. 3) Gorilla. I got one of these along with a 1983 Squier Bullet (made in Japan) that I bought from a buddy back in college. The best I can say about this turd of an amp is that I stuffed it into a suitcase along with the the Bullet (which is disassembled to fit) and thus was able to have a working guitar rig with me when I lived in Germany for part of my senior year. It's been collecting dust ever since.
@dr.coomer789
2 жыл бұрын
As a somewhat beginner (2-3 years with hiatuses) I gotta agree with the Marshall MG. I have an MG10 and honestly after a while it made me frustrated because i could never sound good, only flat.
@peteytwofinger
8 ай бұрын
relieved you did not include roland jc amps . i played in a decent enough cover band for years . one of the lead guys we had well he was kind of an annoying guy when he was in a good mood but he had a psychotic temper and a bad cocaine problem . that guy played thru a PAIR of tiny gorilla amps . he had to carry gear like this to ride his bmx to practice with a washburn eagle guitar strapped to his back - look ma no self preservation instinct .his tone was like if some one was tearing large sheets of paper inside of your ear. he did have a pedal , some kind of stereo overdrive in a plastic case . this was like 1995 . he played really quickly with no soul or feeling . he had to have gear with very little value otherwise he would pawn it to get crack money . poor guy . i got him a job and he would eat aldi tuna cans , pour the tuna oil into the sink in the restroom . he would not run the water . so every day i would go and wash up to eat and get bombed out with intense tuna whiff . he ended up flipping out and destroying a bunch of inventory in a fit so they got rid of him . he was built like a gorilla and he did a lot of karate stuff especially on stage . i saw him front a band and he was singing "sweet child o mine" doing all these spin kicks and the poor people in the front row where moving back - retreat ! Those Johnson millenniums - i JUST saw one at GC used yesterday - i was tellin my wife adrian belew toured with those amps in the 90s , he switched from roland jc120 and his tone took a huge hit . but i know another guitar player who switched from jc120 to a custom made tube half stack and same thing . i saw that guy perform in a lot of venues and i really knew what he sounded like , so that taught me a lesson about the whole tube vs solid state debate right there . dude sounded twice as good with the solid state amp . twice as good , more definition , and he is a type of player that uses like three gain stages . i had a laugh with you about those gorillas . i wonder if that guy is still alive . i heard from the sound guy of that band he saw him in january here in chicago riding his bike home in a snow storm from guitar center one handed holding a new les paul ... in one hand - so this guy had to give him a ride - typical . i hope he is at least off that tuna diet.
@seblo8462
8 ай бұрын
My personal experience, if you want a great clean solid state amp go Yamaha or Roland...if you want good crunch and high gain solid state amp go Peavey and Randall 👍
@real_fjcalabrese
4 жыл бұрын
Anything from Kustom is going to be several orders of magnitude worse that the worst Crate.
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed. LOL
@Jihadbearzwithgunz
4 жыл бұрын
This checks out the old tuck and roll is a perfect example had one at my music shop that I worked at and it only worked when it chose fit.
@Fotosaurus56
3 жыл бұрын
I bought an old Crate G20 solid state amp long ago, it sounds fantastic after I gutted the cabinet and installed a 12" Weber British Series Bluedog speaker and vintage Silvertone 1481 tube amp chassis.
@8-tracktheater262
Жыл бұрын
To prove you could make the Silvertone amp sound worse. I hope the chassis had caught on fire.
@markmcdonald5711
8 ай бұрын
Do you remember the Rickenbacker Transonic? A friend of mine had one in 1969, if you turned it up too loud it would blow an output transistor. I think Steppenwolf used them for a little while in the late 60's. It looked great though.
@Lordhumongus
3 жыл бұрын
I have a Crate G120cXL as my back up head. Still works and never has issues. Same reliable amo for 30 years.
@versnellingspookie
3 жыл бұрын
Those Kustom amps are used by one of my favorite bands. He makes them sounds hella sweet! Or maybe he has a Tube based Kustom amp, i however would love to own one
@Theshark15z
3 жыл бұрын
CRATE's are my favorite Solid State Amp. I rank them 1st next to Peavy. They are cool because I can get that Black Sabbath sound from it. I started off with a GX-15 when I got my first electric guitar at 16, then later I got a GX-212 and eventually a Randall half stack. I eventually still go back to the CRATE because it's just what I like.
@LiterallyCensoredDaily
Жыл бұрын
"A fax machine being bludgeoned by a daily up modem" So, it sounds like skrillex?
@tikteetewon
4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love my MG15FX! Best 15 watt practice amp I've owned!
@chrisstout8451
3 жыл бұрын
The Johnston Millennium amps had Digitech effects inside them. The controls are the same as the Digitech 2112/2120 rack mounts. It was a great idea, probably implemented badly. They were really cool looking and the pedalboards controllers were way beyond most stuff put out now. I almost purchased one of the Millenniums when they came out.
@erasmomoreno9460
2 жыл бұрын
Plus it's a hybrid amp, the amp had tube preamp and solid state power section. Shouldn't be on that list since it's a hybrid.
@poindextertunes
Жыл бұрын
@@erasmomoreno9460 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
@diaryofanaxeman539
Жыл бұрын
I managed to get the Mellennium amp to sound good .
@adamstein9333
8 ай бұрын
I Love this amp and it's Rectifier voice had Me trade it in for a real one. The Johnson J station rolled too! Yes digitech. The artist 2120 was also a great rack!
@naturaljoe759
7 ай бұрын
I always thought that Johnson Millenium sounded awesome for its time. I had forgotten it had Digitech effects in it. I had a Boss ME-250 multieffects processor and a Fender Princeton Chorus back then and the Johnson sounded quite a bit better. My dad used to buy and sell a ton of gear back then and I’m pretty sure we had one at the house for a couple months.
@Juno58
Жыл бұрын
I bought a Marshall MG 15 online, after some days of testing i couldn't find a good overdrive/distortion sound i send it back to the shop. Clean sound was ok, but the more distortion, the more harsh and tinny the amp with its 8 " speaker sounds. Hurts in my ears... now i got a Fender Champion 40 (12" Speaker) and i'm happy. The size of the speaker is very important for a good sound!
@1peanut
3 жыл бұрын
I am a tube guy. I score an Ibanez Tone Blaster X 150 H for $100. It is very tube like. The TBX150H is not like the one shown in this video. It is way better quality much better speakers and is very hard to find them on the market. it is the best sounding solid state i have ever heard.
@PrincePloppy
3 жыл бұрын
I had a Gorilla amp as my first amp... Youre response to those amps was classic. I also find it hard to talk about just how bad those amps are without laughing. I dont think its possible to describe just how bad these things are. But... I will try... Imagine an elf with a sore throat being strangled by a gorilla while playing a kazoo.
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@danielhartman5086
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with MG series amps. In fact I will be getting a new MG GFX 101 next month. I love them. If you know how to dial it in. It will sound just fine.
@DSchea
3 жыл бұрын
You are high as hell
@seanslinger
3 жыл бұрын
The original MG series were epic, I don’t know much about them now. We always used the original 100w mg head and it destroyed!!! With the right cab it was heavy as hell and moved buildings with how chunky and beefy you could get it dialled in
@davidknowler4719
4 ай бұрын
Just picked up a tbx 30r . I'm kinda impressed !
@stevebarnes3152
3 жыл бұрын
Most of the time when you saw Kustom tuck and rolls they used by the backline companies for large stages.
@DanRodriguez1
2 жыл бұрын
totally agree, those Marshalls MG are unusable, I will pick the crate any day of the week instead of those MGs, the first one I used was way back to '03 and they already sucked
@nathanrichard4357
2 жыл бұрын
Crate amps are also like the cream of the crop when it comes to solid state.
@Alext-wx7hr
4 жыл бұрын
a cheap chinese clone of a line 6 spider, now thats priceless
@domformula1
4 жыл бұрын
I remember back in the early 2000s you could not MOVE for Kustom amplifiers being offered at the budget end in the UK. Those things were everywhere, never took the plunge myself and glad I didn’t!
@nicolauferreira3448
7 ай бұрын
I'm suprised that the Fender/Squier Frontman, JHS BB Blaster and Gorila GG are not in the list
@joebentry
4 жыл бұрын
“Old” Kustoms are still alive and well in my house - Not all sure about tone, that’s what pedals are for 😜. Now I’ve never met a Yamaha that was worth a dime 🙄
@RobertWJackson
3 жыл бұрын
I’ve never met a piece of Yamaha gear that didn’t perform to three times the level of its price tag. I love Yamaha.
@theirritatedirishman5440
3 жыл бұрын
The old Yamaha G50 and G100 II Amps were very good! First G series and G III sucked super bad!
@animatedarliss
2 жыл бұрын
I had a Marshall MG and a spider 4. The MG sounded much better. The worst amp I've played was a Fender Frontman. Sounded like a jangly box of bolts shaking.
@hanspotterman3668
Жыл бұрын
I have a fender frontman 212r(got it for 180€ It does sound pretty shit on its own But it takes pedals and fx processors very well, i use it with a 100€ mooer ge100 for live gigs It sounds much better than you'd expect, at least for metal(wich is mostly what i play) . But still, a boss katana would probably be objectively better.
@frankhinckley8462
4 жыл бұрын
I 'must've done 1000 gigs with my Marshall JCM900 2/12 combo. Couldn't carry the half stack anymore. I decided to scale down even more and I always has a warm spot for the Crates. Picked up a 1/12 Crate box at a yard sale, put in a decent speaker and picked up a Crate Power Block on Ebay. I don,t have to tell you this thing SCREAMS!!! I liked it so much I picked up 3 more and found another cab .I've been gigging with these rigs ever since. Other musicians are impressed with the tone and love the retro look. Keep up the good work Robert....I just subscribed.
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Welcome to the family! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@Gary-zq3pz
Жыл бұрын
My little baby Marshall Mg10 ain't much,but it's good enough for one of my keyboard instruments.
@peeweesermon2231
4 жыл бұрын
Say what you want about Kustom, but they are hands down the #1 amp company to come out of Canuterville Kansas, and that's a fact
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
Conuter Valve.
@1Dougloid
3 жыл бұрын
@@RobertWJackson They're still in business in Chanute making police radar units and the like and they don't want to hear anything about the amps. There is a sort of odd connection to the late unlamented also solid state Holmes Mississippi Bluesmaster. Something about an amp company being won in a card game. I dunno. They're awful. I am kinda surprised you overlooked Baldwin and Power-Sonic. They were terrible.
@richardmerriam7044
2 жыл бұрын
Chanute, Kansas. Just looked it up.
@GuitarsAndSynths
4 жыл бұрын
"Gorilla amps if cannot afford Crate"- that is funny
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@roosterj2599
3 жыл бұрын
My first amp was a Gorilla tube stack combo amp. It kicked ass!
@mikeskis7887
11 ай бұрын
I modded a crate 15w to look and run like a head, and it sounded absolutely phenomenal boosted with a tube screamer through v30s
@onutube6392
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, the line 6 wasn't so bad, I got the spider 2 for 35 bucks a whole back.
@RobertWJackson
2 жыл бұрын
You’d probably pay $20 for it now. LOL
@Ashstrodamus1
4 жыл бұрын
"Kustom Tuck & Roll amps suck...they suck, they sound sterile and boring, they don't do anything" Best commentary ever!!!
@Jihadbearzwithgunz
4 жыл бұрын
If they work at all. Had two at the shop I worked at from the same guy of course one worked for a while and just stopped the second amp just did what it wanted
@aztecwhistle9122
4 жыл бұрын
Just like a transvestite they tuck and they suck😄
@shaunw9270
4 жыл бұрын
@@aztecwhistle9122 I won't ask for proof . Thanks anyway 🤣
@glenkepic3208
4 жыл бұрын
Yes JF at one time thought he was the only guy to get a good tone from a Kustom.
@Wheresthepepsibismol
3 жыл бұрын
Kustom Tuck & Roll amps are a joke I want to buy a Kustom Tuck & Roll cabinet just to use it as a cat house when I get a kitten
@atlantaguitar9689
3 жыл бұрын
Back in 1974, my brother had a UNIVOX amp (can't remember the model). It was quite cheap and had a very harsh and overemphasized mid-range tone. It was fine for playing family barbecues or any event where there are people who are too nice to be honest about the quality of your playing and / or tone.
4 жыл бұрын
I picked up a Gorilla TC-110 for £25 shipped as it was not working properly and the reverb was dead. After an hour fiddling and cleaning connections, it worked properly. It was NOTHING like any of the other Gorillas I had seen/heard and wasn't so bad. I only got it to flip for charity and sold it for £75 plus shipping to one very happy owner.
@musicxtn
3 жыл бұрын
Grab a Fender Princeton Chorus from 1990s with Red knobs. It smokes everything.
@willknight7848
3 жыл бұрын
Red knob snob! They make no difference
@willknight7848
3 жыл бұрын
In fact, I put red knobs on my old M80 and guess what? It STILL sounded crap.
@MrQwazar001
3 жыл бұрын
Great video. was good for a few laughs ! its funny how our ears hear things differently. I personally owned a tone blaster and found that better than the crates all my friends had at least from a distortion stand point. Clean channel on the Toneblaster was crap though, it sounded sooo farty :D Once you get that first good tube amp though nothing is ever the same and just about every solid state amp becomes obsolete.
@maniacalion6170
4 жыл бұрын
Marshall should have never stopped with the valvestate. The vs100 has some great tones in it. The MG is not very good I don’t know why those stayed on and they ditched the valvestate
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
The Valvestate is a hybrid amp.
@maniacalion6170
4 жыл бұрын
Robert's Guitar Dungeon true. Best of both worlds if you ask me. Does it stand up to something like a Marshall JCM or Plexi at volume, no. But it does have great tone and you can use it at bedroom volume or at jams and medium gigs no problem. It seems to be a concept victory took to heart recently with some of their new pedal amps too
@fromthesilence9583
4 жыл бұрын
@@maniacalion6170 Not ideal for gigs as they thin out at volume, but stick an MXR 6 band in front and VS100 sounds just like a Marshall valve amp in a home low volume setting.... the 8100 is even better.
@maniacalion6170
4 жыл бұрын
Michael Walters I know some metal guys who live their 8100s, but I haven’t really played those. I don’t go strait to full blown metal, more a bluesy classic rock, classic metal kinda guy, with a flair for jazz. I almost wonder if the thinning out is more to do with being a low quality cabinet and a mediocre speaker. I also noticed that the OD channels are what I like at home, but when I’m turning it up the clean channel is the only one that will stay together load. A friend of mine put a Celestion alnico blue 30 into his vs100 and said it made a word of difference at volume. I’m also wondering if that and a true pine board cabinet would make it hold together better at higher the volume.
@Da_Publick
4 ай бұрын
Didn't Josh Homme supposedly use Gorillas, before he supposedly used Peavey's, and an amp company just happened to find a way to make money off the supposed Peavey connection?
@downtown_brown2254
2 жыл бұрын
I found my gorilla amp literly at the dump seriously it was in the electronic waste .... it worked so I can't complain
@JohnvanCapel
3 жыл бұрын
Did Kustom ever make a decent tube amp with that covering? Because if so, I can 100% guarantee John Fogerty would not have used a solid state Tuck-and-Roll. Also, I think we should just disqualify anything that comes in a guitar starter-pack from this list (which would be the Gorilla - fairly sure when I got my first guitar it was a starterpack with a rebranded Gorilla amp in it). They suck, everyone knows they suck, it's just not interesting to talk about. Lastly, is the Marshall MG really that bad? From what I remember they were kinda in a "best-of-the-worst" type category - pretty bad, but there was a lot out there for the same price that was worse.
@Crazycook678
4 жыл бұрын
Lol....were did you find these, you had me laughing on the ground, Gorilla. lol!
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@TheGuitarGeek
4 жыл бұрын
I came here looking for the Gorilla.... wasn't disappointed!
@RobertWJackson
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@JonDeth
5 ай бұрын
To this day, I think Line 6's are quite truly the worst "reputable" amps on the market. Even their most recent "high end" modelers sound utterly terrible. My Zoom G5 is a decade old and I will accredit the 12AX7 in it for this, but it sounds phenomenally better than the Headrush I had and returned, all the Line 6's I have heard or owned, and even though some SOB smashed it, I'll probably buy another regardless of age. *As far as Crates go, I would say these are the ultimate sleeper amps from the 90's.* Some were awful, but some as metal amps even lead still hold their own today. *I scored a GX-212 for $70 today and while it's not a tube amp, I can shred bassy, clustered arpeggios through it and still get good note separation, clarity and it's insanely loud.* Conversely to that, I have a Boss Katana MK 50, and it's good for what it it is, but the dinosaur Crate still slaughters it. *The Laney making the list doesn't surprise me. They make amazing amps, but that particular series was loathed by sooo many people back in the day!*
@marcraygun6290
4 жыл бұрын
Guitar player in my band had laney linebacker that survived a flood, had silt inside and everything
@DunderHead.5000
3 жыл бұрын
Love Crate amps. Having said that, the best and worst amp I have played through was a Flexwave. The Flexwave (in my opinion) was flat-out the best sounding amp I have ever heard (better than any tube or other SS amp) but it kept blowing up every month just sitting in my apartment. Not sure which series to go with after that that had that clean sound but were rock solid and the distortion was exactly what I wanted without a boost. P.S. Would love to have a GT3500H but the internet seems retarded. I have seen old Crate combos (that were just bad to begin with) without speakers and torn grills going for $1,000 and crappy amps that you could buy new for $300 are now $1,200. Used to find the flagships for $130 in mint condition and that includes shipping but now they are $200 - (put any number here) and that's without shipping and slightly to very much abused. The funniest I have seen are the Crate Power Block CPB150's. You could buy them new for $69 - $99 and people are trying to sell them now for $150 - $400.
@diaryofanaxeman539
2 жыл бұрын
Crate Power Blocks have proven to be great pedal or Modeler platforms.
@michaeltodd641
4 жыл бұрын
This video is so true. Had a Marshall MG (got it cheap and the effects channel didn't work, loud buzzing from the amp), had the misfortune of playing through one of those Kustom combo amps (the speaker sounded like it was a board - it was sufficiently terrible), had a Gorilla amp when my band was on tour as a "practice amp" for the hotel room - it just disappeared one day. I suspect the bassist threw it out. The Fender Mustang is ok and the Marshall Code is ok but neither is great but they're ok for a backup amp in case one of my Marshall tube amp blows at a gig.
@JunkfoodZombieGuns
3 жыл бұрын
This list would not be complete without the Gorilla amp on it. Glad you didn't forget it!
@telecasterbear
3 жыл бұрын
I started with the very elusive EMC G110.
@seabass3373
2 жыл бұрын
My first amp was a Chinese copy of Orange, a Mugig, 4inch speaker and an orange color with 2 channels, 3 band EQ, battery-powered or by the power supply. Got it for my b-day some years ago as my first amp and I cracked it and thought it sounded great. The speaker grill fell off every now and again because it was taped with velcro, but then I put it on with super glue. Later on, my dad played through it, and told me my tone sucked, and that who bought that. It was him, lol. It recently just stopped working, but I still keep it. Great memories playing for my classmates.
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