Amps you didn't get on with

[Dazza1004]

Cornford MK50 - way too stiff

EVH 5153, blue channel was meh, red channel way too compressed / dark

[MDV]

Had: TSL602. Loads of options, no good at anything really.

Tried: Uberschall. Muddy, tubby, fizzy unless its crushingly loud, and I'll bet thats just because its $%&#ing loud (i.e. the recorded sound is probably much the same).

[sgmypod]

doesnt mr grohl use a vox (one of many amps he uses)

[Elliot]

Notice how it's singlecoils that seem to rule with Voxes - do any famous humbucker users use one for dirty tones?

Dave Davies? Though his V tone was more of a light crunch by today's standards.

I thought Dave Davies used a Harmony Meteor on most of the famous Kinks recordings - it has single coils...

[Stevepage]

Engl Powerball. Sounded great but only when you had multiple extras like an EQ in the FX loop, certain valves etc. Too much hassle.

Marshall TSL60 Sounded far too raspy and lacked a good 'thud'.

Crate I forget which model just it was even worse than the TSL60

Laney VC50 I traded my VH100R for it so I could get a similar tone but compact. Didn't work out and I ended up selling it. Had a really weird high end rasp that wasn't like the TSL60 but it was there enough to annoy me.

Not had many bad experiences with amps.

[gwEm]

Notice how it's singlecoils that seem to rule with Voxes - do any famous humbucker users use one for dirty tones?

Dave Davies? Though his V tone was more of a light crunch by today's standards.

I thought Dave Davies used a Harmony Meteor on most of the famous Kinks recordings - it has single coils...

could be could be!

[tekbow]

Any Mesa Boogie amp. I never have enough time to sit down with one and really find a tone in there, as many say to do, so I never really got the hype of them.

This, and any amp with too many channels and controls..

somebody mentioned a soldano decatone, and i can see that especially for the above reasoning. Soldano's should be about as little knobbing and as much tone as poss.

I have an HR50+, one set of tone controls, 2 channel volumes and gains, a footswitch and thats about it.

[Twinfan]

doesnt mr grohl use a vox (one of many amps he uses)

Used to use one live for cleans only  ;)

[richard]

A few years ago I had a 60s AC30 on loan for a few weeks and I could get a killer sound out of it with an SG with a JB at the bridge and a RAT 2 for extra drive. Slight problem was that the killer sound emerged with the volume on 6. And ONLY on 6. Anything below or above that volume sounded terrible.

[itamar101]

I'm quite sure that Clapton used (and might still use) Voxes for a while and he got insane tones out of it, both with single coils and humbuckers.

[HTH AMPS]

I meant to add Rory ...and Quo did well with them apparently.
Shadows and Beatles seemed to fare well from what I've heard

That Edge guy gets a pretty tasty tone out of an AC30 too

[HTH AMPS]

I'm quite sure that Clapton used (and might still use) Voxes for a while and he got insane tones out of it, both with single coils and humbuckers.

In the Yardbirds days he did, but I wouldn't say they're his best tones by any stretch of the imagination.  I think he had a non-treble boost version from the tone he got back then.  His tone in the Bluesbreakers with the Marshall was miles better.

[darkbluemurder]

Notice how it's singlecoils that seem to rule with Voxes - do any famous humbucker users use one for dirty tones?

I think Snowy White used one with his 57 Gold Top.

Cheers Stephan

[richard]

I read an interview with EC where he talked about using Vox amps in his early days. He said he really didn't like the way they distorted.

[richard]

Just found another one. Couldn't be bothered to cart my amp to rehearsal so spent 3 hours playing through a single channel Orange AD30. Horrible, fuzzy sound - only 5 knobs so not much to play with but could get only a passable sound at best. No cut or punch.

On the other hand I put my Boss OD3 through it which I haven't used in years and it's reminded me what a great all-round o/d pedal this is. At least I was able to get some decent solo tones. Little life saver.