Amps you didn't get on with

[EffigyForgotten]

I can't play any amp without my noise gate and TS, they always sound to loose and muddy. 

[Andrew W]

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[Johnny Mac]

I've only ever had one good amp and its still does the business for me. It doesn't need a noise gate, it has lovely cleans, crunch and does all that evil stuff that the bloke downstairs approves of. To get a good lead or crunch tone just watch the presence, treble, gain, use the mid boost/cut and speaker damping.
I used to be clueless when I first got it, had everything dimed and it sounded like shite.
I've still got to treat it to a set of Tungsols in the pre & power amps. Soon.

As for amps that I didn't like that I've owned. A peavey backstage. Load of old wank.

[Ian Price]

Only the one amp I REALLY didn't get on with.

A Randall RT 50. To this day I still don't understand why it bought it. I sold it at pretty big loss a few a months later. Totally not suited to the kind of music I like playing. I admit that I was a bit of a helmet for getting it.

The kid who bought it off me came to my house (with his Dad) and wanted a quick test. He pulled a 7 string guitar out (might have been an Ibanez) and proceeded to make the amp sound even worse than I could possibly dream of. Deal done within 2 minutes.

[bucketshred]

I can't play any amp without my noise gate and TS, they always sound to loose and muddy.

You're doing it wrong ;)

[JimmyMoorby]

I agree that if an amp needs and EQ or gate to function normally or sound good then it isn't worth the effort.

Here are a few amps that i didn't get on with
Every blackstar i've played S100,HT series etc
Peavey 5150 - far too noisy and fizzy
Orange Rockerverb - muddy and flabby sounding
Cornford mKII i think - I couldn't get a good tone out of this at all
Marshall DSL - muddy and flabby and too grainy sounding

Funny you should say that about the rockerverb its the tightest amp ive ever played and leans to the tight and bright side rather than muddy/flabby still each to their own!
Agree about Blackstar HT's though I really dont like the overdrive channel.....

[Telerocker]

I don't find my Rockerverb 50 muddy and flabby at all, but it's probably not the tightest amp on earth. It's great with tele's and strats. The 6V6-version I have somehow seems to prefer singlecoils. I think in general they sound better on the RV then humbuckers.  I don't use the tight setting, I like the loose setting, not a surprise with a strat or a tele.

[Hammerheart]

I don't find my Rockerverb 50 muddy and flabby at all, but it's probably not the tightest amp on earth. It's great with tele's and strats. The 6V6-version I have somehow seems to prefer singlecoils. I think in general they sound better on the RV then humbuckers.  I don't use the tight setting, I like the loose setting, not a surprise with a strat or a tele.

I hear Jimmy Pages OR50 has a "tight but loose" setting.