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« Reply #15 on: June 10, 2007, 06:49:04 PM »
My first amp. An Aria twin drive 15W or so.

But I've heard worse amps.
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« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2007, 08:53:15 PM »
were to start jhs solid state 100w..absolute dog,
then a badger think was 5w...vol and nothing else.(still own that for some reason was in mums loft)
.then a bandit..was ok except kept losing power would go to half or less(bang on top work again) found problem just before sold it was one of the jacks on the fxloop locking on
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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2007, 10:02:00 AM »
I never actually bought it but the Hughes & Kettner matrix was absolutely awefull - and it wasnt supposed to be a practice amp.

The worst amp I ever owned would prob be either the little westfield practice amp that I was flogged as  naive first timer or some vox multi -effects modeling amp which was prob worse - can't remember the name though.
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« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2007, 11:27:07 AM »
The £40 piece of shite I got from Cash Converters when I first started playing.
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« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2007, 03:11:46 PM »
Not including practice amps: laney TF300. Sounded ok unless you turned the bass up and it invariably went all farty on you. Same hapenned with 2 of my mates that had the same thing, so I can only assume its a feature.

Then a carlsbro GLX80 special edition. Depthless, boxy, papery distortion.
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« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2007, 03:17:33 PM »
Quote from: MDV

Then a carlsbro GLX80 special edition. Depthless, boxy, papery distortion.


We don't make amps, but if we did, they'd probably be the best amps in the world...
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« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2007, 05:34:44 PM »
^^  :lol:
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« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2007, 05:44:23 PM »
My first amp was a 1970 WEM Dominator 15w MkII. I still have that, all valve too. It sounds pretty good.

The worst was a 65w Peavey Backstage. I thought it was great when i first got it cos it had 2 channels. It sounds shitee. Anyone wanna buy it? One carefull :P  owner  :lol: It's in my wardrobe doing nothing, why i still have it is beyond me. I also have a 12w marshall but that sounds ok for what it is.
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« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2007, 08:19:19 PM »
For me it was (and than god its in past tense) Roland DAC- 15..........UGH!

4 horrid digital effects.....really $%&#in' crazily bad "tone" ........ fast forward:

Today owner of a Diezel VH4....what a diff!
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« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2007, 08:40:01 PM »
The worst amp I've owned myself was a Badger, which was either 10w or 15w, I can't remember which. Either way the sound was totally cr@p and I gave it to a friend for his daughter to practise on as she had nothing at the time. I'd also like to mention my son's Fender Frontman 15w, which is unbelieveably bad for something with 'Fender' written on the front.
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« Reply #25 on: June 11, 2007, 11:29:46 PM »
Quote from: Doadman
Either way the sound was totally cr@p.


That's what happens when you try to use small mammals as guitar amps...
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« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2007, 10:24:59 AM »
My worst amp was a Vox traveller, ironically I'm told theyre worth quite a lot of money, because there where not very many made.

Even with a booster plugged in it would only do totally clean.

It was fecking loud though, the loudest 30W solid state I have ever heard.

Rob...
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« Reply #27 on: June 12, 2007, 10:40:51 AM »
Marshall Microstack thing. the battery powered one not the MG series.

I don't think the MG series are bad at all for what they are. Fender Frontman is much worse and so are countless obscure brands you never heard of before. My MG10 kept me happy for a year while learning and I sold it for £30 on ebay. Not a bad £20 spent imo.
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« Reply #28 on: June 13, 2007, 07:52:39 PM »
Laney mxd15 harcore maxx

the only good thing is the delay and chorus effect rest is awful

oh yeah it can get useable cleans too
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« Reply #29 on: June 16, 2007, 08:30:37 AM »
Marshall JCM900 2x12 combo. I don't know whether it was technically my worst sounding amp but it fell so far short of what I was expecting, utter cr@p. I even changed the speakers and tubes and it still sounded appallingly thin and lacked any dynamics or depth. The MG15 I used after sounded better  :?
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