Fave Amp Manufacturer

[horns666]

bill i've been reading your raves on bogner so the spidervalve will be my next purchase and first tube amp(?).

It must sound good..I can't see how it won't kill..to be honest!

[Snoogans]

Marshall. It's that whole 2001 monolith thing.
'Sides, no-one ever looked cool standing in front of a li'l Boogie combo...

[horns666]

Marshall. It's that whole 2001 monolith thing.
'Sides, no-one ever looked cool standing in front of a li'l Boogie combo...

Yes, bring forth the wall of doom!!

[CharvelRocker]

I love ENGL amps. My friend has a Savage I just love, and I swear one day I'm owning one of those things. Second would probably be Marshall, as I just love the sound of a JCM900 or 800 series amp.

[danastas]

Soldano
Fuchs

Put those up there.

It's really hard to play this game about a favorite since some people make outstandng amps that blow everything away, and they'll blow away your wallet as well. Are they your favorite manufacturers if they're taking all your money?

Well, for me, I'll go with the guys that give me the best bang for the buck, and that's those two above, and that still puts me in the $1.5k range. Put it this way, I've played a few Two Rocks recently, and I realized that some things actually live up to the hype. Those amps do. Amazing. But do they sound twice as good as the $1.5k amps? Of course not. They don't.

[Carbophos]

Voted for Mesa, just because my amp of choice is Mark IV. Close second would be VOX, because AC15 is my choice for clean/vintage tones. But I'd say that there's a lot of brands out there that make decent amps either of modern or vintage. And no one is absolutely the best. It's all up to style and personal taste.

[Spivonious]

Other -> Genz Benz. El Diablo 60C to be exact. So many sounds in there it's incredible. I find new ones every day.

[ADR]

Marshall. It's that whole 2001 monolith thing.
'Sides, no-one ever looked cool standing in front of a li'l Boogie combo...

Yeah. . .what about "Carlos Santana"? God Father of the "Boogie" he was the one whom came up with the name "Boogie", he toured the world using a MK 1combo going back to the 70's.

[Joe_Steeler]

For me:

1- Rivera
2- Mesa
3- Soldano

[slayer]

"Other"

Well, I have 2 Carvin heads right now that sound pretty good, not a Marshall tone, but their own tone. An X100B and an MTS.

Jack

[fuel0707]

No Rivera, Bogner, Diezel, Cornford or any of the small boutique-ish guys like Splawn or Victoria?

From your limited list of 9 builders, I'd choose Mesa/Boogie but that's because I got a Stiletto ACE earlier this year.

[zeegler]

You include Behringer, but not Bogner?

Go smoke some more crack Frenchie.

:ROTF:

[Mario8672]

You include Behringer, but not Bogner?

Go smoke some more crack Frenchie.

:ROTF:

TO EVERYONE: just deal with it, it's impossible to add EVERY amp manufacturer on a 10-option poll.

[Joe_Steeler]

You've got to admit that including Behringer, Randall and Krank.
While leaving out Rivera, Bogner and Bad Cat is kinda gay.

[skarhead]

other here - Hellstone but it's custom made in Poland so noone heard about them probably ;-)

otherwise I vote for ENGL, then Marshall for 800's.