BOTR 2022: Best Analog Solid State Rig

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Best Analog Solid State Rig

Poll ended at Tue Jul 19, 2022 9:16 am

JSutter
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27%
bubbastain
8
53%
Diddlybo
3
20%
 
Total votes: 15

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greatmutah
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BOTR 2022: Best Analog Solid State Rig

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Here we go. Analog solid state amps or hybrid solid state amps with tube pres. Digital modeling amps need not apply.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."


GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.


NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.


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Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
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Re: BOTR 2022: Best Analog Solid State Rig

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Sterling By Music Man JP70 with Seymour Duncan Pegasus & Sentient
Ibanez RGDIM6FM

Randal RG3003H
Mesa Boogie Stiletto 412

Digitech RP360XP
Digitech RP1000 (4CM)
Boss SD-1
Biyang Metal End
Ibanez FL99
Crandall full stack nightstand
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Re: BOTR 2022: Best Analog Solid State Rig

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Okay, here's my entry. Full SS/Analog (well except for a couple of pedals) and and running in stereo. Mosvalve power amp that I cut the ears off, painted and put big rubber feet on to make it more of a table top amp. AMT F1 is the clean Fender style preamp. The JPTR FX Katastrophe is the main dirt box and it is literally always on since it cleans up great with the guitar volume. I also have a Caline Englishman in case I want a different kind of tone. Two Bion boosts. Yes two. First one as kinda your basic boost type thing. Second one I either set up to do that faux fuzz kinda thing, or I set it up to reduce the gain of the Katastrophe for more of a lower crunch. I can also boost that with the first Bion for yet another type of tone. Other pedals are Vox Delaylab, a pitch shift, phaser, Boss OC5, Digitech Ricochet, Flamma Echoverb, JPTR FX Fernweh, looper, eq and a Joyo Gate of Kahn noise gate that I pretty much never use since I hate gates.
Two Emperor 4x12's loaded with the legendary Peavey Sheffield 1290 speakers.
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Re: BOTR 2022: Best Analog Solid State Rig

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Here's my modest little SS rig I've been using in a Skynyrd tribute. I've used it on everything from festival stages to small clubs and it delivers just fine every time.

1977 Explorer and 1992 LP Junior into what I think is a prototype Roland Blues Cube Artist.

The signal flow is wah - tuner - Mosky XP boost - Caline Englishman - TC Electronics Spark - Carbon Copy - amp.

The amp sits on a Boss stand and the fiddles rest in a ProLine stand. Thats my rig.

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Re: BOTR 2022: Best Analog Solid State Rig

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Choose!
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."


GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.


NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.


Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix
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