And why is it the Matamp GT120MV?

  • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Warning: :flattened-bernie: content.

    I’m so out of date with guitars, but in my misspent youth playing djent music before it was called that I loved:

    • Engl Powerball (just an amazing crunch channel)
    • JCM-120 for clean tones
    • Peavey 5150 Mk. 2 (for copying every North London metal band in the early 2000s)

    I never owned those amps but borrowed the heck out of them from pals. I chased tone to no avail with a:

    • Mesa/Boogie Triaxis and Simulclass 2:90 power amp (it just sounded like shit - fizzy distortion with no guts. Editing patches felt like I was trying to use a Yamaha Portasound keyboard)
    • Hughes and Kettner Triamp Mk.2 (a pal played a Duotone and I loved his clean sounds, but his distortion tone was too “rock”ish. I got the Triamp in hope of hoping it’d give me everything I wanted, but I never managed to get a good tone out of the Triamp. I blame myself there. In hindsight, they are both the cheesiest looking amplifiers ever made).

    If I were to find the time and money to pick up something now, I’m curious about Blackstar amps, or maybe a PRS amp - I loved their guitars, and was surprised to learn they made amps now.