burker wrote:
Mad-Mike wrote:
The first amp I ever ran a Jaguar through was a Mesa Boogie Heartbreaker. that's pretty much what sold me on the Jaguar as a guitar for use in Metal situations.
Currently I'm torn between a Marshal JCM 2000 TSL and a Traynor YCV80, I ran the Jag-Stang through the Marshall, and it sounded incredible on the Marshall, but on the other hand, I took the Jaguar on down to meet the YCV80, and the Jaguar really mated up to that amplifer really well both in cleans and distortion.
I've never owned a Tube amp, so far I've owned several crappy Peaveys that gave me heaps of trouble (rage 158, backstage 30), a Tweed Epiphone Chorus that sounded good until the idiot lead singer ran a bass through it at full volume.
As for right now, I'm using a Digitech GNX1 amp modeler through a SoundBlaster live 5.1 with a pair of JVC headphones, but if I go back into playing live, I have three important things about my next amp that it must meet.....
1.) It Must Be Tube
2.) It Must be Ridiculously Loud when turned up (I'm tired of being stuck with a quiet practice amplifier half the time because I borrowed one)
3.) It must sound good with the Jaguar and the Jag-Stang
have you tried looking for an old Laney AOR series head? I have the 100 watt one (loud) and it sounds great with my jag. Got it for $200, heard some people call it a "hair metal" amp nd that its trebly,,,, but I really like the sound, british on a budget.
I dunno, surprisingly, since moving to the Pacific Northwest, that's one amp brand I have'nt seen (laney). I was looking at the mom and pop shop downtown a week ago and was tempted to pick up a Marshal JMP-1 or whatever the heck it was, but they were really expensive.
I also have a big thing for modeling amplifiers, and seem to be able to get the same good ole' tone I use on my MP3s on my soundclick page (soundclick.com\mjmadmike). I guess I can join in now with an actual amp since I just picked up a Line 6 X2 212, this thing is a monster, and pretty darned loud. So far with it,
So far the cleans with the Jaguar are incredible on this thing, nice and twangy but full, with tha sparkly top I love so much for clean work. As for the distortion, it sounds best through the dual 12" speakers, they really darken the sound (which is better than I can say for the Behringer Vampire amps, I tried one of those, and it sounded like I was playing through a cardboard box with a speaker in it). And one thing's for sure, it's hecka' loud, I'm going to wait till the weekend to tweak this thing.