Make Your Ultimate Amp

[LivewireBlanco]

Ok, here's the scenario: You are SteveD (haha) and you want to make the ultimate amplifier. What would you make?

I'll start it off:

Sound: Based on a JTM45 sound with just a touch more gain
Knobs: Bass, Mid, Treble, Pres, Body, Detail, Reverb, MV, and Wattage control! (Power Scaling)
Buttons: Hi and low input boost (similar to plugging in from the low to high input of a 4 hole Marshall)
Power: 30 watts with half-power switch (pentode/triode)
Rectifier: switchable tube and SS rectifier
Tubes: Easy access bias with switchable tube type (5881,6l6,kt66,el34)
Footswitch: Reverb, boost, and effects loop bypass
Extra: Bypassable effects loop, handwired would kick ass!

:party

[musicman]

Something that makes me sound like David Gilmour...
Sorry, forgot Steve can only work miracles not the out and out impossible !
Seriously I could certainly live with your spec.
A VM with a tad more gain on the low dynamic range so single coils crunch up a bit more and a variable boost or footswitchable master volume would probably do it for me.

[slowpokerhino]

I don't think you would need the master volume with power scaling.

Mine would be 2 channel, channel one would be super clean Fender style & channel 2 would be like a Marshall 1987x at full volume (without having to put it at full volume). It would have the ability to run channel 1 or 2 into a stereo 4x12 OR run both channels at once split in stereo using the 4x12 like 2 seperate 2x12s. Independant volumes for each channel so you could blend the 2 channels to your liking and one master volume for overall volume. Spring rever for channel one. Seperate FX loops for each channel.

[lowenzz]

Mine would need at minimum a "master talent boost"

[kissfanps]

im going to cop and go with two amps

1. "Modern" master volume - the vm with a spring reverb and maybe a solo switch that would pop the master up just a little bit to cut through
2. "Vintage" non-master volume - Super 100JH as is

[surfnorthwest]

Ok, here's the scenario: You are SteveD (haha) and you want to make the ultimate amplifier. What would you make?

I'll start it off:

Sound: Based on a JTM45 sound with just a touch more gain
Knobs: Bass, Mid, Treble, Pres, Body, Detail, Reverb, MV, and Wattage control! (Power Scaling)
Buttons: Hi and low input boost (similar to plugging in from the low to high input of a 4 hole Marshall)
Power: 30 watts with half-power switch (pentode/triode)
Rectifier: switchable tube and SS rectifier
Tubes: Easy access bias with switchable tube type (5881,6l6,kt66,el34)
Footswitch: Reverb, boost, and effects loop bypass
Extra: Bypassable effects loop, handwired would kick ass!

:party

Man that is about perfect, I would only add a passive direct output for recording to that list.

[mety]

Marshall 1987 Base

Volume Controls
Volumes I & II Linked Internally (Link - No Link toggle switch)
Two Footswitchable PPI Master Volumes (Toggled by a one-pulse trigger)

Effects Loop
Serial FX loop +4dB -10dB Switchable
FX Loop to be truly bypassable
Ground Lift Switch
Power amp able to accept Acoustic Simulation at a decent, workable volume without clipping

Pre-amp
Typical ECC83 x 3 Configuration (Standard Plexi style)
Fourth ECC83 with gain control from zero to maximum

Output
XLR Speaker simulated output tapped from actual speaker output with variable level control/buttons

[VMGravy]

How bout a vintage modern that dispenses beer out one side and jack out the other, haha effects loop.

[lowenzz]

How bout a vintage modern that dispenses beer out one side and jack out the other, haha effects loop.

I am so there dooooood

[slowpokerhino]

How bout a vintage modern that dispenses beer out one side and jack out the other, haha effects loop.

Why didn't I think of that?!

[LivewireBlanco]

Well I thought I had the ultimate amp...

[lukemc]

i think the vm is almost, i just need worse hearing so i can crank it to ten at home too...... :cool

[Spotted Dog]

Nothin' better!

(Sorry couldn't resist.)

[Reverentshadow]

How bout a vintage modern that dispenses beer out one side and jack out the other, haha effects loop.

LMAO best post ever hahaha

[StratLover]

This forum has been dead for a while, but I'm new. . . It's my job to revive threads that I didn't get in on when the time was ripe :dance

A 100w Plexi with kt66's and some sort of volume control (attenuator, master volume, etc.) that allows the power tubes to FULLY get in on the act without altering tone at all. FX loop wouldn't be bad either.