I finally tried a 5150 III half stack today

[naturochem]

Lumping around all that stuff ain't exactly friendly to the vertibre!! I hope you have a good stash of NSAID's... or preferably something even heavier!!!

I'm not too far behind in the 'heavyweight rig' dept. I normally play through a early production '90 Dual Rectifier with the famed Schumacher transformer. This is the only 6L6 based amp I've played which gets a 110% tone rating from me!! Although, tone, is about as individual a preference as you can get, I've been offered ridiculous sums of dough for the thing (even a few rides! lol)!

My other fave 'brick' is an early 80's JCM 800 2203 100w Combo, which has been tweaked - inc. EL-34's in lieu of the stock 6550's, which, depending upon the venue, I also run through an addtl 4x12 w/ vintage 25's.... It simply fuckin SCREAM'S!!!

Since my electronic skills lag far behind yours, I really don't like to lug the Marshall all over for fear I'll fuck something up beyond repair... I actually bought the amp new, & at first, went through about 5 transformers by incorrectly BLASTING the thing with an early model power attenuator!!! Thankfully, it was under warranty at the time... Young & crazy!!!

Awhile back, I traded several old pedals/boards to a friend for a POD XT Live, which I've had a blast with at home! I have found dozens of incredible sounds just fucking around with the thing... I'm not the biggest fan of their amps, but this is one piece of equpt I'd have a very hard time parting with....

[Nitro Express]

There have been times that the PA we are using is good enough all I have to do is line out to it with the SansAmp and go direct. If I can hear the drummer and our singer, I'm good to go. The other night we played at a church that had a great JBL system with nice monitors. I just went direct into the PA because my lazy ass didn't want to carry speakers and power amps. LOL!

My heaviest rig is three Mcintosh 240 power amps housed in a flight case. Also is killer power for good PA speakers. They make one hell of a stereo system. LOL! I can bridge them mono or run them stereo. Each transformer is handwound and huge. Lot's of clean dynamic headroom. The Greatful Dead used to use them.

[Nitro Express]

I never take my Metropolos out. I'm too attatched to it and it would be a huge loss if it got stolen.

I really use my tricked out Peavey Windsor for my travel amp. I mellowed out the preamp getting rid of the chainsaw gain Peavey had in it and made it an amp that sounds great with a bass in the low input and I get glassy Hendrix like tones with the high input. The amp really loves a good Strat now. I mean I can nail Hendrix tottaly with that amp now. It sounds better than some Marshalls for Jimi.

I just replaced the Peavey preamp and power supply with a metro Super Bass board and a traditional Marshall styled power supply with the choke. The power amp section is stock Peavey.

If I have that amp and a 4x12 with greenbacks, I can get by with bass or guitar. I run a Fuzzface and DoD 250 on the front end for dirt.

[naturochem]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
There have been times that the PA we are using is good enough all I have to do is line out to it with the SansAmp and go direct. If I can hear the drummer and our singer, I'm good to go. The other night we played at a church that had a great JBL system with nice monitors. I just went direct into the PA because my lazy ass didn't want to carry speakers and power amps. LOL!

My heaviest rig is three Mcintosh 240 power amps housed in a flight case. Also is killer power for good PA speakers. They make one hell of a stereo system. LOL! I can bridge them mono or run them stereo. Each transformer is handwound and huge. Lot's of clean dynamic headroom. The Greatful Dead used to use them.

I'm worried about the Marshall & you're crating around THREE MC 240's?? You ARE talking about the older 40w chrome & black chassis model that orig. sold for about $300 ea?? I guess you know what these amps now bring, eh?? I've seen them selling for ~5 grand ea!!

FUCK! I have a MAC MC 7200 (200 *real* watts/ch or 300 into 4ohms) which powers some Martin-Logan's ... I'm FREAKED about moving that amp anywhere!! I couldn't imagine toating three of them around!!

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by naturochem
I'm worried about the Marshall & you're crating around THREE MC 240's?? You ARE talking about the older 40w chrome & black chassis model that orig. sold for about $300 ea?? I guess you know what these amps now bring, eh?? I've seen them selling for ~5 grand ea!!

FUCK! I have a MAC MC 7200 (200 *real* watts/ch or 300 into 4ohms) which powers some Martin-Logan's ... I'm FREAKED about moving that amp anywhere!! I couldn't imagine toating three of them around!!

Yup. Two are pristine like new with good silk screened letters and numbers. I inherited two and bought the third. All three have been recapped and retubed but other than that they are stock! Heavy boat anchors each of them. You got to love the heavy duty chrome McIntosh logo on them!

I don't take them out unless I'm in sight of them plus they are in a case that has to be rolled in and it's heavy as hell. I mostly use them to power my stereo at home but they are wonderful sounding with bass or guitar with a good preamp. They sound great with a SansAmp RBI and Avatar bass speakers. I'm using 4x10's. I have a Crown power amp in my six space rack now, so if I have my six space rack box, and a speaker cab, I'm good to go.

[Nitro Express]

I made a cool case for those McIntosh 240 amp out of materials my father in law and I got from the Boeing surplus store in Seattle. The case is made from aluminum and the panels are the honey comb aluminum material they use in barrier walls and floors. Very strong but light. I have blue LED's and glowing cooling fans that fill the case with a blue light to show the amps off. The amps are polished up and the chrome logos look great! :D

[Nitro Express]

$5,000 sounds high. Last I checked those amps were going for like $2,500-3,000. Oh well, I'm not going to argue I have a power amp setup worth $15,000. Yee HaWWW! :D

[Nitro Express]

Each has a selector toggle that looks like it came off a Telecaster with the hat shaped plastic tip. You just flip that to 50 watts stereo or 100 watts mono. I run them 100 each and each pushes a Avatar 4x10 cab. Punchy and deliciouse! :D

[naturochem]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
$5,000 sounds high. Last I checked those amps were going for like $2,500-3,000. Oh well, I'm not going to argue I have a power amp setup worth $15,000. Yee HaWWW! :D

Yep, you do....
I SHIT YOU NOT!!!

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by naturochem
Yep, you do....
I SHIT YOU NOT!!!

Yup. You have the picture of the beast! :D The chrome boat anchor. Those babies are HEAVY!

[naturochem]

Did u click on the "SHIT YOU NOT" link?

Five g's, bro...