Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

Lately I've been using a Roland JC-120, and actually I like it best with the 340 with toasters. But my favorite with the 360 and 330 is my Acoustic 150 with a 104 6x10 cabinet. I've also gotten a kinda cool tone with the 360 out of a 5E3 tweed Deluxe clone. For the 660/12, believe it or not, my favorite amp was a Univox U200L through two U610 cabs. Great tone---not very portable!

Once, early on when I had just gotten my 360, a friend had his Marshall JCM 800 half stack over, and the sound of the 360 through that was amazing.

Practice/jam house - Ampeg SVT-2 Pro into an Ampeg SVT-410HLF
Home practice - Ampeg SVT-3 Pro into an old Heathkit TA-17 (2 x 12 plus tweeter)

For guitars (all Ricks) a Vox AC30 CC2, but I run it through a Vox Tonelab, so the amp is not quite as crucial. For bass (again, all Ricks) I have gone back to Galien Kreuger- the 700RB, Ampeg 4x10 cab and/or SWR Bertha 2x10.

65 Deluxe Reverb reissue plus a Vox AC-15TBX in stereo. I also use a Tweed Fender Blues Jr with Bill M. Mods, an AC-30TBX and occasionally a complete Vox Beatle with original 4x12 cab and speakers.The Beatle doesn't get out much due to its' size.

Bass: Ashdown MAG 300 (2X10)
Guitar: Marshall Valvestate VS100 Combo

For bass, Sansamp RBI, Sansamp RPM, Rane AC22B Crossover to biamp through a Carvin DCM 1540L. 15" Ampeg cab for low, 10" Ampeg cab for high...

Bass -live, Ampeg B100R.
Guitar -studio, Vox Pathfinder.
You can see both in this shot, live I use the Pathfinder for my electric sitar.

Vox AC30H2
Vox Pathfinder 15 - at home, late at night

ric330 wrote:You guys have got some great amps.

I just talked to Bob @ Eurotubes because my Tubes are acting up in my Deluxe Reverb. He set me up with an entire new set including some ECC81's, ECC83S's, along with the GZ34 and 6V6's. Should be an improvment over the issues I just started having with the ol' tubes.

Anyway loved to hear about more of those amps you guys are running through .

I'm a big fan of Eurotubes and Bob Pletka is the MAN! He's very knowledgable of his products and is very generous with his time and advice via phone or email. I've been pretty much using JJ tubes exclusively for the past 5 years, not only in my personal amps but also those that I've re-tubes for fellow musicians. Never a complaint!

Thanks Anthony,
That's great to hear - This is my first time using Eurotubes and I was pleasently surprized at how much information I got from one email and a call back.
Bob is the man...Can't wait for the new set to arrive and see what kind of new life the amp will breath. He made some good suggestions and gave me reasons
for going one way or another.

I use a Roland Cube 60 with either a 1-12 open back cabinet (Peavey 5150 speaker) or a 2-12 closed back cab with Celestions. The 2-12 extension really works great. The Cube is small, loud and easy to carry.

+1 on the Cube 60, Russell.

It's my 'go to' practice amp and it's so compact I can easily throw it into the wagon in case my HRD decides to pack it in at a gig.

Lately, an old brown Princeton Reverb for my 430 and 320 at practice. At home I have a Behringer AC112 to kick around with, as well as my Xox Amplug.

I have recently taken to using a Dr.Z Maz18Jr w/reverb , shown here with my 620/12. I really love this thing.

Nice choice on the Dr. Z. I played with a guy a couple weeks ago who used one. It sounded great. We ran his Epi Wilshire-12 thru it for duelling 12 strings on You Baby. It was 2 minutes of 12 string bliss. Using a Rickenbacker, I, of course, sounded better.