Guild 175x

[Ken Powrie]

Hi,
Have recently acquired the above Guitar. And would appreciate guidance on a good amp to suit this superb Arch top. I'm Jazz /country orientated so like a clean sound.
Cheers
Ken Powrie

 

[SFIV1967]

Ken: Welcome to LTG! Is it a new X-175 or a vintage one? Just curious.
I am sure some members will let you know about a good matching amp.
Ralf

 

[Ken Powrie]

Hi,
Need a 'wingman to talk about 175x box. In particular different amps.
Ken P

 

[chazmo]

Hi,
Need a 'wingman to talk about 175x box. In particular different amps.
Ken P

Hi Ken.

Welcome to LTG!

Not sure what you're looking for... fellow owner, enabler, naysayer... We got 'em all here.

 

[Walter Broes]

We'll need a little bit more info. What era is your X175? What kind of music do you play on it? What kind of tone are you after? How loud do you need to be? What's your budget?

 

[Ken Powrie]

Hey Chazmo,
At present I'm using a Roland AC 60 Acoustic chorus however any advice to enhance my 175 welcome - to be honest with you well happy with the sound but like to play(?) with other players.
KP

 

[Ken Powrie]

New 175 - Jazz country man - whats yours Vintage?
KP

 

[AcornHouse]

Since in your other post, you mentioned being jazz/country oriented, and interested in clean tones, we could use a little more info. What type of room are you going to be using it for: home, small club, large hall?
I'll start off the flood of suggestions with one from my collection that would work for home/small clup use. I love my '65 Princeton Reverb for great cleans; warm, but still able to get some twang, depending on settings. I only know the original, but I'm sure the reissue would be almost as good.

 

[guildman63]

I second the Princeton Reverb. I recently played the reissue in my local Guitar Center using an Epiphone archtop and a Les Paul with f-holes. Both sounded fantastic through this amp!

 

[chazmo]

Two threads merged together.

 

[AcornHouse]

If you need something on the louder side, you might message DRC here; he has a Guild Maverick amp for sale that might work. (Check the FS section.) I haven't used that model, but I have been very impressed with every Guild amp I've come across, and they are more affordable than most vintage amps.

 

[sailingshoes72]

Ken... welcome to LTG! A lot of Jazz players in the 1960's used the Ampeg Gemini 1-12 amp with archtop guitars. Especially the studio guitarists in the NYC area. It has a beautiful clean tone, that dirties up nicely at high volumes. These amps can be found on ebay, craigs list, etc. for around $500. One thing about vintage amps, and Ampegs in particular, is that they often need to be over-hauled by a qualified amp tech, so you are taking on a project, as well as a tone machine! It sounds like a fun adventure test driving a bunch of different amps!

Best, Bill

 

[JohnW63]

I guy over at the Acoustic Guitar Forum, suggested I try out some old ( late 70s to early 80s ) Randall amps.

Another good bet is a "pre-headbanger" Randall RG/RB solid-state combo from the 70's/early-80's; these were voiced to compete with the silverface Fenders (and comparably priced in their day), with higher power (120-300W) and little or no maintenance. Good news is that there's virtually no market interest so prices are extremely reasonable; I've seen clean examples routinely going in the $150-200 range - chump change for what essentially amounts to a transistor Twin, and far less than a Roland JC-120 (FYI, a good Randall will walk all over a Roland in terms of both tone and power)...

I ended up with a twin speaker 110 watt bugger , used , from Guitar Center, shipped for under 100 bucks. I refer to it as the worlds biggest effects pedal, because it is a lot of fun for a pedal price tag. It cleaned up just fine. I saw the single speaker versions , in clean shape, for about $150.

 

[Ken Powrie]

Thanks lads,
Yep the Princeton seems to be highly recommended - I will look into this. As regards venues I 'gig they vary - anything big I'm going to be miked up but any work I take on are generally small and intimate places. Back in the 'day used a Fender Super six - what a sound ![ Ive never seen another in this country.] but up until recently used a Deville - a bit of a monster if the truth be told. But Chris your spot on its ''twangyness'' with an option for jazz bottom and comping I need.
Regards
KP

 

[Ken Powrie]

Jackie Fisher

Ahoy Bill ,
Thanks for this - also quote from ''Jackie'' Fisher. Don't think he played a Guild - Martin D45 Dreadnaught perhaps ? [lol.].
On another thread have you read ''Dreadnought'', by Robert K Massie?

''.....Seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today''
Admiral David Beatty - Battle of Jutland 1915

Regards
KP

 

[Ken Powrie]

Its a new one Ralf.

 

[Ken Powrie]

Guys,
Can anybody explain to me how to post a photo on the site?
Ken Powrie

 

[AcornHouse]

You'll need to host the pics on a site like Photobucket. Then copy the link they provide, click on the image icon in the thread window (looks like a little painting of a tree), paste the link, and, voila!

 

[Ken Powrie]

Thanks Chris - have now sussed how to post Pics.

 

[powerwagonjohn]

In the recent years I have picked up a couple SANO tube amps for 200.00-250.00 each. You have to keep an eye out, but they do come up quite often and I find my 250R-12 gives my 1964 Fender Tremolux a good run for the money. With great tone and versatility and is quite a bit different than a Fender.
Thanks John