Kemper is getting me more interested in the history of different amps

A bit of OT, but wasn't there another site similar to equipboard but it had signal paths and everything layed out in diagrams?

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A bit of OT, but wasn't there another site similar to equipboard but it had signal paths and everything layed out in diagrams?

Was it something like this?:

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I think those were available on the now defunct website Guitargeek.com. I think the guy who makes these diagrams started working with Guitar World.

Cheers,
John

Yeah that was it. Sorry for the OT.

Quote from nakedzen

Yeah that was it. Sorry for the OT.

I appreciate your concern, but this is quite acceptable and not OT at all IMO.

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Anyone else done the same?

Absolutely yes, although I've done it even before the Profiler.
The big difference to me is that I can actively try and compare now. And this is way more fun and enlightening, of course.

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... the now defunct website Guitargeek.com

This is a bummer but it's still available in The Wayback Machine

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This is a bummer but it's still available in The Wayback Machine

Ahh, the Wayback Machine internet archive. I completely forgot about that. Good call...thanks for that, @lightbox.

Cheers,
John

In the end there is not much amp history. Let's be honest, tube amps are nothing but innovative. Tube technology is more than half a century old. More or less, a handful of tube amps made a benchmark:
- Marshall JMP and/ or SLP
- Marshall JCM800
- Fender Twin
- Vox AC30
- Mesa Dual Rectifier

Once in a while there's a hype of some new amp. In the 90's there was Soldano (Marshall-based). Mesa began with modifying Fender amps. Now we have Splawn and Friedman, both Marshall-based. Morgan amps - Vox-based. And so on.

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In the end there is not much amp history. Let's be honest, tube amps are nothing but innovative. Tube technology is more than half a century old. More or less, a handful of tube amps made a benchmark:
- Marshall JMP and/ or SLP
- Marshall JCM800
- Fender Twin
- Vox AC30
- Mesa Dual Rectifier

Once in a while there's a hype of some new amp. In the 90's there was Soldano (Marshall-based). Mesa began with modifying Fender amps. Now we have Splawn and Friedman, both Marshall-based. Morgan amps - Vox-based. And

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