QRD – What’s your main amplifier & why?

Chris – It’s an early 1990s Fender Twin. It was the first “proper” amp I bought & I’ve had it for about 17 or 18 years now. They’re not very popular amongst the cork sniffers who like valve amps so they’re always fairly cheap. There’s some good advice there: people who spend lots on premium gear are always going to say it’s amazing as they spent a fortune on it so think outside of that & save yourself some cash (i.e. Peavey made some killer amps in the 80s & they can be bought for pocket change, or found in a skip usually). The design of the Twin leaves a bit to be desired (the knobs stick out from the front by a half an inch or so, so you always end up shearing them off when you load the amp into a car), but I’ve stuck with it & I have a combo version & a head version (through an Orange cab). They’re really loud, lots of EQ options & you can run everything to both channels so you always have tons of clean headroom. I use the Dual Showman for bass as well as it sounds great for either. I also have a little 15 watt solid state amp I swear by for recording.

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