Matthew Caws

"With an AC30 it’s impossible to get the right tone without blowing everybody off the stage—you really have to crank it."

Caws runs a reissue Fender Deluxe Reverb with a Jensen 12² speaker. The Deluxe runs with a THD Hot Plate in line to tame its savage volume.

Along with the Deluxe, Caws runs a 50-watt Marshall JCM800 with a Marshall 2x12 cabinet. Not surprisingly, the Marshall also gets the Hot Plate treatment.

"I usually use a THD Hot Plate, too, to tame it down so I can really listen to what it sounds like without it hurting—because I do like a pretty hyped-up Fender sound."

"My go-to heavy sound is from a Marshall JCM800 50-watt head that I’ve had for years. Live, I always run two Fender-type amps—or Vox-type or Orange or Silvertone—flanking a JCM800. On this last tour in Europe, I had an AC30 on one side and a Deluxe Reverb on the other."

"Live, I always run two Fender-type amps—or Vox-type or Orange or Silvertone—flanking a JCM800. On this last tour in Europe, I had an AC30 on one side and a Deluxe Reverb on the other."

Along with the Deluxe, Caws runs a 50-watt Marshall JCM800 with a Marshall 2x12 cabinet. Not surprisingly, the Marshall also gets the Hot Plate treatment.

From twitter (april 2022) this Yamaha amp is seen

A user-uploaded photo from Nada Surf's website in 2002 shows Matthew Caws using a Fender Super Reverb Combo Amp for clean tones.

In an Instagram post by Matthew Caws, he displays his Vox AC4TV amplifier and confirms the model in response to a comment.