Matthew Caws' Amplifiers
"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.
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