Peter Frampton's Amplifiers

Peter Frampton uses a 100w JMP Marshall from the 1970s as his main amp. "It's got an extra tube in there for some extra overloading situation for some nice distortion there," he said at (1:35).

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In his Marshal arsenal, Frampton has Marshall Superlead amplifier. This one was modded by Jose Arredondo, with master volume and effects loop included.

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As seen in this Private Gear tour video with Peter Frampton at (1:08), the guitar player plays through Fender Bassman head for his clean tones.

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At 11:40 in Frampton's Rig Rundown, he mentions the 1955 Fender Champ he bought with his red Strat.

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Frampton uses Egnater M4 modular preamp.

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Frampton has Leslie 147 hot-rodded by Murph Wanka.

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"The electrics are sent to a Framptone amp switcher, which splits the signal off to four different paths. One route goes to a MESA/Boogie amp switcher that selects between a MESA/Boogie Mark IV rackmounted head powering a Hammond 147 Leslie (modified), or a MESA/Boogie Rectifier preamp. The preamp sends its signal to a pair of Digital Music dual stereo line mixers, which blend in the effects: a TC Electronic 2290 delay, TC Electronic 1210 chorus, Eventide Eclipse, dbx 1066 compressor, Ernie Ball volume pedal, Mu-Tron octaver, Foxx Tone distortion, Ampeg overdrive, and Korg DL8000 delay."

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For cabinets, Frampton uses 3 Marshall 1960BV cabinets loaded with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers.

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According to Premier Guitar's rig rundown, Frampton loads his Marshall 1960BV cabinets with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers.

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At 11:40 in Frampton's Rig Rundown, he mentions the 1955 Fender Champ he bought with his red Strat.

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"I have a CAE 3+ pre-amp and a Marshall 100 watt as my choice of pre-amplifiers, and I also have a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet which is better known for it’s use with the Hammond organ."

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Peter Frampton uses the Suhr PF100 Peter Frampton Signature 100-watt Amplifier Head, as confirmed by an Instagram post from June 25, 2025, by suhrcustom. The post reveals that these custom amplifiers were designed and built specifically for Frampton by John Suhr and are being used during his "Let's Do It Again" tour.

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At 10:33 in this video, when discussing recording Avalon, Peter Frampton says:

I've got this Vox AC15 that's 1964...

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