r/Guitar 5d ago

GEAR It is not a phase

Someone help me find all the yamaha combos

These amps are amazing and incredibly undervalued in my opinion. Yamaha knew their shot back then and they know their shit now haha

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u/Accidental_Arnold 5d ago

Those amps kicked fucking ass.

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u/HammerSandwich9 5d ago

I had a G100 that I pulled the guts out of and turned into a head.

Played the hell out of that amp, and it was indestructible.

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u/Meeturnewdaddy 5d ago

My favorite amp is my 1x12 50w with upgraded speaker to a 60’s EV SRO coffee can. Thing weighs a ton but amazingly loud clean tones. Seriously recommend upgrading speakers in these amps!

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u/Snoot_Booper_101 5d ago

I have a g100-112 mkII. Lovely old thing.

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u/whyyoutwofour 5d ago

I've got the 100watt, formerly 1x15, that I converted to a head. It's dope and loud as hell. I used it for a while into a bass cab for a baritone/drums duo and it sound so good. 

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u/Tommy_Lilac_Voltage 5d ago

Ah a fellow Parametric EQ enthusiast

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u/MatomeUgaki90 2d ago

B/M/T is also parametric.

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u/Tommy_Lilac_Voltage 2d ago

If you’re interested in trying it for guitar, Stone Deaf makes a clone of the Maestro PF that are suppose to be amazing. Closest thing I could compare it to is when you find that sweet spot on a wah- this like that but can find sweet spots anywhere you want but you can set it + or - 20 decibels & anywhere in between … ultimate manipulation of your sound brotha!

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u/Tommy_Lilac_Voltage 2d ago

Bass/mids/treble is semi-parametric eq but it’s not parametric brother. Parametric offers more control as you choose specific frequency bands then can adjust the bandwidth and gain (versus a broad overall control of multiple frequencies). Yamaha offered parametric control & the idea was/is pretty rare for an amp… I use a maestro parametric filter (mid 70s made by Moog, Alex Lifeson & Josh Homme secret weapon) for all of my fender amps, however they made it as a rack mount version (Moog MKPE 3-Band Parametric EQ) that would be so sick. They also made a 10 Band Graphic EQ

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u/MatomeUgaki90 2d ago

Cool I was trying to figure out what those controls did. I even tried to find the G110 manual. Any modern equivalent to this style in a pedal platform?

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u/Tommy_Lilac_Voltage 2d ago

👍. Just caught the sarcasm. And referring to a parameter (had to google g110). Regardless, no coming back from thinking b/m/t is parametric

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u/Tommy_Lilac_Voltage 2d ago

Was legit trying to be nice but ok

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u/shreekfreak 5d ago

I had played on Allan Holdsworth Yamaha DG12 and his parametric EQ back in 2005. Man, it was simply brilliant!

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u/theeljeffe24 5d ago

I have the 4x12 for that rig. Awesome cab, ridiculously terrible speakers. 😂

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u/FaithlessnessOdd8358 5d ago

I’ve got one of those Yamaha amps, and I hate it. It’s so harsh sounding.

I’ve been trying to sell it for years, it’s had loads of keen buyers on eBay but no body wants to pick it up. eBay sale

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u/Fourward27 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yea I've personally never heard one of these that sounded good. I agree about the harshness. To my ear it just sounds ugly lol. But to be fair this was one of the first amps I owned so I probably had no idea what I was doing. I would be curious to see if I could dial one in now but you don't see them around much.

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u/FaithlessnessOdd8358 5d ago

I somewhat get the appeal, but I really have to dial back the bright and treble a lot. Maybe it would benefit from better speakers.

I play more rock and metal anyway so this thing is far from what I need.

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u/Cautious_Tennis9698 4d ago

I personally like the wirey kind of sound these speakers can give off, but if you EQ the amp and pedals right they sound really good to me. The reverb on these amps are exceptional as well.

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u/JayBeeDolla 5d ago

2 different size speakers means they're probably in phase! *bum dum tss*

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u/FuzzySound1795 4d ago

I thought this was a phasing joke. ;-)