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Amp regrets… I remember when I was 15 and borrowed my uncle’s Acoustic Control 125 over the summer. He wanted it back (I assumed to jam or whatever), but instead gave it to his brother in law. Brother in law never played it, just sat in a garage. (Probably still rotting away in the garage)
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I miss my ‘80s Rivera-era Fender Champ II. It was a hand-wired 18 watt 1 by 10” combo. Simple controls with a great distortion sound if you pulled the mid-boost (on the treble control, as I recall) and turned it up a bit. I sold it to make a couple child support payment when I was between jobs one time. No regrets on that part of it, but I grew up playing that amp, and do miss it. Prices are stupid high for them, though. But, it was the perfect bedroom/living room amp.
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Opposite situation: Amp I regretted buying was the Fender Vibro-King. I know if you look up posts about them you'll hear things like, "best amp ever made", "desert island amp" etc. I disagree. I bought it because I got a great deal on a floor model that the dealer needed gone. Figured it was the Cadillac of Fender amps, right? Ugh. It was obscenely heavy (same weight as a Twin Reverb). It's also loud. And it's unreliable. The tremolo is prone to "ticking" noises which I never got fully ironed out. I had the power transformer fail. And in that process of repair I found out that all the parts in their "hand wired" expensive amp are Chinese made import components.
And on top of that, even though I got a deal on it in the first place (almost 50% off retail) I STILL lost money when I sold it because NO ONE WANTS BIG HEAVY LOUD COMBOS ANYMORE. I wish I'd never have bought that amp.-
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I had a little Epiphone practice amp in the 90s that sounded really good for its small size. Apparently, they weren't popular, as I have never found another.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Not that I have a place to use any of these now, but...
Soldano HR50+
small box 50W JCM 800 in British green tolex
a couple metal panel Superleads (sold one to Audley Freed for $350 when CoL was recording their first album)
rack with a Kasha Rockmod II running through a Replifex and Intellifex out through a MosValve 962 (stereo gloriosity, probably my favorite tones ever)
There were more including a Mesa Mark V, Fender Prosonic, early JCM900, Yamadano combo, original silver face Champ, the list goes on...
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Originally posted by solspirit View PostGetting rid of my Marshall mini stack, not the micro. This one was about thigh high stacked.1994 Ibanez IC500 Iceman reissue
Jackson Soloist 7 string
ESP LTD M-400
Original Marshall Silver Jubilee 2553
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Originally posted by Hsb View Post
I had a microstack in white. Got opening it up and found some sexy time letter a girl had written to the previous young lad
No big regrets. Only a silly Cube 80GX. An overdrive and eq pedal infront, and you could get awesome tones and LOUD. It had punch for days.
1x12 but in a small cab. Would've loved to hear it in a bigger cab with a "hotter" speaker.
That would've been awesome. Sold it stock for peanuts when times were toight, as usual with gear.
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I do have another amp that does the job (like a hot rodded SS 5150 with very sculptable tone l, very rare, never selling) but the Randall Rh200g2 halfstack served me well for the longest time but it was just going unused with the flagship Marshall and Mesa I got after.The opinions expressed above do not necessarily represent those of the poster and are to be considered suspect at best.
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One in particular. The one off 100 watt Fender Prosonic head with Reverb I bought from Brad Whitford. Got crossed with a local political group and they tried to destroy us financially. Had to sell off a bunch of gear that can never be replaced to survive. That one still hurts but at least I saved our house. Bruce Zinky signed my Blue Velvet I bought later which was cool so.
Recorded all the guitar tracks here with her and my Washburn MG 102.Last edited by Ascension; 09-04-2022, 06:26 AM.Guitars
Kiesel DC 135, Carvin AE 185, DC 400, DC 127 KOA, DC 127 Quilt Purple, X220C, PRS Custom 24, Washburn USA MG 122 proto , MG 102, MG 120.
Amps PRS Archon 50 head, MT 15, Mesa Subway Rocket, DC-5, Carvin X50B Hot Rod Mod head, Zinky 25watt Blue Velvet combo.
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