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BadHairDayologist
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Dude I already said you're the coolest guy on this forum... What more do you want?
Plus the vintage / used market is very unique in Atlanta... I had a guy come into my store with a silverface Fender bandmaster that he found in the back seat of a car at a pick-n-pay lot. The owner said it wasn't a car part so he didn't charge him.
We dusted it off, plugged it into a cab and got that classic tone. That amp could've been sitting in that junkyard for DECADES but the tubes seemed fine and the amp sounded sweet. Dude bought a 212 cab and a Mexican strat and went home to start learning to play guitar.
My Sunn model T is a similar story... The tolex was ripped off, faceplate & logo long gone & replaced by scrap metal... The dude said that the transformers had blown and been replaced so my store wasn't interested. I offered him a very low number just to see if I could save it, and brought it to my tech.
The transformers were fine. The dude meant CAPACITORS... His amp from the 70s had its capacitors replaced in the 00s but is told me it was the transformers so I got a "blown transformers" discount.
The original transformers are fine and the amp is a monster.
Dude I already said you're the coolest guy on this forum... What more do you want?
Plus the vintage / used market is very unique in Atlanta... I had a guy come into my store with a silverface Fender bandmaster that he found in the back seat of a car at a pick-n-pay lot. The owner said it wasn't a car part so he didn't charge him.
We dusted it off, plugged it into a cab and got that classic tone. That amp could've been sitting in that junkyard for DECADES but the tubes seemed fine and the amp sounded sweet. Dude bought a 212 cab and a Mexican strat and went home to start learning to play guitar.
My Sunn model T is a similar story... The tolex was ripped off, faceplate & logo long gone & replaced by scrap metal... The dude said that the transformers had blown and been replaced so my store wasn't interested. I offered him a very low number just to see if I could save it, and brought it to my tech.
The transformers were fine. The dude meant CAPACITORS... His amp from the 70s had its capacitors replaced in the 00s but is told me it was the transformers so I got a "blown transformers" discount.
The original transformers are fine and the amp is a monster.
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Way to go Jolly, nice score!
For those of you who don't know, new gear keeps your fire stoked and keeps you playing on. Never trust anyone who says they have the coolest gear and theres nothing else to buy for that guy is probably an elitest jackass who has lost his passion for playing.
It's the chase for tone that fuels the fire to play and the fire to play fuels the chase for tone. Rich or poor Jolly's a player.
Way to go Jolly, nice score!
For those of you who don't know, new gear keeps your fire stoked and keeps you playing on. Never trust anyone who says they have the coolest gear and theres nothing else to buy for that guy is probably an elitest jackass who has lost his passion for playing.
It's the chase for tone that fuels the fire to play and the fire to play fuels the chase for tone. Rich or poor Jolly's a player.
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I just realized I need lessons in professional sadism. Will you oblige me?
I just realized I need lessons in professional sadism. Will you oblige me?
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JOLLY
Super Simonologist
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Getting great deals on great gear really fires me up and gets me going.
I'm all about chasing and trying to get a great guitar tone. However, I'm all about chasing the great deal as well. I think just the Blackstar head alone costs around $2200 or so. I got the entire halfstack delivered to me for $1000. I bought my 5150 halfstack for $200. I bought a straight 4x12 for it for $400, and so I only have $600 invested in that whole 5150 block letter full stack. I've got $1900 invested in my Marshall JVM410H full stack with the Marshall 1960 A and B cabinets. Just that head alone costs around $2200 as well. I'm not trying to brag by any means about how many dollars worth of gear I have, but I sure as hell will brag on how much gear I have for as little as I have paid for it.
Getting great deals on great gear really fires me up and gets me going.I tweaked my back the other day while working. I'll try and get some pictures up later on when it is feeling better.
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That is a freaking AMAZING score!! congrats big time!! Ive never had the chance to play a blackstar except the little one. How does it differ tonally from what you have John?
Does it have an attenuator? Someone mentioned above. I love my amps, but they are too loud for my home sitch. Ive been looking at the 5150 III 50w cuz of the great tone and headphone jack..
That is a freaking AMAZING score!! congrats big time!! Ive never had the chance to play a blackstar except the little one. How does it differ tonally from what you have John?
Does it have an attenuator? Someone mentioned above. I love my amps, but they are too loud for my home sitch. Ive been looking at the 5150 III 50w cuz of the great tone and headphone jack..
JOLLY
Super Simonologist
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it doesn't really have an attenuator per se, it has power scaling that takes it anywhere between 10 watts and100 watts. I like the way it sounds better at 100 watts. I keep the master volume cranked at about three o clock, and I keep the separate channel volumes at reasonable levels.
JOLLY
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UberMetalDood
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Awesome NAD man! I love Blackstar Amps. The Series One stuff is stellar. That's a great score and killer NAD.
Awesome NAD man! I love Blackstar Amps. The Series One stuff is stellar. That's a great score and killer NAD.
