Re: Marshall JCM 2000 TSL 602, good deal?
thank you very much sir
that deal was from guitar center, but no footswitch, rough condition, terrible speakers. I passed on it
GC is an *awesome* source of used deals... But only (ONLY!!!) when thry themselves have NO CLUE what they're selling.
...kinda hard for a superpopular, clearly labelled stock amp from a top manufacturer.
Examples of SUPERB deals from GC:
1. "unidentified contents": such as cabs that they have no clue are armed with posh speakers cuz they dont know how to open frontloaders lol (my $159 carvin 412 w/ Rola Celestion g12-65's);
2. "unidentified origin": bought a Japanese highend Ibanez bass from the 80s for 150 cuz they mistook it for a gio lol
3. "unidentifiable prodict": lost country stickers + mods so it looks like nothing else out there + tricks/minor glitches to keep em from finding out it's cool - Matsumoku Washburn bass w/ rare 1st gen active Duncan APB (the one w/ 3 minitoggle boosts) for $150, cuz the strings were dead & the battery was near gone & the tone pot was WIRED IN REVERSE, so they figured it sounded like crud... Actually one of the mightiest four strings I've ever seen, in any price range including $1000's
...kills musicmans, esp stds, american deluxes, ibanez prestiges, everything in sound (though playability cant touch a slimneckd ibby)
4. "weird models": stuff like Ibanezes that say "custom made" instead of prestige or mij, and additionally look confusingly similar to much younger and plainer korean midrange models...again, dead strings and bad batteries powering active circuits reaaaally help get a sweet price (though the "custom made" ones are great guitars/basses with crap pickups begging for a swap anyway, so even if it works fine, chances are they still don't realize it's a $200 purchase from Seymour Duncan away from becoming absolutely sweeeeeet professional gear
5. Maple fretboard shredders: dont ask me why, but seriously awesome floyded HS or singlehum shredders with maple boards regularly pop up at squier bullet prices... Real nice stuff, like Charvels with Schaller Germany hardware and Duncans or DMZs. Maybe they cant identify them? Or know that neckplates like "Fort Worth" are bs, but don't realize its often top knotch stuff like rebranded esp japan???
