These Go to 11 - The Guitar Amp Thread

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

I just looked at that. For the nearly same price of the Mojo cab and 4 new speakers I can buy a brand new Marshall 1960a already loaded. I see a few used ones in my area for half that on CL. I need to think about it. I'm in no rush.

[tbone_ 13991]

I just looked at that. For the nearly same price of the Mojo cab and 4 new speakers I can buy a brand new Marshall 1960a already loaded.

I’d just do that then.

[Chad Fuck 17311]

45 minutes ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I just looked at that. For the nearly same price of the Mojo cab and 4 new speakers I can buy a brand new Marshall 1960a already loaded. I see a few used ones in my area for half that on CL. I need to think about it. I'm in no rush.

And this is why I don't have a DIY Pro.  I came to the conclusion that if I wanted to do it as a learning exercise, that's fine.  But economically, Fender can make me one that's probably better quality, cheaper.  Though the new ones are running $2k.  The Steel King comes up every now again on a deal, so I'm eyeing those as well. 

@Foggy Notion, if you find either of those, the 15" version of the Pro, or a Steel King, lemme know.

[Foggy Notion 1198]

Yeah, for sure man! I'll keep an eye out for both of those.

I saw a Steel King a month or two ago on either San Antonio or San Marcos CL, but I'm not seeing it now. I wanna say it was around $800.

[Chad Fuck 17311]

6 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

Yeah, for sure man! I'll keep an eye out for both of those.

I saw a Steel King a month or two ago on either San Antonio or San Marcos CL, but I'm not seeing it now. I wanna say it was around $800.

Yeah, that's crazy money for a Steel King.  I saw one (briefly) on Reverb for under $300 and while I was dicking around thinking about how I could add it into the flock like ET hiding amongst the stuffed animals, someone else bought it.

If I could find one for $300-$400, all in, that'd be good.

 

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

I just pulled the trigger on a demo model 1960AX with 25w Celestion Greenbacks that Sweetwater cut me a hell of a deal on. At he end of the day, the fact that a Marshall is gonna hold resale value over something custom won out.

 

 

 

You have no idea how hungry I am for the other half of this stack now.

[tbone_ 13991]

Yes I do.

Can’t see the pic btw.

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

Funny, I see it from my phone but not from my computer.

Try again.

[Chad Fuck 17311]

Still no pic here.  Question mark.

 

[Chad Fuck 17311]

[BoomMF 1397]

You chose.... wisely.

 

The AX is the business. Congrats!

Edited April 16, 2019 by BoomMF

[Foggy Notion 1198]

1 hour ago, AnotherUTFan said:

I just pulled the trigger on a demo model 1960AX with 25w Celestion Greenbacks that Sweetwater cut me a hell of a deal on. At he end of the day, the fact that a Marshall is gonna hold resale value over something custom won out.

 

 

 

You have no idea how hungry I am for the other half of this stack now.

Avatar and Mojo cabs are cool if you're building a clone head, but a real Plexi head demands a Marshall cab with basket weave grill cloth.

You're in business now, man. Be patient and see if you can pick up a used matching base cabinet on the cheap.

[BoomMF 1397]

1 minute ago, Foggy Notion said:

Avatar and Mojo cabs are cool if you're building a clone head, but a real Plexi head demands a Marshall cab with basket weave grill cloth.

You're in business now, man. Be patient and see if you can pick up a used matching base cabinet on the cheap.

 

Preach.

Crisis averted.

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

I just hope our bass players little Fender Rumble 350 can keep up without plugging into the PA. I just thought about that.

[tbone_ 13991]

That’s fixable.

[Foggy Notion 1198]

Haha yup.

Sounds like someone is gonna need an Ampeg SVT. 

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

Dont tell her. She just bought that Fender.

[tbone_ 13991]

Our bass player plays this Aguilar stuff that sounds glorious. Could have something to do with his Fodera bass too.

[BoomMF 1397]

I would think a Fender Rumble 350 would be able to hang for a while. Then again, you have that look in your eye like you are going to take no quarter. RIP Rumble 350.

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

I would think a Fender Rumble 350 would be able to hang for a while. Then again, you have that look in your eye like you are going to take no quarter. RIP Rumble 350.

Ya, it does alright against the cranked Super Reverb and Dual Rectifier. I can probably let her hold off the 8x10 cab at least until our 1st stadium tour.

[Foggy Notion 1198]

I bought an early model blue line SVT head and 8x10 cabinet for my bass player back in the late 90s when I was gigging regularly. There's nothing like it. It's a bass player's equivalent to a Marshall stack. But yeah, it was too much amp for a most of the smaller clubs we played.  

There were a couple times we had to lug it up a flight of stairs to play a club that was on the second floor. That sucked. We eventually got a 4x10 cab which was a lot more manageable and still sounded pretty good.

[Deej 76225]

Got a buddy that keeps trying to sell me his loaded 1960A cab for $300, friend price. I need to talk my other friend into a good deal on one of his 100 watt early 70's Plexi heads 

Edited April 17, 2019 by Deej

[Chad Fuck 17311]

V-4b is the answer for a tube head.

But she looks like a slight thing. May want to go with one of the new fangled ss amps that weigh nothing.

Cause those Ampegs are beasts to lug around. Beasts I tells ya.

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

I kinda have a crush on her again, but I don't she does on me anymore. Probably best that way.

[Buzzrock 14785]

I remember when Hartke was all the rage with the aluminum speakers. Are they still popular?

[Buzzrock 14785]

Those amp stands are nifty. Cheap and sturdy and easy to set up.

One thing I read was that the pics are wrong: you want to set them up with the long legs on the bottom. That seems to be true.

[hullabelew 3698]

Did the guy do a good job on fixing that Bassbreaker?  You still happy with it?

[BoomMF 1397]

1 hour ago, Buzzrock said:

Those amp stands are nifty. Cheap and sturdy and easy to set up.

One thing I read was that the pics are wrong: you want to set them up with the long legs on the bottom. That seems to be true.

Nothing but quality.

[Buzzrock 14785]

Did the guy do a good job on fixing that Bassbreaker?  You still happy with it?

Yeah it works fine now but I’m not in love with it. I need to spend more time with it now that I can turn it up more. I play the Katana and the Blackstar more.

[Buzzrock 14785]

Trying to decide what to do for wall hangers. I need space for ten. These are kinda cool, made from whiskey staves:

[tbone_ 13991]

I just got a 1x6 piece of mdf like 8 feet long. Painted it silver then bolted it into the studs with big lag bolts. Then screwed the hangers to the mdf. There’s probably a way to make it look better but it works really well and is sturdy af.

[Buzzrock 14785]

That's definitely the cheap and effective approach, and what I should probably do. I did come across this:

https://diamondlifegear.com/guitar_hanger_mx.html?gclid=CK7rs7qTsrQCFUWnPAodwwMAVQ

The maple is cool.

[tbone_ 13991]

Yea those are awesome and I looked at them. Ultimately I went with cheap.

[Buzzrock 14785]

Mother of God...

[Deej 76225]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwe8NNAHv1l/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1lsd59zhtmb37

[Foggy Notion 1198]

That Vibroverb is hot.

Here's someone selling a Supro Thunderbolt for $450. Priced low cuz it's farting out on low notes. Could be an easy fix.

https://austin.craigslist.org/msg/d/austin-supro-thunderbolt/6870752909.html

[Deej 76225]

Got one new for $600. Does not fart out.

[Buzzrock 14785]

Is that an original or the reissue?

[tbone_ 13991]

Anyone played a Magnatone? The gloriousness at 8:05 really has me jonesing.

[Foggy Notion 1198]

I'm loading these up and taking them across town later this afternoon to a studio where some good friends of mine are about to start recording their next album.

I rarely have them in the same room all at the same time so I figured I'd take a quick family portrait.

[Grandioso 2592]

Anyone played a Magnatone? The gloriousness at 8:05 really has me jonesing.

The price tag and their relative scarcity in the used market pretty much scared me off the last time I was researching amps.


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[noharleyyet 2826]

55 minutes ago, Foggy Notion said:

I'm loading these up and taking them across town later this afternoon to a studio where some good friends of mine are about to start recording their next album.

I rarely have them in the same room all at the same time so I figured I'd take a quick family portrait.

Looking at that Super like Blake Lively in a pair of thousand dollar relic'd jeans....damn, just damn

[Foggy Notion 1198]

22 minutes ago, noharleyyet said:

Looking at that Super like Blake Lively in a pair of thousand dollar relic'd jeans....damn, just damn

The Super Reverb is a Franken-amp. The chassis is from late 1968, but it's in a blackface cabinet from 1967 so it doesn't have the drip edge you normally would see on a '68. It has a pair of stock Oxfords and a pair of old Jensens. AUTF blackfaced it for me. It looks like shit, but sounds like heaven.

The Vox is an AC30/6 Top Boost reissue from 1997. The Marshall is a Bluesbreaker reissue, also from 1997. Both amps have a pair of stock Celestion greenbacks. These were my gigging amps I used when I was playing regularly in the late 90s and early 2000s.

The Deluxe Reverb is a real '68 I bought a couple years ago. It wasn't working when I got it. AUTF took care of it and brought it back to life.

[tbone_ 13991]

I may steal that deluxe.

[AnotherUTFan 9576]

Here's a Plexi making it's way to San Francisco via AUS.

 

 

And in the overhead!

 

[tbone_ 13991]

Very cool. Is that a newer reissue or vintage?

[Bogeywon 2518]

I need a 2x12 cab what should I get? Need something versatile 

[Deej 76225]

I fucking hate it when some asshole is taking up the overhead bin with his Plexi.

[Mojo Hand 4580]

Looks like a few bricks of coke. 

[Grandioso 2592]

3 hours ago, Deej said:

I fucking hate it when some asshole is taking up the overhead bin with his Plexi.

That's the only cargo that would not make me rage at annoying carry-on-everything people. "Everyone stand back and shut the fuck up! Give the man some space."