I'll drive an hour or so to meet a serious buyer, especially if he's driving just as far. I live in an area that's hard to make deals though.
More than once, I've had sellers go out of their way to meet me as well. But I'm not a buyer who's jerking anyone around.
If an experience kind of deal would be his thing, I’ve got some buddies that have done guided elk hunts just outside Yellowstone & absolutely loved it.
A nice watch. I always want one, but never enough to buy something when I could get new guitar gear instead. They don’t take up much space, and shouldn’t lead to more time consuming activities no one has time for.
I’ve not played the Friedman to compare.
I have a Mesa vertical 2x12. While I love it, it’s a little finicky as to what amps it plays well with in my opinion. Compared to my splawn & orange v30 2x12’s, where I can just plug in anything and they’re ready to rock.
The Mesa does pair phenomenally...
Peavey 5150 2x12 combo
Mesa Fillmore 25 combo
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Orange OR15
Peavey Delta Blues 1x15
All picked up since 2020 for under $1k, can still be had for around that, and I've had a blast playing each of them.
Some good advice I got a long time ago was to find someone way in the back of the room barely paying attention, and try to make eye contact with them. I always try to do that a few times at every gig, and I feel like it makes a difference.
I think they quoted me something like $549 + shipping last year. Lead time was like 8-10 weeks, but they won't always accept orders for them, you kind of just have to call and find out when you can even order one.
There's some not great ones on my old bands Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/3kingssc/
I actually need to dig through my old USB drives, I've probably got some decent stuff somewhere.
I've been digging the Suhr RLIR unit I recently bought.
As an old guy with an amp collection I refuse to get rid of, it lets me enjoy playing them more often than I could otherwise.
In my experience, yes.
This one has lived in the road case most of the time I've owned it. Occasionally I will remove it though. Inside the case it has a little less low end thump, and projects in a way that fills the room a bit more and isn't quite so directional. In a band setting, I actually...