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Racerxrated
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Me as well.
Every Charvel USA SoCal that had one, immediately came out. The one that actually sounded good, I knew that guitar was a great one. lol
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Every Charvel USA SoCal that had one, immediately came out. The one that actually sounded good, I knew that guitar was a great one. lol
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Racerxrated
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For me, the worst amp I bought based on Hype was a Randall Diavlo 100w. That was a POS. The 45w was a much better sounding amp.
The Mesa Mark III is another that you can have. I bought 2, a Purple and Red when they were cheap. 6-700 bucks each. Couldn't return them fast enough. The 2C/C+, I couldn't believe they were even related to the Mk III.
The Mesa Mark III is another that you can have. I bought 2, a Purple and Red when they were cheap. 6-700 bucks each. Couldn't return them fast enough. The 2C/C+, I couldn't believe they were even related to the Mk III.
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Nigel
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SLO’s suffered the same fate as OG block letter 5150’s: OEM power tube change.98% of the gear hype im subjected to comes from logging into this forum, so keep that in mind:
SLO100- don't get me wrong, this is a good amp, but I just don't get the hype on these. Someone described it as pedestrian, and I would agree. It just didn't bring anything to the table to compell me to plug into it, vs the majority of other amps I owned at the same time.
I will say that all you bastards were right about Wizard amps. The first time I plugged into my MCIi, it was a holy shit moment, and that has continued for going on 10 years now.
Dimarzio pickups. There are a couple special use cases, and form factors, not available elsewhere, but for straight up humbucker and single coils, there's nothing in their lineup that beats the offerings from the other usual suspects.
Alnico creambacks- spent a small fortune on a quad to put in a 4x12 when they first came out. Man, what a waste of money that was. Yuck!
When Peavey ran out of the $100k+ in Sylvanias, cheaper tubes were substituted and tone suffered.
When Mike was building SLO’s, Mike Matthews was still rebranding real Russian military 6P3S-E’s. After those were spent, they made new ones that sound different and are cheaper too.
Kind of like non-Mesa V30’s.
I bet if most folks that had bad experiences with SLOs got to play one with the real tubes they would have a similar experience to V30 haters playing their first Mesa cab.
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Nigel
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For the life of me, I’ve never understood why a man would build a $5k amp with NASA spec tolerances to ensure consistency and thus value, but put the cheapest, shittiest sounding glass on Earth in it.
It’s like buying a supercar and putting cheap 87 octane in it from a gas station in the ghetto with Walmart tires and no name oil from the convenience store.
It’s like buying a supercar and putting cheap 87 octane in it from a gas station in the ghetto with Walmart tires and no name oil from the convenience store.
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ewill52
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this one is a blackface, probably very close to the end of blackface production.The drip edge bassmans are one of the best vintage amp deals on the market. Killer tone! Kinda glad not that many guys are hip to late 60's Fender amps, keeps the prices down. It's awesome to be able to afford a handwired classic amp being a poor guy like me!
I want a Pro or a real mid-60's Deluxe in ways I can't describe without getting banned.