GAS attack!

sleewell said:
honestly the forums at TGP are super lame but look in the classifieds. barely used, never gigged stuff at rock bottom prices. you can also haggle and get a better price too, a few hundo is not a big deal to those guys bc they just want the next flavor of the month. saw a few real cheap Zs recently.
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All of TGP is like that. But I've bought and sold some stuff on the classifieds and its been ok. The amp in the classifieds I want right now is a Reeves Custom 50, but I have nowhere to put it.

One will turn up eventually. But then again, if I'm playing it in rehearsals, do I really need it at home?
 
we were in a different room yesterday and i put another Maz 38 combo through it's paces. and i learned that this is a loud fucking amp that's completely unacceptable for playing at home. i'm running it with the volume at 9 o'clock and the master at noon. never getting it up to that without the cops coming. so of course, now i'm interested in the 18 watt. they don't have the 18 and they're the only dealer in the city. i guess that's good because it means i won't be unnecessarily spending $2000 on an amp i can't have. still, GAS continues...
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
we were in a different room yesterday and i put another Maz 38 combo through it's paces. and i learned that this is a loud fucking amp that's completely unacceptable for playing at home. i'm running it with the volume at 9 o'clock and the master at noon. never getting it up to that without the cops coming. so of course, now i'm interested in the 18 watt. they don't have the 18 and they're the only dealer in the city. i guess that's good because it means i won't be unnecessarily spending $2000 on an amp i can't have. still, GAS continues...
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is the 18 watt the same sound or is it like the Suhr Badgers where every wattage level is a different output type and tone?
 
Mark Wein said:
is the 18 watt the same sound or is it like the Suhr Badgers where every wattage level is a different output type and tone?
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yeah, it's the same sound. but of course, having to fewer output tubes, it's going to have a very different feel. which is why i want to play one and compare. actually, what i really want to do is set up four 1x12 combos of the 18 and 38 with their reverb and non-reverb models; and take home the one that sounds best. but that's not going to happen.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
yeah, it's the same sound. but of course, having to fewer output tubes, it's going to have a very different feel. which is why i want to play one and compare. actually, what i really want to do is set up four 1x12 combos of the 18 and 38 with their reverb and non-reverb models; and take home the one that sounds best. but that's not going to happen.
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Thats the best way to shop, but its so rare to find a place that has all of the variants of anything especially the boutique stuff. Around here at least.
 
Mark Wein said:
Thats the best way to shop, but its so rare to find a place that has all of the variants of anything especially the boutique stuff. Around here at least.
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this rehearsal studio is one of the top Dr Z dealers in the country. but they're very limited on the models they have. and nowhere else in NYC sells them. looking through their dealer list, the only place i have a chance of actually getting to is Make N Music in Chicago. and i have no idea when i'll be in Chicago next.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
this rehearsal studio is one of the top Dr Z dealers in the country. but they're very limited on the models they have. and nowhere else in NYC sells them. looking through their dealer list, the only place i have a chance of actually getting to is Make N Music in Chicago. and i have no idea when i'll be in Chicago next.
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The last I checked our only dealer is Truetone music in Santa Monica.

I don't need another amp like that though. I do need a replacement for my Deluxe.
 
Mark Wein said:
The last I checked our only dealer is Truetone music in Santa Monica.

I don't need another amp like that though. I do need a replacement for my Deluxe.
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i have no idea when i'm getting back to LA. but that's worth a trip if i'm around.

find a used DRRI and change the tubes and speakers.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
i have no idea when i'm getting back to LA. but that's worth a trip if i'm around.

find a used DRRI and change the tubes and speakers.
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Kevin Nelson can build me one from scratch for about $800.

I think that an MWGL trip to Truetone would be fun if you were in town.
 
Mark Wein said:
I wish I had the cash for it. It'll be a while before then. And for the time being I can get by with what I currently have. Believe it or not the Silvertone 1484 has been a big help in the studio getting the "non-Marshal" sounds I've needed and I tracked one song with El Borrachitos silverface Princeton.
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you can't go wrong with an SF Princeton for recording.
 
Just a little tidbit, my 20W H&K is plenty loud if you are looking for something a bit less expensive. I don't consider it boutiqee at all. I have played out with it up at my buddies house. His kid has a drum kit, and I can easily get louder. This is from about 5 years ago. I'm probably 5-6 feet from the back wall. The drum kit is out of view on the left.

 
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parrotheada1a said:
Just a little tidbit, my 20W H&K is plenty loud if you are looking for something a bit less expensive. I don't consider it boutiqee at all. I have played out with it up at my buddies house. His kid has a drum kit, and I can easily get louder. This is from about 5 years ago. I'm probably 5-6 feet from the back wall. The drum kit is out of view on the left.
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my Mesa Subway Rocket is 20 watts and is ridiculously loud. the issue is never about loudness. it's about clean headroom at gig volume. the Mesa has clean headroom because it's a two channel (or at least two mode) amp. a single channel amp like my Allen or the Maz 38 usually starts to break up around 2 or 3 on the input gain with humbuckers. so having more wattage increases the volume that clean sound is available at.

this particular GAS attack has nothing to do with needing another amp. i don't, at all. it's about my infatuation with this particular model.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
this particular GAS attack has nothing to do with needing another amp. i don't, at all. it's about my infatuation with this particular model.
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I'd like to play one. Unfortunately I can't afford or justify it. I don't play out enough. I think you would enjoy it better than I would.
 
apparently, the M12 has lots of clean headroom at all volumes. a small, clean amp with no reverb? sounds like the amp for me. good thing there's none available locally.
 
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