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If it hasn't been in a pawn shop...

Post by Jonathan »

... it can't play the blues.

BB King said it, so it must be true.

I'm in the market for a tube combo amp. Something loud enough for practicing with a band, and stage (although it'd be mic'd). Something with a nice biting clean channel as well as a dirty distortion channel, with a foot switch to boot.

Guitar Center is for posers (and rich people).

So I'm wondering if anyone knows of some of pawn shops around the puget sound that are known to have a good musical equipment stock.

Or, better yet, someone here wanting to get rid of the above at a decent price.

Thanks!
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Rivera makes some sweet combo amps. they're expensive but worth the money. then you can write about how broke you really are.
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Peavey Classic, Fender Twin... If you want small I've played some awesome sounding Super Champs. Pawnshops are a burn any more though, they all know what shit is worth and don't deal like they used to. Of course these days there might be enough volume of shit that they are unloading it cheaper. I'd look for mr. desperate on craigslist.

The Classic is a pretty damn cool amp for the money and there are a million mods out there for it. One of the few pieces of gear that Peavey didn't fuck up. They did make a 5150 combo too although they are kinda hard to find.
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Jonathan wrote: Guitar Center is for posers (and rich people).
I agree with this fucking statement 10000000%. And all the people that work there are posers and rich fucks as well.

try Pawn Fathers on 99....I think the crossroad is either 164th or 168th...I'm not sure...they got some shit in there worth checking out.
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What's wrong with posers? You guys are assholes!
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Nothing wrong with posers. Posers are awesome. So are rich people.

But Guitar Center is no place for this poor old elitist j.ew from the dirty streets of east LA, knowin' nothin' of the world of tube amps.
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imperator_Drakul wrote:I agree with this fucking statement 10000000%. And all the people that work there are posers and rich fucks as well.
Don't let the guitarist from Origin hear you say that... that's his day job.
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Blake NWR wrote:Don't let the guitarist from Origin hear you say that... that's his day job.
heh, good for him. And really, when I say that about GC, I'm mainly talking about the guitar center in Lynnwood, only one cool person works there, the rest=shit.

Mars Music was way better.
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I've come to the conclusion that tube amps are for posers (and rich people).
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Jonathan wrote:Nothing wrong with posers. Posers are awesome. So are rich people.

But Guitar Center is no place for this poor old elitist j.ew from the dirty streets of east LA, knowin' nothin' of the world of tube amps.
If you're lookin cheep Jonny boy, check out some off brandish stuff, Acoustic Control Corp, Traynor, Silvertone etc... It'll be old, and probably ugly, BUT it'll sound good.
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Post by Jonathan »

I like old and ugly stuff. It would fit me well, being old and ugly.

So where's about would one find such an amp?
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Go to Trading Musician, you can probably pick up an old Silvertone for under $1500
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Pricey, but I bet this thing is a great sounding box...

http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/msg/1004223376.html

Looks like Fender has a new version of the Super Champ that isn't too bad... Not real powerful but they always had great versatile tone... Used on Ebay for $250 or new for $300... Reviews at:

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/prod ... D=89323991
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If you can't afford a hand-made boutique amp, look around for an old (like 30 years +) and possibly broken but reasonably-high-end amp that you can have rebuilt and hot-rodded by a local tube guy. Big fenders (twin, super, etc), Ampeg, Marshall, Vox. Most of the time, it's the output transformer that gets fried. They can be replaced for $50-$100 or you can buy a spool of wire and rewind the original yourself. THAT ALONE will give you the right to play the blues :)

Unless you're trying for a "different" sound, stay away from the low-end crap that is now "hip" just because it's old. I have a Silvertone head among other things. (cost me $50 on eBay) It's such an offensive piece of shit, I will only put Chinese tubes in it because it doesn't deserve anything better. I run it thru my Marshall 4x12 to chase racoons away from my garbage cans.
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soundguy wrote: I run it thru my Marshall 4x12 to chase racoons away from my garbage cans.

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Do yourself a favor. Save up your money and go for the Fender Twin. No amp does blues better, IMHO.
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Al's Guitarville. They have lots of vintage amps.
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Adremelech wrote:Do yourself a favor. Save up your money and go for the Fender Twin. No amp does blues better, IMHO.
I'd totally agree with that statement but GAWD... the premium you have to pay to buy one is ridiculous!
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Jonathan wrote:Nothing wrong with posers. Posers are awesome. So are rich people.

But Guitar Center is no place for this poor old elitist j.ew from the dirty streets of east LA, knowin' nothin' of the world of tube amps.
Guitar Center was good when Mel worked there.

She hooked up this poor boy big time. :)
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No hookups at Guitar Center for years. They went to the same pricing as online and their sales dudes can't deal. It's retarded.
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Adremelech wrote:Do yourself a favor. Save up your money and go for the Fender Twin. No amp does blues better, IMHO.
To bad I just read this my friend just sold a vintage twin for under $500
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PnDsCm wrote:No hookups at Guitar Center for years. They went to the same pricing as online and their sales dudes can't deal. It's retarded.

http://guitarcentersucks.com/smf/

also check out this vid!

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