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    Show us your Rig....past or present Amp's

    Look what arrived at my work on Thursday.......
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    Bigger than what I anticipated as it is only a 12" speaker yet the box looks big enough to house a 15"....it dwarfs the 2 Vox Amps where the tiddler is a VT40+ with a 10" speaker whilst piggy in the middle is a VT80+ with a 12" speaker. Sounds sweet but could only play it soft today as the minister for war & peace was home and was trying to Skype our Son & daughter-in-law who live in NZ.

    Absolutely rapt as it only cost $399 delivered from Sydney to Maroochydore. Was tempted to buy the HD50 which has a 10" and only cost $299 but this one also comes with the 7 band graphic eq, plus it will be louder thus providing more headroom at lower volumes.

    Keen to see what everyone else is using now or what they may have once had in their collection. Next frame will show you what I used last Century BC (before children & marriage).
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    This was an awesome rig that I owned from late 1979 through to end of 1985. Played both Guitar and Bass through it and whilst it was a Marshall Super Bass JMP 100 the tone was a bit more mellow compared to the Super Lead of the same era. Damn loud and barely played past '1' on the volume knob as there were no master volumes back when it was built which I reckon might have been late 1960's,and probably one of the 1st metal front versions that were introduced after the original plexi's. The quad box was an Australian made 'Wasp' and loaded with 4 x 12" Green Back Celestions. With a Boss Overdrive and playing my Ibanez Explorer the controllable feedback it generated cannot be described as you truly have to witness such first hand to truly appreciate. Selling this rig was one of my biggest regrets but they are no longer practical in this modern era of low db levels at venues these days, hence why I now have combos.
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    Last shot has me on the far left playing Bass through the Marshall circa 1984.

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    I just have a little VT20X. Thinking about trying one of those little 5w Hotone amps or maybe a Orange Micro with a home built cab. I really can't power up too much at home and have no intention of gigging.

    Edit to say nice line up there and that Marshall sounds like a beast...ah the late 70's...I don't remember them at all
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    Nearly bought one when I got the VT40 a couple of years ago. Not much difference in sound considering the 20w version drives just an 8" speaker. Difference between the 40 & 80 is negligible other than the 80w being louder and also having a ever so slightly deeper voice due to the larger cone.

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    Here's a pic of my Marshall MA100C 100 Watt 2 X 12 all Valve combo amp sitting in my loungeroom after I got it back from being fixed, been enjoying playing through it again:

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    It's now officially my main gigging amp...of course.

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    you must be happy to have it back in action , Doc

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    Quote Originally Posted by stan View Post
    you must be happy to have it back in action , Doc

    Absolutely, after waiting for at least a year for it to be fixed.


    A mate has left his Peavey Triumph at my place cause he wants me to do some mods on it for him, it's a 60 Watt 1 X 12 all Valve combo amp which he uses as part of a bigger rig he has at his place.
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    Needs a caption Doc.....'Let there be Rock' with your Chibson SG plugged into it too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
    Needs a caption Doc.....'Let there be Rock' with your Chibson SG plugged into it too.
    I need to do some serious work on the Chibson SG first though, just to get it halfway decent.

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    You could always just plug it in, close your eyes, and for a brief moment think all is well with the world (or something like that anyway).

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