So I've totally entered the gear hoarding/collecting phase of my life and am in the process of converting my barn into a studio and finally got almost everything that I'm not using for my main band in one place. Here's most of the amps that have been crammed into a closet or otherwise wiled away unable to be used for 2 years all together..... Still have an additional Acoustic full stack and an Earth B2000/Kustom 315 stack at the rehearsal spot that I'll bring home in due time.
What cool shit y'all got kicking around?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230114/ba63f270cd1546ca7e2d0be975b03772.jpg)
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Quote from: James1214 on January 14, 2023, 04:32:41 PM
Here's most of the amps that have been crammed into a closet .....
I can hear the volume through the picture. ;D
The nitty gritty.
On the left side is:
69 Peavey Concert with original Altec 15" speaker.
1973 Acoustic 150 combo (originally had a 130, previous owner swapped in the 150, was a trash score, had no speakers so I put a quad of Jensen's in it, sounds killer)
In the middle:
The amp with silver grillcloth is a handwired 15 watt kit I built about 10 years ago. Has a Champ, Princeton, Harvard and Deluxe all in one box. It is also the loudest damn 15 watts I've ever heard. It goes into my Sunn 212 (bottom cab also with silver grillcloth)
The Acoustic cab in the middle is a modern bass 410, It doesn't blow my socks off, but was another freebie.
Right side:
Top head is a '75 Acoustic 450, in need of a tune up, does the thing real well.
Bottom head is my trusty '73 Acoustic 230, which is the guitar version of a 220, basically they added a bright switch, reverb, and a master volume. Was my first ACC amp and I love it.
Late 80's Ampeg 810-HPC, the first piece of "real" amplification I ever got. Scored for $225 back in 2004 from a dude in Oakland. Turns out it's a pretty desirable cab, has 2 horns, 7 of the original Eden speakers + 1 tone tubby replacement. Traveled all around the country, played a few hundred shows and recorded a bunch of records with it over the years. Beat to shit, but has all the mojo I could ever hope for.
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Neat gear.
Was wondering about that 15" Peavey. I might kinda need one of those for keyboards.
That Champ project is cool - is it class A? does it ever blow tubes...if not, you must have a knack for dialing it in since it also so loud. I had a T.H.D. prototype all class A but it was unstable living on the edge (was shown around but knowingly on the edge and not to be marketed being so wild) and blew some of my NOS tubes. Man, it.was.loud. Super cool amp too. It was on loan and went back but eventually became ( I think) a Univalve variant. But that Champ has gotta be a gem maybe in the same vein, I'd guess.
That 8x10 sure has the "hello, I'm here" look to it.
Congratulations on building-out the space!
Muffin, the early Peavey Concerts (of that era) are pretty rare, I scored mine at a local thrift shop for a steal. It's the first combo they ever made, they were custom orders and came as a 410, diagonal 212, or a 115. It's pretty damn cool.
Re: the kit build. It's a discontinued kit from BYOC called the Tweed Royal. It's class A, but I haven't had to replace any tubes yet, and I took it to my tech after I built it to take care of all the the tweaks and final adjustments. To be fair its probably had maybe 150-200 hours max play time since I built it, most of that on 1.5-2. maybe a 20 hours at 7-ish.l, which seems to be the sweet spot.
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James! thanks, that Peavey history is delish. My best ever recording of a guitar amp was a Classic 50 2x12 (James Brown design) 1990's era, fake tweed, EL84s the works! totally miss it. Awfully heavy though. I had a VTM-120 too - a massive tank and a flamethrower to boot. That 1x15 is so cool to see.
ps. the Classic 50 had the gorgeous clean tones, mainly. Classic rock too though. 100% reliable.
I might put my trash together today for a family photo.
Me too.
The dusty old junk
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That's what I'm talking about. What's the yellow box on the orange stack?
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Ultimate load box (only know because I have one, it's obscure)
FFS what a spread, Mind-blown
https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/reviews/ultimate-attenuator-review
Rager, those are beautiful photos.
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a diabolical portense, fiendish!
Wow!
Nice glass, good eye.
those colors are bangin' and the lighting is titty. whoa! OMG
I love that Yamaha SG.
We all need help
I don't need help man...... YOU need help, I'm fine.....(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230118/538cf35bc4385c314c0259b7f47ba06a.jpg)
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Quote from: James1214 on January 16, 2023, 11:36:09 PM
That's what I'm talking about. What's the yellow box on the orange stack?
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Yeah what muffin said. Ultimate attenuator. I had the guy that designed it (Brian Ho) build me another one with a bright switch. It's the unmarked box on top of the Plush.
What do you like about it?
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I can play my Orange without going even more deaf. Lol. The Marshall has a master volume as of a few years ago.
The thing about the Orange is that it's damn near as loud on 3 as it is flat out just thinner and like ear spikes. It roars at full on. No dirt pedals needed. But is just crazy loud. That attenuator doesn't suck the tone out.
I meant more that specific attenuator over others. It seems to be pretty reasonably priced. Is it the fact that it doesn't change the tone?
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It was the best of the best at the time. I tried a few others like Hotplates and Rockcrusher and one other I can't remember. Done of the others had notched settings that either made it too much or too little and sucked tone to my ears. These have a variable potentiometer to dial in what I want. They are reactive load, work with any impedance and are good over 100 watts. Don't fall for the cheapo passive types.
Or really, if you have a 100 watt tube monster get a master volume installed. From what I've been told by a couple techs is they don't work well on the old Oranges hence the attenuator.
I'll probably need something for my Earth b2000 which is currently my only 100 watt tube amp. It really only gets the girth and saturation I like at painful volume levels.
I'll get more pics on here as the space develops and the gear moves in. Ordering drywall today for delivery next week. Excitied to get the ball rolling again.
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The "guitargeek" version of my gear:
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My actual gear:
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That Reverend is Fuckin' dope.
I'll get some pics, but I just moved my kit and another 3v amps into the barn. Drywall still ain't done. Summer much more important house projects have put the barn on the backburner (had a leak in the roof/had to redo a bunch of walls because of a slow water leak.... All that kinda.... The HOA of home ownership) , but I've got it mostly wired out now, have 2 more circuits to add then I can close the walls in.
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To many rats lol
Using for guitar and bass recording
Upstairs Sunday rig.
Yo Pissy. I'm not getting that JCM 800. I see he's got it listed for a few hundred more than what he'd sell it to me for.
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2xEL34 50 watt Lynx, yet to break it in. The Standard 60's honeyburst color isn't my first choice but this guitar was featured in two Greg Koch videos, so i got hear it first, with ferocity (lol). I was just vacuuming some dust off it and a silver tone knob insert got sucked out - factory was probaby short on glue that day :-\ . I put some elmers in and refixed it, et voíla. It has 9's on it. I used to play 11's. Man, I have some (tons) woodshedding ahead of me. ps the tuners are those Grover sealed metal butterbeans things- or rotomatics I guess.
ps. the guitar is ugly but has decent grain and the tone is tested/passes. I think of sanding the top, or parking it in the sun. but not of any concern...it only comes out at night. I have tonnes of stickers to plaster over it but nah. the ugly duckling. "Quack" I'll call it.
Oh nice. Super high gain huh?
it even has a gate! I've never played around with a gate. Just something to comp with in the living room when I need that extra sizzle. It was a b-stock factory flash sale random fly by - it's pretty cool. I'm not sure they do the combo anymore all I see is head and cab - which would be cooler but this is smaller. Has a two-button switch and padded cover.
Upstairs rig new edition.
The HIWATT really sounds better through 12" speakers. This is that 8412 I thought from Black Book. The one owned by Sprinkler/Svelt/GBV dude bought for him by SUBPOP waaay back. It sounds good.
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Is the combo speaker in the chain? Or is it unplugged to accommodate the speaker cable for the cab? I'll bet it sounds great.
It's just going through the 4x12.
Got this a while back, for waaaaaaay less than it was worth at a garage sale, I informed them as to it's current market price. They sold it to me for what they were asking.
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Does it work?
Slow works great, medium is intermittent, fast doesn't work at all. I really need to open it up and give it a good cleaning. Nothing that can't be repaired. I've got the schematic and some guy shots saved on my desktop when I decide to dig in.
New revised upstairs rig.
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"You keep bringing stuff upstairs, pretty soon it'll all be up here."
Gone are the days of having a bunch of gear in the living room.
good looking plain top
Quote from: RAGER on November 13, 2024, 11:47:45 AMGone are the days of having a bunch of gear in the living room.
Obviously.
Quote from: Muffin Man on November 13, 2024, 01:00:49 PMgood looking plain top
It's a total player with a headstock repair but it's in pretty good shape. Plays great. Lucky for me I don't like flame tops or quilt tops or whatever. Cheap-ish.
My no. 1 is a 77 SG with a headstock repair. I got it in the late 90's for $400. Repair was done long before.
New explorer. It's a Firefly, they go for around $300 new, but it was at a yard sale for $75 so I had to get it. Has upgraded pickups and locking tuners. I'm gonna put chrome covers on the pickups, cuz I hate the white ones. Other than that no issues at all with it for the price.
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