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Picked up my first ever tube amp today: an older Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. I set it to volume 2 out of 12 and it's making the windows rattle. The only blemish is that the reverb is only intermittently working (which was disclosed to me by the seller) and I probably won't fix that since I have pedals. It came on casters, has the footswitch, and a cover. It only ran me $300. The best part was picking it up: it was in an old run-down victorian house in Berkeley. The older guy led me in past a few other older guys working on computers, and then through a store room filled with hundreds of these:  Edit: hot rod, not blues LooksLikeABabyRat fucked around with this message at 02:40 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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no broccoli please posted:Which jazzy is that on the wall? I love my VM Squier. It’s just a classic player. I love it though.
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Dec 20, 2018 17:13
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donut posted:The reverb on my 410 went a while ago, it was just a solder joint in the tank at the bottom of the cabinet that went. Easy peasy. Sadly not so easy to make the volume knob not a hair trigger where all the usable adjustment is in 1-3 or so. I pulled the reverb tank out of the amp and it looks like the solders are all still in place. I sprayed some contact cleaner in there so maybe that will help. Edit: that seems to have done the trick for now. Played for 5 minutes on that sweet sweet fender reverb tone. LooksLikeABabyRat fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Dec 20, 2018 |
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Dec 20, 2018 18:54
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gbs but from 2004 posted:We have one of these at the studio. They are so loving loud Yeah I can't put it over 3 in my apartment or I'll get evicted. It's moving to my band's practice space on Saturday and I'm looking forward to putting it through it's paces.
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Dec 21, 2018 02:29
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I just picked up a BlackStar HT1R head because it was heavily discounted at Guitar center. Now I have to figure out if I want to get a cab for it and sell my Boss Katana or return the head.
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Jan 16, 2019 04:17
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Professor Science posted:Keep the Katana, no doubt. I should say this is purely for practice at home amp. I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for playing with a band.
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Jan 16, 2019 05:11
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Hurry up and get here.
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Jan 22, 2019 19:59
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Thanks! Hopefully I love playing it as much as I love looking at it. It arrives tomorrow and I can't wait. It's a 1990s CIJ.
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Jan 23, 2019 17:51
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It's here, and it's fantastic.  I'm gonna play around with it this weekend and then drop it off at my neighbor's. He's a professional luthier so he'll get is set up properly. I'm also debating getting a Mustang bridge for it (or some other kind of bridge) but I'm having a hell of a time figuring out which one to get and what price is fair. Any ideas?
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Jan 25, 2019 20:24
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Yeah I'm not willing to spend $200 on an $800 guitar... yet. I was hoping for a Fender made Mustang Bridge but they seem to be sold out everywhere.
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Jan 25, 2019 22:57
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Extortionist posted:If you're in the UK or have a friend there, Staytrem bridges are very good and cheaper than Mastery. Unfortunately they stopped selling internationally a few months ago, though. I managed to get a Staytrem bridge for my CP Jazzmaster just before they stopped shipping to the US, but it won't fit on the Jag. What gauge strings are you using on the AMPro Bridge?
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Jan 26, 2019 01:48
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Extortionist posted:11s. If the Staytrem doesn't fit I doubt the American Pro one would, though. The CP jazzmaster has an AOM bridge so the thimbles have screws which were used for bridge height adjustment. The Jag doesn't have those so dropping it in doesn't work. LooksLikeABabyRat fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Jan 26, 2019 |
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Jan 26, 2019 03:05
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Declan MacManus posted:http://www.graphtech.com/products/product-detail/pq-8108-00-tusq-jaguar-jazzmaster-mustang-barrel-saddles---6-string I wound up ordering a warmoth adjustable mustang bridge.
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Jan 27, 2019 19:32
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Eddy Bulundees posted:
Most people do 11s on JMs to reduce that rattle.
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Jan 29, 2019 02:59
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Ya'll are making me regret buying that Jag and selling off my CP JM.
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Jan 29, 2019 06:49
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Eddy Bulundees posted:Yes, this is the most common advice and generally known to be true. It's just not how I roll these days. I somehow spaced on the buzzstop. That's an easy way to fix it too. Those JM JMs are dope.
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Jan 30, 2019 05:04
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So the MIJ Jaguar I posted last month didn't take. The money I would have needed to put into it to get it into playable shape made it a bum deal, and I just didn't care about it as much as I loved my MIM Jazzmaster. So I bit the bullet and bought a big boy American Jazzmaster today. So stoked for it to arrive. It's a 2018 Fender American Original '60s Jazzmaster with Rosewood Fretboard in 3-Color Sunburst.   
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Mar 13, 2019 00:06
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no broccoli please posted:That is a beaut of a Jazzy. Hah! I got one of those in the mail today too! Last pedal I needed for my board (for now)! It’s a really fun pedal.
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Mar 14, 2019 16:03
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It's here, and it's phenomenal. I didn't think it would sound so different, but this body is so much more resonant than my MIM Jazzmaster. The 9.5 radius is so much more playable, and I love the modern C neck. Say hello to the finest thing I've ever owned.    and the custom neck plate that lives on whatever my main guitar happens to be at the time: 
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Mar 21, 2019 15:27
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That's a loving steal!
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Mar 21, 2019 18:40
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LooksLikeABabyRat posted:So the MIJ Jaguar I posted last month didn't take. The money I would have needed to put into it to get it into playable shape made it a bum deal, and I just didn't care about it as much as I loved my MIM Jazzmaster. Update: had band practice for the first time this morning since I got the new JM. It's amazing through a tube amp!
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Mar 23, 2019 22:38
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Picked up a new pedal today: Devi Ever Shoegazer fuzz. This pedal is an absolute BEAST. I've dialed in the left side (torns peaker) to closely emulate a big muff, while the right side (the soda meiser) just drives the amp to make the fuzz take on a digital sounding grit that's just freaking awesome. This thing rips! 
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Mar 26, 2019 20:46
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Elector_Nerdlingen posted:That is a super super pretty guitar. After having it for a week and finally getting to play it on my hot rod during band practice: it's the best instrument I've ever owned. Possibly the best I've ever played.
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Mar 27, 2019 19:47
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Maybe not the thread for this, but I listed my 80s Korean built epiphone les paul on cl for local trade and someone offered a red knobbed fender champ 12 for it. Reviews seemed mixed, but it’d be cool to have a tube amp at home to practice with. Any one have any experience with one?
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Apr 21, 2019 03:09
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:That's a Paul Rivera-era Fender which, imo, are underrated, clean headroom (that is to say if you like fuzz and or high gain pedals these are really great) amps. I don’t do a lot of high gain stuff, but I have a ton of pedals and heard the amp is pretty good with cleans and pedals.
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Apr 21, 2019 04:48
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Thanks for the encouragement! I’ll give it a try this week and report back. I’m gonna have to replace the knobs if I buy it though. That red is ugly af.
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Apr 21, 2019 05:25
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After The War posted:The best thing you can do with it is upgrade the speaker if it still has the original, that would make it a significantly nicer and more useable amp. If I don’t immediately love it I’ll probably pass. I have a Hot Rod for gigs and band practice and use a katana currently at home. Just wondering if I’ll like it better since I dig tubes.
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Apr 21, 2019 06:21
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Does anyone have any recommendations for low profile cables that can work with a boss ns-2? I'm using the send/return and input/output jacks, and my low profile cables won't fit the jacks because they're too close together. Right now that one pedal takes up nearly 1/3 more space than any of my others because of the size of the jacks on the cables I have.  I bought a Walrus Audio Slö so I'm trying to make room for it since it won't likely replace my regular reverb pedal. 
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May 8, 2019 20:40
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Krustic posted:Look into the ebs flat patch cables. I switched to them and they work well and save space. There we go. Thanks!
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May 8, 2019 21:25
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I ordered a cheap rear end Ibanez bass for home recording use.  
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May 29, 2019 17:10
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Afro posted:Missed opportunity to get it in pink. I almost bought one a while ago but don't realistically have room for it Shiiiiiit. I didn't realize it came in pink. I got this one off of reverb for a song though, so I'm not too worked up about it.
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May 29, 2019 19:13
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I got my big, dumb, not pink bass today. It’s pretty good for not being pink. 
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Jun 6, 2019 23:53
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Pablo Nergigante posted:Nice and also excellent JM Thanks! It's a 2018 American Original JM. It's bone stock except I swapped in a mastery bridge. It's the finest instrument I've ever touched. I got a hell of a deal on it around my birthday this year. The previous owner nicked the bottom of it ever so slightly and couldn't bear it. Got it for $675 off retail with free shipping.
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Jun 7, 2019 19:25
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Wark Say posted:Like, that's awesome and all (and hell, I've taken advantage of deals like that myself), but why do people do this? It's a minor scuff, if we can take dents off a car, we can fix that easy-peasy! I’m not gonna fix it. Since it’s dinged already I don’t have to baby it!
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Jun 8, 2019 05:40
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Wark Say posted:Oh no, don't misunderstand me: I get why you got it, BabyRat. I looooove instruments with scars myself. We cool and in the same wave on that. The best part is that it's in a barely noticeable spot anyway. I also live upstairs from a really great luthier who offered to fix it for me. I'll probably take him up on that and have him put block inlays on the neck so she gets real fancy. 
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Jun 8, 2019 20:07
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VELOUR SPACESUIT posted:Lurking in the pedals thread inspired me to pick up this Walrus Audio Iron Horse v1. Ended up being my favorite distortion pedal ever. Does everything from a dirty boost to blown out fuzz. Super happy. V2 is supposedly a tad better sonically, but they changed the graphic so the led isn’t the horse’s eye any more. Not worth it.
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Jun 22, 2019 08:34
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Accidentally bought another thing. Vox AC30 C2X. Feels like I stole it for $500.  Now I gotta sell my Hot Rod Deluxe.
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Jun 30, 2019 16:36
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Siivola posted:No you need to buy a stereo loop switcher and set up a wet-dry rig. I don’t know what this means, but I like the sound of it.
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Jun 30, 2019 17:13
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Siivola posted:You run your guitar signal into two amps simultaneously, but you only put certain effects through one of the amps. These are often "wet" effects like modulation or wild delay effects. This creates a big sound because the two amps tend to sound a bit different to begin with, and then you get both the effected and "dry" signals playing simultaneously for a real nuanced sound. Basically double-tracking yourself live. That’s pretty dang sweet, but the only way I could convince my wife not to murder me when I got home was by telling her that selling the hot rod for $300-400 means I only spent $100-200 to upgrade haha.
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Someone offered me this in exchange for my Fender Deville (which I was supposed to sell to cover the cost of the Vox) aaaaand now I'm torn.   Can't find an MSRP or review on this particular one online though.
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