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    Gear with its own personality

    in General Discussion

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    15 hours ago, Doctor J said:

    Two amps. Guitar amps, though. The first, we stumbled across in the mid-90's. My mate Big Al was looking for an amp and we came across an Ampeg guitar amp, a 2x12 combo, in a shop. Neither of us had heard of an Ampeg guitar amp but tried it out anyway. Within seconds, we knew there was some kind of witchcraft going on and Big Al told me to stand guard over it while he legged it to try to find an ATM to get the cash. Years later, after he had stopped playing, I bought it from him for 50 quid more than his asking price and still have it to this day. When I was gigging as a guitarist, I used it at a couple of gigs. Combos are not the done thing in the world of Metal. One sound engineer was particularly sniffy when he saw me lugging all 35+kg of it in. "Don't worry" I told him, "it's nice." When it was soundcheck time he spoke to me through the montor, very mockingly "Well... let's hear this nice amp then."

     

    After the gig he came up and asked me what the model number was so he could try to get one himself 😆 I've never seen another one.

    The second was the head I bought to save me getting a hernia from carrying the Ampeg. I bought a Fryette Deliverance, based on a few sound samples but mostly because it had sacrificed features for pure, delicious tonal goodness, and a switch which offered you a simple choice. More or less? I always want more. I gigged for a few years with it, always getting compliments from lads carting the obvious Mesa Rectifiers, Peavey 5150s and Marshalls around. When that band split, I figured my guitarist gigging days were behind me and would have no use for an excruciatingly loud 60W amp, so I put it up for sale. The guitarist in a band we had done a few gigs with over the years offered me asking price and I was happy for him to have it. A few years later, I got a call from the singer of that band. They had split up a while before and he was putting that band back together but without that guitarist and wanted to know if I would be interested. Life is more interesting when you say yes, so that's what I did. Shortly afterwards, we were offered a gig supporting COC. I would need an amp. I checked the local ads but nothing really appealed. The week before the COC gig what should I see but an ad for the Fryette. Yer man would never have sold it to me, things being sa they were, so I had to ask a friend of mine to buy it on my behalf. I used it for the next couple of years with that band before I quit gigging for good after I used it at Bloodstock. I see it as providence that I got it back, so have invested in a power soak and still have it at home, using it for recording these days.

     

    The Ampeg VL-503. I had one those, mine was a 2x12 combo that came with casters because it weighed an absolute ton. I part-ex-ed it for a single channel JCM 800 2x12 combo (4211?). Though THE best guitar amp I had was a Matamp 1224 MkII, which was sounded fabulous.

     

    Pedals-wise, along with the Matamp, I had a few D*A*M pedals, the Sonic Titan and the Red Rooster, which were both superb sounding pedals.

     

    Bass-wise, obviously my current Ric (in the avatar) is probably one of the best I've heard. It's far from A1 nick, but it's fabulous.

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    Amps, heads, cabs, combos....... ??

    in Amps and Cabs

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    Ashdown teased a picture of a new OriginAl head (in black), so not sure what's happening there... more power?

     

    The OriginAl 300w combo 1x12 is 13kg, and the 2x10 is 14.5kg, the RM C210T 500 is 20kg, so maybe a bit heavy. IIRC, the Rumble 500 was something like 15kg.

     

    I keep looking at lighter combo's, but they do tend to be a tad expensive at the moment.

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    NBD - Long scale, semi acoustic content

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Oooh, been GAS-ing for a semi for a good few years, but have never been tempted to part with any money as yet.

     

    Keep forgetting about the good old Aria TAB's, but the Warwick Star was top of the list for a long time (the Korean built ones were 34", where the Chinese RB's are 32" IIRC). 

     

    Enjoy your new TAB.

    Geddy Lee solo tour

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    It was an entertaining night indeed. Phill Jupitus was the Guest Interviewer, and the "Glasgow Chorus" opened with a rendition of "Closer to the Heart". Plenty of funny stories about the band and their antics, plenty of contemplative stories about losses.

     

    Glad I could go. 

     

    And my son is happy as well now, as we have tickets for Slipknot next December.

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    Geddy Lee solo tour

    in General Discussion

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    It's been a tale and a half here...

     

    I'd thought about going, but then decided not to, due to the cost of getting there, staying over, etc. Then I was informed that my son's College Music Course were having a "show gig" on the same night. Being his first gig, I could not miss that.

     

    Then I was speaking to our guitarist, who's also a big Rush fan, who said he'd drive, result, so I booked 2 tickets, only remembering about my sons gig directly after booking them. Oh Foxtrot! Sent the venue an email, asking if I can cancel the booking & get a refund. Thankfully, they obliged (phew, TFFT).

     

    Fast forward to yesterday (13th Dec.), when my son texted me to say that the gig had been cancelled due to a lack of Staff. Gutted for my son, but then thought to ask our guitarist if he was still up for it. Not surprised at his answer, so booked some more tickets.

     

    Guess I'll see you there whoever's going to Glasgow! 

     

    "Giddy for Geddy"

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