End of an era

[JPJ]

So yesterday I sold the last of my SWR gear. This ends what has been a thirty plus year obsession with the brand, started by my love of the bass playing of John Paul Jones. Over the years I have owned and gigged:

1) Black Beauty combo

2) Black Beauty combo with Workingmans 210

3) 750x head with Goliath III (4x10) and Son of Bertha (1x15)

4) 750x head with two Goliaths

5) Grand Prix preamp (twice)

6) SM1500 head with two Goliaths

7) SM1500 head with one Goliath Senior (6x10)

8).SM1500 with one Goliath

9) SM900 with one Goliath

10) Marcus Miller preamp (twice)

11) Marcus Miller preamp with Amplite poweramp (the setup I should have kept).

 

I know that Fender swallowed up the SWR brand and then promptly did nothing with it, but boy would I love an SWR pedal sized preamp with the semi-parametric EQ and the  famous aural enhancer (marmite to many),

[BassAdder60]

Looks amazing and very heavy !