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FS Sonus SC50 212 combo £300 SOLD

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andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
edited December 2023 in Amps £

The much misunderstood Sonus SC50. A single channel 212 combo designed and built by hifi enthusiasts in Scotland. These were mega expensive when they came out. 

It's 50w powered by a pair of KT88's and two ECC83.  Yep, it's had the piano black top sprayed in blue sparkle. The top was marked when I got it from having had something stood on top of it so I had it filled and sprayed. 

I bought it as new old stock and as such it's in a great condition. I do have an instruction manual for it as well as some promotional material from the launch of these. 

The controls are indented so have a number of 'clicks' as you move them around. The mid control acts as a global shaping control which changes how the treble, bass and gain work with it. It's a master volume so you can get a great drive/lead sound from it and it cleans up well using the guitar volume. 

Tons of headroom if you set it clean so will work well as a pedal platform. 

It's a big sod as well. I've put a pic up with a '94 Twin in front of it so you can see what you're getting yourself into. Sorry, pics are rubbish  in the unlikely event someone wants this I'll put some better pictures up!

£500

Now a ridiculous £450


And now £350. Yep £350.

Come on, this was a £2500 amp when new, surely worth a punt at this price.

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(NOW SOLD) Egnater Armageddon 4 x12  it's quite a compact cab and is in excellent condition as well  

With castors. Awesome thing, fitted with an led strip for 'awesome' stage lighting or home mood lighting! Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, leds have a remote control so you can set the colour, brightness, strobe, flash, fade etc etc. And it doesn't introduce any hum when you're playing through it.

Now £250

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  • sm55onlsm55onl Frets: 28
    Oh, maaaaan !.....a Sonus SC-50 in the very flesh.
    what does it sound like....is it good, is it great ?!?

    I probably couldn't justify having this (and such a decent price as well) but just knowing that they are still out there - didn't it get a 'gold' mark from Guitarist magazine when it came out ?
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    sm55onl said:
    Oh, maaaaan !.....a Sonus SC-50 in the very flesh.
    what does it sound like....is it good, is it great ?!?

    I probably couldn't justify having this (and such a decent price as well) but just knowing that they are still out there - didn't it get a 'gold' mark from Guitarist magazine when it came out ?
    I think it's a great amp, it sounds different depending where you set the mid control. It can do mid scooped heavy rock or glassy fender type cleans.  
    Others experience may differ of course!

    It it also has a flat setting which takes pedals really well. I've had a pod II into the front end and it sounds massive, really spreads the sound out too being V fronted.  The speakers are some kind of Celestions I think. 
    Its also pretty much silent at idle too no matter where the volume and gain is set. 

    Best of all it still sounds good at really quiet volume.  

    I couldnt justify it either either but wanted it as I remember reading the guitarist review years ago but can't find a copy of it. 
    I have found an old issue from the 1990's that had the advert in.
    I'll put up the sales brochure and instruction manual as pics this weekend as I've never seen them anywhere else.  

    Just a few guys trying to do something different/innovative which wasn't embraced by the guitar community as a whole as we're all pretty traditional at heart (Gibson RD/Firebird X anyone?).

     I personally love the look of it but I also lust after Parker Flys and Gus guitars, so that means I'm probably sick in the head. 

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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Bump
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    Bump
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Bump & price drops
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Bump and prices dropped again.
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Bump and price drop
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Bump for much cheapness on the Budda
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  • ClassicClassic Frets: 40
    Are you aware the Budda amp appears to be available for £90? Did you mean £900?
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Classic said:
    Are you aware the Budda amp appears to be available for £90? Did you mean £900?
    Lol! Cheers! 
    Just sold this yesterday. I shall amend accordingly. 
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Bump and price drop cos I've seen something shiny. 
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    Bump
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  • At that price I'm slightly tempted by the sonus...but it is damn weird looking! It's hard to get an idea of scale. Have you got a pic of it with something that might give me a better idea? A guitar maybe? 

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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Up again!
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  • Is the SC50 still for sale?
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Is the SC50 still for sale?
    Withdrawn for now mate. Forgot to update the ad. 
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Back up fs
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  • andy1839andy1839 Frets: 2197
    Little bump 
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  • LegionreturnsLegionreturns Frets: 7965
    Your tiny pic links no longer work for me. You may have to do them again mate

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