Little gems

jakeolly

i recently bought a fender 85 deluxe ( cheers Elwood)
cheap as....
 I absolutely love it 
 with all the expensive boutique stuff around that we all lust after, I was just wondering if anyone else had some cheap, undervalued and under appreciated amps that they too used all the time and were delighted with?
My little fender transistor ugly duckling makes me smile every gig and rehearsal and am interested in others, the ones people would never sell. Funny how things we get for a song can please us so much ?
just interested 

DLM

You'll need to move this to Gear>Amps, man. This is the Classified ads section!

jakeolly

Whoops. Ta 

Dominic

fender superchamp with ragin cajun speaker mod

ICBM

Peavey Special. Not so much a little gem as a small piece of depleted uranium, possibly…

At 61lbs it's not actually *that* heavy compared with some valve amps, and at 120W with an extremely efficient speaker it's definitely loud enough to do any gig I'll ever play. It also sounds very good, and is so bombproof I doubt I would ever need a backup.

£60 from a fellow forum member .

I have to admit I took leave of my senses and nearly sold it a few weeks ago, but the amp I was planning to replace it with promptly died, so I have taken that as a 'sign' and the Peavey won't be going anywhere now. It gets used nearly every day in my workshop.

timmysoft

ICBM said:

Peavey Special. Not so much a little gem as a small piece of depleted uranium, possibly…

At 61lbs it's not actually *that* heavy compared with some valve amps, and at 120W with an extremely efficient speaker it's definitely loud enough to do any gig I'll ever play. It also sounds very good, and is so bombproof I doubt I would ever need a backup.

£60 from a fellow forum member .

I have to admit I took leave of my senses and nearly sold it a few weeks ago, but the amp I was planning to replace it with promptly died, so I have taken that as a 'sign' and the Peavey won't be going anywhere now. It gets used nearly every day in my workshop.

Thats my old one right?

I got so lucky rescuing that, £18 it cost me in total, the guy would have just skipped it that day if i hadn't have picked it up!

Sassafras

timmysoft said:

ICBM said:

Peavey Special. Not so much a little gem as a small piece of depleted uranium, possibly…

At 61lbs it's not actually *that* heavy compared with some valve amps, and at 120W with an extremely efficient speaker it's definitely loud enough to do any gig I'll ever play. It also sounds very good, and is so bombproof I doubt I would ever need a backup.

£60 from a fellow forum member .

I have to admit I took leave of my senses and nearly sold it a few weeks ago, but the amp I was planning to replace it with promptly died, so I have taken that as a 'sign' and the Peavey won't be going anywhere now. It gets used nearly every day in my workshop.

Thats my old one right?

I got so lucky rescuing that, £18 it cost me in total, the guy would have just skipped it that day if i hadn't have picked it up!

And you sold it to ICBM for £60?
You're a merciless, grasping capitalist pig.
  

mudslide73

Peavey Bandit Transtube... I had one for about 3 years and loved it. Veratile and durable. I fancy one again now I've thought about it. 

ICBM

timmysoft said:

Thats my old one right?

I got so lucky rescuing that, £18 it cost me in total, the guy would have just skipped it that day if i hadn't have picked it up!

I think so, it's been passed around here quite a bit .

Sassafras said:

And you sold it to ICBM for £60?

You're a merciless, grasping capitalist pig.
  

Hardly. It should probably double with every owner due to the sheer cost of couriering it!

At £60 it was still only 50p a watt anyway .

timmysoft

ICBM said:

timmysoft said:

Thats my old one right?

I got so lucky rescuing that, £18 it cost me in total, the guy would have just skipped it that day if i hadn't have picked it up!

I think so, it's been passed around here quite a bit .

Sassafras said:

And you sold it to ICBM for £60?

You're a merciless, grasping capitalist pig.
  

Hardly. It should probably double with every owner due to the sheer cost of couriering it!

At £60 it was still only 50p a watt anyway .

That amp is a forum slut.

Great amp though!

Stevepage

Peavey JSX. People really over look it and think it's just Satriani in a box but but really is so much more. On the upside, their second hand value makes them a great deal. It's probably my favourite amp I've owned.

57Deluxe

SESSION Rockette 30 and the Fender SCXD - in stereo even bettererer,,,,!

professorben

Stevepage said:

Peavey JSX. People really over look it and think it's just Satriani in a box but but really is so much more. On the upside, their second hand value makes them a great deal. It's probably my favourite amp I've owned.

Absolutely brilliant amp, the Amber channel is worth it on its own, I do regret selling it, but it was just too much for what I was doing at the time (functions) but would suit perfectly now (loud metal lol)