I don't need two great amps. I don't even need one great amp, as I play at about a millionth of a watt at home, and am unlikely to play live again, by popular demand. Anyway, I've ended up with a Tone King Falcon Grande and an Imperial Mk II. Quite why I'm selling one in preference to the other, I don't know, but I'm offering the Falcon Grande to a discerning forum punter.
Three different voicings - rhythm, tweed and lead - and it's in superb condition. I don't use the 'lead' voicing on this or the Imperial, as it's not really my thing, but the rhythm setting has almost a compressed acoustic quality, and it great for electric guitar strumming - sounds natural, if you know what I mean. The tweed channel is my everyday channel, and with a simple tone control, covers just about everything that I want. The reverb is absolutely lush, and is better IMO than the reverb on the Imperial. The footswitch will let you switch between voicings and bring in the reverb. The attenuator is just bloody wonderful.
Anyway, it's £1250 if you'd like it, and I'm not sticking it in the post, but am happy to meet up (deserted parks, public conveniences, notorious dogging spots preferred, although I do draw the line at motorway services) or deliver. If you're blessed enough to live near Stafford, you can collect and it's £1225, although it's odds-on that you'll be a relative, so say £1200. Actually, if you ARE a relative, it's cash only.
This has also belonged to the brilliant
@edenfield99 and the lovely Billie the cat (I'm always grateful when cats don't automatically attack me. It's no big deal, it's just a cat thing). Then, off it went to
@skippy76 who looking for a Falcon Grande - he was equally lovely and coincidentally also didn't attack me. Then I missed the Falcon in spite of having the Imperial, so sulked for a little. Then
@MikeC and I were doing a deal on a vintage Guild and he asked me if I'd like a Falcon Grande. Turns out that it was my old one which had found it's way to Mike from
@skippy76 - ooh, I was happy and didn't hesitate. Although the details are hazy now, I'm pretty sure that
@MikeC didn't attack me either. Tell you what, it's been a pleasure meeting so many nice people from the forum who haven't attacked me.
In the meantime, I loved the Falcon so much that I let the Imperial go to
@MtB who I'd previously bought an amp from. Now Mike did attack me. *
* Of course he didn't - he's lovely as well, although I suspect that he was tempted to attack me. Right, so this is getting a bit confusing -
@MtB decided to sell the Imperial, so I bought it back, because it's a great amp. So now I've got two great amps, which is probably a bit silly, even for me. To be honest, I
need attacking.
Anyway, that's about it - fabulous amp, and I'm trying to be a bit sensible, but not bothered if it doesn't sell. There - I've said it. I'll miss it again, I'm sure.
As a postscript, talking of cats and being attacked, a relatively 'catastrophic' incident was when I
was delivering a Guild X-175B to Warrington. The chap was playing the
Guild to check that everything was OK, the giant tabby cat had finished
glowering at me from the sideboard that was creaking under the evil
bastard's weight, and it condescended to come over for a fuss. It all
went remarkably well for a couple of minutes, and then the fur-covered
fiend - which was my intellectual superior and had been lulling me into a
false sense of security all along - decided to attack, wrapping it's
teeth, legs and claws, into my meaty and obviously tasty
arm. As the blood pumped down my virtually severed limb, the chap looked
up and said 'yeah, he's not a very nice cat'. Oddly enough, I'd worked
that out for myself by that point, but thanks for the advice.
(Serving suggestion only)
Call me Dave.
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The cat episode is mainly why I don't visit Warrington any more. That and the ASBO.
Did you check the contractual claws?
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Sadly not. What can I say? No-one's purrfect.
Someone will offer you a Feline as a trade
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.