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That being said, if I ever needed a cheap, bulletproof, decent sounding loud box for a gig, I'd be all over another one.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Unfortunately it’s a silver stripe model though - Sheffield speaker job
I honestly prefer the red stripe ones - it may sound daft, but I think they’re much better looking, as well as (I think) very marginally better sounding. They aren’t quite as solidly built, but still easily good enough. I love the angled control panel - Leo Fender got this right way back in 1960 - and the chunky corner protectors that remind me of an Art Deco cinema .
But you won’t get a better-sounding, more capable amp than either of them for the ridiculously low prices they go for - the only reason I don’t have one is because they’re very rare and I haven’t come across one yet. The Studio Pro does me fine for now.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I didn't realise until moving the amp, that there is an actual spring tank in it? I thought it was digital...!
I put a Celestion Line 6 custom speaker in my Studio Pro, which made it much better than I remember any other one sounding. The original speaker was blown when I got it, so couldn't compare directly. I also tried an Eminence Li'l Texas neodymium in it, which I think sounded even better, but it had an unfortunate encounter with a baritone guitar and developed a nasty whine on some notes - which is usually caused by a loose voice coil winding, but shouldn't have happened at the low volume I was playing at even though there were some bass frequencies there. I've played proper bass through the Celestion loads of times without problems.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My mate bought a Roost head from Sound Control that had a mix of 6l6 and el34s fitted. I can’t believe it even worked! I bought a 100 watt JMP head off them and when I got it home found out it was actually a 50 watter! I carried that home on the tube in a kit bag...
After the Roost my mate bought some kind of Peavey hybrid 2x12 combo that had onboard effects - phaser for one, I think, that weighed a ton too. I don’t think the effects ever worked. We probably just looked in the back and saw valves and thought ‘great, valve amp, cheap, we’ll have it’.
Interestingly Johan Segeborn just did a vid with an old Peavey bass head, the same model the bass player in my band played back then, and it sounds pretty good for guitar.
Even at only 100W it was enough for bass - I’m not convinced my 500W Class D/SMPS amp is actually louder, although the whole 1x10” combo weighs less than the Peavey head!
I had a 600W head and a 4x10” made from reinforced concrete at one point too…
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I say 'appeared to be' using Bandits only because they sounded absolutely amazing. Fantastic hard rock tone that had me looking for some disguised Marshall or Mesa off stage... I've never owned a Bandit but if they sound that good then they're really all you need.
Anyone else at that gig who might've noticed the same?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein