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endofanera wrote:JohnnySomersett wrote:JohnnySomersett wrote:Oooh, I'm getting excited now! Should arrive Thursday. Only cost me 50 tooLucky me. The guy wrapped it in a black bin bag to ship. Now I have the joy of replacing 3 potsNot even a box? Seriously? Wow.Yep, just the thinnest, blackest POS bin bag. Wasn't a great deal left of it either by the time it arrived. Gonna have a proper look over the weekend - check if it salvageable or worse.

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Finally got a permanent replacement for the head I had stolen out of my car last year.Since I use a Rusty as my preamp, I just wanted the power amp. Although I am feeling class D curious, in the end I went with the old class AB again because it was cheaper and more available, and I just wanted a basic box with volume knob and a power switch. Crown XLi 1500 fits the bill.I've done a couple of gigs with it, and it's all good. Loud, clean, very low noise, stacks of headroom. Sounds like a Rusty Box. The idea is to run one cabinet per side, but so far I've only had to use CH1 with a single cab and that's been plenty loud.

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JohnnySomersett wrote:I have no idea why, but I bought one of these:...I have no idea how it will sound.Set it right and you will sound exactly like Eyehategod. As we all know, this is a wonderful and melodious guitar tone.They can be a bit on the quiet side at times though.
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Bubber wrote:I'm trying out someone's Princeton Chorus, late 90s apparently. I like the cleans (don't care for the other settings, but who cares) and a lightweight 2x10 solid state combo is a good size for me. Seller is a good dude, and he's not asking much for it, $100. My only question is about the board-mounted jacks ”they're a little fussy, and he says he's had some minor trouble with them, when last he's touched the amp (been a while, apparently). If it's going to be unreliable, and too complex to spend on fixing it, then that wouldn't be worth the $100 to me. So. Thoughts on the jacks on these puppies?Those specialized Fender jacks can be weird, and they're known to have problems. However, you can usually find replacements through CE distribution, and swapping them is pretty easy for anyone who has ever soldered. It might take some time to get the circuit board in and out, but that's more time, not difficulty. $100 seems like a solid deal. Black knob, not red knob, right?

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I'm trying out someone's Princeton Chorus, late 90s apparently. I like the cleans (don't care for the other settings, but who cares) and a lightweight 2x10 solid state combo is a good size for me. Seller is a good dude, and he's not asking much for it, $100. My only question is about the board-mounted jacks ”they're a little fussy, and he says he's had some minor trouble with them, when last he's touched the amp (been a while, apparently). If it's going to be unreliable, and too complex to spend on fixing it, then that wouldn't be worth the $100 to me. So. Thoughts on the jacks on these puppies?

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Hey amp guys, I got an Acoustic Control 320 bass head that's making a low rumbling noise. I can play through it fine/everything works, except the power rocker switch is broken (amp is permanently on). Otherwise there's just the weird rumbling.I am going to open it up tomorrow to look at the switch, I don't know where to look for the noise...

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