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Re: Micro-reviews of Gear You Just Bought
Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 3:33 pm
by mdc
I bought a boss GE-7. Pretty cool! Boost those mids, yo.
Re: Micro-reviews of Gear You Just Bought
Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 6:29 pm
by LBx
LBx wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 11:44 am
Big city Canada find for real:
Rebadged Squier Jazzmaster with Fender USA hardware swapped in, bridge is a Classic Player TOM I think, is
super fucking comfortable with a flatter radius than I'm used too and sanded down neck. Pickups (assumed stock) are shockingly decent. Cheap heat for the win...
Might have to re-radius my 90s CIJ now.
The narrower string spacing and flatter neck on this cheapie Squier is kind of mind blowing. 100% re-radiusing the other. TOM is pretty buzz-y so new bridges for both...
Re: Micro-reviews of Gear You Just Bought
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 5:50 pm
by mdc
Grabbed a very cheap Garnet Revolution I off of marketplace this afternoon. $250CAD, which is about half what they usually list for. The reverb isn’t working, hence the steep discount - hopefully just a driver tube or something similar.
Sounds quite good! This is a later version of the Rev1 so it’s a ~40w 2x6L6 amp with a master volume rather than the more common 6V6 ish amp. It took me a minute to realise that it has a pull switch on the MV which I think must turn on a cathode bypass cap or something like that. Gets louder and gainier with it engaged.
Re: Micro-reviews of Gear You Just Bought
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 7:48 pm
by matttkkkk
LBx wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 6:29 pm100% re-radiusing the other. TOM is pretty buzz-y so new bridges for both...
Cheaper and better resale to swap the neck out, unless there's some killer feature like matching headstock.
You should also investigate a little loctite or even clear nail varnish on the bridges, a classic JM hack.
Re: Micro-reviews of Gear You Just Bought
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 8:31 pm
by TylerDeadPine
mdc wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 5:50 pm
Grabbed a very cheap Garnet Revolution I off of marketplace this afternoon. $250CAD, which is about half what they usually list for. The reverb isn’t working, hence the steep discount - hopefully just a driver tube or something similar.
Sounds quite good! This is a later version of the Rev1 so it’s a ~40w 2x6L6 amp with a master volume rather than the more common 6V6 ish amp. It took me a minute to realise that it has a pull switch on the MV which I think must turn on a cathode bypass cap or something like that. Gets louder and gainier with it engaged.
niiiice - The revs are great