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Borken Carvin X100B. Not sure what I'm going to do with it after I fix it.
Borken Ampeg SVP Pro preamp. Probably a fixnflip.
AKG HP6E headphone amp

This Pile of Mics. There's a handful of decent things in there, and the rest looks ok enough that I could sell it off bit by bit to cover the cost of the whole lot.

Nate Dort wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:14 pm Borken Carvin X100B. Not sure what I'm going to do with it after I fix it.

Play some sick riffs is what you're going to do!

The EQs on those are a little unusual - I was told they're active but never really investigated that any further. They seem to work more like a boost/cut and not the normal "dime everything" way that I'm used to with most amps. And the graphic is also surprisingly useful.

I've gotten so much mileage out of mine I'm not selling it + honestly they do not fetch much money anyway.

Also: Nonagon-approved!

I'm fairly certain that I remember Creston from Harvey Milk rocking one of those when they toured that last couple times.

tallchris wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:46 pm 80's G&L SB-1 off the Goodwill auction site, looks like it's got replacement pickups so I've also got a current G&L MFD P-bass pickup on the way as well to throw in there.

FM PEPPER! mentioned to me that a lot of these have defective necks that bow. Sorry to be a downer. Hopefully, yours is okay!

yard barf wrote:

tallchris wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:46 pm 80's G&L SB-1 off the Goodwill auction site, looks like it's got replacement pickups so I've also got a current G&L MFD P-bass pickup on the way as well to throw in there.

FM PEPPER! mentioned to me that a lot of these have defective necks that bow. Sorry to be a downer. Hopefully, yours is okay!

This would explain a lot. I have an SB-2 & I fought with the neck for a long, long time before bucking up and getting it professionally repaired.

Garth wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:33 pm

yard barf wrote:

tallchris wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:46 pm 80's G&L SB-1 off the Goodwill auction site, looks like it's got replacement pickups so I've also got a current G&L MFD P-bass pickup on the way as well to throw in there.

FM PEPPER! mentioned to me that a lot of these have defective necks that bow. Sorry to be a downer. Hopefully, yours is okay!

This would explain a lot. I have an SB-2 & I fought with the neck for a long, long time before bucking up and getting it professionally repaired.

Hmm, we'll see! Based on the photos it looks like it'll need a refret anyway.

tallchris wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:34 pm

Garth wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:33 pm

yard barf wrote:

FM PEPPER! mentioned to me that a lot of these have defective necks that bow. Sorry to be a downer. Hopefully, yours is okay!

This would explain a lot. I have an SB-2 & I fought with the neck for a long, long time before bucking up and getting it professionally repaired.

Hmm, we'll see! Based on the photos it looks like it'll need a refret anyway.

FYI, before I knew anything, I figured the whole neck needed replacing & G&L were absolutely atrocious support-wise. They said they HAD to be the ones to replace the neck and would not just sell me one etc. AND they were going to charge me $650 to do it which is considerably more than I paid for it originally. Get stuffed G&L, never again.

That whole system is nuts. The tagline “SOUNDS REALLY GREAT” is oddly amusing I thought.