Amps of note in this forum's history

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Re: Amps of note in this forum's history

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willow13 wrote:he just wants to know if any other amp (or other gear) got a huge buzz going and many on here purchased said item
There's a reason why ZT and Katana were basically the only ones haha, because they are relatively cheap and have proper distributors here.

I remember there were a few weeks last year when Wizard amps were all the rage on Rig-Talk, there must've been half a dozen WIzard NAD threads. And these were US$4000 amps.
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Kris wrote:
codedog wrote:Has anyone in ChCh got a ZT lunchbox?
i had one for a bit-i'd say they were utilitarian at best.Speaker was loud enough to jam with but pretty pants,and the fact it had a speaker meant it was a little too big to be at its most practical(under a pedal train to my way of thinking)
Sounds much better driving my THD 2x12.

And there's been a flurry of AC15s if I remember correctly?
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jimi wrote:Greenstone Bellbirds

Aside from individual amps that have done the rounds, the only stuff that really gets picked up by a bunch of people at once is the cheap stuff, and ZT lunchbox aside, there havent been that many exciting cheap amps.
I dunno man, I feel like there was a spate of Mk V boogies all at once, and they sure weren't cheap.
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Huh... fancy that... so it's not just the cheap and cheerful that trigger buying sprees. A Mark V buying spree? So much for a downturn in the economy...

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GrantB wrote:Slowy, oh yeah...That was the biz!
Had this hunch that 6V6 might be the way to go.
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Slowy wrote:There was that much tweaked Marshall combo that Danny had. Then it went to Saucey. Didn't you get it back again Danny?
Sauce was always on the verge of selling his 50w Marshall combo. He said the Marshall was too loud for church. He said he wanted something that sounded a bit different. He was in a pickle about whether it was his sound. He sold it once, then bought it back. I really needed a Marshall, and I begged Sauce to sell it to me. He said he might sell if he could get an AC15. A mate lined a deal on an AC 15 up for me, in Hamilton. Then Sauce decided he didn't want an AC15 after all, so I backed out of the deal in Hamilton. Then I upped the amount I would pay Sauce. That only seemed to make him less interested in selling. If I wanted it so bad, then that made him want it more. Weeks of offers and coy responses followed. It was like hunting a nervous animal. In the end a Marshall plexi head turned up on TM for 1000 notes and I left Sauce in peace. Sure enough shortly afterwards Sauce actually did sell it.
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Kemper was a big thing. People that got em were all Hoochie Coochie Man

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hamo wrote:
jimi wrote:Greenstone Bellbirds

Aside from individual amps that have done the rounds, the only stuff that really gets picked up by a bunch of people at once is the cheap stuff, and ZT lunchbox aside, there havent been that many exciting cheap amps.
I dunno man, I feel like there was a spate of Mk V boogies all at once, and they sure weren't cheap.


Yup there was a whole lotta that boogie on here at one point.
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jimi wrote:Greenstone Bellbirds
Surely these have to win the keeping it in the family award, being that they were created and built by a forum member.
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godgrinder wrote:
There's a reason why ZT and Katana were basically the only ones haha, because they are relatively cheap and have proper distributors here.
yep ... I remember also when Randall release the fortin stuff the buzz was pretty big to (for the metal heads here anyway)..but unlike Boss etc the marketing and distro was appalling so they basically feel flat (I would still totally buy one though)
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It's great that gear can do the rounds here with a sense that stuff is going to a good home within a home so to speak and then like a boomerang could do full circle.

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MrDINO wrote:It's great that gear can do the rounds here with a sense that stuff is going to a good home within a home so to speak and then like a boomerang could do full circle.
It really is. Also I think having a community of GCs makes the whole process less scary than buying something from Random Facebook Guy (although so far I've been lucky with FB transactions).
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hamo wrote:
MrDINO wrote:It's great that gear can do the rounds here with a sense that stuff is going to a good home within a home so to speak and then like a boomerang could do full circle.
It really is. Also I think having a community of GCs makes the whole process less scary than buying something from Random Facebook Guy (although so far I've been lucky with FB transactions).
The other nice thing is no one gives a second thought to the cycle of gear uploads and downloads

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werdna wrote:
Slowy wrote:There was that much tweaked Marshall combo that Danny had. Then it went to Saucey. Didn't you get it back again Danny?
Sauce was always on the verge of selling his 50w Marshall combo. He said the Marshall was too loud for church. He said he wanted something that sounded a bit different. He was in a pickle about whether it was his sound. He sold it once, then bought it back. I really needed a Marshall, and I begged Sauce to sell it to me. He said he might sell if he could get an AC15. A mate lined a deal on an AC 15 up for me, in Hamilton. Then Sauce decided he didn't want an AC15 after all, so I backed out of the deal in Hamilton. Then I upped the amount I would pay Sauce. That only seemed to make him less interested in selling. If I wanted it so bad, then that made him want it more. Weeks of offers and coy responses followed. It was like hunting a nervous animal. In the end a Marshall plexi head turned up on TM for 1000 notes and I left Sauce in peace. Sure enough shortly afterwards Sauce actually did sell it.
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Post by Aquila Rossa »

An amp type that has has a fair bit of discussion here is the Clone. Ceriatone, Trinity, Mojotone, etc. Most builders seemed pretty happy with the results?

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