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NAD silver to black to blonde bandmaster

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You may recall this amp. It's ex-Bender bandmaster that started life a silver faced head getting black face mods and a tweaked normal channel to Brown/Blonde it up a little. Bought it from Ben a while back and finally got round to doing my own adjustments.
Now featuring a blonde cab and wheat grill, smart new black face plate and cream cupcake knobs.
Returned the old Texas heat neo for portability (the JBL was menacingy heavy).
Quick resolder of a dodgy cap ans we're away.
Has a master volume knob at the back and with this tweaked back a little and some speaker attenuation and the ubiquitous 6g15 outboard reverb this is a diabolically sweet sounding set up.

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Re: NAD silver to black to blonde bandmaster

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These pictures make me happy :thumbup:

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Re: NAD silver to black to blonde bandmaster

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Looking good :thumbup:
Now you will have to re-tolex the outboard reverb unit to match.
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H671 wrote:Looking good :thumbup:
Now you will have to re-tolex the outboard reverb unit to match.
This is correct

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Nuff said :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :thumbup:

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I want to hear these amps cranked!

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Molly wrote:I want to hear these amps cranked!
Option 1:
Buy ticket to Auckland and come to a gig
Option 2:
Buy 66' showman and crank it :thumbup:

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StrummersOfThunder wrote:
Molly wrote:I want to hear these amps cranked!
Option 1:
Buy ticket to Auckland and come to a gig
Option 2:
Buy 66' showman and crank it :thumbup:
Option 3:
Crank them up and post it on YouTube.

Just sayin'...

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Molly wrote:
StrummersOfThunder wrote:
Molly wrote:I want to hear these amps cranked!
Option 1:
Buy ticket to Auckland and come to a gig
Option 2:
Buy 66' showman and crank it :thumbup:
Option 3:
Crank them up and post it on YouTube.

Just sayin'...
Mmmm clipping digital compressed demos. The best :thumbup:
I would but I have no wifi right now. Making do with the little 4g allowance I have :)

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Yeah. Appreciate YT is far from the best place to demo audio gear. Doesn't stop me buying shitloads based on their demos...

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Molly wrote:Yeah. Appreciate YT is far from the best place to demo audio gear. Doesn't stop me buying shitloads based on their demos...
Id happily put something up there for you if I could easily do so right now.
I like watching fail videos on you tube. Actually most of my musical prowess would fit quite well into that category come to think of it ....

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