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you are referring to the SCXD, aren't you? Just making sure. People usually don't call them just "champ" - to avoid confusion with the original champs. i love mine.

A. Is that adjusted for inflation? And I don't mean government "rate" bur real-deal, pain-at-the-pump inflation. B. That guitar will only bring $100K IF and ONLY IF he sells it. So it's EITHER the 100 grand OR the guitar, but not both. Just like a house is EITHER shelter OR investment, but not...

wow, those kits look exciting, but personally i don't feel up to the challenge just yet. i wish somebody offered cheap empty cabinets with tolex/cloth selections so that i could "build" myself a pseudo-vintage tweedy or blondy (or something). i've even seen a replacement cab for the SCXD, so...

i keep waiting for someone to comment on how the V amps' circuitry looks inside - is it easy to mod (especially for a non-engineer). these seem to be in the same niche as Valve Jr. and Blackheart, so modder following is expected. can't wait.

might i just point out that monetary value appreciation has no relevance unless you intend to sell. not saying you SHOULD sell, but there are better reasons for holding on to a guitar than its increasing monetary value. of course, it also depends on how strongly you need the money. people are...

i had a D-15 - excellent, fine guitar, i loved it. it's no 28, but really nice, got it when they first came out ('98?). i needed the money, but also didn't like the fear factor - i like a nice guitar, but want to take it to jams, bonfires, beach, etc. at that point i realized that i won't like...

that's true, there are so many sounds. even standard 'gibson' form-factor humbuckers can be so different. My GFS Dream 180's and also Retrotrons Alnico 2 Memphis' are SO not blurry/foggy! Many of filtertron form-factor pickups from Gretsch and TV Jones are humbuckers by design, but are famous...

lest you coil-split them :rolleyes: I have GFS Dream 180's (alnico V) and they are excellent in both humbucking and single-coil modes. I NEVER miss not having a strat or a tele. true that :D i do like single-coil clarity and punch with cleans, but humbuckers just sound fuller and nicer with...

the whole guitar looks like a GNARLY little tree. :p i'm sure you'll come up with something for the vibrato - you got this far. I am nowhere near your tech skills, but I notice that even though I feel totally unsure and even apprehensive before each project, if I really know what I want and...

wow, it looks like a disgusting store-made cake. with bob villa accents. :cool: (doesn't mean the guitar looks disgusting, green cakes=disgusting, green guitars=not). how do you like dream 180's? I love mine. since you already have a roller bridge, maybe you should make a wooden bigsby for a...

and for a poor man's version of "Tech 21 on the cheap" I really like Behringer's copies of the SansAmps - there's a version for guitar, bass and acoustic: they're all called "V Tone" and models are respectively: GDI21, BDI21 and ADI21. They're something like $30 each and I really like them...

i haven't tried GFS P90's, but I have 2 sets of their pickups - Dream 180's in a solidbody and Retrotron Memphis Alnico 2 in my archtop. They are a fantastic value - VERY good tones. I couldn't be pleased more. Basically, instead of a "search" for pickups on both guitars I ended up getting "the"...

yeah, did that amp sound good for a split second? :p

Bob, the stock speaker is indeed "good", it's apparently very "flat" or transparent, but I'd venture to say that it's really the amp, that is "GOOD", which makes the stock speaker sound good. It doesn't NEED a speaker, but who's gonna stop us? :D Playing stock is just ... boring, right? I think...

cool, so the circuitry is protected from the "popping" noises - i meant "standby" in that sense. I was also told that SCXD "doesn't need a standby switch" - which probably means that somehow the tubes don't wear out as much in idle (with jack pulled out). (probably being the keyword, since I...

Could you remind us what guitar/pickup combination you're using? and other than the tight bass and loudness, is the speaker warm and toneful or sharp/aggressive? How are the mids? Sparkly or brittle highs? P.S. Even before I changed my speaker I thought SCXD sounded better a few minutes after...

i know what you guys mean about preamp-hybrids. i don't really have a prejudice (and i think they're better sounding than all-SS) and I almost bought a Guitar Research 1x12 combo, when it was on clearance a while ago, but I'm glad I didn't. I just don't like them as much as what I hear from tube...

it's probably just wired differently. i saw people post suggestions how to modify an existing switch or to build one. it's still just switches, i think (nothing digital), but in some other config.

and of course, the real cab, which gets mic'ed - the mic basically only hears 1 cone (mostly). I think I'm going to go to Kinko's and order flat "full-size" photo-boards of marshall stacks, so I can have better appearance when I play on my deck :p i wonder who came up with that fake cab thing...

i'm sure they do. It just depends on stage size and possibly even appearance. whenever I "notice", even rigs with "walls" of amps/cabs have microphones in front of them. Brian May had a wall of 12 Vox AC30's and you can see one of them being mic'ed. I am merely an amateur/hobbyist, but I would...