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Traitorous Usurper
I hate buying amps.
My local "Music-Go-Round" recently obtained a Roland JC-120 combo and put it out on the floor for 400 bucks. Not bad, eh? After piling up all of the useless rack gear I've got lying around, I went in for a trade.
Wow. This amp really blew. I have absolutely no doubt that a decent version of this amp is what I'm looking for (based on several recommendations from you good people), but it sucks to think that maybe I found a good deal on my dream amp only to notice that it has: 1. a bashed in speaker, 2.) a lovely hissing sound, and 3.) the most distorted clean tone that I've ever heard, even at a relatively low volume.
I wish I was the kind of person that possessed any amount of patience. I wanted new gear and I wanted it right then. So I ended up buying a fucking Peavey Special 212. Hey, I gotta admit that it had a pretty decent clean tone, the wattage was nice and high, it had an external speaker jack, etc.
I took it home and discovered: 1.) a lovely hissing sound, 2.) a completely non-functional footswitch, and 3.) the reverb knob should have been labeled "hellish agonizing buzz."
It's going back to the store this weekend. Why do I always have to learn my lessons the hard way?? Hopefully they'll have something else to try out.
My local "Music-Go-Round" recently obtained a Roland JC-120 combo and put it out on the floor for 400 bucks. Not bad, eh? After piling up all of the useless rack gear I've got lying around, I went in for a trade.
Wow. This amp really blew. I have absolutely no doubt that a decent version of this amp is what I'm looking for (based on several recommendations from you good people), but it sucks to think that maybe I found a good deal on my dream amp only to notice that it has: 1. a bashed in speaker, 2.) a lovely hissing sound, and 3.) the most distorted clean tone that I've ever heard, even at a relatively low volume.
I wish I was the kind of person that possessed any amount of patience. I wanted new gear and I wanted it right then. So I ended up buying a fucking Peavey Special 212. Hey, I gotta admit that it had a pretty decent clean tone, the wattage was nice and high, it had an external speaker jack, etc.
I took it home and discovered: 1.) a lovely hissing sound, 2.) a completely non-functional footswitch, and 3.) the reverb knob should have been labeled "hellish agonizing buzz."
It's going back to the store this weekend. Why do I always have to learn my lessons the hard way?? Hopefully they'll have something else to try out.
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