Recommend me an amp I can get ... at Guitar Center ;_;

turned my beloved kustom combo amp on standby this afternoon, start changing my guitar strings, five minutes later i turn around and smoke is billowing out of the amp. already had it repaired extensively once so i'm probably just going to get something new or "new." if anyone wants to recommend brands or specific models, please let me know. my specifications are pretty similar to those listed in my first post above.

some dude out in the burbs is selling a delta blues on craigslist for $350, might check it out based on previous recommendations

oh it doesn't need to be something i can get at guitar center this time. just something i can locate in the chicago area.

i fucking hate amp shopping

went to like four guitar stores yesterday, the only amp i tried and loved was a 1968 ampeg reverberocket, which sounds amazing but of course is just expensive enough that i feel guilty about spending that much money but not so expensive that i can just dismiss it as being out of my price range. now i wish i had just bought the thing but it was at the first store i went to. i'll probably end up going back for it tomorrow.

I've got a '62 or so Ampeg Reverb-O-Rocket and I would replace it instantly no matter what the cost. Highly recommend it.

music dudes, I have this amp I am trying to sell on craigslist on behalf of a friend. I know nothing about amps. it's a marshall mg15dfx or something like that. has digital effects and stuff.

when I plug it in and turn it on it makes a loud pop. is that normal? are there any ways I can test this amp? I have an iPod and a 1/8-1/4 connector and cables. is that going to bring the lols?

sorry to show up so late - been busy. a loud pop is not all that bizarre on turn on. there should be a knob that says master (taking your know nothing about amps at face value plz do not feel slighted). make sure that is turned down when you turn the amp on and see if it still happens.

if yer still wanting to test the amp via ipod, plug it in, but turn the ipod output down to about 40% maybe. then make sure that A) the channel switch is not engaged (if this means nothing, there should be a green led on the front of the amp that turns red when you press a switch. you want it to be green when you do this.) B) the master level knob is up. C) if nothing is happening, look for a know that says gain and turn that up.

i am getting a 2x12 TUSC amp and am v excited to sound like marty mcfly

iirc tusc rose out of the ashes of Earth Sound Research, which in turn rose out of the ashes of Plush amps. I have an Earth G-2000 head and it is SUPER AWESOME, so good on you dude!

Does it have vibrato? the earth vibrato is magical, prob my favorite circuit w.the magnatone stuff coming in at a close second.

On the ... at Guitar Center front, I try not to go into that place, but the guy named Brick at 14th street who sold me a Monotron the other day was pretty cool.

i love how those ESR heads look like bad bar furniture. i've never heard one tho.

http://www.thesoundodyssey.com/images/products/Used%20black%20earth.JPG

i mean how cool

my ESR needs to be recased, i had two and sold the cleaner looking one because i could give exactly zero fucks about collector shit, but the weight + shittiness of casing construction have led to some serious edge deconstruction

GOD i need an amp again.

Does it have vibrato?

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DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDE

no but seriously if its the same circuit it is all o_Owesome

this is weird for me cause like i haven't been in a band since i was 16 and all of a sudden i'm getting a gig rig and recording an ep and trying to find photog friends to shoot us lmao

glad 2 hear u regrowing your ROCK HORNS

fo shoooo

btw omg @ PEDAL SHOPPING

haaa oh shit jjj i copied you w/ yr g-2000 no homo

mine's sparkly blue. and was <half the cost of the ampeg shit i was looking at which seems to shot up a few hundred in ebay prices anyway.

BAH, fried transformer! >:[

the hunt begins again.

oh lame

actually hmmmm i have a functional g-2000 with a shitty case and u have a functional case with a brokened amp seems like this could be beneficial to both of us tbh

well, it's still hasn't been shipped to me. they gave me the options of 1) $125 refund and ship as is (which brings it down to 300 incl. shipping); 2) their tech gets it up to speed free of charge and they transaction proceeds as planned; or 3) cancel/full refund.

so after he told me "my tech went over and determined that the power transformer for the verb/vibro circuit has a short in it. He indicated that these are no longer available and getting a reading off the current one to find a comparable replacement is not possible due to the fact it is already fried." i am thinking refund. Unless you have some wiser idea.

hmmmm yeah that seems like an odd way to deal with it - obv i have one that was functional, so you could use mine to get readings for a replacement transformer, but paying $300 for a non working amp seems uh ill advised tbh.

yeahhhh exactly and transformers=$$$$ iirc

and like ok what else is gonna turn out to be wrong with it

oh hmmmm look what i found -> http://www.schematicheaven.com/bargainbin.htm

scroll down for linked pdf schematic

yeah i was looking at that. but the transformers seem to be unlabled? (tho i am major suck at schematics)

btw COMPARE AND CONTRAST. http://www.ampwares.com/schematics/twin_reverb_ab763.pdf

i haven't actually looked at the schematic because i am at lol slow internet work, but i can't imagine that they wouldn't deal w/the transformer on there - maybe check with the dude on the other end and ask him if his tech has a hold of the schematic and if not, offer to send it to him.

xpost yeah iirc its basically a blackface twin w/ the silverface phase inverter or some such

can you actually work out the numbers from just the schematic? idk i'm getting the feeling they just don't wanna replace the parts or something. anyway i already told 'em to go the refund route but i'll quick send 'em a follow up with the link.

wow looking for info and hitting all these other gear forums makes me so fucking glad we have kept ads off ilx jesus christ

*THINKINGGGG NOISSSSSE*: http://www.thesoundodyssey.com/category.php?cid=68

btw if you have awesome amp things in your store this would be the time to pimp them as i just received the refund.

hrrrmmmm, i will ponder, but i dont think anything has come in since you were here - we did get in an awesome big old magnatone but it is prob going to be $$$$ if its all functional.

yeah my funds top out at about $500 or so tho i'm plannin another wave of ebaying my junk so that may change in the future. magnatone stuff seems a little too collectory price-wise for me. what i liked about the earth/plush stuff is they seem just far enough below the radar that i can score a high powered head for <$500