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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:12 am
by Doog
I like to add a little continental flair to proceedings whenever I can.

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:35 am
by UlricvonCatalyst
I got an H/H IC 100L head a month or so ago and it sounds waaaay better than my (admittedly gubbed) VS Musician. I think you're gonna be pretty happy with it. H/H are the ultimate amp bargains out there....for now.

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:18 pm
by Doog
Yeah man, well looking forward to getting it. Either way, I sold the Marshall for £120 and will be picking this up for about half that (once I factor in travel and karma price bump), so it's win-win.

The dude got back to me and seems mega nice, gonna pick it up tomorrow afternoon.

He actually posted a vid in the listing a few days ago that I missed, sonds kool. He can really play too, which is always a bit of a comfort when buying gear; none of this "I DIDNT REALISE IT WAS BROKED, I DONT REALLY PLAY MATE LOL"
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:14 pm
by GreenKnee
IMPUT!


Sounds good though :)

Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:34 pm
by Doog
Fuck, I hope I don't need to buy a guitar imput cable to use this with my current gear :/

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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:37 pm
by benecol
I just hope you can tame your trebble.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:48 pm
by Doog
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Well, about 3.5 hours later and I'm back with this heavy little beast. The clean channel is easily twice the volume of the Marshall, and the distortion channel ain't even all that bad!

It's a little boxy sounding (despite the weight, it's pretty small), but taming the mids, trebble and boosting the lows makes it sound infinitely better. Added bonuses include TWO FX LOOPS, switchable reverb for each channel and a channel blend mode for faux-TOOBSCREAMA clean-dirty nonsense. It even uses the same exact same 100w 4ohm Celestion that I originally bought for the Marshall, so I've got a back-up :)

I gave the dude £55 (versus the £41 it went for), so he was pleased, the nice young man he was.

Totally worth the travel and time involved; thanks loadz for the recommendations guys.. NOW I GOT TWO HH AMPS!! :D

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:55 pm
by lorez
nice one Doog on getting what you needed and being such a gent to the seller. Now starting to get HH Amp envy, especially with that 70s hifi style blue glow on the control panel that they have when on

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:47 pm
by Doog
Cheers man, I'm pretty fucking chufffffffed!

I love all the push-buttons on the front, it's so fucking SEVENTIES. Or EIGHTIES.

Clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky-clicky

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:59 pm
by benecol
Doog wrote:NOW I GOT TWO HH AMPS!! :D
Eh? Have I missed an episode?

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:21 pm
by Doog
I've had a HH 'Bass Machine' bass head for a number of years; an ex-bandmate pulled out of the practise space we used to rent together and he sold me some of the gear he kept there for megacheapz, just to save picking it up.

Exactly like this one, although I don't have WONKYFACE LION CAB

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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:27 pm
by lorez
Damn you mean Doog no have wonky face lion cab? Such a shame

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:39 pm
by Doog
Maybe I can do a Roe-style re-grilling of my 1x15 cab..

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:(

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:00 pm
by Ben79
metal snake with jetpack sticks tongue out at wonky lion face bedspread amplifier grille

....that gets 135 Google results - must happen more than I thought.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:08 pm
by Doog
lahwlz

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:14 pm
by h8mtv
I decided to add another head to the arsenal since I have amassed a few speaker cabs. I ordered an Acoustic B200h. I considered another Ampeg micro vr but I have always liked the Acoustic stuff and it was a few bucks cheaper. I hope it comes tomorrow.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:26 pm
by Nick
Is HH a brit thing? I can't find anything on eBay for them.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:29 pm
by Mages
Nick wrote:Is HH a brit thing?
I believe so.

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:30 pm
by Freddy V-C
LOEV WONKYFACE LION CAB!

Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:40 pm
by Doog
Nick wrote:Is HH a brit thing? I can't find anything on eBay for them.
Yeah, they were a UK company from Cambridge, I place I used to live very close to. Laney bought 'em out and still sell similar kinda stuff using the name and design aesthetic: http://www.hhelectronics.com/products.php

Check out this disgusting circa '96 era unofficial website for some crusty magazine ad scans and poor choices of background images: http://www.hhamplification.co.uk/history.asp