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Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:03 pm
by Doog
TEH CUOMOZ! Nearly.
A trolley or at least a set of castors (plus dog lead) is a fine idea; Russ from CAUTIONHORSES picked up one from Maplins for his amp, although it broke rather fast. I'll steer clear of those jokers, then..
I guess it's possible that given the age of my amp, the less-than-expected volume could be down to some old components? It was struggling to be loud enough when used by trio Fashoda Crisis at the same gig.
Hmm yeah, didn't consider a Fender; there's a Princeton 112 Plus for on Gumtree that I may look into, fairly priced at £150.
edit: that model is 65w. Hmmm.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:10 pm
by Mike
Yeah, get a "decent" trolley thing, but god knows where from. Screwfix? Some other BLOKE SHOP.
Fran will know.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:59 pm
by timhulio
Drive an car?
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:14 pm
by Mike
We can't all be poshos, Tim
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:27 pm
by timhulio
Now, now. That's a proper cheap and reliable Volvo. Great for band guys.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:32 pm
by Doog
Can't drive / have little money / live in London
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:34 pm
by Mike
timhulio wrote:Now, now. That's a proper cheap and reliable Volvo. Great for band guys.
I don't think Doog is looking for a solution that comes with the kind of expenses that Petrol, Tax, Insurance, and Parking/Congestion Charges incur, even if he did have a license.
I'm rubber stamping this as most daft response to gear question ever.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:32 pm
by sp3k
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:11 pm
by mickie08
What about one of the ZT lunchbox 1x12 combos they have now...
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:13 pm
by mickie08
THey are even on sale right now at hello music
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:16 pm
by mickie08
take it back...the one on sael right now is the smaller 200 watt but only 6.5" speaker. Still a great idea for portable and loud/clean. Even more so if you are gonna turn and run it through a PA at all.. It iwll help with the boxy 6.5" sound, though these amps are suppossed to be pretty good on their own.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:11 pm
by stewart
Mike wrote:Empires wrote:Fender Deluxe 112 Plus
Stupid loud. Too loud for house practice purposes. Cheaps. Clean channel is ace, nice reverb... I hate the dirt though. Takes pedals well.
This and one of these would get my vote anyday. Fender solid state amps stay clean and are fucking loud. Generally bright enough too.
i've got one of those ^
it's very loud. they sell for next-to-fuck-all these days too, like £80.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:49 pm
by Ben79
I was thinking H/H too when I read the first post. I've got one of these...
...and it's really clean. This 'Performer' model also includes a compressor, phaser, analogue delay and reverb! The delay is the best I've heard, really lofi but very musical. The distortion channel is okish at low gain settings.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:30 pm
by Sloan
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this thing is very heavy, has a horrible 'distortion' mode, but should allow plenty of headroom. would make a good bass amp as well.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:34 pm
by Gabriel
I'm just going to chime in and say I've been using a ZT lunchbox for the past couple of months, if you're not bothered by how tiny it looks onstage it'd be plenty loud. They've changed a bit since the early generations, they're eq'd for more bass response and handle distortion pedals a bit better.
Just to give you an idea of how loud they are I played 1400 seat concert hall with a 40 piece orchestra last night and cut right through. Don't let the diminutive size put you off. It's also the perfect size to take on the tube around London, ive been around the capital a few times in the past weeks with my guitar and amp and have had no issues whatsoever.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:46 pm
by NickS
Sloan wrote:<<youtubeVideo of an ebay auction for a T-shirt?>>
this thing is very heavy, has a horrible 'distortion' mode, but should allow plenty of headroom. would make a good bass amp as well.
A Mentors T-shirt?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:45 am
by Doog
lolwut
The ZT Club 12 on Ebay ends at 7pm today, currently going for £200 with 1 bid.. but given that they go for like £430+ new over here in the UK, I'd imagine it'll leap up in price towards the end.
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:02 am
by Gabriel
Doog wrote:The ZT Club 12 on Ebay ends at 7pm today, currently going for £200 with 1 bid.. but given that they go for like £430+ new over here in the UK, I'd imagine it'll leap up in price towards the end.
You'd be suprised I bought my Lunchbox on eBay for a pretty good price. If you don't have an issue with sniping you could feel safe in how much you're prepared to pay, and if you lose no loss?
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:12 am
by Doog
Yeah, I'm defo going keep a close eye on it
Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:07 pm
by Doog
Bah, I slapped £250 on it at the last minute and it wasn't enough. Ah well, I should probably sell some stuff off first before buying new gear.