little help

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:23 am

so here is the sitch
i've been wanting a Sovtek Mig-100H since about 1996
or a red bear amp (although that is harder to find)
but when i hit up fleabay even the Mig50 ends up being out of my price range

so i was wondering if i could enlist shortscale to help

as it stands my amp selection is a fender FM212 (non digital series) that i put in a second out that cuts off the 2x12 speakers to run my 4x12 100watt 4ohm cab
and then a 1950's fonovox 3amp 60 cycle awesome for my apartment but not so awesome for anything else.

i'm contemplating dropping the fm212 (in favour of a twin reverb.. eventually) but the clean sound works for me

but what i'm asking for
is where can i find a mig 100H or even a mig 100
or god help me a red bear MK100 (i think that was the model? maybe mk60?) head
they are 100Watt 4ohm heads

also
what (aside from a way to costly marshall) woudl give me the same balls and killer groan?
(the fender FM412 head is essentially the fm212 less speakers and oddly with less balls)

little help?

gnar

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BradK · Post by **BradK** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:27 pm

I've got a RedBear MK120 that is in need of a repair still. The amp is built like a fuckin tank and if you search long enough you can find them relatively cheap. The thing that sucks is that these and sovteks are going through a huge surge in popularity over the past few years due to a few bands using them, so they're going for a lot more than they should be. It took me a few months of searching every day to find one for a semi-reasonable price. Keep it up, man.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:01 pm

thats the game plan

and everyone i've talked to locally about them looks at me like i'm making things up

euan · Post by **euan** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 5:04 pm

I got turned on to them about 3 years ago. Totally hot sounding. Never really could afford them when their were cheap.

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:57 pm

I have had a sovtek 60 and a Redbear 120 watt amp They were both killer amps for straight ahead rock and roll. Decent clean (not fendery obviously)

I got my red bear with a marshall 4x10 cabinet at the time for like 350 USD or something along those lines.

They don;t come up often but you can get awesome deals on them when they do.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:54 pm

dude, there was a redbear head that sold for like $300 (?) on ebay a few months ago. i've been watching them too.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:51 am

i guess the key will be not to bid against each other

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:15 am

ive never even heard of red bear.

what the fuck is red bear.

need info
want to excell at shortscale-ing

Chicago Mike · Post by **Chicago Mike** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:10 am

Sovtek Mig 60 just came up on the Chicago Craigslist.

LINK

(Well then...Albini likes them so it's got to be awesome, right?)

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:13 am

Chicago Mike wrote:Sovtek Mig 60 just came up on the Chicago Craigslist.

LINK

(Well then...Albini likes them so it's got to be awesome, right?)

shame the dude has no pics or price, but i sent them an email anyways

there are three mig 50's on ebay right now, and two are stupid over priced

(if albini likes it its a go)

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red bear amps were imported by gibson from russia for about two years in the mid 90's
they didn't sell well, so no one carried them,and because no one carried them,they didn't sell well
so it goes