Members Destructobot Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 :love::love: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280175984323&indexURL=0#ebayphotohosting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Devi Ever Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 Yowza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 cute, looks good enough to eat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 A 1972 amp with a factory effects loop, they assumed it would only be used for echoplex and such, so it just has a picture of sound reflecting off mountains by the loop jacks! Goddamn I have to get one of these someday, they're only going to appreciate in value while I rock the hell out of the neighborhood on it! I'm assuming the fist knob is for gain? goddamn that's cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members echodeluxe Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 gosh darn it. amazing looking amp. i believe justin (i love sharin foo) has that head. he has this amazing 6x12 (4x12 and 2x12) stack going on and i covet it on a daily basis. hes got some sweet gear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 I just spent an hour and a half reading the planet of the amps page and the electric amp page. Here's what I came up with: Sell this stuff: '81 JCM800 2204: $1000-1100Avatar 4x12 w/webers: 550-65076' Deluxe Reverb - $850 Total: Almost enough to get me a 120 watt electricamp master volume unit and an electric 2x12 cab. The electric amps have to be the most drool-inducing things I've ever seen. This way I have one and still keep my SF vibrolux for all other amp duties. It would be a little hard to sell a couple vintage amps to pay $2100 for a brand new one, but that electric will be vintage too someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members adamthemute Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 I think I'm gonna save up for a black one with the lightning bolt...shouldn't be too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 About $2200 for 120w el34 version is pretty damn expensive IMO! I want one anyway though. I bet you could drop that amp out of a moving truck and it would still work as long as the tubes were ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Man and Mer Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 Damn the 70s and their excesses! 120 watt amps...even at half power it's too much amp for me. Wouldn't make much sense for me to pony up for a 60 watt amp when the highest I've ever taken my 50 watt is five and a half, clean headroom be damned. I love my amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 I think you can pull two power tubes for 60w joy. They make non master-volume models, btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Man and Mer Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 I think you can pull two power tubes for 60w joy. They make non master-volume models, btw Yeah, that's what I'm assuming, it being in the ad copy and all. I'm a "crank the clean channel" kind of guy, so I and Houston area sound technicians really don't need any more watts.Non MV 120w Orange? Sweet jesus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marc G Posted November 21, 2007 Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 God Damn.... those are some cool looking amps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 21, 2007 Yeah, that's what I'm assuming, it being in the ad copy and all. I'm a "crank the clean channel" kind of guy, so I and Houston area sound technicians really don't need any more watts. Non MV 120w Orange? Sweet jesus! Bingo! Have your cake, and eat it too! I'd be buying the electric amp with a master-volume too, and I bet it takes pedals like a champ at any volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 I emailed Electric last night asking about lead times, whether I could get an effects loop, and whether I can come pick the amp up. Their order page says shipping is included in the price. Consider the size and weight (the 2x12 is 75 lbs ) I'm guessing it costs at least $150 to ship a head and cab. My cost to drive there from Portland would be quite a bit less, probably about $70 in gas round trip plus a day's worth of driving. Plus, I wouldn't mind meeting the people who had just built my $2800 custom guitar rig.Their response:"We do custom builds per order." I take it this means I can get a loop."Delivery time on your cab is under 40 days.Delivery time on your amp would be 140 days." - Quicker than I thought, I wonder if they actually deliver on those numbers.Here's the weird part:"We do not have a "pick up" service as it slows down the production havingpeople stopping in. Also, everything is custom per order, and some of thefolks prefer their gear private built. We give your order that samerespect with nobody touching or seeing it except one of the 3 of us."Um....ok. I can't imagine allowing people to do this would result in them having more than one person every week or two stopping by for 10 minutes to pick up their order. I'm guessing their total production numbers are pretty low, and being in Spokane, it's not like it's really practical for much of the country to come to their shop. Also, if there's really anyone out there concerned about having their stuff "private built", that's just friggin weird. Maybe this company is a bunch of paramilitary strange-o's that just don't want ANYONE coming to visit, ever. They do have a lot of stars and stripes, don't tread on me kinda stuff on the website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr JinX Posted November 22, 2007 Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 I lust for Electric in my heart I am considering getting a house just so I have a place to play loudly so I can order a Green MV and a 4x12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 That's what the attenuator's for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted November 22, 2007 Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 Maybe they don't want visitors b/c the build room looks like their website. . . Sorry, I totally understand the uberlust generated by the Electric Amp products, but it's stuff like this that turns me off to them. You want to pay that much for an amp? Cool. They should be offering you a place to crash for the night and a bowl of 'the good stuff.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 Yeah I'm kind of thinking the same thing. It seems crazy not to allow anyone to come to your shop when they're dropping that kind of cash. They website, er, sites, are pretty chaotic. Honestly, I could do just as well with a regular turret board PTP stranded wire amp that cops the design and sound of an Electric, preferably with 80 watts. Unfortunately, nobody makes that. Even Orange doesn't make a regular OD series amp anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mad Hatter Posted November 22, 2007 Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 I'll be glad to take that JCM 800 off your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 I just might end up putting it up for sale, but I'm going to try scraping money together for another amp without having to sell it. It's a really, really nice JCM, I've never seen another one like it. It's Canadian model 2204 from 81 or 82, almost perfect condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mad Hatter Posted November 22, 2007 Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 I have an '81 Marshall 4x12 cabinet that would go very nicely with that head. I had a JCM 800, I sold it, and now I am trying to get one back togethor. So, think about it a lot before you sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Destructobot Posted November 22, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 Yeah I have a tough time parting with anything vintage. In fact, I've never sold anything vintage, it's like a one-way valve. Old gear comes in, it never leaves. It's always going up in value, no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mad Hatter Posted November 22, 2007 Members Share Posted November 22, 2007 That's ok, you are on the west coast, I am on the east coast, the shipping would be insane. One will turn up around here sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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