Members Yarbicus Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/DealMain.aspx?did=15662 Wow. That will be hard to resist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Convert Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Wow. That will be hard to resist! ...as long as you don't mind an indefinite wait before HM decides to send it. But, they are quick to charge ones credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ricochet Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Wow. That will be hard to resist! This should help: you can get it for $199 w/no tax & free shipping from multiple places. Once you add tax and shipping to the $159, it's more like $185 for me, not a deal considering the lack of warranty and Hello's slow delivery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cobalt Blue Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 This should help: you can get it for $199 w/no tax & free shipping from multiple places. Once you add tax and shipping to the $159, it's more like $185 for me, not a deal considering the lack of warranty and Hello's slow delivery... Even though I posted the Hello link, your comments got me to thinking, and this is the result: MF has a used one for 159.99, and you MIGHT be able to get USEDGEAR10 to take off another 16.00. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/yamaha-thr5-modeling-combo-amp?condition=used Still. though, at 159.99 it will have almost free shipping and a warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 MF just gave out a 20% code to a lot of folks (me included). That makes the THR5 $159 plus I can get 4% morethru fatwallet. I will pass on Hello Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sasjf Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 MF just gave out a 20% code to a lot of folks (me included). That makes the THR5 $159 plus I can get 4% morethru fatwallet. I will pass on Hello Music. Or you can try what worked for me - before I knew about the difference between the THR5 & THR10 -I thought the 5 was 5 watts and the 10 was 10 watts so I came across this Best Buy listing: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Yamaha+-+THR+10W+Combo+Amplifier/4172606.p?id=1218459189962&skuId=4172606&st=thr&cp=1&lp=3 Thinking it was the THR10 I submitted a price match with M123 for the THR10 and got one for $189 YMMV but worth a shot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fusion1 Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 How did you get them to honor the price match if it was out of stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sasjf Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 How did you get them to honor the price match if it was out of stock? It has been a while, I got the PM at the end of August... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 MF just gave out a 20% code to a lot of folks (me included). That makes the THR5 $159 plus I can get 4% morethru fatwallet. I will pass on Hello Music. What does one have to do in order to get one of those 20% offers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cobalt Blue Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Sunday morning's Gold Box Deals @ Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Songman68 Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 I have played a 5 watt amp at gigs in medium to smaller clubs without being mic'd up and I was told to to turn it down. So if that was a serious question - the little 5w Defender would be really good for home use. I think you would need to mic it for any kind of a gig.Back to the Aria - I have never played one, but I have to say the Customer Service was great. I got a quick reply by email on the floating trem question, and a full page reply on my tuning question. I was impressed with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cobalt Blue Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Sunday morning's Gold Box Deals @ Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27 The Les Paul 60s is going quickly at 579.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 The Les Paul 60s is going quickly at 579.00 The white one is all gone. Man, $579 was an awesome deal for that one! If I had the $$$ I'd jump on the Ebony when it comes up next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 I have played a 5 watt amp at gigs in medium to smaller clubs without being mic'd up and I was told to to turn it down. A five-watt (tube) amp with a speaker rated at 100db efficiency will be exactly half as loud as a 50 watt amp, so they can get pretty loud! Of course, you'll sacrifice clean headroom, but baby, that's the bluze!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkF786 Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 I surprised there's not more excitement about this deal. The amp has a lot of good reviews, the street price used to be $500, and even at the current street price of $400, with Sweetwater's $299 minus the $100 rebate, it's a steal at $199. I didn't even bother to try to save any more by price matching; Sweetwater is a good company and I don't mind giving them an extra few bucks. I don't need another amp, but at $199 for a decent quality amp, I can't say no. Heck, most of my pedals cost more than that. My two current amps are both blackface-flavored, so this will give me something different. Heck, worst case I'll mod the amp or build something entirely new in the chassis. I hope it plays well with open-backed cabs, cause that's all I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 I surprised there's not more excitement about this deal. The amp has a lot of good reviews, the street price used to be $500, and even at the current street price of $400, with Sweetwater's $299 minus the $100 rebate, it's a steal at $199. I didn't even bother to try to save any more by price matching; Sweetwater is a good company and I don't mind giving them an extra few bucks.I don't need another amp, but at $199 for a decent quality amp, I can't say no. Heck, most of my pedals cost more than that. My two current amps are both blackface-flavored, so this will give me something different. Heck, worst case I'll mod the amp or build something entirely new in the chassis.I hope it plays well with open-backed cabs, cause that's all I got. It's a great deal but for me, no fx loop + no reverb = pretty much useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkF786 Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 It's a great deal but for me, no fx loop + no reverb = pretty much useless. I can understand since I almost always use reverb when playing clean. But when playing clean, I can use pedals. Only when playing dirty would I be missing the post-gain effects. Part of it for me is actually experimenting with an amp without reverb or post-gain effects. So many classic amps lacked reverb and an effects loops but were still used on thousands of classic albums. Worse case, I'll sell it at a break-even price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MorganB Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Sounds like a Recto. With its balls cut off in high gain...I guess 199 is not a bad price if you want A Lady Boy Recto ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 If you think a Night Train sounds like a Recto, I want some of the drugs you're taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Yamaha DG100 Digital Amps $249 Guitar Center Used (Warwick, RI) http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgear/index.cfm Amazing deal on a truly fantastic amp. Some of the best clean tones you will ever hear. Good up to about mid gain and takes pedals just fine. I honestly don't think any of the modern modelling amps even touches the tone of this thing. I would get it but it is too big for my needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buscemi Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 Guitar Center Used (Warwick, RI) http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgear/index.cfm Amazing deal on a truly fantastic amp. Some of the best clean tones you will ever hear. Good up to about mid gain and takes pedals just fine. I honestly don't think any of the modern modelling amps even touches the tone of this thing. I would get it but it is too big for my needs. If the cleans sound anything like the G100 unit from the 80s, I'd pick this up (if I didn't already have a G100 ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 If the cleans sound anything like the G100 unit from the 80s, I'd pick this up (if I didn't already have a G100 ). I actually think they are better than the G100 (which is super nice). When I worked for MF, this was a our "go to" amp for demoing guitars. It sat between a Fender Twin and Mesa DC 5. The Yamaha won by a mile for everything but high gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buscemi Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 I actually think they are better than the G100 (which is super nice). When I worked for MF, this was a our "go to" amp for demoing guitars. It sat between a Fender Twin and Mesa DC 5. The Yamaha won by a mile for everything but high gain. If that GC used item ships free or cheap, I hate you. In the nicest possible way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted October 15, 2012 Members Share Posted October 15, 2012 If that GC used item ships free or cheap, I hate you. In the nicest possible way Ha! Looking forward to a HNAD. Seriously, it is awesome. I had a pair of DG80 and it was heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members George Crosley Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 Fender Lite Ash Telecaster Natural $399 Free shipping. No tax outside of New York. http://altomusic.com/shop/Fender-Lite-Ash-Telecaster-Electric-Guitar-in-Natural-Over-50--Savings-Retail-Price--839-99--Over-50--Savings-_pid115968.am Seems like a good deal to me. I bit. I'm fairly certain these are old MIK models that were lying around. I hope mine's a player. It has the Seymour Duncan pickups, according to the Alto site, and it has the brass saddles. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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