Sound City Concord

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Sound City Concord

Post by Pacafeliz » Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:09 am

...been interested in these for years now. Some say they are rare, but i see 4 or 5 of them on the eBay Kleinanzeigen (local ads) - i guess they're quite impossible to find on the other side of the pond, though.
AFAIK these are basically a 50Plus (which i already have) head in a combo, but with reverb... and the sliders instead of pots.
They came with the more sought-after Fane speakers or cheaper ones (Eminence?).

They were never a big hit, and all i know was that Supergrass recorded "Caught by the fuzz" with one. Impressive!

Anyway... I wasn't PLANNING on buying one of these right now... but - well - you know me... :whistle: :ph34r:

They usually sell for 600-800 Euro here, so when i saw one on eBay with no initial bid and only 2 mins left, i thought "what the hell"... and won it, for 350.

Should be here in a day or two, stay tuned!

I guess my GF won't be amused - our apartment here isn't that big, but hey... ::)

Stay tuned!
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
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Re: Sound City Concord

Post by s_mcsleazy » Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:06 am

my dad used one as a practice amp in the 90's. i always remember the sound of his bubble font sovtek muff and his peavey t40 through it. such a beefy sound. i've never heard one with guitar however.
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Re: Sound City Concord

Post by MechaBulletBill » Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:10 am

I think they're like the usual Selmer/Sound city/etc. amps from the early-mid 70s. Loud, powerful, clean, stupid heavy, pretty lame reverb, a character-free tone platform to build your sound on with pedals.

The ones I've seen have always been overpriced. These aren't worth the £5-600 some people are asking, more like the £250-350 they usually go for.
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Re: Sound City Concord

Post by Pacafeliz » Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:00 am

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i LOVE it!!! :-*
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Re: Sound City Concord

Post by Squirrel » Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:12 pm

Nice! I nearly bought one of these ages ago for something like £150 as it didn't work, the slide pots ended up scaring me off but I wish I'd at least given it a go.
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Re: Sound City Concord

Post by Jaguar018 » Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:03 am

That looks so effing cool. 8)
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Re: Sound City Concord

Post by nanamour » Mon Dec 12, 2016 2:25 pm

Nice score! The control section looks like it could've been sourced from the Soviet space program.

I saw one of these stateside but thought it was a bit sterile for my tastes, though I remember thinking it would make a nice keyboard amp.
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