and that's how I got a Peavey Windsor head for 100 dollars from Guitar Center...

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and that's how I got a Peavey Windsor head for 100 dollars from Guitar Center...

Post by stevejamsecono » Tue May 27, 2008 11:39 am

Ridiculous, they thought it was broken, and all it was was a microphonic tube... well, a deal is a deal, and for 100 bucks, it'll be lots of fun, too bad I don't have any gibsons....

photos and better story to follow, but I simply must play this thing.

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Post by dug » Tue May 27, 2008 11:40 am

that's awesome!

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Post by Professor Plum » Tue May 27, 2008 2:04 pm

good work sir!
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Post by the older brother » Tue May 27, 2008 2:08 pm

Haha - sounds like the staff at GC know their stuff...

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Good for you - great deal.
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Post by Orang Goreng » Tue May 27, 2008 4:00 pm

Don't they have any broken jazzmasters? You know, with a busted string or something.
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Post by stevejamsecono » Tue May 27, 2008 4:28 pm

hah, god, if only.

Yeah, seems to be some fidgeting with the tubes, so I'm dropping it off at my shop of choice on Thursday to get a once over/rebiasing/new set of tubes, and it should be set to rock. Now I need to get some kind of Gibson and a 4x12 or something to appreciate it to the max :)

I have to say though, through my cursory playing with it today, I'm pretty happy with it. It seems to respond well to EQ changes as far as the different kinds of sounds that it makes, and I definitely look forward to further experimentation with it, see if I can nail some of my favorite 70s and 80s kind of sounds out of it.

Ultimately, I think I'll try running a 2 amp rig with my Bassman set for cleans and this for my gains. It'll be unnecessarily big, but hey, that's where the fun is!

Taking photos tonight, will upload later.

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Post by JazzBlaster » Tue May 27, 2008 5:42 pm

that's awesome! those are great amps! a bargain at the regular price.
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Post by 1946dodge » Tue May 27, 2008 6:25 pm

The probably bought it from the original owner for 50 bucks.
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Post by stevejamsecono » Tue May 27, 2008 7:50 pm

hah, yeah, double their profits :)
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Post by the older brother » Wed May 28, 2008 2:16 am

Orang Goreng wrote: Don't they have any broken jazzmasters? You know, with a busted string or something.
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You mean you can fix that! - Damn! I should have gotten here earlier....
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Post by mynameisjonas » Wed May 28, 2008 2:45 am

great score man, congrats :)

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