Twin Reverb Sound Amps?

[RumorsOFsurF]

you could always get a silverface twin.

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The early 70's ones (no master volume) are pretty close to the blackface circuit.  I'd be willing to bet that you couldn't tell the difference.

[JazzBlaster]

I'm looking for another silverface twin and I gotta say prices are all over the place with these. One place will have a 71 for $700 another will have almost the same amp for $1700. Come July I'll start scouring local shops, I'm sure I'll come up with something.

[Sauerkraut]

I think Roland JC120's are comparable, but they're probably expensive.

[dug]

I'm looking for another silverface twin and I gotta say prices are all over the place with these. One place will have a 71 for $700 another will have almost the same amp for $1700. Come July I'll start scouring local shops, I'm sure I'll come up with something.

I've noticed that. The other guitarist in my band scored a 74 (one of the master volume ones) for $500.

[Orang Goreng]

Depends where you are though. If I look at Dutch ads, they average between € 1000-1500,( roughly $ 1500-2400), which makes them slightly cheaper-to-slightly-more-expensive than a '65 RI (about € 1300). Don't know what the situation is in Austria.

[kle]

You can't get a lot interesting 'vintage' things around here.
It's almost impossible if you don't know any older musicians. And, fuck, there are none in our area. :-\
Also, the ebay prices are really all over the place. There was a nice one a month or something ago, but i didn't have the required 800€...

The guitar teacher of our school could know something, though. I'll ask him if i see him around.

[Orang Goreng]

I think Roland JC120's are comparable, but they're probably expensive.

Would a 120 be necessary? The smaller ones can be quite affordable. There's a JC50 on Marktplaats.nl for € 200 at the moment.

Then again, it's not a tube amp, so I guess it's out.

[JazzBlaster]

I think Roland JC120's are comparable, but they're probably expensive.

Would a 120 be necessary? The smaller ones can be quite affordable. There's a JC50 on Marktplaats.nl for € 200 at the moment.

Then again, it's not a tube amp, so I guess it's out.

I got a cube 60 awhile back and I love it! it's nice and small (1x12) so if I go play with friends or the family jam band I don't have to lug a bunch of shit around. It easily keeps up with drums at the same time you can get a great tone that you can talk over. The tones of the amp simulators 10 being the real amp are about an 8. Some of them are better than others the blackface, tweed and Dyna amp being my favorites it also has the typical roland JC type chanel on it too. You can get them realy cheaply used, I paid $150us for mine used. I can't say enough good things about mine.

David

[RumorsOFsurF]

$500 is the right price for a master volume twin.  If I were in the market for one, that's what I would look to spend on one.  If I had a hard time finding one (unlikely) I could see spending maybe 10-20% more than that in an emergency, but for the most part... a master volume twin is a $500 amp.

I've never seen a master volume Twin for $500 around here(Oregon). EVER.  The cheapest I've ever seen a Twin was $600, and it was a reissue.  I looked for a long time for my '71 non-master, and I paid more than I wanted to ($850).  Around here, they just aren't that cheap.

[Jets]

If you can find a US seller willing to ship to Europe, that's what you should do.  The dollar is so weak compared to the Euro right now, $600 US is  € 380 or so .  Even with the insane shipping, it would be fair.

You would also have to get a step-up transformer for the different voltage and pay import and value added taxes (totaling around 25% of the total cost of the object including shipping) which would raise the price far beyond the point where you've got a good deal.

[Sauerkraut]

Depends where you are though. If I look at Dutch ads, they average between € 1000-1500,( roughly $ 1500-2400), which makes them slightly cheaper-to-slightly-more-expensive than a '65 RI (about € 1300). Don't know what the situation is in Austria.

Small correction; I think you can still find good silverface Twins for €800-900 over here. When I sold mine a few months ago that's what other people were asking.

[Orang Goreng]

Yeah, as said, I paid € 600 for my Vibrosonic last week. I was just going by asking prices on Marktplaats.

[Sauerkraut]

I bought a step-up transformer for my Tremolux and it cost me €38 including shipping. That's not too bad right?

[noirengineer]

what's a step up transformer?  what does it do?

[RumorsOFsurF]

Converts the voltage from 240 (I think) used in Europe, so it can be used with US Amplifiers.