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W07VH5 |
Some guy on Facebook market place was selling an old Ahed GBX Super Bug amplifier. An odd-ball to be sure. I had to look it up and there's not much to find. It's a bit rare (that's not to imply it's valuable, just not too many are out there anymore). I wanted to mess with something solid-state so I went to check it out. It worked, sounded different and looked like the company was trying to be different for being different's sake. I was intrigued but had no idea what to offer. There is no market for them. He asked $100 so I took it home.  I'll tear it down, swap out any bad capacitors and clean/replace the potentiometers. That should make it good to go. I looked it over some more and got a little bit excited when i saw this:   Two Rola made vintage Celestion G12M "greenbacks"!! I'd say I made a good deal. I think I'm going to swap one of the speakers into my Marshall DSL40C to see if it makes a difference over the Celestion 70/80 that everyone hated in that amp.This message has been edited. Last edited by: mark123, | ||
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My guess is you did just fine. Should be a fun amp to play through. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Man, nice score on the Greenbacks at the very least! I’ll be looking forward to seeing how the amp turns out when you’re done with it. I’ve never heard of those. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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| W07VH5 |
This is the only info I could find on the company: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahed | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
Interesting! What are you going to plug into it? _____________ | |||
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A Grateful American |
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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My #1 amp, Marshall 1987xl (and I have a lot). I sniped it on eBay for $627, listed as "for parts only." It just needed tubes and I had it running five minutes after I unpacked it. Absolutely love this amp. Tone for days.  | |||
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Cool, but does go to “11”?  | |||
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Republican in training |
would love to find a nice basic tube practice amp. For next to nothing or close to it... -------------------- I like Sigs and HK's, and maybe Glocks | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Fun, and great score on the Celestions. | |||
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| W07VH5 |
Yeah, I've always been a Marshall guy. I've tried others and always find my way back. I had a 1972 Super Bass, it was a beast, it was unreliable, I loaned it to my brother and he sold it. (I told that story here before.) I actually favor the DSL series over the vintage stuff. Super versatile even though I usually only use the clean channel with pedals. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
I'm primarily a Fender amp guy, vintage Silverface and Blackface models, but I like something about most of the well known ones from Marshall, Vox, Boogie, and the rest. Lately I've been thinking of picking up a modern Supro Comet after hearing a friend's recently and then checking out lots of online videos and reviews. I love that sound, too. | |||
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| W07VH5 |
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| W07VH5 |
The speaker manufacture date codes show June 18, 1973 and June 19, 1973. Neat. | |||
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I'm working on a deal to buy a DSL50 head that needs repair for $200. I don't need it, but at that price, I want it. | |||
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| W07VH5 |
At that price, I want it, too. Would you mind sharing where you find such deals? | |||
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You just gotta monitor the classifieds on the gear forums, preferably at odd hours when not too many people are online. Here's a good one I snagged a few years ago for $250 shipped:  Ok, it was missing a lot of stuff and took me another $250 to make it perfect. But I flipped it for around $1100 after enjoying it for a while. | |||
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| Frangas non Flectes |
A good Gibson through an old Fender amp sounds great. A good Fender through an old Gibson amp sounds amazing. If you haven't tried it, it's worth doing a few times before you die.
 ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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| W07VH5 |
You know those pickups inside and out. | |||
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| Frangas non Flectes |
You got my best work, man. I’m glad you’re liking them.  ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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