EARTHWORM JIM Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 since there's a lot of high end gear on here i thought it'd be fun to see what everyone's guilty pleasures are, i'm talking trashy 60s cheapos and jap copies or any kind of crap you'd find in the corner of a junk shop that just begs to be brought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 inb4Jim and i don't really have anything of interest. really a fan of the old silvertone amps and stuff like that, though. I want a supro amp at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 pornshop prize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Which KnT did I buy my cheap shit guitar off? It sounds amazing and I think I paid £20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Which KnT did I buy my cheap shit guitar off? It sounds amazing and I think I paid £20 MFC (of course) are those actually short scale? because they look pretty small. i've seen several on ebay recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I've not measured the scale. The body is tiny though. It looks incredibly small next to a normal tele. I'll compare the neck at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 If I'd have to put one it's this '83 Ibanez Roadstar II. Great sound, perhaps a little low on the sustain end, but that's only comparing it to my other Ibanez which has a great sustain. Cost me about € 250 and sounds a lot better than that. Ibanez '83 Roadstar II 002 by MatthijsQ, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 you always make the roadstars look so sexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 my best bargain is probably the £20 mixer I used to record both creepjoint albums. I'll do some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Probably my DS-2 I got for €30. 1/3 of the price and it sounds immense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Oh yeah, I still have that DS1. Someone pls buy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adds Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 i've seen one of these in a pawn shop. not sure what year or the price as i haven't been in, but may enquire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EARTHWORM JIM Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 where have you seen it? been after one for ages i need a good little amp like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adds Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 in chester, near the train station. there's a place that has the odd vintage amp in every now n then and a few guitars. mainly awful but every once in a while something catches my eye. i'll see if it's still there tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 isn't there one or two other irish people that do be around KnT now and again? I discovered a whole street of antique shops the other day, one of which specialises in wintage audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 i've seen one of these in a pawn shop. not sure what year or the price as i haven't been in, but may enquire. that one looks like early/mid 70's. usually they go for $300-ish here, but sometimes less. very nice little amps. isn't there one or two other irish people that do be around KnT now and again? I discovered a whole street of antique shops the other day, one of which specialises in wintage audio. Dave_fullstop and cyfo_diaz, I think I doubt cyfo_diaz would be interested though...he's probably into triple rectifiers and peavey 5150s boosted, of course. m\m/\m/\m\\m/\m\/m\m/\/m\mm\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adds Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Took a picture of the serial number of the Fender Champ, and according to google it was made in 1974. the guy wanted £350 for it. a bit more than i'd hoped, nevermind, i'll get a dslr instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 That's about right if it's in good original condition. If the speaker or trannnies have been replaced, haggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 That's about right if it's in good original condition. If the speaker or trannnies have been replaced, haggle. yeah pretty much, although the old fenders seem to have survived the 80's modding craze for the most part (unlike all those old marshalls). but i once had this 70's champ which was modded to put out about 40 watts had a massive JBL speaker (which barely fit in the cabinet), both transformers replaced with massive ones on the bottom of the cabinet with the wires going up into the chassis (!) and some added controls didn't really sound that great though, and constantly blew fuses. i need to see if i have some pictures of it... it really was over the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 There is a way you can convert a champ into a vibro champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EARTHWORM JIM Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Took a picture of the serial number of the Fender Champ, and according to google it was made in 1974. the guy wanted £350 for it. a bit more than i'd hoped, nevermind, i'll get a dslr instead what's the shop called? kinda interested in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adds Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 what's the shop called? kinda interested in it. Griff's Swop Shop didn't try it out. there wasn't really room to and i'm probably gonna pass on it. but it looked alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Pics please! There's literally no way to make a champ output 40w, but you could theoretically increase it to ~18w, of about 30% louder. It would probably ruin the output transformer and burn up a tube a day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Pics please! There's literally no way to make a champ output 40w, but you could theoretically increase it to ~18w, of about 30% louder. It would probably ruin the output transformer and burn up a tube a day! Both transformers were replaced - they were a little bigger than what you'd find in a bassman I know the tubes were 2x 6L6 (rather than one 6V6) and it had a solid state rectifier For all I know, it could've been a completely custom amp stuffed inside a champ chassis, but I'm not sure. I never looked inside though... I was actually glad to get that thing sold as it seemed pretty dangerous! i can't remember what controls it had though. there was definitely an added master volume, and a push pull on the preamp volume I think...can't remember what that did. still trying to find the pics. i sold that amp about 7 years ago, but i'll have to look and see if there are any old imageshack links around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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