Walks Backward
Well-Known Member
After the stroke and mass sales of all but two guitars and one amp, I was fine for a year. Really, never hardly looked at any instruments. Then Smitty tracks me down pulling me from my hermit cave and says "Hey Wade, check this site out. All our old friends are there." Fine as I am reunited with my amigos. That's good.
But..... The Borg is lurking. Waiting. Watching. And I was assimilated! Got a cheaply Starcaster yesterday. My initiation into the Collective. I am Borg... We are Borg... But if Jeri Ryan is included, well plug me into the wall and let's rock.
But today, after being jabbed with needles and treated like a specimen at the VA in the big city east of me, I find a new Guitar Center. I'm drawn to it like a moth to light. I enter. My newly installed Borg circuits come alive with signals. I must assimilate. ... I see a lone Acoustic G35fx amp. Target identified. Advance on target. The human manager approaches. I say I must assimilate this sound enhancement device. It is the only one left and there is no A/C cord. No box. No paperwork with this device. The human manager finds a cord. Says it is a flood demo and offers to exchange less folded paper than shown. I agree. I must assimilate this sound enhancement device today. Now... It was assimilated. ...
Yup, took $15 off and that was fine with me. 12" with 35w through it will real spring reverb (a touch weak but real) one speed digital delay (meah, it works ) and kinda blah chorus. But the show stopper is the OD channel. Simple volume and drive pots with a shared EQ (and a mid cut) from the clean channel, along with the shared FX. That describes many SS amps today. But the OD is SMOKIN! From a convincing blues-like rasp to strong punching "Nugent Numbing Nuclear Noise" all the way to the most luscious creamy fuzz tones giving violin-like sustain combined with full timbre that woke up even these sorry old wounded ears. I was impressed. And I've been around for decades and I'm not easily impressed either.
22 pounds. 35 watts. 12" speaker. 2 channels. Real spring reverb. Semi-useable delay. Bland chorus. No foot switch jacks. Manual pushbutton for operating. All controls up front. A sort of stripped down practice amp that's light enough to go up and down stairs and can challenge a not too aggressive drummer. Retails for $99 in a box with paper.
I could've assimilated a worse amp, but this'll take me into sonic bliss when I want my red devil to take a break. And I can always run em both off a stereo pedal. Yeah, the Collective approved the assimilation.
But..... The Borg is lurking. Waiting. Watching. And I was assimilated! Got a cheaply Starcaster yesterday. My initiation into the Collective. I am Borg... We are Borg... But if Jeri Ryan is included, well plug me into the wall and let's rock.
But today, after being jabbed with needles and treated like a specimen at the VA in the big city east of me, I find a new Guitar Center. I'm drawn to it like a moth to light. I enter. My newly installed Borg circuits come alive with signals. I must assimilate. ... I see a lone Acoustic G35fx amp. Target identified. Advance on target. The human manager approaches. I say I must assimilate this sound enhancement device. It is the only one left and there is no A/C cord. No box. No paperwork with this device. The human manager finds a cord. Says it is a flood demo and offers to exchange less folded paper than shown. I agree. I must assimilate this sound enhancement device today. Now... It was assimilated. ...
Yup, took $15 off and that was fine with me. 12" with 35w through it will real spring reverb (a touch weak but real) one speed digital delay (meah, it works ) and kinda blah chorus. But the show stopper is the OD channel. Simple volume and drive pots with a shared EQ (and a mid cut) from the clean channel, along with the shared FX. That describes many SS amps today. But the OD is SMOKIN! From a convincing blues-like rasp to strong punching "Nugent Numbing Nuclear Noise" all the way to the most luscious creamy fuzz tones giving violin-like sustain combined with full timbre that woke up even these sorry old wounded ears. I was impressed. And I've been around for decades and I'm not easily impressed either.
22 pounds. 35 watts. 12" speaker. 2 channels. Real spring reverb. Semi-useable delay. Bland chorus. No foot switch jacks. Manual pushbutton for operating. All controls up front. A sort of stripped down practice amp that's light enough to go up and down stairs and can challenge a not too aggressive drummer. Retails for $99 in a box with paper.
I could've assimilated a worse amp, but this'll take me into sonic bliss when I want my red devil to take a break. And I can always run em both off a stereo pedal. Yeah, the Collective approved the assimilation.
