Ghostman
Ambassador of the SuperNatural
**Mods please move it not in the appropriate place**
I've been a Crate fan since the days of Marty Friedman playing the Blue Voodoo with Megadeth. Being a big Megadeth fan, I was influenced and always wanted one. After trying a few of them out, I finally landed on a newer model, which I found some modifications that tames the "buzzsaw" of the BV120 and makes it a playable monster.
Anyways, I've always been on the lookout for good deals on Crate gear, searching all the time on the usual used web markets. One day I stumbled across something that I had never seen out of the Crate stables. This was about two years ago, IIRC, and found this strange head on CL listed by a Pawn Shop in my area. It was relatively cheap, but I couldn't find any information on it anywhere on the web. They listed it at $200 and say that it lights up but they have no other idea if it works.
Enter the Crate BFG100:
I go down to the Pawn Shop to check it out and the clerk there knows nothing about it, where it came from, etc. She tells me that she's been getting calls all the time about it and I blow that off as hype so I'll buy it. She did say that she could drop the price to $150, which at the time was very tempting. I'm thinking, if it's close to working, I'll pick it up. However, as she one hands it up onto the glass counter, I can tell, there's ZERO weight to the head.
First impressions is that the tolex is done hastily, so maybe this was a custom build someone created. But the chassis face plate looks legit and professionally done. I turn it around and look through the back grill
Inside, there's nothing. And I mean nothing. No transformers, no tubes, no tube sockets, nada. I can see through the empty tube socket knock outs that there is literally nothing inside the chassis. It's a dummy head. The only thing that is present is the front knobs, switches and indicator light, along with the rear jacks and power input. She says that they plugged it in when the person dropped it off and it turned on which was good enough for them. I can tell by the edges of the chassis starting to rust that it's been around quite a bit, which goes along with the scuffs, scratches and dirty condition of the head itself.
For some stupid reason, I pass on it. A week later, it was off CL and I never heard about it again.
**to be continued**
I've been a Crate fan since the days of Marty Friedman playing the Blue Voodoo with Megadeth. Being a big Megadeth fan, I was influenced and always wanted one. After trying a few of them out, I finally landed on a newer model, which I found some modifications that tames the "buzzsaw" of the BV120 and makes it a playable monster.
Anyways, I've always been on the lookout for good deals on Crate gear, searching all the time on the usual used web markets. One day I stumbled across something that I had never seen out of the Crate stables. This was about two years ago, IIRC, and found this strange head on CL listed by a Pawn Shop in my area. It was relatively cheap, but I couldn't find any information on it anywhere on the web. They listed it at $200 and say that it lights up but they have no other idea if it works.
Enter the Crate BFG100:
I go down to the Pawn Shop to check it out and the clerk there knows nothing about it, where it came from, etc. She tells me that she's been getting calls all the time about it and I blow that off as hype so I'll buy it. She did say that she could drop the price to $150, which at the time was very tempting. I'm thinking, if it's close to working, I'll pick it up. However, as she one hands it up onto the glass counter, I can tell, there's ZERO weight to the head.
First impressions is that the tolex is done hastily, so maybe this was a custom build someone created. But the chassis face plate looks legit and professionally done. I turn it around and look through the back grill
Inside, there's nothing. And I mean nothing. No transformers, no tubes, no tube sockets, nada. I can see through the empty tube socket knock outs that there is literally nothing inside the chassis. It's a dummy head. The only thing that is present is the front knobs, switches and indicator light, along with the rear jacks and power input. She says that they plugged it in when the person dropped it off and it turned on which was good enough for them. I can tell by the edges of the chassis starting to rust that it's been around quite a bit, which goes along with the scuffs, scratches and dirty condition of the head itself.
For some stupid reason, I pass on it. A week later, it was off CL and I never heard about it again.
**to be continued**
