If you end up liking the SLO but can’t find what you want, check out the FAS by Ceriatone. I have the 100w unit with a couple add on’s and love mine. They are quite an amp that can do a lot of tones very well. They take pedals well too, or at least my HX Effects. I had a PPIMV added and it works great.
Nik's amp diagrams are available for free if you want to have a go at a scratch build.
I like the little 6505, it's a good lIttle smp.
For the last few days it's been a Satellite Barracuda [his two knob version of a JTM 45 / KT66] into a 2x12 TL806 [606?] with Celestion Blues and an LP with P90s.
In the garage has been a JEL-50 into a 4x8 cab [Celestion TF0818] to test exterior vs. interior SPL.
Russ
For the last few days it's been a Satellite Barracuda [his two knob version of a JTM 45 / KT66] into a 2x12 TL806 [606?] with Celestion Blues and an LP with P90s.
In the garage has been a JEL-50 into a 4x8 cab [Celestion TF0818] to test exterior vs. interior SPL.
Russ
Nik’s shipping has been incredible for me, RI in the US. When he says it shipped I will have it here in 3 days and in perfect condition. I think it gets set on a plane there and took off here, into a truck and to me! If it changed terminals and trucks a few times it might be different. There are a couple videos of showing the FAS 50w and Nik’s SLO side by side and they sound the same to me. I know he did a ton of work getting it just right so it took a long time to release it. It also has 2 loops on the back, the std. loop which colors the sound in some way. (??) But it also has their buffered loop which works great. Depending on the kit they are about $1000, but dam, those charges you have are crazy. No way around that crap? If you can buy all the needed parts there you could build one like fitz said.
Rodger that, friggin thieves is the bottom line. We don’t have any import tax but it doesn’t stop them from taxing everything else. My property tax is $10,000 a year, but…. I get, well…. absolutely nothing for my money! Too bad they don’t have a way for, say me, your old cousin from RI, to send you OUR uncles old amplifier, that he wanted you to have on his death bed. HUMMmmm……
I never had any extra charges on any of my amps, just shipping. Even my 100w amps were only about $150. (Which I would pay in tax if I bought it next door.)
No customs charges? I had to pay a $50 customs fee to UPS before they would deliver my Bare Knuckle pickups.
Too bad you're not in Germany. I travel there on average twice a year and have been known to throw things in my luggage and meet up for some beverages, discussion, live music, and delivery. I've also done this quite often to England and Ireland, but London has priced me out of visiting. I'll still visit other parts of the country, or go to Edinburgh or Ireland. Being married to someone who works for an airline has it's benefits.
Did they promise you a part in a movie that you would be “just right for”
I'm usually in the Mainz, Rheinland Pfalz, and Freiburg areas, so not close to Enschede. Sometimes I do go to Bielefeld for work, but my managers are really pushing against any foreign travel these days because the are very tight when it comes to training expenses. $0 is all the want to pay and get really angry when the factory says that we need new product training or or other factory authorized requirements.
