ninjaking67
Ambassador of Good Will
In another thread, dedicated to a search for the right Marshall sounding pedal, eSGEe, suggested that I give up the search for a Marshall sounding pedal, and just buy a Marshall amp instead. So I guess I have him to blame then.
Quite a while back, I was looking for a combo amp and Robert Herndon did his absolute best to try to convince me to get a Marshall DSL40C, like he has been using. He did a valiant job, I must admit. While on the quest for one, I stumbled across a Traynor YCV40 1x12 combo in need of a little bit of TLC. It was only $275CDN and came complete with the channel/boost footswitch and a cover. It had a hole in the grille cloth off center from the speaker cone and the standby switch did not work (amp always on). I bought that amp and replaced the grille cloth with some black Mesa grille cloth that I was able to source. I was convinced by you fine folks that the standby switch was not a big deal and, after having a look at it and finding out it's a special PCB mounted switch, left it as-is. I have been playing it happily up until now and it has been no trouble and has worked flawlessly.
Here is where the trouble starts!
I guess I am fickle and never completely happy with what I have. Maybe I am trying to use gear to cover for my lack of musical skills (most likely!). Regardless, I have always been searching for that "Marshall" sound, knowing that my amp choice also has to sound good clean and with time based effects to be able to cover a lot of musical ground due to my wildly varied interests.
SO I had some cash in the "Guitar gear" fund from the sale of a MIJ Strat I had. On the weekend a Marshall DSL40C came up for sale locally at a reasonable price. Not great, but not bad. The amp is like brand new, has just been re-tubed and re-biased, has the channel/reverb footswitch and a D2F padded cover.
Guess what? I had no choice! I couldn't, in good conscience, turn my back on the little fella! After all, he needed a new home!
Quite a while back, I was looking for a combo amp and Robert Herndon did his absolute best to try to convince me to get a Marshall DSL40C, like he has been using. He did a valiant job, I must admit. While on the quest for one, I stumbled across a Traynor YCV40 1x12 combo in need of a little bit of TLC. It was only $275CDN and came complete with the channel/boost footswitch and a cover. It had a hole in the grille cloth off center from the speaker cone and the standby switch did not work (amp always on). I bought that amp and replaced the grille cloth with some black Mesa grille cloth that I was able to source. I was convinced by you fine folks that the standby switch was not a big deal and, after having a look at it and finding out it's a special PCB mounted switch, left it as-is. I have been playing it happily up until now and it has been no trouble and has worked flawlessly.
Here is where the trouble starts!
I guess I am fickle and never completely happy with what I have. Maybe I am trying to use gear to cover for my lack of musical skills (most likely!). Regardless, I have always been searching for that "Marshall" sound, knowing that my amp choice also has to sound good clean and with time based effects to be able to cover a lot of musical ground due to my wildly varied interests.SO I had some cash in the "Guitar gear" fund from the sale of a MIJ Strat I had. On the weekend a Marshall DSL40C came up for sale locally at a reasonable price. Not great, but not bad. The amp is like brand new, has just been re-tubed and re-biased, has the channel/reverb footswitch and a D2F padded cover.
Guess what? I had no choice! I couldn't, in good conscience, turn my back on the little fella! After all, he needed a new home!
:dood:
