Dave Sloven
Ambassador of DOOM!
I saw this Orange PPC112 cab advertised on Gumtree at my local Cash Converters (pawn shop chain) for $400, sent them an offer of $250 and bought it this morning for $300. I swear it is the only decent bit of gear I've seen in that place! Then I went to Southern Music Centre and bought a Mooer Baby Bomb 30W micro power amp to go with the Mooer M009 Blacknight micro preamp that I bought a few months ago.
I think I have written about the preamp before, it is quite good. It emulates a couple of chains (one clean and one dirty) from the ENGL Blackmore amp. The cab is basically the baby brother of my PPC412, same 3/4" baltic birch ply construction with a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker.
Sounds great and is REALLY LOUD! As in you won't believe it until you hear it for yourself loud, and I haven't even turned the volume past half.
Should be great for at home practicing and even band practice, enabling me to save the valves in my JSX as well as my back from lugging it and my Peavey 430A 412 cab.
Here's a couple of photos:
1) in the back of my car in front of Cash Converters:
2) under/on my desk ready for a test (note the large 24V power adapter for the Baby Bomb):
I definitely recommend this set up. For $600AUD it is a hell of a lot better than my red stripe Peavey 158 with the poxxy little 8" speaker in an open back combo. That will just be used as a test right out in the garage when I am rewiring guitars from this point onward. Mind you the Rage only cost me $40AUD but it sounds like it.
I think I have written about the preamp before, it is quite good. It emulates a couple of chains (one clean and one dirty) from the ENGL Blackmore amp. The cab is basically the baby brother of my PPC412, same 3/4" baltic birch ply construction with a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker.
Sounds great and is REALLY LOUD! As in you won't believe it until you hear it for yourself loud, and I haven't even turned the volume past half.
Should be great for at home practicing and even band practice, enabling me to save the valves in my JSX as well as my back from lugging it and my Peavey 430A 412 cab.
Here's a couple of photos:
1) in the back of my car in front of Cash Converters:
2) under/on my desk ready for a test (note the large 24V power adapter for the Baby Bomb):
I definitely recommend this set up. For $600AUD it is a hell of a lot better than my red stripe Peavey 158 with the poxxy little 8" speaker in an open back combo. That will just be used as a test right out in the garage when I am rewiring guitars from this point onward. Mind you the Rage only cost me $40AUD but it sounds like it.
