Headache
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I Just got back from rehearsal, our bassist is 18, she is the daughter of our drummer, she always brings her best friend to practice with her. The friend helps us load out at shows, and she is learning a lot from us, which I think is the best thing ever.
They are in their own band together, an all girl band, all of them under 20yrs old
Anyhow, the friend asked me today after we finished if I'd look at her amp for her, it just stopped working.
So I followed them back to the drummers house and looked over her "new" amp. She traded 2 guitars and all the cash she had to her name for a 50w line6 twin something.... It blew up.
I looked at the fuse in it.... It was fine. But... I found a broken fuse and another fuse rattling around loose inside the amp.... Also there was a screw installed crooked into the chassis.... And the screw heads were all wallowed out.. I tried other power cords, messed around with it a bit and then told her it was probably smoked and I could take it apart and look at it, but it's probably out of my capabilities to fix it... I'm assuming a cooked tranny or melted board....
SO Someone (she got it at a music store in Prescott) has had issues with this amp before... Taken it apart, got it barely working and sold it to this kid.... She got to play it for 15 minutes and it blew up..... She called the shop, they told her too bad.... poor kid! I'm not sure if there are parents in her life or not...sounds like not.
So. I asked her if I could get something together for her. She was looking pretty sad knowing her amp was toast... and having to use her friends little 5watt Marshall amp thing that I know won't compete with the full drum kit there in the garage lol..... It broke my heart.
I came home looked at a few options on Facebook marketplace, and reverb, called a couple guys I deal gear with..... Then I just decided to round up a bunch of stuff I have and give it to her.
My newish seismic 2x12 cabinet with 8ohm V30's
A minty Joyo Jackman or Firebrand (whichever she likes better)
An overdrive "marshall in a box" pedal that I'll never use
An MXR 10 band eq ( I have 2 and don't use either one)
A mini reverb pedal
A mini noise gate pedal
An extra 1spot I had in my gig bag
Cables for everything.
Tomorrow I'm going to take it all to their garage and set it up for her/them. I'm overjoyed to be able to help them out with stuff I don't hardly use.
I'll need to replace my 2x12 cabinet sometime soon, but I have an extra 4x12 here in my garage I can take over there until I get another for practice.
Just thought I'd share my really good mood. She's going to be so excited I think.
They are in their own band together, an all girl band, all of them under 20yrs old
Anyhow, the friend asked me today after we finished if I'd look at her amp for her, it just stopped working.
So I followed them back to the drummers house and looked over her "new" amp. She traded 2 guitars and all the cash she had to her name for a 50w line6 twin something.... It blew up.
I looked at the fuse in it.... It was fine. But... I found a broken fuse and another fuse rattling around loose inside the amp.... Also there was a screw installed crooked into the chassis.... And the screw heads were all wallowed out.. I tried other power cords, messed around with it a bit and then told her it was probably smoked and I could take it apart and look at it, but it's probably out of my capabilities to fix it... I'm assuming a cooked tranny or melted board....
SO Someone (she got it at a music store in Prescott) has had issues with this amp before... Taken it apart, got it barely working and sold it to this kid.... She got to play it for 15 minutes and it blew up..... She called the shop, they told her too bad.... poor kid! I'm not sure if there are parents in her life or not...sounds like not.
So. I asked her if I could get something together for her. She was looking pretty sad knowing her amp was toast... and having to use her friends little 5watt Marshall amp thing that I know won't compete with the full drum kit there in the garage lol..... It broke my heart.
I came home looked at a few options on Facebook marketplace, and reverb, called a couple guys I deal gear with..... Then I just decided to round up a bunch of stuff I have and give it to her.
My newish seismic 2x12 cabinet with 8ohm V30's
A minty Joyo Jackman or Firebrand (whichever she likes better)
An overdrive "marshall in a box" pedal that I'll never use
An MXR 10 band eq ( I have 2 and don't use either one)
A mini reverb pedal
A mini noise gate pedal
An extra 1spot I had in my gig bag
Cables for everything.
Tomorrow I'm going to take it all to their garage and set it up for her/them. I'm overjoyed to be able to help them out with stuff I don't hardly use.
I'll need to replace my 2x12 cabinet sometime soon, but I have an extra 4x12 here in my garage I can take over there until I get another for practice.
Just thought I'd share my really good mood. She's going to be so excited I think.
