Craigslist and Ebay watch(doom specific)

[archlilim]

Picking it up on Monday

[AxAxSxS]

[ShaolinLambKiller]

solid!

[PeteeBee]

Local craigslist has a peavey classic vt 212 combo. Anyone tried one of these? I'm testing it out tomorrow. They're asking 175.

[archlilim]

Y'all, need some advice re: YBA-3. Apparently there's no tolex, just the exposed head shell. Not really a problem for me, but kinda worried if I ever want to flip it what the resell value would be. What y'all think? Should I ask for less (already got it down to $400$).

[ShaolinLambKiller]

i say go with it. you can probably flip it for 4. and on the other hand I'm thinking about selling this Traynor YBA-1A. I pulled it out and was playing and I'm still just unsatisfied with it.

[grindonomicon]

If it's like my YBA1, it needs the right pedal in front of it. With down-tuned bass, mine loves the meathead dark clone I have, but it's really lacking with my go-to Monarch od unless I eq pedal the crap out of it. Needs a signal with sexy midrange content.

Anyone ever tried the Peavey Firebass 700 bass head? Looking at splitting a stack with my friend, I'd get the Peavey for about $150. Not familiar with that Peavey head, but it's 700 watts at 2 ohms, and it's got a mid sweep. Seems like a ton of power cheap... And amps should resemble their owners.

YES on that YBA3. Get some sweet boat tolex and re-tolex it, then sell for huge profit as "custom tolex job".

[ShaolinLambKiller]

Yea I can't tell you about that peavey.

But I don't really use pedals with it, it's nice and dirt but also seems flubby and is well even at 90watts seems extremely low volume.

[archlilim]

I use a FZ-2. Then there's the extra 60 watts of the YBA-3

[Kacey Y]

Actual volume difference between YBA-1, 1A and 3 is negligible. It mostly amounts to extra headroom. Chilllerthanmost and I have done side by side shootouts in my warehouse, with multiple versions of them.

[archlilim]

Yeah that extra headroom is what's got me more interested in the Yba-3. High volume cleans!

Are the Yba-1 and 3 similar tone wise?

[Iommic Pope]

If it's like my YBA1, it needs the right pedal in front of it. With down-tuned bass, mine loves the meathead dark clone I have, but it's really lacking with my go-to Monarch od unless I eq pedal the crap out of it. Needs a signal with sexy midrange content.

Anyone ever tried the Peavey Firebass 700 bass head? Looking at splitting a stack with my friend, I'd get the Peavey for about $150. Not familiar with that Peavey head, but it's 700 watts at 2 ohms, and it's got a mid sweep. Seems like a ton of power cheap... And amps should resemble their owners.

YES on that YBA3. Get some sweet boat tolex and re-tolex it, then sell for huge profit as "custom tolex job".

Also interested in that Firebass head.

[Kacey Y]

Yeah that extra headroom is what's got me more interested in the Yba-3. High volume cleans!

Are the Yba-1 and 3 similar tone wise?

They're very close. I believe the 3 has some bright and maybe deep switches the 1 doesn't have, but they have a ton of overlap tonally and are essentially the same. When we did our shootout we did two different era 3's and my 1 and they were all VERY close in tone. Down to extremely nitpicky levels, no major differences.

[maggot]

It's in my town!!!! But I got no money.

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/msg/4870949315.html

[ShaolinLambKiller]

Mine might have something wrong with it. I'm mainly saying it doesn't even sound like it's near 90watts.