ShaolinLambKiller wrote:Most of the smaller punk and crust bands I've seen rarely ever used tube heads. Not all but an unhealthy amount.
I guess I see a fair amount of Peavey and Crate solid state in the punk / crust scene, but really shit amps and gear is more and more rare, beyond the absolute beginner, usually shitty / short-lived bands. Gear is easy to find and cheap if that's what you're looking for, info-reviews-specs-opinions are easy to find. I always laugh inside at bands that have absolute crap gear, like the worst of the Crate amps, Behringer, and shit like that. I don't mind solid state amps for crusty-punk-grind stuff though. I might end up using two solid state amps for the grind band I've got started. My cheapass Peavey Firebass is the most brutal HM2 amp I've heard, and the Ampeg VH140C's Ultra Mid control works perfectly in combination with that.
odontophobia wrote:AxAxSxS wrote:Yeah, I've gotten some good deals by letting the seller know their price was a bit on the high side and why. Doesn't hurt to try. On the flip side of that I tend to price things I want to sell on the high side so that when people want to haggle we're starting from a higher point.
This is my Craigslist golden rule. I always list for more than I want/think it's worth.

What's weird is when sellers just won't listen, like if they just list it a 8th time, it'll finally sell. There's a nice Acoustic Control Corp combo locally, would make a great portable jam amp. Guy won't budge off his imaginary worth of nearly $400. You can find the heads for $150.
Iommic Pope wrote:Mig 50s are good, clean platforms.
You get a bassman and a plexi in one package.
And then you can blend them for ridiculous amounts of volume.
They would give most 100w amps a run for their money.
I'd like to hope this inflation of Sovtek prices stays high so I can make a return on my amp.

Fitz' seems way more gainy than my Traynor Bassmaster - another Bassman/ plexi variant. I should have sold my Traynor while those were inflated in value! They seem to be coming down in price some?