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Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:35 pm
by dniederkorn
Crate Blue Voodoos or fairly cheap and if tubed and biased correctly are crazy awesome. Band mate of mine used one for black metal and the like.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:58 am
by ShaolinLambKiller
He must have had much more done to it that just retubed and biased. I had one of those things and no matter what you did it sounded like unusable shit.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:52 pm
by theAntihero
Suposedly the 1]earlier 120 were better than the 150 versions. Id love to try the 300 BV too but ive never tried one
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:08 pm
by D.o.S.
ShaolinLambKiller wrote:He must have had much more done to it that just retubed and biased. I had one of those things and no matter what you did it sounded like unusable shit.
Which makes it perfect for Black Metal, no?
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:58 pm
by AxAxSxS
D.o.S. wrote:ShaolinLambKiller wrote:He must have had much more done to it that just retubed and biased. I had one of those things and no matter what you did it sounded like unusable shit.
Which makes it perfect for Black Metal, no?

Truth there.
Amorphorous? (Aaron) has the 300 watt and digs it. Red Cloud are def not black metal and have some rad sounding gear so I'd take his word for it sounding good.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:16 pm
by theAntihero
The 300 is supposed to be quite good......but i wouldnt spend 800ish on one like ebay seems to think they are worth
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:29 pm
by ShaolinLambKiller
Not even good for black metal. it was particularly shitty for even black metal.
Though Mine wasn't the 300watt version so maybe that one isn't fucking shit.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 1:07 am
by dniederkorn
My friends is the 120W. he recently had it recapped with SOZOs and it sounds even better. Its tubed with JJ 6L6 and ECC83s. Also its the second gen so it doesnt have the cartoonish front panel.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 9:03 am
by ShaolinLambKiller
Well I'm glad someone has found some good with them. Mine was first gen, and I thought I was making a good purchase. I ended up trading it for my Ampeg SS150 which led me to keep buying Ampeg SS's for years after.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:06 pm
by archlilim
*Hijacks his own damn thread back*
The two amp search continues:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/4521810602.htmlHow do you guys think it would pair with the Sunn Beta? Was thinking about waiting on a 100 or 120, but figured 50 would do the trick in a two amp setup

In contact with the seller.
Edit: Shit dudes. Looks like we might do a Sound City + cash trade for my AD30

Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:49 pm
by ShaolinLambKiller
Very nice! Not sure how it's pair but it'll be a nice addition to get nevertheless.
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:50 am
by whiskey_face
fuck man, im scared of sound city amps. . . not cause theyre loud but you know. . . one almost killed me.
then GC wouldn't accept my offer for 50$ for their "deathtrap paperweight" fuckin dickheads. . . . but if youre getting cash doooooo ittttttttttt
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:43 am
by archlilim
Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:04 am
by AxAxSxS
That's a proper rig right there! Now add a third head that's got mad power and a big bass cab

Re: 100+ Watts on the Cheap (Another Amp Help Thread)
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:11 pm
by ShaolinLambKiller
Awww hell yea that's boner city now.