Re: HAAAALP!!! (GAS Attack)

On Mar 12, 8:46 am, dugjustdug <prestigerea...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
1977 Fender Deluxe 'verb (112 Combo - 22 watts) that my favorite local
shop took on trade has been on the floor for 4 days now.  It was in
rough shape.  They redid the tubes, caps, rectifier and soldered all
the bad point connections.  Board, PTP Hand-Wiring, silverface, knobs,
speaker, etc. are original.  Cloth has a minor pea-sized tear in the
upper right hand of the face, and, the tolex looks fine - no scuffs or
tears noted.

They have $800(USD) into it and are selling for $999.  They'd give me
$325 for my Blues Jr. - which this amp would undoubtedly replace.  My
'69 Tele is weeping tears of hope that I'll pull the trigger on this.

Deal, or, No Deal?

dug



Theres no such thing as a good quality RI.
They're junk. The price sounds high but thats what they're going for.
The BJ is no where in the same league as the Deluxe. Neither are the
RI's. With the work that they've done to it the amp should last about
another 40 years barring any unseen catastrophes. You'd go through 7
or 8 RI's in the same amount of time and playing through a shitty
sounding low budget amp all the while.This isnt an opinion as far as
I'm concerned .Its a fact
.

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