Can We Talk About Amplifier Quality These Days? Junk, junk, junk!

[jazzyvee]

My $0.02. Wheels!  I can’t remember humping stuff around. I hard-mounted my rig to a hand truck. Got a portable boat winch mounted on a piece of plywood laying in the back of my pickup.  Band mates used to gather to watch me winch the whole rig into the bed. Bass in one hand…..pulling a hand truck in the other hand.

I had the same idea the other day.  Cherry picker mounted to the bed of my truck.  LOL.

Have you got any live links of your gigs I'm curious about your playing style.

[garyhead]

Alas.....no online video.  The Balkan band I was in was the 1990's and the Celtic Rock band was the early 00's.  There are VHS videos of the bands.....not economical to transfer just to post online.  My style was nothing flashy, more of a pocket player.  The pocket had to be tight when playing in 25/8 and 7/4!  There was a song called 25.  The leader used to call it off..... "president Bill, president Bill, do you play the saxophone still?  That was the rhythm for the 25 beats per measure.

[jazzyvee]

25/8 would be an interesting thing to hear slapped.🤩

[garyhead]

Well, wouldn’t you know….I found the tune 25 on YouTube!  This was recorded just before I joined.  Kaarn, the bassist just became a new mom so I subbed for a few years (1993-1999).

[pauldo]

Very cool. 

[sonofa_lembic]

I’m surprised the Walter Woods and Quilter didn’t work out.  I have both of those and can get fine Alembic tones out of them.  Same goes for my GK MB 500. My 70s era Walter Woods can do things similar in a way to my SF-2.

The older 70's and early 80's Walter Woods do sound much better than the later ones, but still get a bit edgy at higher volume.  The typical slight distortion of D class amps.  The Quilter just was hard to get the right high end I wanted.

[sonofa_lembic]

I did some research into power conditioners with voltage correction, and found a few out there.  I would have liked to buy the Furman one, but it is $2K.  I ended up ordering a TripLite 2400 that comes highly recommended by folks who have had voltage issues like what I have experienced at some venues and gigs where generators were used.  It is not too large, and I will just start taking it to every gig.  The $300.00 investment could save me thousands. 

[sonofa_lembic]

As to a video of what tends to kill my amps, here ya go.......
https://youtube.com/shorts/8kL2J3jd2O0?si=l5jyySLsHxVrxO7Q

[BeenDown139]

As to a video of what tends to kill my amps, here ya go.......

oh that's aweome, dude!   my bandmates hate it when i pop my strings, pretty sure they'd run you out on a rail.  gotta gig tonight.  takin the SII with me.  just restrung it with a fresh set of rotosound rounds.  went down a guage just to get a little more snap  outta the old girl.  probably not gonna blow up an amp but i might be trolling bandmix tomorrow....