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| 1857.1 | just heard about it | RICKS::CALCAGNI | | Thu Jun 07 1990 17:29 | 10 |
| I just saw an ad for this amp in a guitar mag; it was the first I'd
ever heard of it. Looks like yet another 4x10 Tweed Bassman copy
a la THD (which has it's own note in here somewhere); is there really
that much market for these things? This one must be better than the
THD; after all, it's $100 more :-)
Fender's doing their own re-issue of this amp, which is slightly more
reasonable (in the $1000 range); I've heard it's a pretty nice copy.
/rick
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| 1857.2 | the price of glory !! | MILKWY::JACQUES | If you don't stop, you'll go deaf | Fri Jun 08 1990 08:46 | 11 |
| I would lean towards the Fender version myslef. THD and Kendricks
will most likely be here today-gone tomorow.
Of course, even the Fender version is not a great value ($1000
for a 45 watt combo?). It's more of a nostalgia trip. Look at
the Fender re-issued guitars and basses. The price on these is
as high as a deluxe Strat+, despite the outdated clunky hardware.
Just my humble opinion !!
Mark
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| 1857.3 | see 1791.55 | MILKWY::JACQUES | If you don't stop, you'll go deaf | Mon Jun 18 1990 14:14 | 2 |
| see 1791.55
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| 1857.4 | Not for me kids! | EARRTH::ABATELLI | Who knew? | Fri Aug 28 1992 11:25 | 18 |
| I played a (Bassman copy) Kendricks something or other and I can live
w/o the reverb, (since this is to be a copy of a Bassman which had no
reverb). I can live with that, but the tone was terrible! If you placed
this amp with a Peavey Classic 50 4x10" next to it and blindfolded the
guitarist in order to decide which one to buy... I'm pretty sure 9
out of 10 guitarist would take the Peavey! Needless to say, I wouldn't
buy one. After a few minutes I mentioned that I had enough of this
abuse!
Now I feel a real need to try a Dumble, or a Matchless, but Kendricks
does NOT get my vote! 45 or 50 watt output that distorts like a
chainsaw at 4� on the volume knob? Never mind... FWIW, the knobs go
to 12! ;^)
Rock on,
Fred
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| 1857.5 | sounds weird | RICKS::CALCAGNI | Ripablikans fore Kwael | Fri Aug 28 1992 12:06 | 7 |
| Hey Fred, it sure sounds to me like you played a bum amp or something.
Maybe a tube was on it's way out, who knows? I'm not a proponent of
Kendricks or anything, but I just find it hard to believe a *working*
amp gave you chainsaw at 4; Bassmen don't do that, and I'd expect the
Kendricks to be close enough not to either.
/rick
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| 1857.6 | I'll stick to my PV-MX/Boogie combination thank you | EARRTH::ABATELLI | Who knew? | Fri Aug 28 1992 13:40 | 7 |
| I dunno Rick, I plugged it in and I wasn't impressed at all. I was
actually very disappointed. So much so that there was a guy
playing a Peavey 112 that had a better tone! I'm not knocking PV,
but I just expect ALOT more from a $1200. amp.
Fred (who's still looking for a Dumble)
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