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Location: florida | i need some advice from my elders and peers...
i am going on the market for another amp now. i own a silvertone 1482 as of now and a fender frontman (for my room).
the amps i am now looking at purchasing are a
1. baldwin 2x12 combp amp (350 dollars)
2. 1950's danelectro model 68 amp (about 250 dollars)
3. have a custom made weber 5e3 amp (about 550 dolars)
can i get some feedback on what you guys/gals know about these amps and maybe help guide me into some kind of direction.
ps. are those baldwins solid state or tube? |
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Location: Scotland | I'm pretty sure that all Baldwin amps were solid state. |
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Location: NJ | all 3 are very cool choices
the baldwin will probably be a little sterile but it was in the time of crappy transisiters so it may have a "fuzz" tonality to it.
the dano will overdrive nicely but is not well made you probably need to go over it.
for reasons I wish not to discus I will not buy weber products |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I remember in the late 70's when people were saying "... tubes! who would want a tube amp?! Go solid state and have more reliability."
The interesting thing is that some manufacturers back in those days made solid states which attempted to emulate tube amps.
I haven't played any of your amps so I can't comment on them. Though I have a solid state amp from the late 70's and it's good enough, and it's still going strong. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | I kinda like my Weber grill. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | weber grill?
True, some solid states don't have that tube tone, but some tube amps are weber grills too. There are plus and minuses to both. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You got to get the gas Weber though, not the charcoal, they take so long to heat up and are often inconsistent. Gas is always the same and reliable. |
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Location: NJ | Bullshit.
CHARcoal, Baby!! |
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Location: Tennessee | +1 ... and go with mesquite |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Boy, this went south in a hurry. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You started it. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I used to be charcol guy, but the wife changed me ... into a gas guy. The gas is just so darn convenient.
In fact, we now have two cookers
a weber, the one with the cast iron grill, which gives a great cooking surface.
And we also have a kahuna burner, for stir fry and deep fry. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'd got for either the Baldwin or Dano, depending on the condition.
Or maybe it should be said "Baldwin, Dano" |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | We've got gas built in the Summer Kitchen here in Florida and little Webers elsewhere. The smoker is electric and that works great with your choice of wood chips. Cliff can tell you how good it works on salmon. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I use Ducane.
To some extent heat is heat, but there's a lot of nice 'little' things that make a good bbq grill nice to own. Of course it depends how much you will use it.
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
You started it. And at the same time he bought another guitar. Talk about multitasking. :cool: |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | He is good at that! |
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Location: NJ | m-m-m-m-m-m-m! . . . . smoked salmon . . . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | I used to be a charcoal snob but no more.
My gas grill is hooked right up to the house. No bottles to change, always there when I need it.
I had to use charcoal up north this last summer.
Didn't care for the "flavor" it added to the burgers.
I'll grill when it's 20 degrees in January as long as the wind doesn't pick up. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
You started it. And at the same time he bought another guitar. Talk about multitasking. :cool: |
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Location: Chicago | For acoustic, for Ovation, nothing beats a Bose  |
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Location: Jet City | As soon as I have an extra $3k, I'm gettin one. |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by cliff:
m-m-m-m-m-m-m! . . . . smoked salmon . . . . . cliff, you gotta make a trip out this way for the good stuff... Copper River... dats the shit! |
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Location: NJ | I've been meaning to for a LONG time, Damon!!
I've got a friend(CRAZYsumBitch,too!) that I've known since 2nd-3rd grade that packed up his family & moved out there ('bout a year or two before St.Helens). I've seen him a couple times since, but always back out here.
Always had talked about getting out there t'see him . . . and never did . . .
gotta' get ROUND t'that (while I still can).
Keep a FatOne on ice for me, willya'? . . . |
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Location: Jet City | you got it. plan a mid May trip, that's when you can have fresh Copper River on your plate within 24 hours of that thing swimmin. |
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amp choices.....decisions decisions
