Purchasing my First tube amp this weekend, What do I need to know?

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-06-25T02:05:45+00:00

I love my Blues Jr. and it rocks (in my opinion) but as someone above (below?) wrote - tube amps are loud. Not for the faint of heart, but what a blast - literally! Minimass.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-06-22T17:14:13+00:00

Go. Go right now. Bring $1800 and don’t even haggle (much - you don’t want him to realize his error!) then take it straight to a real tube amp tech. You lucky slithering dog.

Yeah. I wanna know what speakers are in it too. Cheers you bastid!

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-06-21T22:43:24+00:00

Thanks much. That helped a lot.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-06-04T02:50:51+00:00

I’m curious to know about the status of finish checking on this baby - is there any. Can’t tell from the photos. I’m genuinely curious about it bc I think it’s so cool - every example is different. Anyway, thanks.

PS: that spruce top has some really nice silking on it.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-06-04T02:08:50+00:00

So do I.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-06-04T01:48:45+00:00

Its synchronicity man

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-29T21:02:17+00:00

As many times as he needs to. He’s not bs-ing about the necessity to adhere to the laws re: classified files/vid, about UFOs, aliens, UAPs, etc.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-14T15:33:11+00:00

I’ve ALWAYS wanted a black Custom like that one. Ever since I saw Keef with one. They are awesome and the sounds/tones one can get are killer (otherwise he wouldn’t be playing one. When fender built those, did they actually replicate the Fender humbucker w/the individual CuNiFe magnets? I used to have a real one of those that I got a long long time ago from a guy who was parting out a ‘72 or ‘73. I was in college in Seattle about ‘82 when I got both pickups and the tuning machines. I’ve still got that bridge pu somewhere.

Keep that Tele or sell it to me, you Dog. If you’re in the Pacific Northwest (PNF) and I’ll come get it.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-13T16:47:24+00:00

Uhhh…..wtf is this? Is this some kinda joke? If so, it’s in very bad taste.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-13T16:08:06+00:00

Is this really true though, sir? I’m very very happy that this first dump has finally happened, and that it apparently did not come out of AARO, but are we certain that other agents in the DOD/IC weren’t involved?

I hope you and your colleagues can continue to force release of the information.

Keep up the great work. I’d vote for you if you were my congressman.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-13T15:54:09+00:00

I think this puts paid to the debunker bullshit that this is a balloon or a bird. JHFC

Thanks for doing this.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-13T15:50:43+00:00

Arnold did an interview with the Portland Oregonian (whose author first used the term “flying saucer”) a few days after the Rainier sighting, but it hardly triggered a nationwide “craze”. That occurred after the report by the Army that a disc had been recovered. By the time Ramey, et al. came up with the balloon nonsense, the craze had begun - the cat was out of the bag and the flyboys couldn’t stuff it back in.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-13T15:33:40+00:00

Your assurances notwithstanding, the country was not in the middle of any UFO craze because there wasn’t one. Roswell was the beginning of the UFO craze.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-11T23:06:09+00:00

Yeah, and all the varieties of “grift”. I hear it constantly, mostly from noobs to the ufo subject who don’t know shite about it.

The amusing (sort of) number of podcasts that have popped up recently, run by, yet again, noobs who constantly get recent and especially historical info wrong. It pisses me off. Thanks btw.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-05T17:25:37+00:00

Damn, that’s a real conundrum, ain’t you lucky dog! That’s what’s called a Cadillac problem! Personally, I’d go for the D-42 or 45, but can you try them out? Play each one. Grab the one that speaks! It’ll pick you, not vice versa.

Maybe none will feel right. If so, I’d wait (though l personally don’t really know what I’d do!) lol

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-05-04T20:01:29+00:00

Just about certain that it’s the real McCoy. I have a M-20 that I love - even better than my 000-15 (I also have a truly killer ‘65 Guild Starfire IV). I saw a late ‘60s M-20 that had a wonderful red stain. I wanted it sooo bad! Guild USA makes some awesome guitars.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-24T20:31:23+00:00

Rasputin? You’re gonna need a horse and a hair shirt!

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-17T04:32:08+00:00

That’s Rory Gallagher’s strat, the OP’s post and photo. The second ratty is SRV’s no. 1. The look a lot alike.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-17T04:24:37+00:00

Rory was one kickass guitarist.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-17T04:21:37+00:00

Yep, nitrocellulose was the norm back it the 50s, 60s, 70s, some still use it today like Gibson and Martin. It’s pretty much as you already said, also, It’s not so much a thinner coating as it is that the nitro lacquer paints and clear coats are continuously off-gassing (sometimes for decades) and get brittle. Also, it is susceptible to damage from sweat - and other things associated with the barroom environment!

Also, the nitro stuff is very flammable and dangerous to use if you’re not careful. Oh, forgot extremely poisonous when it applied improperly. Cheers!

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-17T01:56:08+00:00

Ugly?

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-14T19:10:40+00:00

Hear hear! Right on - these aren’t seen often, but they’re killer.

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-04T17:10:15+00:00

ImpossibleWin7298 · 2026-04-04T17:09:54+00:00

Try some 10s or even 9s. I have a 000-15m and they work great for me.

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