Recent content by Rick Lee

I don't want or need the $5000 refund. But if I get it, I will always spend it on whatever the gov't. does not want me to have, which is usually guns and ammo.

My first tax stamp.

I got a reissue 100w for $1000 shipped and that was before eBay started charging sales tax. I got a 2553 for $1600 a few years ago, but didn't bond with it, sold it and made some money. The SJ is a siren song for me. I keep buying them, remembering why I got rid of the last one, sell it and...

Oh, and as an SBR, it's way, way louder than any Marshall.

It was a P556 (pistol). But I put the upper on my SIG 556 SWAT Patrol lower and made it an SBR.

I had my Katana 100w head for six mos before I knew it had an internal speaker. I bought it as a backup head for gigs. It's perfect for the living room. I took it to practice last night and, through a 2x12, it easily hung with my bandmate's Bogner Ecstasy.

I just got my second tax stamp (five day turnaround time) AND my FFL. Any spare funds are going into the business now. I'll be getting my 07 and SOT around July. Then I can build and sell silencers and machine guns. I have enough Marshalls.

Saw this yesterday. I don't need it, but I want it.

OT and choke upgrade.

Here's my '69 clone build in action. I have about $1300 into it. I will definitely follow up once I have video of a gig with my SLO-30. ""

I tamed the gain on mine with a 12AT7 in V1.

I did a 69' Marshall 1959 SLP clone build with Merrens that gets compliments every time I take it out. I mean, people always ask me about it. But I can only take it out for theatre or larger venue gigs. And even then I use a Hot Plate or Marshall PB with it AND the amp has a built-in Variac...

If someone is discounting for cash and they're reputable, I'll take it. Their tax situation is none of my biz. If they're not discounting for cash, but you're paying cash, you're still paying their CC merchant fees, as they're built into the price everyone pays. I'd rather get the discount...

I took my SLO-30 to band practice for the first time last week and it really cut like a knife, sounded way better in a band setting than when I crank it at home with earplugs or an attenuator. But I can't imagine 100w would sound better, as I'd not be able to run it any louder than I did my 30w.

I have my first practice with a new band Thurs. night. I'm bringing the SLO-30 and using a small Marshall 2x12 cab, the JVM one, smaller than the 1936. It's in a large industrial space, so I think I'll get to run it hard.