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Hartke 3500 amp for my Hartke VX210 cab evaluation please

I have 3500 head that is about that age. The only problem it ever had was a fan replacement, which Larry Hartke sent me for free. Other than that - I've dropped this thing on concrete more than once (in the rack of course and by accident), and gigged the crap out of it. They are a good head.
 
I picked up a used 3500 to keep as a backup amp a while ago, and I end up using it to gig most of the time now. It's loud, reliable, easy to dial in a good tone, good DI. I use it through a VX215 cab that I thought I'd keep in the band rehearsal room, but the two sound good together. And since they aren't expensive gear, I'm not afraid of taking them to all kinds of places :hmm:.