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NAD - TC Electronic Blacksmith

Jamvan

The Bassist Formerly Known As Meh
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I love when an amp I've lusted after for years falls out of favor and you can find NOS open-box buys for literally pennies on the dollar. (And please, let's not go down the whole TC "watts" thing...I'm well aware and don't care.) I picked this up off Ebay and it is literally a brand new TC Electronic Blacksmith amp. In my case, it's a LOT of kit for the money for a handmade amp from Denmark no matter the opinion of their innovative Active Power Management module.

I am a huge fan of TC's RH heads and have been happily running an RH750 for years. In fact, I've tried others (Mesa, GK, Genzler, Quilter, Ampeg, etc) and I keep coming back to the TC as the component of my tone I can't seem to live without. The convenience of having compressor, pre and power tube emulation, semi-parametric 4-band EQ, three presets, and a built in tuner just put this over the top for simplified setup. This amp is a little less convenient than my RH750 as it is a lot larger (but still only 26 lbs) but it gives me the ability to up the game if I need to. "Enough" watts (again, just don't), 2 ohm stable (non TC cabs) and can also run up to 4 TC cabs if I want.

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I love when an amp I've lusted after for years falls out of favor and you can find NOS open-box buys for literally pennies on the dollar. (And please, let's not go down the whole TC "watts" thing...I'm well aware and don't care.) I picked this up off Ebay and it is literally a brand new TC Electronic Blacksmith amp. In my case, it's a LOT of kit for the money for a handmade amp from Denmark no matter the opinion of their innovative Active Power Management module.

I am a huge fan of TC's RH heads and have been happily running an RH750 for years. In fact, I've tried others (Mesa, GK, Genzler, Quilter, Ampeg, etc) and I keep coming back to the TC as the component of my tone I can't seem to live without. The convenience of having compressor, pre and power tube emulation, semi-parametric 4-band EQ, three presets, and a built in tuner just put this over the top for simplified setup. This amp is a little less convenient than my RH750 as it is a lot larger (but still only 26 lbs) but it gives me the ability to up the game if I need to. "Enough" watts (again, just don't), 2 ohm stable (non TC cabs) and can also run up to 4 TC cabs if I want.

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I, like you, am a huge TC Electronic RH450/750 fan. I also have been wanting a Blacksmith forever, but the prices were quite high on those. I'm currently done now with amps as I have a lot and pretty much mainly use my TC's, Orange, Genz Benz and Mesa primarily, but if I were to spot a great deal on a Blacksmith I doubt I would look the other way. How much did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

Edit: Sorry, I forgot to add congratulations.
 
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I, like you, am a huge TC Electronic RH450/750 fan. I also have been wanting a Blacksmith forever, but the prices were quite high on those. I'm currently done now with amps as I have a lot and pretty much mainly use my TC's, Orange, Genz Benz and Mesa primarily, but if I were to spot a great deal on a Blacksmith I doubt I would look the other way. How much did you pay, if you don't mind me asking?

Edit: Sorry, I forgot to add congratulations.

Thank you. With a stable of amps like that, I can see why you'd not need to add any more!

I also PM'd you what I paid. Very happy with the deal I got. ;)
 
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Congrats on the new amp. I was curious about the Blacksmith a while ago but I couldn't find much info at the time--which was curious for a flagship hand-built model. I thought, what a cool and convenient idea including a tuner. Anyways, I'm happy for you.
 
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