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Thunderbird Club
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Kinda premium priced sucky choices. The Mesa 88 is about the only one on the list I'd even give a second glance to, and it's priced absurdly. I'd imagine your used market down there is pretty tight as well. The land of Oz might not be the place to hunt for gear. Maybe you should click your heels three times, Kansas probably has a better selection and better prices. Of course shipping will be a bitch, its gonna be tough for him indoors to strap an SVT under his trucker jacket and still get past security.
Nah, just ship the whole crate of jackets to the US, load parts into the jackets and ship back. A perfect disguise AND the jackets provide useful padding. 
If an SVT didn't weigh more than a 11 year old kid, you might be onto something.Nah, just ship the whole crate of jackets to the US, load parts into the jackets and ship back. A perfect disguise AND the jackets provide useful padding.
Yes, that would be my inclination as well.
If an SVT didn't weigh more than a 11 year old kid, you might be onto something.
6550s are probably not what Customs officials are expecting to find in a cavity search...
I’d certainly like to see someone try to pull that off, though.
Tube power, SS pre.
That's the weirdest hybrid I've ever heard of!
Now I really want to try one!
The original MM amps were like that -- SS pre and valve output stage.
*Starts flipping through my little black book of GAS. Jots down MM amp*
Thanks guys, I think I need a new little black book soon.
"The BH 500 amp features a solid state preamp and a 500-watt analog power amp"
The original ones were definitely hybrid....
Anyone know the reasoning for that?
Solid state can still be analog though, but I don't know how well a digital power amp would work. Digital pre on the other hand, you could have infinite possibilities for effects and tones.
'Analog' means Class A/B presumably, although Class D is not actually 'digital' (common misconceptions #64974).
So far I am digging my Genz Streamliner 900, but have not used it outside of the house yet. Has a 3 tube pre and gets gritty. My friend has the Aggy Tonehammer 500 and it is quite nice. I have heard good things about the Aggy AG700 as well but haven't tried one yet. I like Mesa stuff but a tech I know says that they are a regular item that crosses his bench. I think the Big Block 750 sounds nice and growly and like something I could hang with.
Nah, just ship the whole crate of jackets to the US, load parts into the jackets and ship back. A perfect disguise AND the jackets provide useful padding.
That's providing that the incoming shipment doesn't arrive at JFK, things are known to disappear there.
You'd be surprised what they find.
I knew Class D doesn't mean digital, but amps like TCE's and the Bergantino B|Amp are digital amps.
From what i understand, the Big Block 750 is a scaled down version of The Titan V12, which is also a killer sounding amp.
