John Dirks Jr Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Time to get back into some jams. This will be how I spend some more quality time with my teenage son. Those are his drums in the background. I just got it yesterday. It's an Epiphone Black Beauty and a Vox Cambridge 30. The guitar also came with a very nice lined hard case. Hardly any use on the stuff. The gold coating on the pickup covers is faded a but I hear thats common. Works as good as new. This stuff would have been $1200 + new back in 2000 when it was first bought. I got it for a cool $400. I need to get some foot switches for the amp. It's a Craigslist score. What a popular combo effects pedal these days? I'll be playing blues and heavy metal. Click to Enlarge 49.32 KB Click to Enlarge 56.88 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 John, Google up "guitar effects pedals" or something like that. There's plenty of processors out there that will give you what you're looking for. Most of the stores will let you play with one first. I have a Line6 amp. All of that stuff is built into it. Looks like you got a pretty good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I'll check out some stuff at Guitar Center when my son and I head up there this afternoon to get some new strings. The Vox amp did not have a manual but I found this helpful info online. It's a tube hybrid. It cranks pretty good for a 30w amp. http://www.voxshowroom.com/korean/amp/nu_cambridge.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Time to get back into some jams. This will be how I spend some more quality time with my teenage son. Those are his drums in the background. I just got it yesterday. It's an Epiphone Black Beauty and a Vox Cambridge 30. The guitar also came with a very nice lined hard case. Hardly any use on the stuff. The gold coating on the pickup covers is faded a but I hear thats common. Works as good as new. Click to Enlarge 49.32 KB Click to Enlarge 56.88 KB John, Does it impress your clients when you open the case and use it to check outlets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Think you'll still be gig'n at 63? [utube] " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbass Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 cool, i have a 79 gibson sg standard and a 72 strat (one with the big old head on it), i used to have a marshall half stack with jcm 1000 head, but the kids and the business slowed down my playing... the guitars rarely leave the cases anymore have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 For you guitar people out there that want something cool, check out the new Polytune guitar tuner. Best gig tuner I found yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Robin Trower kicks ass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 That looks like fun. but protect your ears, eh? Especially standing in front of that drum kit, trying to play louder than your son's drumming. [:-party] Tube hybrid is the way to go. I used to run a low power tube amp as preamp into a solid state amp. That way you could lower the volume. In my closet, covered with a bit of dust, a early 70's Kay Strat and four or five little tube amps, some I built with old radio parts etc. Click to Enlarge 95.42 KB The one on the right is my OK Kay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieb Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Think you'll still be gig'n at 63? [utube] " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"> That, is a flashback worth experiencing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 I caught the end of 'Spellbound' on a blues show on public radio a few weeks ago. That's the first time I'd heard any of his music in years. I now have a Robin Trower station on Pandora. Pat Travers, Gov't Mule, Free, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, Zepplin, Johnny Winter, Allman Bros...and that's just this afternoon. It's all good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 For you guitar people out there that want something cool, check out the new Polytune guitar tuner. Best gig tuner I found yet! Heres the tuner I came home with. http://www.snarktuners.com/prod_gb1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted February 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Time to get back into some jams. This will be how I spend some more quality time with my teenage son. Those are his drums in the background. I just got it yesterday. It's an Epiphone Black Beauty and a Vox Cambridge 30. The guitar also came with a very nice lined hard case. Hardly any use on the stuff. The gold coating on the pickup covers is faded a but I hear thats common. Works as good as new. Click to Enlarge 49.32 KB Click to Enlarge 56.88 KB John, Does it impress your clients when you open the case and use it to check outlets? I run an external line from the amp and tap into the intercom system. I rig the doorbell as a reverb/gain switch. That really impreses them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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