Re: [Harp-L] Re: Amps on EBAY

["paul seacroft" <pscl13196@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
I've bought several amps from the U.S, (I live in the UK)
via ebay , and done very well - all cheap for me , as a) I can't afford real 
pricey stuff and b) the dollar/sterling exchange rate is to my advantage at 
the moment ;
I bought a '50s magnatone varsity , put an 8" Jensen in it - harps sounds 
great - price $162
I bought a Danelectro Centurion , after seeing the name on a site called 
harpamps.com - noone else bid - mine for $150 - harp sounds REALLY good - it 
has a 12au7 instead of ax7 in one preamp position, which made me think the 
previous owner used it for harp - and guitar sounds great in it too - 
although old and perhaps limited in sounds by modern standards , the sounds 
I can get absolutely compare with my reissue vibroverb, and far far better 
in the harp stakes; the point is this : I'm nowhere near good enough on harp 
to consider the high end stuff I see discussed here, nor can I lay out 
$1000 - but just having an affordable amp which gets very close to that big 
harp sound has brought my playing on leaps and bounds;   as has been 
mentioned previously,  if you check out the sellers , you should do o.k, and 
you can get payment protection with some forms of payment - and for all you 
harpists across the Atlantic , where all the good amps are, shipping is MUCH 
cheaper for you!
Lastly, a while back I asked to be taken off this group because my PC ahd 
trouble with the volume of messages - I wasn't and I'm glad! There are 
clearly a lot of really adept and advanced players amongst you, and I've 
come across great music I would not otherwise have found - there's nothing 
like the buzz of hearing something new and really good - so thanks all!



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <AV1901@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: [Harp-L] Re: Amps on EBAY


> I've taken the EBAY plunge a few times and have purchased the following
> items there with much happiness: An EV605 and an EV630 mic, a BOSS DM-2 
> analogue
> delay pedal and a Kendrick ABC box. I sold my Fender Blues DeVille amp, 
> some
> pedals and mic elements through EBAY. All were a very positive experience.
>
> I've never bought an amp through EBAY, although I did buy a great little
> harp amp sight & sound unseen through Harp-L. The Hurricane V-8 amp is a 
> great
> little class A amp (Fender Champ type) that is great for small coffee 
> house
> type guitar/harp duo gigs and recording. Anyone else on here use one? Or 
> have
> one for sale?
>
> I think if you go in with your eyes open you can pick up some nice pieces 
> on
> EBAY, but be ready to put in some additional $ for some tech bench work 
> and
> speaker reconing depending on the age of the items. There are some guys 
> I'd
> buy  from sight unseen (Sonny Jr. being one) and expect a gig-ready amp.
>
>
> Andy Vincent
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