Re: battery amp

[Ian Wilks <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 14:32:03 +0200
> From: Alexander Kronsteiner <al_kro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: battery amp
>
> Does anyone one of you experts can give me an idea which amp I can use
> for busking? The requiraments are: needs to be battery-powered, easy to
> transport fearly good sounding so I can use it on stage as well and
> inepansive.... I know, I know I am asking a lot...any suggestions are
> apreciated,
>
> Alexander

I have a dirty little battery amp called a "Starfire" that was so cheap 
it was given to me. It is solid state has gain, tone, and a third knob 
called "tube" which adds phat filth... It works so well that I had a 
friend buy a cheap rechargeable drill battery and wire it up so we can 
now recharge it.

This is no Fender - it is loud enough for street performance.

My previous band used to give me a hard time about my Peavey Tweed Twin 
and one night in a small gig they made the usual announcement warning 
the patrons that the lights of the venue would "dim" once I turned the 
Twin on... so I sat the Starfire in front of it (which no one noticed) 
and used it as my stage amp for the first bracket and got away with it.

Look for a Starfire in a garage sale or at a swop meet - can't be worth 
more than $20 tops - but has a class of its own!

Cheers Ian