Amps, Cabs, Speakers, etc
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Sinom
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by Sinom » Sun May 08, 2022 1:33 am
laurie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 3:58 pm
Pepe wrote: ↑Thu Apr 28, 2022 1:57 pm
Awesome! But ... didn't you plan to move soon? What does Mrs Laurie say to your latest acquisitions?
Yeah... I promised I'd stop buying stuff. But when deals this good come along, how to say no? I'm doing some horse-trading of other gear that will make the net cost of this amp less than $500. How could I say no...
Well done for rescuing all these wonderful beasts..... I would be the same if there were such second hand shops over here.
Post a pick of the herd, before you pass them down the line.......
Cheers..... Simon
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laurie
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by laurie » Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:02 am
Here are the pics of the beast after a good cleaning.
It is 100% original except one of the wheeled castors - replaced by a previous owner years ago.
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laurie
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laurie
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by laurie » Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:04 am
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Pepe
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by Pepe » Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:34 am
Awesome!
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Dirk
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by Dirk » Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:48 pm
I agree, that's absolutely gorgeous!
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bigtone23
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by bigtone23 » Sat Nov 26, 2022 4:30 am
Firstly, I am a Mesa freak...
The Heartbreaker is a cool, niche outlier. It's often misjudged, but it's a cool take on both a Fender BF/SF and a MK1. It's great that it can cop older and semi-modern tones and is easily nudged into tonally wide responses with with the modes and power voicings.
Plus, it's built pretty darn well and Mesa will still honor customer service for it!
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laurie
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by laurie » Sat May 04, 2024 11:32 am
I finally decided to sell the Heartbreaker, so ran a bunch of tests on it to make sure everything weas working properly.
It has always sounded good, but maybe a bit "thin" in places.
Two of the toggle switches were malfunctioning, plus one of the input tubes was weak. Fixed all that and it is HUGE
What an amp. Am tempted to keep it, but way too much amp for me. The 18W Dr Z amps are plenty loud enough.