this is an almost unbelievable story. it's a good read

MLC2006

TheLuckyOnes wrote:

was this guy's last name Hagar??

i mean, he was giving it away for free, and you said he was wealthy, in which case we know his last name wasn't Lee Roth



great story tho. if you trade down, be aggressive, and come out ahead in your deal. potential to get a very good value guitar and amp for that. don't feel like just because you got a great gift dropped on you that you have to give a retail store one too.

congrats.

haha, no Hagar. just a rich business guy that has more money and stuff than he knows what to do with. there was an EVH Music Man guitar there too and if I'd asked, he probably would've gave that to me too. but the amp was good enough for me.

yeah, I already called a guitar center and they said bring it in. but from talking to some people, they said guitar center would probably only trade about $500 worth of stuff and there's no way I'm doing that because this amp is practically unused. ebay, I could probably get $1100 for it, but shipping would be a major major pain in the ass, so I'll probably end up keeping it. I've been playing it a good bit tonight, I just can't turn up the volume much.

TheLuckyOnes

MLC2006 wrote:

haha, no Hagar. just a rich business guy that has more money and stuff than he knows what to do with. there was an EVH Music Man guitar there too and if I'd asked, he probably would've gave that to me too. but the amp was good enough for me.

yeah, I already called a guitar center and they said bring it in. but from talking to some people, they said guitar center would probably only trade about $500 worth of stuff and there's no way I'm doing that because this amp is practically unused. ebay, I could probably get $1100 for it, but shipping would be a major major pain in the ass, so I'll probably end up keeping it. I've been playing it a good bit tonight, I just can't turn up the volume much.

another option that other guys on here will probably have for you .....

but an amp attentuator. goes between the amp and speakers, allows you to crank the amp however you like, cuts the amount of volume going to the speakers. new/used between 200 to 400.

couple posters here have had great success with 'em

DOSW

MLC2006 wrote:

haha, no Hagar. just a rich business guy that has more money and stuff than he knows what to do with. there was an EVH Music Man guitar there too and if I'd asked, he probably would've gave that to me too. but the amp was good enough for me.

yeah, I already called a guitar center and they said bring it in. but from talking to some people, they said guitar center would probably only trade about $500 worth of stuff and there's no way I'm doing that because this amp is practically unused. ebay, I could probably get $1100 for it, but shipping would be a major major pain in the ass, so I'll probably end up keeping it. I've been playing it a good bit tonight, I just can't turn up the volume much.

I don't know about you, but for me, some shipping inconvenience isn't worth passing up $1100 extra in the bank (or a new guitar or amp, for that matter). It's up to you though.