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i bought it at my wonderful local music shop simply music in huntingdon (england) my first valve combo £475 (would have bin 500 but was the display model) thats about $789

the tone is absolutely fantastic, i havnt tried a twin humbucker gibbo style guitar through it yet but my classic series strat does damn well, hendrix tones/ritchie blackmore and even led zeppelin if you drop back the highs and push the mids, makes a strat sound beefy, and distorts enough to make you sound fantastic, without making you sound like you need to gain to stop you sounding crap, damn loud

the spring reverb can make a hell of a noise if you knock the amp by accident, but some people like doing that, its also a heavy beast apart from that its gorgeous


pretty solid ply construction, stands up to gigging very well havnt had any problems and im told the valves have a good lifetime

if you want an affordable valve combo for classic rock, blues, reggae, 70s style punk, not particularly modern sounding but thats never been my thing

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