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I was in a music store at lunchtime, picking up some stocking-stuffers. As I was checking out, a guy at the other end of the counter apparently asked about guitar amps. The salesman's immediate response (verbatim, or almost):

Well, the bigger the amp, the better the tone. Obviously, you should buy the biggest amp you can afford.

All right! I'm going to forget about Scott's Franklin and dig out my old Zoom 505... then plug it into a new Crown 1500W PA amp!

Yeah, man! Just make sure you have enough speakers for it. Eight 4x12's loaded with V30's should be perfect.

Bwahahaha! GC sales guys rule!

Can't blame the hustlers when they work on commission


Originally Posted by Scott_FBwahahaha! GC sales guys rule!

Now, why would you automatically assume it was GC, hmmmm?

For the record, it was H amp; H.

Because I know where you live. I'm making a SWAG that it's the GC on 45 near Baybrook. Okay, Hamp;H in Baybrook. that's cool.

Bigger equals better...........CHECK!!!
Were you shopping via a Cosmo mag????

As a budding guitar player in the dark ages, I would not have needed that fool to tell me the bigger the amp the better. I ALREADY KNEW THAT!!

All is not lost, as I still have my 150 watt Sunn 25 years later. The 4x12 is loooong gone.

wisdom finds us in unlikely places and ways...

those salesmen are the reason that I 'm now stuck with a marshall mg100dfx

wish I discovered this place earlier


Originally Posted by SludgenutzAll is not lost, as I still have my 150 watt Sunn 25 years later.
Obviously, you didn't get the message. In Sunn's world, the Model T is a small amp.

The Model T is a nice amp. Is yours the old grey-grill kind, or the early-80's white-and-red trim? I used to have a white-and-red 2x12 cab, with the 12's loaded into a short, straight horn. Looked like something John Entwistle would have owned, but I used it for guitar with a Hiwatt DR103. I blame that rig for the touch of tinnitus in my right ear.
Originally Posted by Scott_FBecause I know where you live. I'm making a SWAG that it's the GC on 45 near Baybrook. Okay, Hamp;H in Baybrook. that's cool.

Hah - but you don't know where I work, smarty-pants! It was the Hamp;H on Fairmont, just off Beltway 8 in Pasadena.The funny thing was, when he said it, I was literally shaking. I so wanted to blurt out, quot;My 13 Watter is both the best-sounding and least powerful amplifier I've ever owned!quot; (OK, not counting that first Tempo 1x8 SS amp that my parents bought me for Christmas from Lafayette Electronics; that was only 5 watts. And its predecessor, a converted Hallicrafters shortwave radio that shocked the hell outta me every time I used it - that was probably only a watt or so. I'm sure they both sounded like cr@p.) But it's their store, so they can say what they want I suppose, as long as they're not saying it to me, and I know better than to ask.


Originally Posted by Rich_SYeah, man! Just make sure you have enough speakers for it. Eight 4x12's loaded with V30's should be perfect.

I only need 6 Hiwatt cabs for my bedroom.....