Saw this post on CL in Maine today. Not really interested in it (I don't think), just wanted to see what y'all's thoughts were on this amp?
http://maine.craigslist.org/msg/2771000442.html (http://maine.craigslist.org/msg/2771000442.html)
1978 Fender Pro Reverb 212 - $500 (Freeport)
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Date: 2012-01-17, 4:19PM EST
Reply to: sale-xejmk-2771000442@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
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This is a 1978 Fender Pro Reverb 212 70 Watt amplifier! It has new tubes and one replacement 30 watt 12" speaker. It has two channels: vibrato and clean, as well as reverb.
This amp is a gem. In the previous year it has been serviced at Buckdancer's Choice so it is in great condition. Plenty of headroom and high end for screaming leads, plenty of bass for those chikka-chikka rhythms. I don't want to sell it but I spent too much on Christmas gifts and now it has to go.
Thanks for looking!
Sounds like a nice price. That power transformer is rusty as hell, but some people actually prefer the tone of rusty ones.
Basically a silverface twin. Nice amp. I don't know what that bullshit about the tone of a rusty power transformer is all about.
Quote from: sour d on January 18, 2012, 01:38:21 PM
Basically a silverface twin. Nice amp. I don't know what that bullshit about the tone of a rusty power transformer is all about.
Here is some "bullshit" for you.
http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/news/VGmag/VGAug09Hamernik.pdf (http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/news/VGmag/VGAug09Hamernik.pdf)
Quote from: Happyorange27 on January 18, 2012, 02:14:40 PM
Quote from: sour d on January 18, 2012, 01:38:21 PM
Basically a silverface twin. Nice amp. I don't know what that bullshit about the tone of a rusty power transformer is all about.
Here is some "bullshit" for you.
http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/news/VGmag/VGAug09Hamernik.pdf (http://www.mercurymagnetics.com/pages/news/VGmag/VGAug09Hamernik.pdf)
Sorry if that sounded harsh. I remember laughing the last time I read that article too. Rust on a transformer will eventually lead to failure from shorts between the laminates. You can run your tubes too hot as well and it will sound best just before they blow. Why would that guy want your transformer to go bad? Oh yeah...
Yeah sometime your words are a little rough around the edges like that transformer but I appreciate your disarming words. Just reporting knowledge. Also did you know Mercury will actually make new transformers, then "age" them and impart their own rust. Then they will send you a brand new rusty transformer? Yeah i know...
Rough around the edges? Really? Compared to our frie...our *ahem* colleague, Poster, sourD is a cupcake (in terms of word choice, of course).
I know. He means no harm. I mean no harm. Pass the pipe....ahhhh.. It's ok. 8)
Quote from: Walker done done on January 19, 2012, 01:44:55 PM
Rough around the edges? Really? Compared to our frie...our *ahem* colleague, Poster, sourD is a cupcake (in terms of word choice, of course).
and the douche level just keeps on rising. Too bad this forum doesnt let you block users. I really dont like having to see this kinda hater bullshit when Iam just trying to read about gear.
I guess it's hard to live and let live.
puff puff... give
Passes left
Quote from: picture_of_nectar on January 19, 2012, 09:00:17 PM
puff puff... give
Passes left
Thanks, it's been a tough week....but maybe some others need it more though
passes left
Quote from: Happyorange27 on January 19, 2012, 07:55:28 AM
Yeah sometime your words are a little rough around the edges like that transformer but I appreciate your disarming words. Just reporting knowledge. Also did you know Mercury will actually make new transformers, then "age" them and impart their own rust. Then they will send you a brand new rusty transformer? Yeah i know...
I don't understand why people post "knowledge" without knowing. It is kinda frustrating. Your post mentioned that rust on a tranny would improve tone. More highs? Less mids? You probably never owned an amp old enough to have rust on the tranny but you are willing to suggest to someone else as advice that is a good thing because you read something on the internet. Let me give you a heads up. There probably are not any local singles waiting to hook up with you and you probably won't grow your cock 4" in three weeks either. I feel the same way when somebody suggests blackfacing an amp they have never played through or having a firm belief that a master volume on a silverface twin is a bad thing that needs to be removed like a tumor even though they have never owned one. In my experience a master volume makes that twin a useable amp at normal stage volumes.
Dude all I said is that some people prefer that rust tone. Did the article not state that the author found the tone to be better in some situations? So I'm just saying I didn't make it up or anything. I didn't mean first hand knowledge as in I have experienced it. I didn't say I ever played through one.
Should people abstain from saying that a Languedoc sounds amazing because they never actually played one?
I never use terms like "bullshit" when people post opinions or reference information. I like how I'm the bad guy in this situation. I think I've been nothing but nice to everyone on here. Thanks for the love.
Ha, you guys are funny. :D
Quote from: Poster on January 19, 2012, 03:08:58 PM
Quote from: Walker done done on January 19, 2012, 01:44:55 PM
Rough around the edges? Really? Compared to our frie...our *ahem* colleague, Poster, sourD is a cupcake (in terms of word choice, of course).
and the douche level just keeps on rising.
Figured someone had to make up for all your lost time! Hey-o!
Seriously though, if you're actually here to be a nice guy and hang with the rest, I welcome your return man. I've always said you had some good knowledge to share, just always a little, how do you say..."rough around the edges" ;D
Quote from: Happyorange27 on January 20, 2012, 10:28:36 AMI think I've been nothing but nice to everyone on here. Thanks for the love.
:::Hugs Happyoarange:::
gimme some rusty transformer tone! hell isn't that why people relic guitars? for the extra mojo?
Puff Puff pass to the ... wait wait... puff puff pass to the ... what was I doing again?
Screw it
Puff Puff... hey who wants this thing?
***inhales deeply as to fill all 3 ice water filled chambers....pulls slide***holds it...exhales violently prematurely...cloud hits far wall of the room...****
All better now. ;D 8)