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Post by mitchfit on Jan 4, 2015 23:10:13 GMT
..."So if anyone is in the evesham area, and / or fancies an interesting afternoon, I'll keep you informed."...
would love to, but major logistics issues involved with that.
google says there are 4,554 of them!
good luck with your recording session, mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 4, 2015 22:35:08 GMT
Harriet,
OO-oops, nice lady speak'um truth. ^^^^
pls disregard my second link, and switch to her's.
can't actually recall if it was poor typing skill induced, or brain flatulence.
either way thanx for posting correct link, mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 4, 2015 21:43:43 GMT
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 4, 2015 21:03:39 GMT
Brad,
granted...will be keeping an eye on the advert for just that reason.
remember thinking the Gruhn 200+K $tratocaster was a pipe dream.
same-o for the 100+K Dumble.
both of the above had no famous owner in their past, have heard of the Dylan "Newport" strat sale, and saw the history detectives program about it some years back. but these are all just "issued models" based prices.
can't be an impartial judge on this end, not much of a pedal fanboy. currently use only 10 band EQ, and delay pedals. leaves room for debate as to whether i could be very well informed about any sort of realistic valuation.
i do laugh at those who are paying over 200 american inflationary notes for a mid 70's MXR "script" phase 100. they are currently being mfgd by the same company, on the same circuit schematic, and were even made with the "script" writing for those who are sure the OEM was mo-better.***
seems to be quite a few klon lovers out there, as the first time my jaw hit my chest was over a $400-ish asking price.
about 5 years ago, IIRC.
mitchfit
*** do feel somewhat qualified in this opinion, i've had one since it was new.
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 4, 2015 20:36:25 GMT
welcome aboard, you will be glad you became a member of suchuva great undertaking...
mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 23:41:47 GMT
no affiliation, previous business, NO ENDORSEMENT OK, after i got over scarce/discontinued guitar inflation... scarce/discontinued amp inflation... now it's scarce/discontinued pedal inflation. i know, i know, no longer made, short run, celebrity use, blah blah, have some kool aid kid. the usual sales pitches, but? www.tdpri.com/phpclassifieds/showproduct.php?product=43241&title=klon&cat=38lotsa good amps out there for less than this. guess i should get a head start on the next phase and start saving all the old 1/4" guitar cords that have gotten too noisy to keep using. :-) mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 23:28:50 GMT
your harmony looked spruce on top to me. started me searching the web, mine is a 165, w/maho soundboard also. suspect quite darker tone than the spruce offering. harmony.demont.net/guitars/H165/89.htmmitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 21:26:32 GMT
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 21:10:53 GMT
"...As far as the "cheap" Harmony guitars of the 50s and 60s go"...
sadly, can't readily think of many particular products this decline in quality isn't true about.
technology to spare, but rarely well made overall.
have read the same holds true for pyramids made before Egypt's decline.
hope that's just coincidence!
mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 21:04:32 GMT
Zak, yeah, kinda 330-ish, but has a small platform/column under the bridge for strength, and feedback resistance. more correctly [specifically] 5102T: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphone_5102T_/_EA-250they are wrong about PUPs--singles with large plastic covers.*** love the sound of the Harmony, but as stated, not yo momma's harmony, highly modded, even beyond above description. can't play video on this machine, will give it a listen later through wife's. easy to tell body components are solid, can see jagged seams on the inside waist wood overlap. can't speculate how much age plays into the tone. but like it. a lot. thanx for info/link. mitchfit *** caveot, have read from quite a few other sources they are singles. will have to break out a tiny mirror to verify. could be true--pls see: reverb.com/item/240771-epiphone-5102t-1970-1971-cherry-red?_aid=pla&pla=1&gclid=CI_x0pbj-MICFRBo7Aod5BkAuQwww.ebay.com/itm/1960S-70S-TEISCO-MATSUMOKU-ARIA-UNIVOX-OTHERS-STAPLE-GUITAR-PICKUP-RARE-PART-/331405709528?rmvSB=trueassuming second advert meant 4.75 "K" ohms, pretty anemic for a 'bucker.
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 20:14:46 GMT
my praises about the EA 250 epi are very likely the minority view, also.
really, that bad...
mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Jan 3, 2015 20:03:08 GMT
..."Why would you want to use a "cheap" guitar unless your financial situation precludes other options?"...
because you like the sound of that particular guitar.
my wife bought the kids a "beater" harmony of similar proportions to the above mentioned H-162, except it is solid mahogany. it was absolute junk when she scored it at a pawn shop in fairbanks, AK for $25. bridge nearly separated from soundboard, and neck with a gap between it and the body over 1/16" at the heel. after the obvious "why didn't you let me help you pick one" debate, i told her i doubted our 8 and 13 year old sons would have the finger strength to play it even in the first 3 frets. look in the dictionary under bow-and-arrow to see a picture of how bad it was.
after they had given up on it, i was wondering whether to landfill it or burn it when she wasn't around. eventually tuned it down to open D for the kids to use a slide on, while waiting for a chance to "disappear" it. no interest there either. one day when they were all gone, i started playing it myself. liked ~the sound~ of it enough to eventually fix it up enough to stabilize the damage. still no interest from the kids, who wouldda likely preferred a shiny Teisco axe equally damaged instead.. has gotten all kinds of extra mods since then, under bridge piezo/Hi A bridge PUP/Grover tuners. will be hanging on to this'n.
great sounding guitar.
was having a swap meet with a friend, said he was willing to let go an early 70's epiphone EA 250. never was a quality guitar, from what i've read most of them have a very loose neck pocket, and insufficient screw design to hold it in place properly. wasn't interested. then he came up short on his end of the fulcrum in a trade against a CMT explorer E2 i wanted, and threw in [away] the epiphone to close the deal.
same story. later on i played it slide through a peavey delta blues and loved ~the sound~ of the cheap-o single coils in humbucker's clothing through an amp that would get into some grit without sending the [total] hollow body into uncontrollable feedback. eventually disabled the wanna-be bigsby, and would have to be hard pressed for cash to sell it now. doubt it's worth much more than i allowed for it in the swap, even today--$300 allowed for it was too much--wanted the E2.
don't care how they look if they sound good. and most of the tolerance requirements needed for a decent fretted instrument go out the window for slide use.
just my exceptions, perhaps others may have felt the same in the past.
or not, doesn't matter to me.
mitchfit
on the other hand, if it had to be fretted....
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Post by mitchfit on Dec 31, 2014 1:33:19 GMT
MM said:
"The forum is heading into its eleventh year!"
mitchfit said:
"and getting better every year!"
best wishes to all members in the coming year, mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Dec 24, 2014 5:28:42 GMT
no affiliation/endorsement/business dealings with seller. the onliest reason i'm even here is a LOVE for valco push-pull 6V6 circuits from this period, with the old 6 volt preamp tubes. [which are still cheap and plentiful in NOS offerings from the same period, as are 6V6] i could wax eloquent about same, but words fall short trying to describe the difference between these and the modern 12 volt pre-tubes. this is the era just before Leo changed to no negative feedback circuits, and Valco went to negative feedback circuits. you have just been lucky enough to play one, or not. i ~was~ lucky enough to play a 1953 6156 Gretsch/Valco which belonged to my bud's father back in the 1970's. eventually i had to break down and get a new build of that circuit when the Gretsch prices became astronomical. admit to not liking the OEM Rola speakers in the Gretsch all that well, but many others feel differently. at least this'n has a round 10" in it instead of the 6" X 9" in the 6156. short on wattage compared to modern 6V6 amps, but long on sweet tone. the good news is with suchuva mild bias on the output section, a new set of NOS valves/tubes will likely be all you will ever need to buy. [pls note, "N" broken off of speaker cloth logo....seller's description below: "This is a beautiful old National - sorry, "ational" - amp from the turn of the 1950s. I believe it's a model 1220, but it could also be a 1275 (at various times, both models featured this cabinet). With two 6V6 power tubes, a 5Y3 rectifier and a 6SC7 and 6J7 in the preamp, it puts out around 12W through the 10" Rola field-coil speaker. All the major components are original, but the amp has a grounded power cord and replacement tubes. Recently serviced, it sounds great and has no issues. Cosmetically clean, with only minor wear and staining to the tweed covering. Asking $525 including Paypal fees and shipping in the US." if interested, ad can be found here, but you must register to see the classified ads there at the gear page: www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=1519219mitchfit
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Post by mitchfit on Dec 18, 2014 11:56:12 GMT
closest i could come up with: el34world.com/charts/Schematics/files/valco/national-dobro_6107.pdfpre-valves would make your amp post 1939, [when that valve was originally released], although the actual 6N7 designation wasn't introduced 'til 1941. would guess the linked schematic was from pre '39 due to the 79 in V1 and 56 in V2. [see 9/11/35 on linked schematic] due to steadily rising prices from the audio-phyle hi-fi sector, would seriously suggest you score some more 2A3 output bottles soon, should the amp become a keeper. www.ebay.com/bhp/2a3-tubehope this helps, mitchfit
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