Crackling!!
And yes it is, quite badly... it may need a new pot. It also looks like it's been dropped onto the power socket which is damaged, but apart from that and a few small nicks in the hide, it's in pretty good nick.
I have a love-hate relationship with these, I've owned several of them before, all bar the first one acquired in the same way as this - bought very cheaply either not working or needing more than the owner wants to pay for... the build quality is terrible and they're not easy to make really good. They sound awful/great too - in a unique way, not like any other amp I can think of, valve or solid-state.
This one seems to be quite an old one - not an original US one, but the sticker inside says Made In Hong Kong instead of Made In China, so I don't think it's very recent.
Not sure if I'll keep it for ever, but it's a fun thing to have again
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q0nImsfMvE
"OY! you're keeping me awake!"
Festi's not what they used to be.
So I'd quite like an old Lake Placid Blue Esquire as well .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
On one of Dweezil's rig rundowns he's re-created that filtered Pignose tone with his Axe-FX rig, sounds dead on accurate.
edit... May be talking crap, may have been one used on led zeppelin recordings that was done like that
I think it's this - the guitar had an active EQ/boost circuit in it which makes the amp sound totally different - the Pignose has a very low input impedance which makes a normal guitar straight in sound odd. Of course, you can easily do that with a pedal in front as well.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein