i found an amp in the garbage

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:41 am

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It looks like this except the name tag taken off and the headphone jack looks borked. Apparently it's a 15w 8" bass amp. It turns on and signal's coming out of it, but I haven't had a chance to fully try it yet.

Free amp!

Gone Fission · Post by **Gone Fission** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:14 am

What neighborhoods do people keep trashing amps in? I read these stories fairly often but never see them myself.

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:20 am

The amp I'm using my Dad found in the trash in the 70s. It's a Sound City Concord which turns out is now worth stupid money. Thing still has pretty much original everything except my Dad had to replace the speakers in the 70s. Tubes are from when the amp came out though.

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:35 am

Gone Fission wrote:What neighborhoods do people keep trashing amps in? I read these stories fairly often but never see them myself.

My apt building usually has a bunch of art students living in it, I figure maybe there are some hobby musicians who end up trashing their stuff. Last year I found a double kick pedal and gave it to a drummer friend of mine in payment for a recording sesh.

Damn Strange Tales, those 40 year old tubes are still kicking?

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:44 am

I honestly have no idea how the tubes still work. My Dad didn't use the thing once after fixing it up so maybe them just sitting around preserved them?

That thing can take fuzz like a motherfucker though and it's absolutely balls loud as shit. Insane amount of treble though which sometimes I have trouble rolling off.

lordgalvar · Post by **lordgalvar** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:09 am

There was an Ampeg 4x10 on my street a few weeks back. Didn't take as it looked like it had been "up-cycled" LA-style into a public restroom.

friendship · Post by **friendship** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:31 pm

I'm reading up on it and apparently some jazz guys like to use it for guitar. It might be fun for when I want to noodle but don't want to warm up the tube amp.

Jwar · Post by **Jwar** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 2:09 pm

Last big trash pick up, I threw out two combo amps...wait now three! hahaha. They worked too, but not very well.

hbombgraphics · Post by **hbombgraphics** » Mon Jul 11, 2016 4:32 pm

yeah I have tossed a few amps, mostly junked out stuff that I gave up on fixing.

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