Sunn beta lead...I done did it.

[dubkitty]

at one time the Jimi Hendrix Experience were using walls of Sunn Coliseum stacks...a photo was posted somewhere on here very recently. that was high-end stuff in its day, and notoriously loud.

[Holy Schnikes]

Red Fang tonez.

[theavondon]

MELVINS USES ONE, ALSO, TRY GETTING SOMETHING ON THAT LEVEL OF "NOT SHITTY" FOR THAT PRICE

HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET?

C'MON

[dubkitty]

srsly. DO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.

[psychedelicrelic]

MELVINS USES ONE, ALSO, TRY GETTING SOMETHING ON THAT LEVEL OF "NOT SHITTY" FOR THAT PRICE

HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET?

C'MON

I went back to test it out and they were closed. Im gonna be there right when they open tomorrow so nobdy else nabs it while im at work. I only work 3 hours tomorrow so ill have time to crank it while most of the neighborhood is still at work.

Soni, I dont think my neighbors are gonna like a 4x12......ill get one as soon as I get some mo monay.

[theavondon]

MELVINS USES ONE, ALSO, TRY GETTING SOMETHING ON THAT LEVEL OF "NOT SHITTY" FOR THAT PRICE

HAVE YOU BOUGHT IT YET?

C'MON

I went back to test it out and they were closed. Im gonna be there right when they open tomorrow so nobdy else nabs it while im at work. I only work 3 hours tomorrow so ill have time to crank it while most of the neighborhood is still at work.

Soni, I dont think my neighbors are gonna like a 4x12......ill get one as soon as I get some mo monay.

Considering you found what I would consider a steal in HAWAII, home of EVERYTHING BEING HELLA EXPENSIVE, I feel you're making the right move here.

[benjuro]

Doom is basically just really slow reggae.

But YES, it will sound good at low volume and YES, you should buy it immediately.
I was playing my Beta Lead at home last night; so many options allow you to really dial it in btw the 2 channels and extensive tone shaping controls...it is VERY clean sounding but does take pedals quite well. I get stuck using my ampegs all the time, forgot how good that amp sounds....

[rustywire]

Kids need to get over associating gear with genre...

Started to type a cheeky comment about the Soldano SLO 100, but backspaced after your post got me thinking in another direction....and I waste no opportunity to further derail discussions with my own train of thought:

New gear development has historically lead to the innovation of new styles of music, from the evolution of the piano to the introduction of tunable drums and electrically amplified instruments. Think about music before and after the electric guitar, polyphonic synthesizer, drum machine, sampler all became ubiquitous.

No issue with any of that, personally.

My problem is when people mandate gear to serve a reliance on formula.
"You can't be a <blank> unless you have a <blank>"
That mentality is one of triteness.

Superior user with mediocre gear > mediocre user with superior gear.
Superior user with superior gear =


How else can you stretch $200 so far, in the current market of secondhand "older is better" gear? Just be careful that the deal isn't too good to be true...

[ryan summit]

mediocre all over

[Holy Schnikes]

I get stuck using my ampegs all the time, forgot how good that amp sounds....

Haha, getting "stuck" with that wall of Ampegs is def not a bad thing.

I'd love to find a Beta Lead tho. For $200! Wow.

[D.o.S.]

Since it's at a shop, make sure the tech has ok'd it and they're not selling it as-is.

[psychedelicrelic]

Ok heres the dealio

It was brought in for repair and never picked up so they put it up for sale. Its got a crackly pot or two but I can fix that me thinks. Hawaii has so much dust its hard to keep electronics clean with out a cover.

The reverb is gone...like it doesnt work at all...gonna open it up sometime this week and take a look...it might just need a good cleaning. But because the verb was out I got it for even less. $160. And for the 20 minutes I got to play it before work...it kills. The distortion on it is awesome. Its SO LOUD. I turned the bass to 10 and my figures fell off my desk. Abd I think someone changed out the speakers cuz theyre celestions. I dunno...im at work right now. Ill play with it more in a few hours.

[Holy Schnikes]

Congrats on scoring a 100W Beta Lead for the price of your average fuzz pedal. Amazing score!

[ryan summit]

oh shit
i didnt realize it was a combo
bitchin homey
N.effingA.D!

[zRobertez]

pics or it didnt happin