New Amp Day

[deathmonkey]

Red Bear MKE120

It's not the prettiest condition, but the thing Kills. So clear, So heavy, SO loud.

Edit: WOAH. I didn;t realize that image was that big.

[skullservant]

Awesome! I bet it rips. Where'd you find it?

[MEC]

[deathmonkey]

Found it through Guitar center's used search engine. Considering they charge almost nothing for shipping, it was a pretty damn good deal. Going to get it tuned up and checked out by my amp guy, then i have to decide if i want to buy a roadcase for it, or get a new box for it (I hate carpet amps)

[Moustache_Bash]

Nice dude!!!! I don't doubt you got a stellar deal on that. I brought mine in one time just to see what they thought it was worth, and I think they only offered $120! I ended up selling it for $550. But, yeah, those RedBears slay. LOW END FOR DAZE. Also, I could pull off some pretty good punchy Johnny Marr riffs with the low input.

Here was my set up before I started worrying about money, and what old white man have to say about the economy:

[Fuzz_Pi]

Hearing more and more about these good used guitar center deals

...have to look more into it

[deathmonkey]

http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedGear/index.cfm

Searchable database of every guitar center's used inventory. You find something, you call the store. some of them you can just straight up buy on the site. You can get them shipped to you, or you can head to your local store and get them to do all the work and just pick it up there. Shipping for the head was a grand total of 18 bucks.

@moustache_bash- Yes! that is so nice looking, I am a little annoyed mine is missing the redbear plate, but oh well. that doesn;t effect how great of an amp this is. It's a shame you sold yours. I wish these things weren't so hard to find. Great amp.

[D.o.S.]

That's a Marshall JCM800 clone when you take its clothes off, right?

Heard lots of awesome things about that amp.

[deathmonkey]

I've heard that they are VERY similar to the JCM800. I've never played a JCM800 partially due to the price. I can;t say much about that by way of sound, but if they sound similar, the redbear is way more budget friendly.

I know that they use entirely different preamp and power tubes than a JCM. Its a one channel amp, just has a master volume and a gain volume then after. I know that the treble pot can get me well into the chimey/glassy territory that i hate, but is really responsive and can be rolled back. I was running it with Bass at about 4, mids dimed, and highs at about 4.5 the other day at practice and it was an absolute beast.

[Moustache_Bash]

I was running it with Bass at about 4, mids dimed, and highs at about 4.5 the other day at practice and it was an absolute beast.

As you can see in my picture, we have similar tastes in EQ. Ha, ha.

[deathmonkey]

I was running it with Bass at about 4, mids dimed, and highs at about 4.5 the other day at practice and it was an absolute beast.

As you can see in my picture, we have similar tastes in EQ. Ha, ha.

Holy Schnikes. I didn't even notice that. Great Minds think alike.

[dubkitty]

what are the preamp and power tubes?

[Moustache_Bash]

Stock, they're some weird russian nonsense. But, mine was modded just for standard 6L6s and 12ax7s or some other equivalent preamp tubes.

[deathmonkey]

Preamp tube stock: 6n2p From wikipedia: " The most significant difference between the two is that 6N2P has its two filament elements connected in parallel, unlike the series filament connection of the 12AX7, and it is thus only possible to operate it from a 6.3 volt, 300 mA filament supply (whereas a 12AX7 may be operated from either 6.3 or 12.6 volts.) The 6N2P also has slightly lower gain than a 12AX7."

I know the wiring diagram to do the conversion to 12ax7 is this (i don;t understand wiring) http://tubes-store.com/images/6n2p_rewire.jpg

Power Tube Stock: 6П3С-E (6P3S-E) http://www.tubes-store.com/product_info.php?products_id=55 Very similar to 6l6/5881s i am told.

Mine still has the original 6n2P preamp tubes, with 6l6s for now, but i got some NOS 6P3S-Es coming in to make it all original.