Ben Randolph
Power User
Okay sue me. Sure, I love my AxeFX II and the two Friedman ASM's I rock it through, but I can't give up my tube amps nor my stupid large collection of pedals.
So, today I made a psuedo-impulse purchase.
The Peavey VTM series was the precursor to the 5150. This one is about 30 years old and ugly as sin, but sounds amazing. This was made for only a year in the 80s. It was what Kim Thayil played on Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger album.
This amp is a bit sentimental for me. I owned one in the 90's and sold it to buy an engagement ring (she said yes and is mom to my kid now).
It found its way home today thanks to Sam Ash Dallas.
I brought my trusty Gibson SG and a couple of pedals to test it out with. I wanted to hear if the "me" today would like it as much as the young kid in the 90's who put one on layaway at Glen's Pawn Shop in Denton, TX while working a minimum wage job as a dishwasher to pay it off. It turns out, this amp has a lot of JCM 800 in it. Plugging it into a Marshall 1960 cab and juicing it with a Tube Screamer, I was into instant Black Sabbath territory. It came home with me.
In a few days a Friedman 412 cabinet will come for it to sit on. And much rock will be played!
So, today I made a psuedo-impulse purchase.
The Peavey VTM series was the precursor to the 5150. This one is about 30 years old and ugly as sin, but sounds amazing. This was made for only a year in the 80s. It was what Kim Thayil played on Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger album.
This amp is a bit sentimental for me. I owned one in the 90's and sold it to buy an engagement ring (she said yes and is mom to my kid now).
It found its way home today thanks to Sam Ash Dallas.
I brought my trusty Gibson SG and a couple of pedals to test it out with. I wanted to hear if the "me" today would like it as much as the young kid in the 90's who put one on layaway at Glen's Pawn Shop in Denton, TX while working a minimum wage job as a dishwasher to pay it off. It turns out, this amp has a lot of JCM 800 in it. Plugging it into a Marshall 1960 cab and juicing it with a Tube Screamer, I was into instant Black Sabbath territory. It came home with me.
In a few days a Friedman 412 cabinet will come for it to sit on. And much rock will be played!