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We've received so many questions over the past few months asking whether the AFD100 is going to be a Limited Edition amplifier. We've taken a great deal of care and attention at deciding on a definite run and we are excited to now be able to announce the confirmed planned quantities! The AFD100 will indeed be a Limited Edition of 2300 units worldwide and will include a selection of AFD accessories. There will also be an exclusive Special Collectors Edition of 100 units which will also be supplied with its very own unique extras!
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Posted 1 year ago by scelestus Do you have a price point decided yet?
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Posted 1 year ago by Rhythm damn 2300 is a little amount :/
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Posted 1 year ago by clumpygreen It was all going so well!!! There was bound to be a mistake somewhere, and here it is!!! An amp for collectors with immediate disposable income. How about considering the players out there that cant jump and buy straight away. Such a limited run is a ridiculous.....are you Gibson in disguise?????????
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Posted 1 year ago by clumpygreen It was all going so well!!! There was bound to be a mistake somewhere, and here it is!!! An amp for collectors with immediate disposable income. How about considering the players out there that cant jump and buy straight away. Such a limited run is a ridiculous.....are you Gibson in disguise?????????
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Posted 1 year ago by sprakey very excited, seems like i have been following this for years and its so close now I can taste it. It would be realy cool if when this was released it came with a booklet that detailed slashs settings for each song on the AFD album to recreate the original tones and detailing any extra affects he may have used.
Thanks for all your hard work guys, this amp is going to be legend.
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Posted 1 year ago by morty5150 How much is this beast gonna cost? Any price range you could give would be great. I am looking for a new amp and would hold out if it wasn't going to be ridiculous. Thanks!
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Posted 1 year ago by Xenious ohh no you tease me with a special collectors edition? My wallet hurts already with anticipation!
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Posted 1 year ago by Fuser @Xenious - Hurting wallet - that was exactly my thought on the 'Limited Edition' news. Why Marshall, why? Surely you want to let as many people who want one of these actually pay you for it - otherwise they will just be changing hands on fleabay.....
The 'Special' edition I can understand - but limiting it further than that I don't agree with..
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Posted 1 year ago by Marker 2300 only?? That's even less than the JCM Slash edition (3000)... why?!? I think Slash/The Appetite tone deserve a long term production Marshall. I hope I can buy one at a realistic price... I don't understand the point of limiting this production.
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Posted 1 year ago by Rocker22 Man that stinks! I'm 13 and i have been working for money to be able to get this and now i'm afraid the price is gonna go sky high. if i can even get my hands on it. Hopefully ill get a chance for one. :(
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Posted 1 year ago by hardblues That's just great! so much fuzz, news and blogs about an amp (which is a killer amp) and then almost no one will be able to buy it because it will be sold out when we arrive at the store!
what was the point? in my humble opinion the AFD should be out there to be bought, to allow musicians to make history again, and even a reissue of the first slash amp should be put out someday in a near future!
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Posted 1 year ago by hardblues probably what will happen is that some guys will get rich reselling AFD in ebay and ebay will bankrupt giving the sell money to the buyer who was deceive in a fake sell
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Posted 1 year ago by bob453 My concern is that of many here, that low numbers will taker a high price and drive it even higher, out of range of people who are likely to use it heavily because it is there primary amp, to one that will grace the shelves of collectors and a small number of well-heeled musician's. What a shame that something that is built TO BE HEARD will be experienced by relatively few.
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Posted 1 year ago by CBoothe01 Well I'm out- pretty disappointing. I was saving for this but now I won't get it. Oh well-I still enjoy the blog.
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Posted 1 year ago by Xenious I thought 2300 seemed like quite a large run for what I bet will be a $2k head. My Orange OR50 is from a ltd. run of 400 units of which the US only saw about half. You can still sometimes find one new in a store and they were made in 2008. In fact I walked into a store in 2009 and bought mine off the floor.
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Posted 1 year ago by mikesmovielife you guys should rethink it being limited. limited=$$$ this amp could become a classic if its given a bigger spread. but what do i know, i just thought i was one of the people this amp was being geared to.
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Posted 1 year ago by acidrain1993 COME ON MARSHALL! None of the REAL fans are ever going to get this amp now! Its gonna be JUST like the slash jubilee reissue. Its gonna sell out right away, then the price will SKYROCKET on the used market... please reconsider your decision to make this a limited run.
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 i think they made it a limited run because it's to expensive and complicated for them to produce, anyway i think that this amp should be made in a larger scale, just imagine millions of players out there that will run to the shops to order it weeks before it will even be available!!! normal people with normal jobs won't even get a chance!!! :-( so sad right now :-(
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 anyway what will the features of the collectors one be? will it sound better than the "standard" one? will it be point to point?
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Posted 1 year ago by Rhythm thats just non-sense..
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Posted 1 year ago by tom_luciano With all due respect Marshall, i belive this was not a wise choice, the limited run will run out soon and it is going to be exacley the same thing as the Jubilee, the prices will be high as the moon. What is the point of making a limited run anyways?.Also if you make a larger run you get better profits in my point of view, so i please ask you to reconsider your decision.
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Posted 1 year ago by Steadytone I think you should really consider again the 2300 limited run thing all the people commenting werent wishing a limited because so many people are following the AFD and only 2400 including the special collectors will get the chance to buy it and think this, only the rich people of a certain age will get to buy this amp and they are just collectors not many are players
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Posted 1 year ago by blackend THAT'S F*CKED UP!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THIS THING FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER!! AND NOW YOU'RE ONLY MAKING 2300 !!! ASSHOLE MOVE! nOW IT'LL BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE, IF I EVER FIND 1 AT ALL. WAY TO SCREW THE LITTLE GUY MARSHALL!! WAY TO SCREW THE LITTLE GUY!!
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Posted 1 year ago by turntable 2300 units, I hope you joke!
One site to follow the developpment, Slash talking every day of this amp more of six month of waiting for 2300 units!
Maybe a very expansive price!
F**k Off Marshall
Thank you to screw me !!! Shame on you!!!!!!
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Posted 1 year ago by Spidey I would guess that the guys at Marshall probably spoke to their distributors to take orders and then based the production run on those orders. Perhaps Slash didn't want it to be an ongoing model for some reason.
Actually I thought 2300 was an ok number. Either way I'm going to try and order one!
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Posted 1 year ago by sixpakldp Buy a Metroamp kit and make your own. There is enough info on their message board, some of which is from Tim Caswell himself to do so. Might not be this exact amp you will get, however there are people out there who have nailed the AFD tone pretty convincingly.
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Posted 1 year ago by DavidVee 2300 units for the AFD100 seems like a low number without any point of reference. I'd be interested to know standard run vs limited edition run production numbers. For example, how many DSL50 vs Silver Jubilee amps were produced? I hope this doesn't end up being the next great Marshall we all read about, but never even get to see one, much less own one.
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Posted 1 year ago by vidoz I am very DISAPPOINTED!!
I can not get the point of making a limited run. This, does not really make sense!
Only collectors and richest people will manage to buy it. 2300 units is less than the Silver Jubilee edition (3000)!
Please, reconsider your decision: do not limit this edition or, at least, make a larger run (2300 is way too limited!).
You will get the chance to make more money.
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Posted 1 year ago by jorual I think I am not going to buy this amp. Many spectation with it to have a JCM 800 with SIR#34 Mod with 6650 Tubes. That's something easy to get.... Many marketing on Marshall creating expectation when Slash has always used 1959 head modified with SIR#39 to record everything.
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Posted 1 year ago by jorual Yes, I agree to all the dissapointed people on this blog... 2300 units is not enough. One more time a way of earning money with a normal product creating big spectation... The AFD for Marshall.... I prefer Metroamps.
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 make something like 15000 limited and 350 collector edition, that would be more HUMAN haha !!!
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Posted 1 year ago by spiritdave Marshall ... you SUCK! Jeez, this means SO many fans will be without. 2300?! That's a pitiful amount! Either you're going to ramp the price or you're trying to piss loads of people off. You're as bad as Gibson! I hope you don't price this like the Slash Les Paul ... !
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Posted 1 year ago by spiritdave I also notice that no one from Marshall has commented back. I counted like ... er ... 1 or 2 at most positive comments so far. I'm not even going to check back here anymore. I can't do that to myself .... :(
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Posted 1 year ago by zofozofo Are you going to make a 50 watt combo version?
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Posted 1 year ago by zofozofo From a marketing point of view a 50 watt combo would sell like crazy.
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Posted 1 year ago by fdasilva I agree : 2300 units is way to low... Lots of collectors will rush on these amps and sell them on ebay for big bucks while us players aren't assure to be bale get one... Limited time production would be better than limited unit production. hope you'll reconsider your choice...
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Posted 1 year ago by jignow Well, glad you're "excited" to announce such a paltry number. Do you really believe these won't be sold out before they even reach the showroom floors? I'd love to have one and am fortunate to have saved a nice sum of money but looks like I won't get the chance. Please reconsider a larger run!!
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Posted 1 year ago by jignow Are pre-orders being taken in the US yet? If so, where can I sign up or who do I get in touch with? I'd at least like to try to get in line for one even though it's unlikely.
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Posted 1 year ago by FigJam Why not make this like the MA series and make it as cheap as possible as an entry level or just a smidgen above entry level. That way plenty will walk out the door and chances are a greater percentage will survive the ravages of time as this amp should. Please don't put this amp out of the price range of the people who from day one supported this project and dared to dream of owning one.
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 @figjam: if they make it cheap as the MA, than they'll have to use lower quality components and the tone will suck, didnt you think of that?
i think that they should make a way larger production and keep the price around 2,5 grand. . . that would be awesome!!
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Posted 1 year ago by slash2555 Hey Marshall !!!!!! Fuck You !!!
2300 ????
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Posted 1 year ago by gitarenkraak hey guy's, come on, there are other ways to let Marshall know you're unhappy with the quantity they have planned for the AFD, by posting insulting comments like "fuck you" you're not gonna very far i think.
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Posted 1 year ago by Marker If Marshall reads these comments they'll have good signs that this amp will be a success so why not produce more than 2300 amps, if there's market for that? It would avoid that other clone brands (Metroamp, Ceriatone, Bugera) would have any interest (and undeserved profits...) in doing clones... please Marshall, give us a chance to buy this amp :)
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Posted 1 year ago by RFNR39 To slash : I really hope you read all your fans comments. Com'mon man Who can really afford this motherfucker right now any way. I started playing because of you ,Izzy ,and Duff. There must be some kind of marketing plan behind this! Seems like some hidden agenda. 2,300 units worldwide ,really? Slash we love you're music so hook us up man! Most of us have been fans since 1987!
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Posted 1 year ago by TheGeneral Hey thats not correct marshall. I mean, after making all that buzz there will be only 2300 units? why that?
I hope you change your mind concerning the unit number!!
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Posted 1 year ago by muzikman10 I think if they want to do a limted run they can still while selling the amp to everyone they are already doin 2 limted models in my opinion its all about the $$ and why wouldnt it be bottom line nothing we can do about it but save and hope to buy it.. Or you can try and find a silver jubilee lol...
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Posted 1 year ago by muzikman10 I think if they want to do a limted run they can still while selling the amp to everyone they are already doin 2 limted models in my opinion its all about the $$ and why wouldnt it be bottom line nothing we can do about it but save and hope to buy it.. Or you can try and find a silver jubilee lol...
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Posted 1 year ago by tonymckenzie Well that decision will make this amp expensive. With a great opportunity to actually produce a Marshall amp the way it should be (as opposed to JVM410h) is there is anyone at home at Marshall. Why not just make this amp generally available, and also have the limited edition with all the accessories? A no brainer which Jim probably has had no say in.
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Posted 1 year ago by Rowbi that's it for me. only 2300... why? Slash has always been marshall, and now this so called great tone that you've created will be limited to a special few. I understand that you will sell them all, that's given, but this will do nothing for Marshall's reputation in my book.. Shame on you guys... WHy biother putting in all that effort and creating all the buzz... then limit it to so few...
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Posted 1 year ago by adrien I like how everyone starts bitching about the limited number although no one has any idea of Marshall sale figures. Only 3000 units of the 2555SL were produced back then, 15 years later they're still pretty easy to find and affordable.
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Posted 1 year ago by PuroMojo @ adrien I have the same impression as you. You can still find a 2555SL for a good price even if it was a limited run. From this side I believe it will not be hard to get one AFD100. But, on the other side, there's much more buzz around Slash now than on 1996 and this may change things a little bit... They should put 5000 and not less than 3000 in my opinion.
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Posted 1 year ago by PuroMojo ...anyway I just hope most Slash fans guitar players will be able to get one AFD100 ;)
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Posted 1 year ago by Slyme Will there be a AFD 15 or 25 witt mini stack?
For those of us who dont need or have room for a full size rig.
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Posted 1 year ago by Spidey I agree with Adrien. We don't know Marshall's sakes figures. They would have spoken to their dustributors worldwide to get sn idea of projected sales and based their production run on that.
The original Slash sig was only 3000 and they were pretty easy to get hold of I thought. Even our local rehearsal studios has one!
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 hey i think marshall should give all the people of this blog a AFD100, or at least have a reserved one for each one of us
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Posted 1 year ago by graffitibuddhist @riden21. I doubt marshall would even put them on hold for us /...
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 yeah i know, this is so sad :-(
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Posted 1 year ago by vidoz @adrien, @PuroMojo, @Spidey; I do not agree with you, guys: you stated that 2555SL is pretty easy to find and affordable. But I found only one of that amp model on ebay and its price is sky-high: 2700$! Therefore, not easy to find and definitely not affordable!
But, if you found many of them, even at an affordable price, tell me where, please!
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Posted 1 year ago by vidoz No offense, but it seems to me that you are underestimating the situation: consider that 700 (700!!) units less than the 2555SL is a huge number. So, if the 2555SL is hard to find, try to imagine what will happen with the AFD (not only a legendary amp but even the most advertised amp ever producted)!
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Posted 1 year ago by chad-blackey @santiago, why not send out a pre sale order form to each member of this site - they can complete it and take it to a designated dealer, pay for the amp and have their first crack at it. Put your money where yoyur mouth is people. There's alot of crying about the limited number being made - but Im sure most of you weren't gonna be coughing up the $2000 us, (that this amp is gonna cost), anyway.
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Posted 1 year ago by Santiago @chad-blackey & everyone... I'll be passing the comments up. I cannot do much more than that.
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Posted 1 year ago by goldtopLP Yeah, Slash rerally did this one for the Fans...The rich fans. The people who will be able to go out on release day and gobble them up, while the real fans are at home scratching on pad and paper, trying to figure out how they will fit one into their budget and still eat.
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Posted 1 year ago by goldtopLP Slash is all about the money! If he really wanted to do this for the fans, he would of considered all of them and insisted on no Limited Editions! I used to think that Gibson was the ones who wanted Limited Editions. Then I thought, why would they? The more they sell, the more money they make. Now I know it's Slash. He would rather make his Sig. items sought after and expensive.
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Posted 1 year ago by goldtopLP Think about it, this website, along with Slash's new Les Pauls & Pick-ups, was nothing but a publicity stunt to get a buzz going about Slash's name, for his new album & to help resurrect his career. None of these companies were ever planning on making any of these products a stay. He used them to get the buzz going and they used his name to make some QUICK cash. It's all about the money.
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Posted 1 year ago by Ced7777777 Come on guys! How many would say in front of Santiago or Jim Marshall just half of what they wrote! Ok , I think limited edition is not the best idea... but I really can't figure if it's a very low amount of units... Ok for the critics (I think the same as you) but please keep cool and polite. The "Marshall sucks! Shame on you!" is not the gentle way of discussing... My 2 cents!
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Posted 1 year ago by lruygrok companies need to make money, thats the way it is ... be glad we have the opportunity to have this equipment ... don't like it ???? just don't buy it /.//
its a great project and very nice to have for fans ... prices are medium and the fun is great !!! slash is rich as hell, so don't expect him to only think about money,
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Posted 1 year ago by lruygrok companies need to make money, thats the way it is ... be glad we have the , but the companies have business structure, so they have to think about safe production number etc .. in this low economic time ....
slash's carreer didnet need any nextra power, because it was allready big as hell so there is no doubt for this idea of some of youi ...
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Posted 1 year ago by k9taxi You can build your own AFD style amp or have it built for you. Several people have already mentioned this. Just google metroamp to find the web site. Metroamp has several threads in their forum section dedicated to modding the circuits to reproduce the original AFD amps. I was going to wait to see what happened with the AFD100 but on hearing the news I'm going to order my metroamp kit.
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Posted 1 year ago by adrien @vidoz > I got my 2555SL on ebay.de in perfect condition for 800€, usual price is more around 1000€. 2700$ is just a rip-off. Like I said they come up pretty regularly, you just have to be patient and wait a bit if you really want one.
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Posted 1 year ago by ABWOLOZNY @Santiago, what are those unique extras from the Special Collectors Edition?
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Posted 1 year ago by 55cwk I GOTTA GET ONE! JUST GOT THE SIGNATURE APH AND THEY SOUND HOT ADDED WITH THIS ILL HAVE THE SOUND I NEED! STILL SLASH HASNT SIGNED MY ALBUM I PAID FOR AND THIS REALLY PUT A DAMPENER ON HIM! I PAID FOR IT AND NEVER GOT IT EVEN THOUGH IVE CHASED THE COMPANY. THEY BLAME SLASH HIMSELF FOR NOT SIGNING ENOUGH! THEY TOOK MY ONEY THOUGH AND SLASH GOT HIS CUT! SORRY SLASH BUT LET DOWN MAN!
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Posted 1 year ago by 55cwk I GOTTA GET ONE! JUST GOT THE SIGNATURE APH AND THEY SOUND HOT ADDED WITH THIS ILL HAVE THE SOUND I NEED! STILL SLASH HASNT SIGNED MY ALBUM I PAID FOR AND THIS REALLY PUT A DAMPENER ON HIM! I PAID FOR IT AND NEVER GOT IT EVEN THOUGH IVE CHASED THE COMPANY. THEY BLAME SLASH HIMSELF FOR NOT SIGNING ENOUGH! THEY TOOK MY ONEY THOUGH AND SLASH GOT HIS CUT! SORRY SLASH BUT LET DOWN MAN
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Posted 1 year ago by 55cwk I GOTTA GET ONE! JUST GOT THE SIGNATURE APH AND THEY SOUND HOT ADDED WITH THIS ILL HAVE THE SOUND I NEED! STILL SLASH HASNT SIGNED MY ALBUM I PAID FOR AND THIS REALLY PUT A DAMPENER ON HIM! I PAID FOR IT AND NEVER GOT IT EVEN THOUGH IVE CHASED THE COMPANY. THEY BLAME SLASH HIMSELF FOR NOT SIGNING ENOUGH! THEY TOOK MY ONEY THOUGH AND SLASH GOT HIS CUT! SORRY SLASH BUT LET DOWN MAN
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Posted 1 year ago by goldtopLP @ lruygrok, Of course his career needed a boost, he was a hired "gun" for 10 yrs & spent the last 4 yrs with a struggling VR. He has made mad bank & has put a lot into his solo album, luckily it is good. But if it would of flopped, & VR can't get a singer, then he is back to being an expensive ex gunner for hire, re-living his glory days on Youtube.
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Posted 1 year ago by goldtopLP Don't get me wrong, he still the best around, IMO. And if I was him, I would of done the same thing. But I would take care of my FANS, after all, if there are no fans, then there is no money to be made! I doubt there are too many collectors giving input on this site.
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Posted 1 year ago by goldtopLP @ lruygrok, Of course his career needed a boost, he was a hired "gun" for 10 yrs & spent the last 4 yrs with a struggling VR. He has made mad bank & has put a lot into his solo album, luckily it is good. But if it would of flopped, & VR can't get a singer, then he is back to being an expensive ex gunner for hire, re-living his glory days on Youtube.
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Posted 1 year ago by tyadrules hi!
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Posted 1 year ago by boardwlk17 can we pre order these now are the limited 100 sold out yet
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Posted 1 year ago by boardwlk17 any word on the limited 100?
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Posted 1 year ago by pher143 vidoz and anyone else looking for a 2555sl email me at pher143@gmail.com. i have one for sale
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