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The AFD100 project is in full flow and while units are undergoing safety and EMC external certifications and we are dealing with the latest video issues, our Purchasing Dept. has been busy stocking up on materials ready for when the belts start rolling. So far we have 3.6 metric tonnes of mains and output transformers, 1.35 square kilometres of Russian birch ply siting at the wood shop door, 120 sheets of mild steel ready to be bent into AFD100 chassis in the metal shop, 2.4 kilometres of black levant vinyl cut and ready to wrap on cabs and 2400 6550 power valves and 3000 ECC83 pre-amp valves being graded. There are currently 100 PCB panels going through auto insertion ready for flow solder and ATE testing and components have been ordered and scheduled to drop into production as required.
Our standard factory lead time is 4-6 weeks and we have scheduled approximately 24 weeks to fulfill all orders currently on the system. We are confident that all major distributors will have stock before the Christmas holiday period, with production ramping up substantially during December and in to the New Year.
We will be catching up with Slash this week at the Classic Rock Awards in London, where we will hopefully get a chance to discuss the specification and finish for the Special Collectors Edition units.
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Posted 1 year ago by endat @santiago- what do ye mean by the word units, what units? if none are made, do you mean the materials?
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Posted 1 year ago by skingy sweeeeeet. don't rush production - take your time....don't want any bugs to have to deal with. =)
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Posted 1 year ago by dansage Thanks for the update Marshall! bit dissapointed to be honest it has taken this long to announce that you havent actually started production yet, but suppose thats the way it goes. So potentially, there could be a 6 months wait until all orders (Dealers i assume) are completed.
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Posted 1 year ago by dansage I doubt VERY much this unit will land before Christmas, but im prepared to wait. I have my deposit down, just get ot right FIRST TIME Marshall! (Sure you will!)
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Posted 1 year ago by angusyoung I guess production won't start until the units sent for testing are approved. Fair enough! Give 'em a shove Santiago, people are waiting ;0)
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Posted 1 year ago by kelv_w .
It'll be really cool to upload some factory photos as well. Let us see what goes on in the production.
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman sounds like "someone" is getting a free 1960 cabinett..
I have just bought a 6100LE (Brass Edition, mint cond.),.. I think I can hold my breath for another month or two..
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Posted 1 year ago by thenoodler So I guess we should just give up on the video all together?
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @Santiago - As mentioned, 3 posts up, some actual AFD100 production photos would be awesome to see on here please. How about the acres of Russian ply and all those valves? Can you sort that out for us all please? Cheers, Jon
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Posted 1 year ago by v3rock Thanks for the update. Really excited to get this. Before Christmas would be very nice, but lets see what happens. Please let us know for sure when the first units go out please !!!!!!!!
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Posted 1 year ago by thenoodler Any possibility of us getting an early draft (PDF) of the Handbook for the amp? I'd really love to have that to read through while I wait for my amp to arrive.
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Posted 1 year ago by surfnorthwest Even if the production line started today a 4-6 week lead time puts the first amps at the earliest here in the US sometime the week of December 13. Even then there will be very limited inventory.
I guess a few could get one before Christmas but that is pushing it. Have my heart set to have one under the tree but if not I have other Marshall's I love.
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Posted 1 year ago by Tava5150 My dealer here in Australia says my amp will arrive in Feb 2011 but has no exact date. Yak Yak Yak wish I had it for xmas. Oh well what can you do.
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Posted 1 year ago by MisterMiniMite Very positive news on the production schedule, in my opinion :)
Quick update: I am going to do an AFD100 owners registry on afdforum.com.
The registry section is not up just yet, but to submit an entry or even view the registry, you would need to register at the forum.
That's all I've got for now. Thanks!
-MMM
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @MMM - Got many users over on the forum?
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Posted 1 year ago by boardwlk17 I'm ready for my AFD-100 can't wait
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Posted 1 year ago by boardwlk17 so if we have a down payment with a dealer and they were in contact with the new us distributor will our heads be the first off the line around christmas?
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Posted 1 year ago by RicMoura "major distributors!?!!!!!!! So that means that if some of us ordered an AFD100 to a non "major distributor", even if right in the begining of the all thing, Marshall wouldn't care, and will be shipping first to those who ordered in a "major distributor"?
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Posted 1 year ago by RicMoura If that's the case, It doesn't seem right. That bad. Hope I didn't understod it well.
UK, Germany, US will get this amp before the rest of the world, just because they have bigger distributors. Not fair. At least for all Europe it should be equal. Distance reasons.
@Marshall is this right? Or did I not understood it well?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR UK Should recieve the first as Marshall are based in Uk! You can't argue with that . . . It would be wrong to send the AFD100 anywhere other than the UK without any of them staying for purchase in the UK.
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Posted 1 year ago by bggrshngrs-on Well while we are waiting, I have this video clip of my band the guys and I are pitching in to get this head for our "Slash" can anyone give us feedback? Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/garborras and watch our "slash" tribute clip of paradise city let us know. Thanks!
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Posted 1 year ago by v3rock Well, I'm impatient. I know we have to wait sometimes, but now I'm thinking about getting a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier or an ENGL Invader 150watt~ I put my deposit down in full for this thing many months ago. Can't decide if I should wait or roll on?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I'll wait . . . you can get the Mesa Boogie anytime . . . this is limited edish!!!
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Your singer is a bit iffy (shittish) @bggrshngrs . . . . his singing is pretty insulting for that song . . . I'm sure he's better at other stuff like Meat Loaf etc . . . but the music is great :)
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Posted 1 year ago by RicMoura @SlaashGNR I didn't say that UK shouldn't receive them. Logically they should. But UK it's not the whole world, and I'm saying that people who ordered it first should receive them first. It thing it's fair. The 30, 100 or whatever first orders should receive those amps.
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Posted 1 year ago by RicMoura "I think that's fair", that's what I meant.
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Posted 1 year ago by thenoodler They will do what makes the most sense from a business point of view, not based on who put the deposit down first. Marshall has no idea what the "batting order" is, they just take pre-orders from retailers before retailers take them from us. The stores that made a commitment early on will likely get thiers first.
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Posted 1 year ago by thenoodler When I called my retailer (big chain) to pre-order it was prior to any of the small stores announcing they were accepting pre-orders, and the contact I have inside told me the amps were already in their computer system and commitments made to Marshall to buy them. So the big chains stores have known about this amp longer than we have.
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Posted 1 year ago by billybafd Well I waited four and half months for a Les Paul 1959 re-issue, so far I have been waiting two months for this amp. But I am starting to understand why my contacts are starting to hide on me when I walk into the store.............. Playing it out for the season when people are most willing to pay the most for anything they most desire. Good idea, great marketing strategy, don't you think?
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Posted 1 year ago by angusyoung Marshall will ship orders in batches. They're not going to send 100 amps to 100 shops in 100 countries. The distribution costs would be crazy! I would guess the bigger markets (US, UK etc) will get the majority of the first few production runs. That makes business sense :0)
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Posted 1 year ago by stufuk Well I think Europe will be the first to get the amps.And I can't wait
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass Anyone on here ever used a Palmer Audio speaker simulator to make recordings with - Very curious to know how good they are?
For those who don't know 'ave a look at:
http://www.palmer-germany.com/86-1-pga04.html
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman I use a Palmer PDI03 Loadbox/Speaker-sim. I like it.. it gives me control and constancy over my sound that I wouldn't have with a speaker and mic.
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @FTM - Thanks for your info. Got any links with a demo of it by any chance?
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman there's actually a guy who did a Marshall comparission with that device..
(funny that he's using my name..)
http://www.musiker-board.de/verstaerker-boxen-e-git/407430-6-marshalltopteile-im-vergleich-mp3s.html
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Posted 1 year ago by jupiter89 I actually got a little impatient waiting and just purchased a Marshall JCM Slash 2555SL 100 watt Jubilee - arriving soon. I wonder if I should have been waiting like everyone else.
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Posted 1 year ago by jupiter89 I did not cancel my order, but I can't afford both. However it would be real nice to have the two to compare side by side. I guess I can sell the 2555SL before I get invoiced for the AFD100. Anyone here used a 2555L ?
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Posted 1 year ago by riden21 @santiago when will we watch the video?
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman well, not necessarily using it.. I have a silver jubilee.. the overdrive section is pure "rock", it has those sweet low-mids.. and a lot of gain/drive, which was unique back then.. You'll never have a problem selling the jubilee nor the "sl".
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Posted 1 year ago by surfnorthwest @jonthebass
Another option to the Palmer is the Radial JDX Box. All three of my 100watt heads has one for direct recording. Absolutly great. Goes between your head and cabinet then XLR to your mixer or A/D converter. Works different then the Palmer. Little to no color of tone. I sold my Royer when I discovered these.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I have a JCM Slash 2555sl and it's an amazing amp! Just lacks the umph and crispiness of the appetite sound and 34
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @FTM - Thanks for that link and I think that's me sold on the Palmer gear!
@surfnorthwest - Thanks for the heads up on the JDX too.
@SlaashGNR - I have often heard of the Jubilee/JCM Slash sound as a 'bark' that other Marshall's don't have.
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Posted 1 year ago by Matt_J Hey Marshall. When we all got our amps, how'bout a lottery on the serial numbers with some cool prizes. Maybe a trip to go jam with Slash or something?
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Posted 1 year ago by cjeippert Which country buys the most Marshalls? Which country buys the most slash albums, Which country is Slash from? Which country should the amps go to first? Is Rock n Roll played anywhere besides US, UK, Germ, Aust? these places should get the amps first - just kidding
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Posted 1 year ago by cjeippert it is always better to have something hand made when there is a lot of care to the details. Rather than a quick assembly line slapping them together for quick profit.
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Posted 1 year ago by acidrain1993 @jonthebass another option you might consider, which IMHO is much better than a speaker "sim" is to plug the head into a hotplate (using it purely as a load) and the line out from the hotplate going into your DAW, then into a cab impulse. It might sound complicated, but its not and it will give you a much more REAL sound IMO. Give it a try :)
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman The Palmer PDI03 acts as a loadbox without a speaker connected. You can then use either the speaker-sim-out or/and one of the line-outs for further processing. (like using your own speaker-impulses)
Notice, when you connect a speaker to the Palmer, the loadbox-part is deactivated!
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @AR1993 - Thanks for the info and you've enlightened me on a technique I've never heard of. A quick Google search has put me right!
@FTM - From what you're saying the Palmer boxes sound more attractive all the time.
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass Onto the Roland SRV-2000 Reverb unit - Does anyone know what the actual settings that were used by Mike Clink?
I'm still not convinced that old digital reverb does anything a modern unit or plugin will do.
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman the SRV-2000 was part of the post-production. The #39 did not have an effect-loop, and the SRV-2000 was probably financially attractive only to studios/producers. Capturing "that" sound also implies that you would have to get an analog tape machine and that mixing-console with their distinctive preamps.
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman If someone is very lucky, and still has the original tapes from the AFD production, then chances are good that there's a tech-sheet included with all the diff. settings, as for the lack of automation they had to write everything down to reproduce the mix.. but I'm not 100% sure how they worked in that certain studio.
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @FTM - My thoughts entirely which is why I don't get the fascination with chasing after such units personally. Each to their own though!
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass What I'm after I suppose is the type of Reverb settings used as I have never really got into how to set Reverbs properly in a mix situation.
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Posted 1 year ago by Matt_J I work as a soundtech/producer. Have recorded hundreds of Marshall amps. Get a shure sm57 and a good cable. With a good preamp (most of the semi-pro to pro soundcards have good preamps nowadays),
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Posted 1 year ago by Matt_J some kind of vintage eq-plugin (waves if you have the dough) and whatever reverb your recording software comes with you'll get really really close. I can hear it in the video of the guy playing the preprod amp.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I don't see how different bits of reverb do different things when all pedals can be set at a different level . . .I think that at the end of the day reverb is reverb . . . just different amounts produce different distant/closer sounds. please correct me if I'm wrong because it's just a personal opinion. . .
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR just wondering though . . . if I would actually be able to achieve the same sounding reverb from a Boss digital reverb as I would with the Roland SRV - 2000? with much less messing about setting up using less space? Can somebody please assure me on this. Thanks
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman reverb != reverb
@slaashGNR, you probably won't hear the difference !
there are just too many parameters involved to explain the difference here in detail..
almost "any" reverb will do for a guitar. You might be more demanding on a good reverb when you record the guitar then you would just playing live.
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Posted 1 year ago by brickford Can anyone tell me what's to stop anyone copying the gain structure mods in this amp? the last thing i want to do is buy a amp that others can copy on to their own jcm 800's thus devaluing this amp. its a choice of waiting for some one to rip the schamatics and then mod my jcm 800 to the same schamtics or buy this.
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Posted 1 year ago by SixxstringKing What? the mod that this amp is based on to begin with?This mod has been around almost as long as the JCM800. You could buy the JCM800 and have the Caswell mod done and sound like the AFD100 only it will end up costing you more in the long run and won't look like the AFD100. There is the power knob that makes this amp unique and would set it apart from a modded JCM800!
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @brickford - Exactly what SSK says is true. I looked into getting an amp modded a few years ago and it does end up an expensive mission. Why bother when this amp is about to be released and will do it all and them some with the auto-bias function as well as the Power control.
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Posted 1 year ago by StuartC @SlaashGNR I use a 12AT7 valve (instead of a 12AX7) in the Phase Inverter position in my clean JCM2555 (as Slash does), but then when used as a dirty amp it sounded the closest to the AFD sound I have ever managed .
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR @StuartC - Are you telling me that the valves that come with the jcm SLASH 2555sl are not the valves that Slash uses in his? Does the 12AT7 make the dirty sound more like afd? Or is that just strictly for the clean channel? . . . I think the 2555sl is quite different sounding to afd and #34. It doesn't have the melodic umph and crisp that the others have. It's just a great crunchy amp!
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Posted 1 year ago by StuartC @SlaashGNR His dirty amp valves are the usual 12AX7 (ecc83) pre-amp and EL34 power amp (as per your 2555SL) but his clean amp uses at least 1 12AT7 in the pre-amp (it's a lower gain valve used in a lot of Fender amps) and KT88's in the power amp.
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Posted 1 year ago by StuartC @SlaashGNR After reading this info I put an AT7 in the Phase inverter position of my clean 2555(far left as you look at the back) but kept the EL34's. This gave a really nice clean tone, but one day I tried it as my dirty amp and it gave it that JCM800 bite, and an amazing SCOM tone.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I have to disagree with you :P i have an appetite les paul and i play the 2555sl through a 1960av . . . and i've cranked everything up to Slash's specs and even twiddled about with some things and the 2555sl doesn't satisfy me with the appetite tone especially sweet child o mine intro . . . however the amp gives a perfect clean tone which is what i bought it for so im not complaining
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo @SlaashGNR: You are the worst spammer ever! Not one informative post from you. I wouldn't wonder if you can't even play the intro for Sweet Child!
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I'm the worst spammer??? are you serious? how am I a spammer? I'll upload my profile pic then of my whole rig set up . . . fuckin arsehole
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR you're a spammer . . . whats your name? oh yeh fritz??? hmmm i seem to have heard of a fritz before . . . from austria i think . . . the one with the basement incident . . . go away you cringy get
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Posted 1 year ago by StuartC @SlaashGNR How can you disagree that my amp through my ears with my settings and my guitar doesn't sound close to the SCOM tone when you haven't heard it????!!!!! LOL. Did you try the AT7 in the P.I. position?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR my 2555sl is just standard set up. i havent replaced any of the valves
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR by the way, i've noticed that on older pics, Slash's original appetite guitar had just black pickups, and on newer pics they're zebra . . . . just wondering whether both pickups were seymore duncan alnico 2 pro's?
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo @SlaashGNR: Yeah, please post your whole rig! I have always a good time laughing about people who spent a lot of money for signature stuff! You moron would even buy a Slash signature boxer shorts hoping to achieve his sound. I'm more and more convinced you can't play the Sweet Child intro!
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo Oh and I forgot: The basement thing and the "you're a spammer" were really good answers. Very adroit!
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR go on my facebook fritzel . . . and go on my videos . . . you'll see me playing the whole thing recorded a few months ago on my slash signature les paul through a marshall mg30dfx . . . you tit . . . go on add me, ill be waiting . . .kyle slaash buckley-mayall . . . . im a hardcore slash/guns n roses fan . . . is there anything wrong with that?
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Posted 1 year ago by jeffco8475 @SlaashGNR, that guitar with the black pickups is not the Derrig, it is the Maxx guitar. Two diff guitars pal. The Derrig always had the zevra reverse zebra PU's
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR oh right thank you . . . they look so similar on pictures! bloody hell
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Listen Fritzel . . . you're arguing with a 17 year old . . . and even though I can't prove i have all slash signature stuff apart from the guitar at this minute, im afraid you've lost . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Listen . . . I can give you a whole list of things to do with Slash that have been a part of my life . . . who do you think you are to call me a spammer?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR And do you know what . . . my appetite les paul has even been signed by Slash . . . because I met him after the gig in Manchester academy July the 3rd at about half 12 at night! I can prove that right now . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo "im a hardcore slash/guns n roses fan . . . is there anything wrong with that? " - Well, look at your facebook name, read your last posts and give yourself an answer! Regarding the facebook account: Are the left one with no muscles or the right one with no muscles? Just wondering...
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo And I'm very impressed that your Les Paul is signed by your idol. I've definitely lost.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR im on the right . . . and that was a birthday bash night out thats all . . . no need to comment on my profile picture really is there . . . have you seen the video yet? also if you go onto my profile pictures you will see the one of my appetite les paul signed by slash . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR you seriously admitting defeat?
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo And I'm very impressed that your Les Paul is signed by your idol. I've definitely lost.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Now do you believe that I'm not a scammer? . . . on Saturday night . . . check my facebook again and my Profile pic shall be my afd les paul, the 2555sl, the 1960av cab with the slash wah all rigged up . . . . add me as a friend and we can keep in touch and share videos once we recieve the afd100
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo Hey, don't make fun of me. You have a Slash signed Les Paul! Of course I'm admitting defeat. You should be President because you have THE Les Paul. And sorry I have no facebook account. I have to do too much in real life and got no time for online exhibitionism.
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Posted 1 year ago by JUJAMAKILL Umm... I am confused... allowed up to 24 weeks to fulfill all orders? And as many have hinted at, certain large chains, and i spose countries, will get first dibs. Just wondering where that puts Australia on the list. Also, u have mentioned tha you still havent discussed the look and features of the Special Edition yet( which is wat i have ordered) .
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Posted 1 year ago by JUJAMAKILL So i guess the specials wont be built until after the other orders have been fulfilled? What im getting at is, how long will it take before my special edition is built and shipped to Australia. O and i have an idea on a feature to be addedto the SE, add a CLEAN CHANNEL!! for me :), that might almost justify the AUS$6000 i was quoted.
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Posted 1 year ago by JUJAMAKILL Cause that is double the price that i was quoted on the standard AFD100, does this sound right to MArshall, cause nearly fell over. help me out here Santiago, if i haveto buy a 2nd head for clean, my missus will kill me
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Posted 1 year ago by SixxstringKing Sorry dude, she's gonna kill ya ! You'll need a second head for a clean channel. From what I was told it will be identical but the SE will all be hand wired, very limited(100)( I could be very wrong on the number!), come with a flight case and hand signed by Slash himself ! Hence the hefty price tag ! But won't sound any different from the reg. prodution model.
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Posted 1 year ago by jupiter89 Well I am glad to see that the bitching match between 2 forum members may actually turn into a frienship - see there is hope for world peace.
On another note, did Slash ever tour with the JCM Slash 2555SL, or was it used solely for studio use ?
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Posted 1 year ago by surfnorthwest @ SlashGNR/ Fritz
You guys crack me up, why don't you guys exchange email with pics of your dicks and the biggest wins. The Slash worship needs to stop, none of us will be Slash, leave his tone to him.
The AFD100 could very well be the best sounding Marshall ever made. Seasoned players should be able to get some sick tone from it and for that I tank Slash and Marshall.
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Posted 1 year ago by SixxstringKing Buddy.... It's a modded `59 plexi in a NOS shell ! And seasoned players HAVE gotten some sick tone out of it ! Google SIR #39. George Lynch.Slash... Just to name two!
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Posted 1 year ago by v3rock Hey AFD Bro's, check out my Military/Veterans Day dedication recorded on a pair of Marshall JCM Slash Heads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVMHTqGdJTs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
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Posted 1 year ago by brotor @jupiter89 - Slash has used the 2555SL live since it was released in 1996, and still does! For recording, the main amp has been £34 wich he hasn't used live since probably '87 or '88.
@SlaashGNR & FritzCarraldo - Please take your bitch-fight somewhere else. Tiring reading your bitching...
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Posted 1 year ago by stoof hi,
Here is a cover of Mean Bone I had recorded on the SL2555 couple of months ago.
1 guitar is on the Dirty Channel, the other on the Crunch Channel.
Really like this amp..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zzHMAbLZV4
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Sorry guys, was just really annoyed at the fact I was accused of being a spammer :/
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Posted 1 year ago by angusyoung You should have just ignored him dude, he's trying to wind you up. You do have a minor obsession problem though......
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Thing is though, guitaring is my hobby, im in college and I play for my own satisfacton or any gigs that come up in college . . . im just trying to emulate my faourite guitarist. Nothing with it in my eyes. If i ever feel I am good enough to get somewhere in the music industry then I will obviously search for my own signature sound . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman @stoof, nice !!!! I might mess it up with somebody else, but weren't you one of the guys modding his amp to afd-tone ? I have to check my stock jubilee once again if it rocks like that.
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Posted 1 year ago by stoof @Franktherman. thanks dude. I m not the guys wo mods amp though... But have a SL2555 and a moded superlead 59 #36 and really love both :)
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Posted 1 year ago by Franktheman @stoof, I hate you! (in a loveley way!!!) you own THAT moded superlead..
I've seen those pictures in the other forum!! that's why I remember you.. you lucky son... if you ever get tired of the superlead.. argh.. I know I know.. :-)
cheers..
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Posted 1 year ago by brotor @Frantheman - You'll get your own modden SL in a few weeks ;);)
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Posted 1 year ago by endat for you guys who have the SL2555 can ye get that cool twangy clean sound for civilwar intro?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Yes I can! That's the most amazing thing about the amp. It's versatile clean tone . . . I just put quite a bit of gain on to get that twangy sound
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Posted 1 year ago by thenoodler @stoof - Nice cover man! I think that it was good enough to suffice as a "demo" quality recording. I mean as good as some of the demo recordings I've heard from top singed artists.
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Posted 1 year ago by jeffco8475 @Stoof, Hey buddy, can you please contact me via email jcol8475@netzero.com Thanks.
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Posted 1 year ago by Marker This place is getting booring. Another no news update.
I don't care if there's a video or not neither I care if on the video Slash plays copyrighted AFD tunes or any other licks. I just want to have the one I ordered here in my plase asap.
Also, Marshall do yourself a favour and reissue the Jubilee. Many people want it, just check the crazy prices they're sold at Ebay!!
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Posted 1 year ago by Bluesburst Hey Guys,
Come over to the new AFD forum to talk about all things AFD. It's growing steadily as an additional outlet for members here and provides a great place to share while we wait for teh release of the AFD100.
Check it out at www.afdforum.com
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo Check out the third video at 2:15 and you can clearly hear how the AFD100 project continues:
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Slash-Tone-Secrets-810/
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw74sDWPH7U
Just watch that! It's bloody amazing . . . you have to watch it all the way through though . . . I do have to say that it does kind of get shit after about 5:24 mins . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Can anybody tell me what would probably go better with the AFD100 . . .and also what would be easier to rig up and work with . . . a Boss Digital Reverb or a Roland SRV - 2000?
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @SlaashGNR - Without a doubt go for the Boss Digi Reverb. I'm going to do the same. Reason? I don't want a great big, old and potentially unreliable studio rack mount unit reverb to have to get involved with every time I want to write, rehearse and gig.
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Posted 1 year ago by graffitibuddhist Seriously guys, best Slash tone I have EVER heard. The guy has the right settings right effects. Watch this and weep guys, best tone I have ever heard. : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJ3q7MGSsQ
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Posted 1 year ago by graffitibuddhist Seriously guys, best Slash tone I have EVER heard. The guy has the right settings right effects. Watch this and weep guys, best tone I have ever heard. : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxJ3q7MGSsQ
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @ graffitibuddhist - Very mature. Now fuck off and play with yourself somewhere else.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR @jonthebass - thankyou. I hope I can get the same sounding reverb ont he Boss as I can with the Roland . . . I think I should because of todays technology and flexibility of modern pedals.
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo @SlaashGNR: Please post a video! I wanna hear how you sound with all your Slash related gear.
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Posted 1 year ago by fon267 Come on Marshall, can´t you see this waiting is making us all crazy!
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo @SlaashGNR: Please post a video! I wanna hear how you sound with all your Slash related gear.
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Posted 1 year ago by AmnesicAphasia In this Account you can see a few little sound samples with the the following equipmen:
Gibson AFD Les Paul -> Monster Cable Studio Pro 1000 -> 2555SL (settings described)
http://www.youtube.com/user/amnesicaphasia
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo Very important to mention the Monster Cable...and I'm still waiting for some solos of you, Amnesic!
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR What is monster cable studio pro 1000? and ok fritzy ill post a video of me using my 2555sl. It's a facebook video though, I don't have a youtube account or anything.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150324237795548
There you go Fritzy . . . my playing isn't too good however when I get this AFD100 I can play Sweet Child O' Mine pitch perfect finally ;)
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo That's a problem since I don't have a facebook account...
The Monster Cable studio pro 1000 is Slash's first choice when it comes down to connect the amp with the speaker box. Very curious you didn't know (and already bought) it! Let me guess your plek: Dunlop Tortex 1.14mm?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Yep I do . . . I just call them the purple ones though . . . and oh right cool. I'll have a look at those for when my AFD comes.
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Posted 1 year ago by acidrain1993 @slaashGNR its not that hard to put a video on youtube/create an account... and btw nobody who's not friends with you on Facebook can watch the video...
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR add me as a friend then . . . and ill have a bash at making one this next week sometime . . . shit a brick those monster cables cost a bomb! :O I'll have to get a few in good time
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Why is that monster cable £85.00 £30.00 P&P with some sellers? and £30.00 Free with others? That is strange? Are there fake chinese ones about or something?
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Posted 1 year ago by graffitibuddhist @Jon the Bas, chill man, I was just messing around, beats being a sycophant and posting your "AweSOme slas Skills tone vid". . Also, how about you guys stop wanking with self satisfaction over your Slash tone, and wait for the amp. Look at you guys, arguing like kids over each others comments. I was just lightening up the conversation.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I bet that we actually get this amp before the video is shown to us! that's actually really annoying because the video will be a teaser . . . I like teasers because I know it's an amazing thing that I'LL be getting!!!!
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @SlaashGNR - When you get your Monster Cable, for your amp to cab, make sure you buy the speaker cable NOT the instrument cable. You will damage your amp if you don't use the right cable. Look at:
http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?display_article=458
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR jonthebass - Thankyou, i'll keep that in mind. Do you agree with me on the recieving the amp before watching the video? haha if it's not posted by the end of this week I will definitely believe that I'm right
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass SlaashGNR - No problem. I've seen expensive amps short out and die because of wrong cables being used.
On the AFD video - Anything's possible!
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Posted 1 year ago by brotor Christ, this site has gotten boring......
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR @jonthebass - I'm going to end up with two heads and one cab . . . do you recommend the tonebone headbone vt? Or would it still be risky and unreliable? I just want to be safe and satisfied and not have my cab blow on me!
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Also . . . is there a sort of multi effects loop pedal I can purchase? One which I can plug into both the 2555sl and AFD100 at the same time? And then have all of my pedals running from that unit? If there isn't, how would I be able to connect all of my effects pedals to both of the heads for when I'm playing both dirty and clean?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Finally, you gave me advice for purchasing the correct monster cable, speaker cable for the head to cab, and instrument cable for guitar to cab . . . is there a cable for effects pedals for the effects loop? Like there would be My instrument cable connecting my guitar to the headbone tonebone vt, and then is there an effects cable to connect the vt to both heads?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Same for all my effects used in the loop?
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Posted 1 year ago by brotor @SlaashGNR - There are other forums for these kinds of questions. I'm starting to agree with the guy that called you a spammer a while ago. All I'm reading about here is your cable's and pedals and loops. Play both amps without pedals man ;) That's basically what Slash does nowadays. His chorus/MXR's etc. Is only for a couple of specific parts on a few songs.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR I appreciate your input however I'm not going to have the effects on all the time, just on those specific parts, plus I'll definitely need reverb on both the clean and dirty because I'll be playing plenty of old rock numbers. I'm just buying a boost, a delay, a reverb, a chorus and a wah
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @SlaashGNR - Quick answers here: Radial Headbone VT all the way. It's defo safe for your needs. FX Loop pedal - Lehle D Loop. FX loop & pedal cables - Same instrument cable that you'll use for guitar to amp.
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Posted 1 year ago by jupiter89 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9SyE9G56Ms&feature=player_embedded#at=73
I don't know if any of you have seen this video, but if the AFD100 can get anywhere close to the tone this guy's mod has achieved, it will be worth the wait.
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Posted 1 year ago by jupiter89 The thing to keep in mind is that this mod is neither the #39 or #34, but the #36. Is it not true that #36 was what was actually used to record AFD becuase #39 wasn't available ???
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo And the spamming goes on and on...
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Posted 1 year ago by jupiter89 #39 and #36 achieved the same tone however:
#39 Marshall 1959T mod by Tim Caswell ( T=tremolo) and the extra tube for tremolo was used for the extra gain. #36 Marshall 1959 mod by Frank Levi had an extra pre-amp tube added for the gain. Two ways of getting that tone !
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Posted 1 year ago by maxamus Hey Guys i was looking on the net at different music shops around the globe and at a U.K store it saids that the AFD100 s release date is 31/1/2011.CRAP
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Fritz - I don't know why you think I'm a spammer at all? I'm 17 for fuck sake until this year I've never owned a cab and head or ever thought about using one . . . My questions have been asked many times before I have, and also I'm pretty sure I've saved s couple of other people from asking
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR @jonthebass - thankyou
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo @slaash: Not one informative post by you in this blog at all. Half of your posts you list your Slash gear. Other half you ask what would sound better with an amp NO ONE of us could play yet! If there would be any news here or something interesting it would be displaced by your countless posts. That's why you are a spammer! And even with your 17 years you should slowly recognize that!
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass Chill out everyone. Why is it spam?! If you had asked SlaashGNR 6 months ago about amps, cabs, cables and FX he didn't know a lot. Thru this site he now knows alot and has shown us he is mega keen and excited about it. So what? If YOU don't like it then just move on. Life's too short.
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Posted 1 year ago by graffitibuddhist Damn, I want to see this video. Unrelated but, is it worth buying ag ood peterson strobe tuner over a cheaper Boss tuner. I know slash uses one for "sweetened" tuning, just wondering if it effects tuning significantly.
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Posted 1 year ago by dismalswamp jesus
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Posted 1 year ago by dismalswamp i fucking give up
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Posted 1 year ago by dismalswamp i'm thinking of buying a top hat
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Didn't realise how good ebay was for used effects pedals! . . . bloody amazing
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR My dealer said the first 100 AFD100's should be ready for distribution by the end of next week! that means we should get them early in the week after those who ordered them . . .
@Fritz - Go and shove thunderbeads up your arse because that my friend is an informative post!!!
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Posted 1 year ago by v3rock Marshall/Santiago- Hello. Could we get some kind of update and maybe some pics of the assembly line, just throw us a bone, even a small one please!
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Posted 1 year ago by FritzCarraldo "Posted 3 hours ago by SlaashGNR Didn't realise how good ebay was for used effects pedals! . . . bloody amazing" - I just realized you're a little retarded.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR Oh I am sorry that I only made an ebay account a few weeks ago . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR jonthebass has got to be the most mentally sane person on here . . . everything he says is true . . .
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass @SlaashGNR - Thank you for the kind words. Unfortunately open forums by their very nature attract all sorts of people good, bad or ugly!
So, Moving on - What's your setup going to be now?
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR @jonthebadd - true, very true . . . At the moment it's an AFD Les Paul, 2555sl through a 1960av and a Slash signature wah. When I'm done with a full set of gear which might well take me over a year to achieve, i will hopefully have added a Slash Gold top, MXR stereo chorus, MXR Boost/Linedriver, MXR Smartgate, Boss DD-3, Boss RV-5(i think it is), and an 8 way effects loop
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR All along with the AFD100 of course. I might consider getting a Crybaby original also because my Slash wah seems very weak with not a lot of depth. When I push the heel down the sound complete fuzz up and becomes unclear and when i push the front down it all of a sudden shoots up to loadz of top end screaming sort of sound . . . I don't know why. It's done it since I bought it.
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR That's the best way I can describe it . . . I know it's hard to understand. My mate has an original crybaby so I'm gonna ask to borrow it and see what it's like with my les paul
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Posted 1 year ago by SlaashGNR What equipment will you have jonthebass?
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass At present I have a Les Paul Classic with Bareknuckle Stormy Monday pickups into a Crybaby Wah and then into a Marshall Jubilee plugged up to a Marshall 1936 2x12 with Vintage 30 speakers in it.
Once the AFD is here then I will use a Radial Headbone VT to get both amps going. Will then investigate Reverb and boost pedals.
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Posted 1 year ago by jonthebass I'm looking at getting the Boss RV-5 and the MXR MC-402 pedals...
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Posted 1 year ago by boardwlk17 distributors will have stock before the Christmas holiday period, is this still on the mark? will we have them before xmas?
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