mrmojorising Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Hey Guys,Music123.com has a killer deal on the Blackheart 1x12 combos.Regular price is 249.99 shipped. They are offering an instant $75 rebate on purchases of $250 of more.So, buy a Blackheart combo and a 5 cent pick (to get over $250), and pay only 175 for the Blackheart combo, shipped to your door.These are great little amps, BTW. I bought two :-)
discountsounds Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Are they better quality than those little 5 watt Epiphones?
DavidE Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 I don't know. They're not in stock (says special order) and even though it shows the discount when you put the amp in the cart, the rules of the discount thing say that Blackheart chose not to participate in the sale.I really wanted a Bose.
discountsounds Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Are you sure you're looking at the right website? I see the combos in stock and when I put one in my cart along with something else cheap to get me over $250, the discount automatically applies. I don't see Blackheart mentioned in the list of excluded brands, either:Promotion RestrictionsOffer not valid on the following brands: Squier by Fender, Fender, Peavey, Gretsch Guitars, Gibson, Epiphone, DOD, Roland, DigiTech, Ibanez, Marshall, Vox, M-Audio, Line 6, Behringer, Boss, Yamaha, ToneWorks, Korg, Akai, Ampeg, Alesis, Mackie, Shure, dbx, BSS Audio, Crate, Fostex, Edirol, AKG, Apple, Digidesign, Pioneer, Sennheiser, Stanton, Numark, Audio-Technica, Denon, JBL, Bose, Electro-Voice, Neumann, Crown, Chauvet, SKB, Zildjian, LeBlanc, Bach, Selmer, Sonor, Tama, Fender Footwear, Jackson, Fender Custom Shop Apparel, Holton, Buffet, Gemeinhardt, Conn, SWR, Meinl, Reunion Blues, Mapex, Jupiter, Martin-LeBlanc, Vito, Getzen, Emerson, Armstrong, Hans Hoyer, King, B&S, Prelude, QSC, Basson, Guild, Gibson Custom Shop, Charvel, Paul Reed Smith, Schecter, Tobias, Gibson Acoustic, Gibson Bluegrass, Gibson Memphis, Alvarez, Turbosound, Soundcraft, Vestax, Allen & Heath, Music123
DavidE Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Looks like they have two lists:*Some brands chose not to participate in this offer: Akai, AKG, Alesis, Allen & Heath, Alvarez, Ampeg, Andino, Apple, Armstrong, Atkinson, Audio-Technica, B&S, Bach, BAM, Behringer, Besson, Blackheart, Bose, Boss, Brio, BSS, Buffet, Bulgheroni, Charvel, Chauvet, CodaBow, Conn, Crate, Crown, D'Addario, DBX, Denon, Digidesign, Digitech, DOD, Edirol, Electro-Voice, Emerson, ENGL, Epiphone, Evans, EVH, Fender, Fossati, Fostex, Fox, Furman, Gemeinhardt, Getzen, Gibson, Gretsch guitars, Guild, Hans Hoyer, Haynes, Holton, Ibanez, Jackson, JBL, Jupiter, Kanstul, King, Korg, Kramer, LeBlanc, Line 6, Loree, Mackie, Mapex, Marigaux, Marshall amplifiers, Martin brass, M-Audio, Meinl-Weston, Miraphone, Morrie Backun, Neumann, Numark, Patricola, Paul Reed Smith, Peavey, Pioneer, Planet Waves, Prelude, Puchner, QSC, Reunion Blues, Rico, Rico Royal, Roland, Sankyo, Schecter, Scherzer, Schilke, Selmer, Sennheiser, Shure, SKB, Soundcraft, Squier, Stanton, Steinberger, Stephanhauser, Stomvi, SWR, Tama, Taylor Trumpets, Tobias, Toneworks, Vestax, Vito, VMI, Vox, Wilson, Yamaha, and Zildjian.Go here:http://www.music123.com/Instant-Rebates-g10022t0.Music123And I was looking at the 1/2 stack, not the combo.
mrmojorising Posted February 4, 2008 Author Posted February 4, 2008 The 1x12 combo definitely qualifies for the rebate.They sound much better than the Epi Valve Jr's. They have a full tone stack (bass, middle, treble) and also 4, 8 and 16 ohms outputs.This is a no brainer guys.
DavidE Posted February 4, 2008 Posted February 4, 2008 Do I really need one? I already have a billion amps...
Taylor Player Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 How's the clean?I'll tell you in a few days....I just ordered one. For $175 delivered, figured it was worth a shot. The couple of demos I heard online sounded pretty good for the money.
FunkyE9th Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 I just placed an online order for the half stack and it gave me the discount. It's back ordered though. I hope the wait is not long. Actually, I 1st ordered the combo, but changed my mind so I canceled it and went with the half stack. I plan using it to learn more about tube amp design and doing mods, so I figured it will be easier to work with a head and cab combo. The chassis of my valve junior combo has been out of the cabinet for a while...-FunkyE9th
DavidE Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 "The couple of demos I heard online sounded pretty good for the money."Well, there ya go.I have some other things on my radar that I'd probably use a lot more anyway. Too bad the rebate isn't good on any of it!
Bloozguy Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 I went online yesterday and put together an order but didn't have my credit card with me at the office so I cancelled out of it. When I logged in again today the $75 off had changed to $50, but they still had my $75 discount saved with my order...so it's on the way...with a dozen Dunlop Tortex picks for a total of $178!Mojo and Mercury have some cool upgrade kits...maybe I'll get the time and money to do those before the next 4-3-2-1 club...otherwise it'll be a tone report on the all stock version.
Taylor Player Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 but they still had my $75 discount saved with my order...so it's on the way...with a dozen Dunlop Tortex picks for a total of $178!Nice, I bought a .99 cardboard music stand to get to the $250 threshold. :angry:
hamertek98 Posted February 5, 2008 Posted February 5, 2008 I went online yesterday and put together an order but didn't have my credit card with me at the office so I cancelled out of it. When I logged in again today the $75 off had changed to $50, but they still had my $75 discount saved with my order...so it's on the way...with a dozen Dunlop Tortex picks for a total of $178!Mojo and Mercury have some cool upgrade kits...maybe I'll get the time and money to do those before the next 4-3-2-1 club...otherwise it'll be a tone report on the all stock version.I phucked up and tried to order an item tonight. Went down to 50 savings. I called them and they wouldn't do anything. My bad. I'll wait till the price comes down.
mrmojorising Posted February 6, 2008 Author Posted February 6, 2008 I got one of the two I ordered yesterday.Build quality is surprisingly impressive. Cab very solid, and amp guts VERY well done. Oversized resistors, very heavy circuit board, etc.Stock tubes (EL84, 12AX7) are Chinese and blow. Replace these immediately. HUGE difference. Wow, this amp really sounds botique!I was able to A/B the stock speaker to a Celestion Blue and Celestion G12H-30. I much preferred the Celestions.Bottom line: This was a tone monster running it with Mullards through the Celestion Blue. Very very nice.Conclusion: The basic amp (circuit, x-formers) etc is a rock solid, first rate, dirt cheap platform to build off of.
Bloozguy Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 This was a tone monster running it with MullardsDid you run yours with NOS Mullards or new ones? I've seen some NOS out there for more than the amp cost!
andrewz Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 thanks for the heads up.. i just ordered a head, then i'll buy a speaker and make a wooden combo of some sort.. it said they'd have more in stock feb. 14... I've never heard of these amps till i saw this post, so thanks again for the info...
mfreyer Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 I received my combo yesterday, and I am definitely going to keep it. It sounds pretty good, both through the original speaker, and through an external cab (which is, of course, better). There is an amazing amount of low end on this small combo. It has a brittle, 'trashy' high end if you turn the volume up past 8, but that is what bigger amps are for anyway. I'm looking forward to trying out some different tubes.M
mrmojorising Posted February 7, 2008 Author Posted February 7, 2008 [quote name='mfreyIt has a brittle, 'trashy' high end if you turn the volume up past 8, but that is what bigger amps are for anyway. I agree that the stock amp has this issue.However this amp REALLY likes Celestion G12H-30's...they tame the high end a lot an dteh amp sounds great. The G12H-30's sound even better than the Celestion Blues and Golds I tried in this amp.I tried both a 70th anniversary G12H-30 (75 hz cone)and the Heritage G12H-30 (55 hz cone). Both worked great but the Heritage really is a fantastic match to this amp.I also found (surprisingly) that it sounds a bit better using 8 ohm speakers through teh 8 ohm tap, than 16 ohm speakers through the 16 ohm tap. Go figure.The tubes are an important part of getting rid of that trashy hi end when cranked. Almost everything will be better than the Chinese tubes it shipped with.
Bloozguy Posted February 12, 2008 Posted February 12, 2008 UPS brought mine on Friday and I had a little time to mess with it over the weekend.mrmojorising is 150% right about the tubes. If you buy one, don't even turn it on until you replace those Chinese tubes. I put in Mesa relabeled Russian tubes and the difference was like night and day.Speaking of changing tubes, getting in there was like opening a bank vault! No wood screws...actual machine screws (12 of 'em) going into threaded steel inserts. This thing is built like a tank.I'm thinking about doing the Mojo turret board kit that, among other things, converts it to a tube rectifier.
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