DaveH

Have you ever played a Theile cab?

Or a lumber jack. Unless, of course, you want your ass handed to you. 😂

Did he smoke a pipe? 😂

It's not so much about "tone", per say. It's more about the touch response of the amp, and how the amp responds to the dynamics of your playing. If you're using a high gain-balls to wall amp, it means nothing. If you like to play low gain amps cranked (i.e. Top Hat, early Marshall, etc,), and rely on the guitar volume pot along with your touch/style, then it can mean a lot. Your left hand is what you say, and your right hand is how you say it. Its all about dynamics. In this case even the power supply can influence your tone, because your approach is going to influence it too... The sags, the swells, the blooming notes, and all that good stuff. Decades ago, Ken Fisher would not build a Rocket amp for someone unless he had access to an NOS Mullard or Telefunken GZ34 for this reason.

Someone got a deal on the 12ver: Chappy12

It's my opinion that good plywood is for speaker cabs, and MDF is for Ikea. I bet if you swapped the speakers between cabs, you still wouldn't be enamored with it.

Mark has been in my top 10 players for a lot of decades.

My experiences (twice) with gout were pretty intense... Got it in each foot of the respective knee replacements, and it was much worse than the replacement pain. Lying perfectly still with nothing contacting the foot was painful; Laying a bed sheet across it was excruciating. I even went to the ER, the Dr gave me a shot of dilauded which didn't touch it. Maybe there are varying degrees of gout, but mine was basically on or off. I don't recall the name of the drug they prescribed to make it go away.

24-3/4 starting to look better? 😂 Seriously, I got nothing for you except it sucks. I have psoriatic arthritis, Meloxicam helps with the swelling.

Sucks, but keep your hopes up. I had been looking at Martin GC's, and finally found one I really loved and bonded with. Sounded great! I start the purchase process, and the sales guy comes back out about 10 min later with bad news: "I can't sell you this guitar. It has a crack in the side board." I looked, and sure enough it did. I begged them to sell it to me, but no chance on a damaged new Martin. I really didn't care, the guitar was that good, but no dice. I know the top is more critical than the side, but maybe it can be repaired to where you won't notice any bad repercussions. Good luck.

Do it!

Please don't confuse my PS skills with hate, every Heritage I've had/played was very good. That said, the only one I still have is a Korina single cut Special with 2 P90's... H137, IIRC. Very nice, very playable, and resonant as heck. And THAT being said, I never liked the headstock either! 😂

@LucSulla Fixed it for you Steve, you can safely ‘like’ this one.

The interviews I've watched of him point to a really nice, laid back dude... The kind that you could have a beer with and talk guitars and music, and just have a very enjoyable time with. I'm really glad he will recover, lets hope there aren't any long term repercussions from his injuries. I also can't help but wonder about his doggo, and if he/she is ok. ETA: Scum that does crap like this are worthless. To maim or kill someone for no reason, especially someone you don't even know, has got to be the most cowardly and selfish act anyone can commit. That's nothing short of playing God... No one has that right.

People are fucked up.

Don't throw that cap away. There are purists out there that would actually pay money for it. Like I mentioned previously, it can potentially be gutted, with new caps hidden inside. Sounds crazy, I know. They may actually make repops these days... if so, discard what I said. That was years ago.

If'n it were mine, I'd replace the electrolytics first... After all, they're about 60 years old and they have a shelf life of only about 10 years to maintain their values. Probably long since dried out, especially if not being used. If you want to maintain the original appearance, it is possibly to load new ones in the old housings. That being said, if you are going to fire it, you are going about it in a proper manner. I wouldn't want to get too far away from it tho... ETA: Congrats! Nice looking old amp! The tone on those old simple ones always seems to be so organic and pure

It's addictive! So, which one's did you keep?

I think that we all tend to be our biggest critic, but I think you are overly critical... Everything I've seen/heard from you is, at worst, really good.

For whatever reason, "it's minty clean" came to mind...

Does that include guacamole? Not crazy abut straight avacados...