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Our band way back then (60s) was lead by an English guitarist with a blackface Bandmaster. Along with the stock 2 x 12, he had a second cab with a pair of high frequency horns. Not exactly like the Quicksilver rig, but you get the idea....He would more or loss turn everything to 10, then dare us to keep up. It was a bit funny because our local crowds would stand WAY back rather than the more typical "get close and check out the band" tendency. By volume, we were ahead of our time. By talent, well.....😁

I have recently become a fan of the LA-2A compressor. Here is one way of getting there on your pedalboard at a very reasonable cost. And it is on sale at a large discount for a short time. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/UALA2APedal--universal-audio-teletronix-la-2a-studio-compressor-pedal The Effectrode Limiter Amp is another way of getting there with actual tubes more like the original studio rack gear and has more ways to tweak it. As well as a footswitchable boost. It IS much larger. Is it WORTH five times as much(?)

Sounds like you got lucky with the condition given the packing..... Once upon a time, a Twin Reverb was shipped to me (FROM A MUSIC DEALER, NO LESS) in a way oversized cardboard box. Absolutely NO padding or protection. Musta been thrown off their loading dock. The box rattled when delivered. Baffle board broken out, tubes shattered, speaker cones torn. Their idea of a joke (??) Yes, they did pick it up and gave a total refund.

Many years ago, our next door neighbor got a new puppy. Put it outside where the poor thing must have missed his momma and spent the whole night howling and whimpering under our bedroom window. After a while, I set my Super Reverb on a chair and aimed it out the window toward their house, plugged in a mic and started barking and howling like a rabid wolf. Poor little thing was still hiding on the far side of their yard when they came out to get him the next morning. True story, inspired by a Mickey Newbury recording......

And I imagine if you matched it up with the Friedman IR-D (Dirty Shirley type preamp) that you'd have a lot of tones to footswitch between......

Must be a prototype!

I was lucky enough to see Frank Zappa live on five different occasions. A guy I knew would bring a blow up sex doll to every Zappa show in Cleveland, walk right down the aisle and hand it to Frank on stage. The last time I saw Frank in Cleveland, when my buddy came down the isle carrying a classic blow up sex doll, Frank stopped the band, turned around, picked up something on a table behind him, and when he turned back around he had a chin strap dildo with the dildo straight up on the top of his head. My buddy hands Frank the doll, Frank Fkn Zappa takes that blow up doll, inserted the dildo and proceeded to "spin it on his head" as the band played a never heard before and never heard again song called "I think Ill go to Cleveland and spin a blow up sex doll on my head." The fact that Frank Zappa took the time to write this song and be prepaired with a custom strap on dildo ready for a moment that may or may not happen was priceless entertainment that could never be impromptu repeated again.

Initial reaction.....Very good. So many ways to use---Best to read the manual carefully to sort that out. Kinda wish it has stereo outs rather than just via XLR, but not a big deal. May be a great matchup with the Thermion stereo, which also features an internal preamp bypass. (Yes, I have become obsessed with creating a board mounted./light weight rig to go with one of my shop built stereo cabinets. And this allows adding 2 channels, which can be bypassed and still add rev and trem). And I need to play around with the bypass function to pair with a second preamp section.....OR in the loop function of a tube amp.....Either way to provide more footswitchable presets. (Still in love with the Ethos Clean Fusion Deluxe!) This also works well as a pedal platform. I am certain you can find tons of pros and cons in the usual places.....😉 IMO, very good value. Some speculation that the unfolding issues over tariffs will make it impossible to hold the price. So be warned.

Guitar Center, I assume......

Show your pedalboard......

Or dual "T" knobs......

How to get "woman tone".....

Looks like a great way to add two channels, plus rev and trem, to an amp with a series fx loop. With actual tubes and a "zero watt power amp" after the preamp, it is said to create the feel of a full tube amp. I like that it has separate attenuators and 3 way IR selection for each channel. Hard to complain about the price. Will have to try it with my Newport 12ver as well.😏

No kidding. Umpteen calls to get info. Sometimes they do not even have an idea what it is, but "FREE!" Lots of no shows. Big waste of time. Easier to slip it into the trash. Or try to sneak it past the Goodwill folks (who are much pickier than they used to be).

When in Los Angeles, that worked well. Sometimes it seemed like it was gone before we made it back up the walk to the house.

Chuck Norrison "Go ahead....Light my fire.....FAFO!"