Serious Amp Addict...some would say he's got a problem

[dartanion]

Folks,

Had to share this with you.

I have been checking out The Gear Page recently, and have come across some really, let's say, interesting folks. Here is a post from one of the members there that made think for a while:


Quote:
Originally Posted by sandpiper View Post
Stealth, Mattphisto, and I would like to oficially challenge Mastervolume to see if he can name every amp that he has owned i the last two years in his efforts to achieve "tonal nirvana".

Let the challenge begin...
WOW......It will be a challenge jsut to remember this year....

once upon a time a time there was a

76 princeton reverb
Peavey Bandit
Gibson Lab Series L5
------quit playing for 10 years-------

Then in no particular order.....

G&K - Backline 100
Hot Rod Deluxe
79, 80, 76 Marshall MKII
30th ann brass plated marshall
VHT 50ST
1959RI (3 times)
1987x
71, 72, 74 1959 Marshalls
JTM 45RI
69,67, 72 Super Reverb
1974ri 18w
2061x
Lead and bass 20
PA 20
Prosonic combo
Prosonic head
71 Tremolo Head
71 Tremolo head modded by roccaforte
Emplexador (w/ KT66, and two 50W EL34)
Tophat Embassy
Vox RI AC30 (twice)
AC15 (twice)
Modded AC30RI
Deluxe reverb RI (twice, thought tubes and speakers would help)
Landau's 66 vibrolux
Vibroverb
Vibrolux custom (twice)
Tone King
63, 65, 67, 68, 72 Bassman heads
Bandmaster reverb (forget the year)
65 Princeton reverb
73 Princeton Reverb
Super champ
Vibro champ
Champ
Vanous (worst amp ever)
Gerlitz
Germino LV Lead 55 (still miss this one)
Matchless DC30
HC30
Chieftian
Clubman (twice)
Clubman reverb
Bogner XTC - (2 times)
Shiva
Metropolis
Divided by 13 ERT33 (3X once converted to a 31)
RSA31
RSA23
9/15 (like 4 times)
10/20 (3x)
LDW 17/39
JJN 50/100
FTR37
50 watt JMP MKII suhr mod
OD100 - stock
OD100 CL+
OD50
Badger
K&M Custom
Custom Reverb
Jade 18
Jet
Cerriatone Lightning
GDS 18
Clark Beaufort
Alessandro working dog Boxer
Atomic (pod amp)
SLO
Reverb-0-sonic
Atomic 16
Astroverb
Bedrock 1600
Dr. Z MAZ SR.
MAZ jr
Carmin Ghia
Route 66 (3x)
Stang Ray
Fulton Webb 17
Fuchs ODS 30
Komet 60 (twice)
Komet Concorde
Mesa Dual Rectifier (2 and 3 channel)
Rectoverb 50
Lone Star special
5:25
Studio .22
Triaxis (twice)
Stiletto
Mark III (red and blue)
Nomad 45
Mayfly BC30
Mojave Plexi 45
Scorpion
Coyote (twice)
Naylor Electroverb 38 (head and then a combo)
Naylor Super Drive 60
Savage Macht 6
Macht 12
THD univalve
Bivalve
Kingsley Deluxe 32
Gibson GA5
Vox handwired head
Vox handwired combo
JMJ AC30 clone (three times)
Heritage Britton II

--forgotten added---
Ruby,
Carrera,
harlequin
Hellcat
guytron
Bruno underground 30
cowtipper 22
Heritage Freedom
Orange AD15
Vox AC30CC1
72 Twin
The Evil Twin
67 Twin
Holland Lil' Jimi
Gibson GA15
Classic Cat
Black Cat
Cub
Cub II
Cub IIR
Hayseed 30
Koch Multitone
Koch twintone

I think that is it.... are we there yet?


THATS 150+ AMPS IN 2 YEARS!!!!

How does one even venture to know what any single amp sounds like when you are buying another amp every few days

[tarzanalog]

I'm a card-carrying gear addict and even I think that's insane!!!

[benjoi]

...[wiping drool from his mouth]... I wonder if there's a pill for that

[dartanion]

I am still finding new tones in my small array of amps that I gig with. I just don't know when this guy would even have time to play his amps since he'd have to be running around all the time to keep up pace.

Think of the cash he's spent too

150 x $2000 (estimate) = $300K in 2 years

He must be wealthy and unmarried

[DonR]

Send me his email,

There is at least 6 Category 5 amps he hasn't tried yet!

DonR

[jckid66]

with all those amps you know he's NOT married LOL!!!!


Bill

[allgonoslow]

And still not one EVJ...

[dartanion]

And still not one EVJ...

Not really at the top of any boutique buyers list.

Not sure why I would ever own one either since I can build something MUCH nicer looking and has better tone. 4x better tone

[GREEN_CANOE]

When I see things like this, a little voice in my head always asks, "Is this for real?"

There is always a small possibility that someone with more money then sense might do something like this but on the internet it seems as if there is a greater chance it is a 16 year old making a wish list. Not intending to insult "Mastervolume" but it just doesn't seem whithin the boundries of reallity to actually own each of those amps. Just the time shopping to find them would take a significant amount of time, let alone time to play them and make the money to purchase them. Imagine if you hit every music store in your area and only played each amp in the store how long it it would take. If it is real, sounds like a case of OCD.

[95strat]

I suppose it could be some 16 year old talking out his butt! I find you can usually tell that by looking at their other posts though. But maybe its just someone with a lot of $$$$.... locally in my area there's a doctor that in 2 years has ordered over 20 custom shop Les Pauls from the local guitar shop... in fact he walked in last week and ordered 3 more '59 RI's.... this is in addition to the Fender custom shops he's ordered and the vintage instruments he has (including 50s and 60s Strats and a real '58 LP).... some people just have money.... its sickening isn't it?

OCD.... I think most of us guitarists have a touch of that don't you think? When do you know you have enough guitars/amps? After the next one!

(Don't remember where I got that or which forum, but its SO true)

[zikaj]

Thats quite the list!. But I think I've gotten an email from this Sandpiper guy before ...


Lagos, Nigeria.
Attention: The President/CEO

Dear Sir,

Confidential Business Proposal

Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the Nigerian Chambers Of Commerce, Gear Addiction, And Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to purchase the sum of $47,500,000.00 (forty seven million, five hundred thousand United States dollars) in boutique guitar amplifiers. The above sum resulted from an over-invoiced contract with Guitar Center and Sam Ash- executed, commissioned and paid for about five years (5) ago by a foreign contractor. This action was, however, unintentional- because those stores don't actually have boutique amps- and since then the gear has been in a suspense account at The Central Bank Of Nigeria Apex Bank.

We are now ready to transfer the gear overseas and that is where you come in. It is important to inform you that as civil servants, we are forbidden to operate Behringer amplifiers or a foreign account; that is why we require your assistance. The total sum will be shared as follows: 70% for us, 25% for you, 4% for local and international expenses incidental to the transfer, and 1% for the Poison/Ratt/Warrant summer tour.

The transfer is risk free on both sides. I am an accountant with the Nigerian National Valve Corporation (NNVC). If you find this proposal acceptable, we shall require the following documents:

(a) your banker's name, telephone, account and fax numbers.

(b) your private telephone and fax numbers — for confidentiality and easy communication.

(c) your letter-headed paper stamped and signed.

(d) please change all account password to notes of Em pentatonic scale.

Alternatively we will furnish you with the text of what to type into your letter-headed paper, along with a breakdown explaining, comprehensively what we require of you. The business will take us thirty (30) working days to accomplish.

Please reply urgently.

Best regards

Howgul Abul Arhu

[dartanion]

That's pretty funny stuff

I think the guy is for real. He claims to only have about 5 or so on hand at any one time. I find that hard to believe. He also says he's married! Even harder to believe.

I think the guy just has a lot of money and free time.

[jac]

I can't stop laughing
I have 32 amps... Well in various states of disrepair , but I do have 32 amps.
I just love guitars and amps
So many tones, so little time.
Later

[Raja]

So this guy goes through all these amps only to find out he just had a bad pickup in his guitar!!!!!!:oops:

[dartanion]

Apparently he has quite a collection of guitars too. Maybe a PRO, but who knows. It seems that he has even bought the same amp multiple times in the past 2 years. Why? I haven't a clue. Maybe he sold it before he got a chance to play it. Then had to buy another one

My wife gives me a hard time when I spend a few hundred bucks on a basket case in need to restoration. What! That's amp number how many? Um. I lost track You love me right

[LeeMo]

What's the old Steve Martin bit about the "googalophonic sound system"? That's one less than infinity. Still sounds like crap. Turns out he had a bad needle.


LeeMo

[zikaj]

Apparently he has quite a collection of guitars too. Maybe a PRO, but who knows. It seems that he has even bought the same amp multiple times in the past 2 years. Why? I haven't a clue.

I noticed this too. It was starting to look like my college era girlfriend list...
Gina
Ann
Carrie (twice)
Amy
Jeanine (three times)

I currently have a whopping THREE amps in the basement & four cabinets. My wife asks me why I need so much stuff.

Apparently "so much" is a relative term.

[Michael]

At first I thought, "Man, this guy is sick!" Then I counted my own...26 amps. Damn! Where did they all come from?!!!

[jac]

See! It's not me!!. Even if there broke, you have to bring them in from the cold

[BBQLS1]

man, sick.