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Music Man amps

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therussianorphan|64

What do you guys think of vintage Music Man amps? I have an HD 212 One Fifty and I'm absolutely in love with it. Great nasty sound with a pretty good clean sound to play with pedals and durable as hell in my opinion. I've been using it for about 10 months now and I just can't get enough mileage out of it. Hands down underrated amps for the cost, but what do you guys think?

gchiaren
gchiaren|37552 ADMIN
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In reply to therussianorphan:

Oh man I've heard nothing but great things about vintage Music Man amps. I haven't played one myself, but have read a bit about them. I just submitted a pretty sweet clip from an article I found where Joe Strummer of The Clash talks about his Music Man HD-150 212 amp. He says, "I don’t have time to search for those old Fender tube amps. The Music Man is the closest thing to that sound I’ve found…that plastic motif on the front is repulsive. Those little guys in bell-bottoms. Ugh!" I thought that was pretty great 😆 Here's my actual submission: http://equipboard.com/pros/joe-strummer/1970-s-music-man-hd-212-150

Where did you get yours? About how much did you pay for it?

GEAR:
  • Fender Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar
  • Big Ear Pedals Woodcutter
  • HeadRush FRFR Go Portable Desktop Amplifier
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therussianorphan|64

I bought mine from a guy I met that played in a small time garage rock band and when he needed to sell it because he was moving to San Fransico, I was the first one to contact him about acquiring it. After his band's last performance, I bought it off him for 550$ and Ive been in love with it ever since

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