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The Spare
MikeB:
A funny thing happened at work two weeks ago. I was having a break and checked my email. I got some Line 6 spam. They were pushing this new all-singing-all-dancing thing and one of the selling points was that it was a good option for a spare/backup or fly-rig. I was checking it out and it looked pretty nifty but about AUD$1000. It got me thinking about the fact that I don't have a spare/backup for my mp1. I then checked out the new MP stomp options (App1, Channel) and they left me feeling like they were not really what I was after. Then I did something that I do every now and then and I checked to see if someone in Australia was selling an MP1 (hey, you have to have hope!). Nothing, but there were a couple listed for sale in the US. One in particular caught my eye. At face value it was a stock, working MP1 in good condition for US$250. The new eBay global shipping thing was enabled that had conversion to AUD and shipping etc. no more "US shipping only". It looked pretty reasonable. I would be able to have this thing delivered for under AUD$500. The seller assured me that he had recently been playing it and it sounded great. So I did it!!
It arrived today. It is 110V so I can't try it out until Sunday when I go Richard's place and I can plug it into his step-down transformer. Externally it looks pretty clean. Some scratches on the covers. Very little rack rash on the ears (almost none). I cracked it open and had a look. I'm pretty happy so far. Internally it almost looks like NOS. Seems to have never been touched. There is a 2.01 EPROM and what I suspect may be the original tubes. Check out the pics:
rnolan:
Hey Mike, good score :thumb-up: , looks very clean and a later (no top switch) version. They do look like the original tubes.
MarshallJMP:
Looks really nice. But now you will need a backup for the backup >:D
rnolan:
Good point MJMP :headbanger:
MikeB:
:facepalm: I'm trapped!!
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