New Cab Day

[Shibiwan]

Finally got a proper pair of 2x12 cabs for my setup. Settled on a pair of Orange PPC212-OB that I got locally. :banana-guitar:

[rnolan]

Hey Shibiwan, Nice  (so one black and one orange?)  Also nice setup, and some very nice guitars hanging around  :whoohoo!: .  How do the cabs sound?

[Shibiwan]

Hey Shibiwan, Nice  (so one black and one orange?)  Also nice setup, and some very nice guitars hanging around  :whoohoo!: .  How do the cabs sound?

The cabs sound great. Bought off Craigslist from two different local guys, so one orange, and one black. 😁

Classic 2x12 Celestion V30s in each one. Much more natural without having to roll back the tone when I was playing them through the FRFR Crate PA speakers.

[Harley Hexxe]

Nice setup there Shibiwan,
   That Charvel finish looks like something from a Sci-fi movie 

[Shibiwan]

Nice setup there Shibiwan,
   That Charvel finish looks like something from a Sci-fi movie 

Thanks!

I've been cleaning up and restoring my old guitars. The Charvel has been with me since 1989 (my 2nd guitar ever). The flame maple top is spectacular.

[rnolan]

Hey Shibiwan, wow, that's 3 very very nice looking guitars.  I agree the maple top is just gorgeous.  IIRC 1989 was around when the best Charvels were made?  My Anderson is 2 years earlier, 1987 vintage

[Shibiwan]

Hey Shibiwan, wow, that's 3 very very nice looking guitars.  I agree the maple top is just gorgeous.  IIRC 1989 was around when the best Charvels were made?  My Anderson is 2 years earlier, 1987 vintage

Nice guitars. Would they be considered vintage by now?

Apparently the best Charvels were the Japanese ones with the Fort Worth, TX neck plate. That was when Charvel/Jackson moved manufacturing to Japan and had their American craftsmen training the Japanese guys in the factory. They probably peaked around 1990-1993, a little after they introduced the recessed trems (~88) and the dinky bodystyle. I feel like it's been downhill ever since, and even more so after Fender bought them up.

[Harley Hexxe]

Some people consider ADA rack gear as "vintage" these days.

I still think it's better than most of the junk out there right now.

[rnolan]

Hey Shibiwan, the  Anderson I spose is vintage.  It's one of the first he made when Schecter got bought out, allegedly he was doing R&D for them, mainly pickups  .  So he went out on his own and started Tom Anderson guitars using the Bill Laurence Ultrasonic PUs.  Mine is the first Pro Am in Australia.  IIRC the importer (Pro Audio) also brought in the first MP-1s at the same time (which I also bought).  The JPLP is 2006 and one of 850 made.  They also did ~25? signed by Page and also some aged.  So it's collectable, I saw one being auctioned for 32k USD. A guitar collector was liquidating his collection and sent a bunch to my local music store to sell.  I tripped over it and fell in love with it. Cost me $7k AUD reduced from $9k AUD.  At that point I didn't know anything about it except it had the best LP neck I've ever come across. 

@Harley, I spose ADA gear is vintage these days?  I probably consider my '73 Marshall 50 to be vintage  .  My ADA gear is obviously getting old but still works well.  There hasn't been anything since that is as good (for me) or I'd consider modernising.

[Shibiwan]

My ADA gear is obviously getting old but still works well.  There hasn't been anything since that is as good (for me) or I'd consider modernising.

No need to modernize. You can thank the Youtube kids for hyping up the ADA preamps because it's highly desired right now, even in the age of modeling processors.

[Harley Hexxe]

Richard,

   I think the real question here is: what makes something "vintage?"

   Gear from the 60s and 70s is definitely considered vintage, even if some of that gear is complete garbage. (Think of some of the old Japanese wah pedals with built-in sirens, or even some of the early Electro-harmonix stuff). I have an early EHX LPB-1 that plugs into the guitar jack, then you have to plug your guitar cable into that. Total junk, but a guy offered me $600 USD for it.

    My Strats from the 80s have been considered vintage, probably because they were made while CBS still owned the company, (even though people still poo-poo about the guitars made during that ownership). Go figure.

    My GK 250ML is considered vintage. Is that because GK no longer makes guitar amps anymore?

  So, what does all this add up to? Does it mean that if you label something as "vintage," you can now jack the price up to the moon?