Old amps have their uses

[Skinny]

My old Vamp 60b retired to be a cutting horse. The electronics went to the scrap man minus the control knobs and the speaker is temporarily in a BFM cab. My first amp from 1982 ish. At least its still with me in spirit. 

[oldslapper]

I used an old 1x15 peavey cab as a bench for ages. Cut holes in top for my chopsaw. Jobs a good’n 

 

[thodrik]

When I was really hard up, my Trace Elliot 1x15 functioned as both my gigging cabinet and as my principal living room coffee table. 

[Bigguy2017]

1 hour ago, thodrik said:

When I was really hard up, my Trace Elliot 1x15 functioned as both my gigging cabinet and as my principal living room coffee table. 

Pah, that's nothing!

I lived in an Ampeg 8 x 10 cab for two years before I could afford an 18" bass bin.

[pbasspecial]

1 minute ago, Bigguy2017 said:

Pah, that's nothing!

I lived in an Ampeg 8 x 10 cab for two years before I could afford an 18" bass bin.

Ampeg, oh get you Mr La di da. Back in my day it would have been 2 families living  in a carlsboro combo and thought yourself bloody lucky! (Said in a Yorkshire accent) 😂

[dclaassen]

Luxury! We had our whole family, aunts, uncles, distant relatives living in a wah-wah pedal…

[gafbass02]

My (now) wife still teases me about the fact that the first meal that I ‘cooked’ for her was served on a bass cab, with cabs for chairs too  

[silverfoxnik]

5 hours ago, dclaassen said:

Luxury! We had our whole family, aunts, uncles, distant relatives living in a wah-wah pedal…

Luxury!

 

Of course, we had it tough.. 

 

.. All 300 of us lived inside a melted microchip, on the middle of a broken Class D circuit board, had to get up 24 semi-tones before we went to bed, push valve heft down a 500 mile motorway whilst being forced fed Tony Blackburn records through acid-coated IEMs... 

[Skinny]

The youth of today, they don't know how easy they have it with their iem, foh, rcd's, transport, new strings, gig bags, lightweight gear, PA's, stages, lighting, miked up drums, doormen, cheap beer, lack of skinheads, somewhere to practice and people actually love coming to watch live music these days. 

[Richard R]

26 minutes ago, Skinny said:

The youth of today, they don't know how easy they have it with their iem, foh, rcd's, transport, new strings, gig bags, lightweight gear, PA's, stages, lighting, miked up drums, doormen, cheap beer, lack of skinheads, somewhere to practice and people actually love coming to watch live music these days. 

But, alas, almost no pubs left to gig in. 😢 

[Mykesbass]

15 hours ago, silverfoxnik said:

Luxury!

 

Of course, we had it tough.. 

 

.. All 300 of us lived inside a melted microchip, on the middle of a broken Class D circuit board, had to get up 24 semi-tones before we went to bed, push valve heft down a 500 mile motorway whilst being forced fed Tony Blackburn records through acid-coated IEMs... 

Wow, that's coming from a very dark place. You OK Hun?!

[Reggaebass]

16 hours ago, silverfoxnik said:

whilst being forced fed Tony Blackburn records

That must have been really tough 😁

[Stub Mandrel]

I use a brace of old TE combos to tether my airship.

[Richard R]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I use a brace of old TE combos to tether my airship.

Big airship, if it needs TWO TE combos to keep it down.

[Horizontalste]

I have to drive to work in my old HH VS because I can't afford petrol anymore & all my colleagues drive Audi's

 

How embarrassing!