Sushi Box FX - Grand Slampegg

[HoorayForAnonyms]

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

I also had issues with the standard version with ear-splitting oscillation and certain gain settings on the pedal/my bass’s passive tone control. No such problems on the Grand version. 

I recall reading this. I think running it behind a buffer rectified the issue. 
 

Good to know the Grand doesn’t have the same issue. 

[Quatschmacher]

3 minutes ago, HoorayForAnonyms said:

I recall reading this. I think running it behind a buffer rectified the issue. 
 

Good to know the Grand doesn’t have the same issue. 

Yes, a buffer in front cleared it up. 

[Paddy777]

12 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Oops, couldn’t wait!

I actually wanted to buy the Fliptop as I’ve been after one for ages, but decided that I’ll wait and get one of these instead! 

[Quatschmacher]

3 hours ago, Paddy777 said:

I actually wanted to buy the Fliptop as I’ve been after one for ages, but decided that I’ll wait and get one of these instead! 

Fliptop is great but the GS has proper tube goodness. 

[Quatschmacher]

For anyone who was thinking of getting one of these, here’s the customs charges:

 

£68.38 VAT

£6.70 Customs Duty

£8 handling fee

 

£83.09 total (guessing there is some rounding otherwise HMRC is skimming an extra 1p).

 

Obviously amounts vary according to exchange rates on the day of import.

 

Pedal itself was £353.79 after exchange rates were added. 
 

Grand total of

£436.88

 

Ouch! That’s more than the price of a used Ampeg PF-20T!

[Paddy777]

Thanks for that! @Quatschmacher Yeh I’ve been wondering whether to order one, at that price I can spend an extra £100 and buy a REDDI from a guy local to me, or even run something like the Fliptop into a Small Trees, then I could swap the preamp out for diff flavours etc - it’s whether or not the Grand Slampegg is that good compared to the other offerings

[Quatschmacher]

8 minutes ago, Paddy777 said:

Thanks for that! @Quatschmacher Yeh I’ve been wondering whether to order one, at that price I can spend an extra £100 and buy a REDDI from a guy local to me, or even run something like the Fliptop into a Small Trees, then I could swap the preamp out for diff flavours etc - it’s whether or not the Grand Slampegg is that good compared to the other offerings

For me, Grand Slampegg made me sell my Fliptop (and I really liked that). (Kind of wished I’d hung on to it a bit longer just to test it into the Cabzone as the power amp sim makes an impact, but I think the GS will make me forget that.)

 

No more preamp purchases for me!

[JohnR]

I love mine. I take the point about the cost being equal to a second hand PF-20T but you can't put that on a pedalboard.

[Quatschmacher]

45 minutes ago, JohnR said:

I love mine. I take the point about the cost being equal to a second hand PF-20T but you can't put that on a pedalboard.

That’s very true. It’s also a different sound from the PF as that uses 12AX7 tubes.

 

I’m sure I’ll forget about the cost once I start playing it as I know how good it sounds now. 

[Quatschmacher]

WTF, Royal Mail?
 

I paid the charge, said it would be delivered Thursday, then later gets held again. Looks like I’m going to have to go there tomorrow. 

 

Edited Tuesday at 22:51 by Quatschmacher

[Kev]

i wouldn't worry about that until at least tomorrow evening, you get odd duplicate stuff on tracking all the time.

[Quatschmacher]

11 minutes ago, Kev said:

i wouldn't worry about that until at least tomorrow evening, you get odd duplicate stuff on tracking all the time.

I’ve had duplicates on some parts of the journey before but never after paying the fee. It’s more problematic that it showed as “paid - will be delivered according to your instructions” in the info above the timeline after I paid, but then reverted back to “pending - Sorry, there's a Customs charge due for this item so we're holding it…” later. If I’m up early enough, I’ll head to the sorting office before work. 

Edited Tuesday at 23:48 by Quatschmacher

[Paddy777]

I have found Parcelforce stuff often resets overnight - I have had some odd stuff come up on tracking before at night then it changes by the following morning/morning of delivery. I’d be down there too tbf - no point waiting about to be disappointed Thursday 

[Kev]

13 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

I’ve had duplicates on some parts of the journey before but never after paying the fee. It’s more problematic that it showed as “paid - will be delivered according to your instructions” in the info above the timeline after I paid, but then reverted back to “pending - Sorry, there's a Customs charge due for this item so we're holding it…” later. If I’m up early enough, I’ll head to the sorting office before work. 

It's just how close the times are, what time did you pay it, at the time it says?  Check it tomorrow morning, you'll probably find it has updated.

Edited Wednesday at 00:02 by Kev

[Quatschmacher]

2 minutes ago, Kev said:

It's just how close the times are, what time did you pay it, at the time it says?  Check it tomorrow morning, you'll probably find it has updated.

Time stamps are correct. I paid and it immediately changed to “paid - will be posted…” and got email confirmation, then three hours later it reverted. I suspect someone messed up somewhere. 

[Quatschmacher]

And collected.