I recently purchased a Peavey Bandit guitar amp from a local kid selling it on the internet. The thing was absolutely disgusting and totally reeked of pot. The amp was in working order but all the potentiometers needed a little love. Very scratchy to put it mildly! I pulled it all apart and gave the case a good cleaning (really totally disinfecting and scrubing it with cleaner). With stinky smell gone, I then hit all the pots with lots of 99% isoproply alcohol. Now the thing not only looks like new but sounds like it too. I spent some time on the Peavey wiki page and it seems this amp was built in the early 1980's So it seems I have a retro amp now!
Anyway, very happy with this purchase and life is good with any retro hardware!!
paul wrote to All <=-
I recently purchased a Peavey Bandit guitar amp from a local kid
selling it on the internet. The thing was absolutely disgusting and totally reeked of pot. The amp was in working order but all the potentiometers needed a little love.
My co-sysop in the 90s worked with me in IT, was laid off after a
merger and got sick of the rat race. He started selling effect pedals
he designed and doing amp and guitar repair work. He loved it.
Re: Life is good with a Retro Peavey Bandit! By: paul to All on
Fri Nov 01 2024 07:42 am
I recently purchased a Peavey Bandit guitar amp from a local kid selling it on the internet. The thing was absolutely disgusting
and totally reeked of pot. The amp was in working order but all
the potentiometers needed a little love. Very scratchy to put it mildly! I pulled it all apart and gave the case a good cleaning (really totally disinfecting and scrubing it with cleaner).
With stinky smell gone, I then hit all the pots with lots of 99% isoproply alcohol. Now the thing not only looks like new but
sounds like it too. I spent some time on the Peavey wiki page
and it seems this amp was built in the early 1980's So it seems
I have a retro amp now!
Anyway, very happy with this purchase and life is good with any
retro hardware!!
That's cool. :) I like to play music too, and sometimes I think of
buying some new gear, but then I worry about spending the money. :)
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I am in the process of selling my guitars... I'm not playing in a band anymore so I don't need 12 electric guitars and 4 amps. I have already sold one guitar and listed the second one yesterday. All of my guitars are American-made Fenders, one G&L (also American). I'll keep a couple
of guitars and one amp.
paul wrote to All <=-
I recently purchased a Peavey Bandit guitar amp from a local kid
selling it on the internet. The thing was absolutely disgusting and totally reeked of pot. The amp was in working order but all the potentiometers needed a little love. Very scratchy to put it mildly! I pulled it all apart and gave the case a good cleaning (really totally disinfecting and scrubing it with cleaner). With stinky smell gone, I then hit all the pots with lots of 99% isoproply alcohol. Now the thing not only looks like new but sounds like it too. I spent some time on
the Peavey wiki page and it seems this amp was built in the early
1980's So it seems I have a retro amp now!
Anyway, very happy with this purchase and life is good with any retro hardware!!
I am in the process of selling my guitars... I'm not playing in a band anymore so I don't need 12 electric guitars and 4 amps. I have already sold one guitar and listed the second one yesterday. All of my guitars are American-made Fenders, one G&L (also American). I'll keep a couple of guitars and one amp.
I am in the process of selling my guitars... I'm not playing in
a band anymore so I don't need 12 electric guitars and 4 amps.
I have already sold one guitar and listed the second one
yesterday. All of my guitars are American-made Fenders, one G&L
(also American). I'll keep a couple of guitars and one amp.
!Wow 12 guitars and 4 amps. My 15 year old self would have been
totally jealous ;) I am well past 15 now but miss my high school band.days! Have not seen any of my old h.s.band mates in about 40
years - long sigh.
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Re: Life is good with a Retro Peavey Bandit! By: Bf2K+ to
Nightfox on Sun Nov 03 2024 07:29 am
I am in the process of selling my guitars... I'm not playing in
a band anymore so I don't need 12 electric guitars and 4 amps.
I have already sold one guitar and listed the second one
yesterday. All of my guitars are American-made Fenders, one G&L
(also American). I'll keep a couple of guitars and one amp.
I like G&L, as well as Fender. I've never played in a band, but
currently I have 2 amps, 3 Strat-style guitars (an American-made
Fender, American-made G&L, and a partscaster), a 6-string acoustic,
and a 12-string acoustic.
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Nightfox wrote to Bf2K+ <=-
I like G&L, as well as Fender. I've never played in a band, but
currently I have 2 amps, 3 Strat-style guitars (an American-made
Fender, American-made G&L, and a partscaster), a 6-string acoustic, and
a 12-string acoustic.
If you have the chance, I'd find some people to jam with! To me music is exponential. You play alone - you have some music. You add a second person you have twice as much. But if you play TOGETHER, you can make it sound like more than just two side by side. Then add a third and it's not just triple, it's FULL!
Again, assuming everyone is in sync...
If you have the chance, I'd find some people to jam with! To me music
is exponential. You play alone - you have some music. You add a second
Nightfox wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Re: Life is good with a Retro
By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on Wed Nov 06 2024 07:48 am
If you have the chance, I'd find some people to jam with! To me music is exponential. You play alone - you have some music. You add a second person you have twice as much. But if you play TOGETHER, you can make it sound like more than just two side by side. Then add a third and it's not just triple, it's FULL!
Again, assuming everyone is in sync...
Yeah, over the years I've thought about finding people to jam with, but
I just haven't.. I think one of the troubles is ensuring everyone is
in sync and can think of stuff to play together. Some of my family
also play instruments too, and sometimes we've played together, but sometimes there have been times when we can't think of much to play together, even though there might be stuff we like to play
individually.
Well, when I 'jam' it's usually bluegrass, but sometimes some old country or rockabilly. Jamming Beatles songs is hard because of all the non-standard voicings/chords.
Nightfox wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Re: Life is good with a Retro By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on
Wed Nov 06 2024 07:48 am
If you have the chance, I'd find some people to jam with! To me
music is exponential. You play alone - you have some music. You
add a second person you have twice as much. But if you play
TOGETHER, you can make it sound like more than just two side by
side. Then add a third and it's not just triple, it's FULL!
Again, assuming everyone is in sync...
Yeah, over the years I've thought about finding people to jam
with, but I just haven't.. I think one of the troubles is
ensuring everyone is in sync and can think of stuff to play
together. Some of my family also play instruments too, and
sometimes we've played together, but sometimes there have been
times when we can't think of much to play together, even though
there might be stuff we like to play individually.
Well, when I 'jam' it's usually bluegrass, but sometimes some old
country or rockabilly. Jamming Beatles songs is hard because of all
the non-standard voicings/chords.
If bluegrass is in any way interesting to you, you can do a lot with
G - C - D. :-)
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Bf2K+ wrote to jimmylogan <=-
On 07 Nov 24 10:58:25 jimmylogan wrote...
Well, when I 'jam' it's usually bluegrass, but sometimes some old
country or rockabilly. Jamming Beatles songs is hard because of all
the non-standard voicings/chords.
If bluegrass is in any way interesting to you, you can do a lot with
G - C - D. :-)
To which Bf2K+ replies...
In the 70's, I plyed in a bluegrass jam band with some friends. We
wrote most of hte music ourselves (jamming) and never played it the
same way twice... some of our listeners thought we were very strange.
We were...
In the 70's, I plyed in a bluegrass jam band with some friends. We wrote most of hte music ourselves (jamming) and never played it the same way twice... some of our listeners thought we were very strange. We were...
On 11 Nov 2024, Bf2K+ exclaimed the following...
In the 70's, I plyed in a bluegrass jam band with some friends. We wrote
most of hte music ourselves (jamming) and never played it the same way twice... some of our listeners thought we were very strange. We were...
Most musicians I know are a bit, ya know, different. A sign of the art and mind me thinks. :-)
To which Bf2K+ replies...
In the 70's, I plyed in a bluegrass jam band with some friends.
We wrote most of hte music ourselves (jamming) and never played
it the same way twice... some of our listeners thought we were
very strange. We were...
LOL - but you had fun, right? :-)
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