Gotta love that
BD! It might have been the deal of the century (to date, ha ha).
I love my remaining
La Brea BD too much and only sold the other (MIM) to share the pure joy with a bud, who just happened to have the money! Seriously, he knew I had it, or 2 actually, and wanted it. He's still in love with it of course, takes it out and continues to make disciples of the people who hear it, use it too - yep, he shares! What's not to love about that?
I like my little
Danelectro Nifty Fifty, but I don't think they make them now. I've mentioned that I use my
Roland Cube 20X daily, and I have another surprise, not shared to this date. I bought a KORG micro synthesizer last month and run it through the Roland. I am so
totally satisfied with that charming Roland, that it looks like it is going to be the definition of whatever I am as a musician.
Other colleagues, teacher and high school students are using a small
Kustom SS here, and I always liked them. I have sort of liked
Traynor, as I had one or two in the past (yes I remember 2 big, heavy ones!) in the past when they were fully Canadian. Then I talked to Pete Traynor, the founder (when he was alive) about the new ones. It was sad, I won't go there, but let people judge whether they have been reliable of not. IDK... China, Indonesia, Taiwan, I didn't notice. I only saw that they weren't for me. If the reliability improves, I could recommend them for anybody - as a tube amp! In that same category,
Randall is there, but needs a little clean up of their performance record (IMO - personal experience) to be a solid player. And there is potential there, I like them as well.
If I can still be brief, and also frank about it, once you own a bunch of
Fender tube amps, it is hard to get excited about a
Peavey in the same category. I still believe in Peavey amps and support many others with them, but I prefer the Fenders for myself. We all get what we get - it's our money, right? Not trying to offend anyone, but I believe that Fenders are the original, since 1946, and Peavey came later.
I have had several
Peavey SS amps, probably as many as I have had
Fender SS amps, in the total range of 40 or so, not too sure. The majority were sold because the buyers saw or heard the things working, as well as being all pretty and shiny, and they were willing to buy them out from under me. Still, my son relies upon and will always have his awesome workhorse
Peavey KB-300 for his big synths and for thumping bass. From the 80's!: " If you need the ultimate in portable keyboard amplification, this is it! This
Peavey KB-300 Keyboard Amplification System has 150 watts RMS, 3 channels c/w tone & volume controls, FX loop, equipped with industrial quality dolly wheels." My
boy (who is a man, ha ha) also swears by his venerable
Peavey Bandit 112, and I believe he'll be happy for life with it as well as having my
1989 Fender Super 60, which is a bit like a
Mesa IMO, for all his guitar needs. The Bandit may be the most common and long lasting of Peavey's? He researched it, tried many others, then we just had to go out and pick among the used ones.
Of couse I am really tempted by many
Mesa Boogie models (oohh leather-covered Lonestar!), but since I have no complaints with my current stuff, and no money these days, I don't need to go there at all. Thank you
Leo Fender for saving me from that expense and worry?
] So i dont know if itsthat they were more affordable for the young guys, held up well, or what.. but they all had/wanted them it seems.
)...but there IS a decided difference from being ON the cabinet...to being OFF the cabinet. My own mainstay is an old Marshall SL-100 top...
