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[DetroitBlues]

New Used Amp Day.

Couldn’t find a taker for that Marshall DSL20C.  Even loaded with a Celestion Creamback, no one is buying.

So I went looking for a better pedal platform like a Fender HRD or Quilter MicroPro Mach II.

Was offered a trade on a 1990’s Fender Blues Deluxe with a road case.

Very similar to a HRD, 40W, 1x12 combo.  Effects loop and spring reverb.

Its tweed tolex is a little nasty, but it was a gigged amp for over 20 years.  It had it power caps replaced a few years back.  Everything sounded good on it.

 

Edited September 9 by DetroitBlues

[Steiner]

Cool box!

Happy NADs

[bolero]

Congrats!

I think they put lacquer or shellac onto raw tweed like that, to make it more durable. Might be a good project? And make it look more like a 50s amp

[kbp810]

Happy NAD! 

I'm with bolero on lacquering or shellacking it. I always liked to use amber shellac on raw tweeds. I think that would look great over the natural patina it's developed; and help keep it from deteriorating. 

[DetroitBlues]

9 hours ago, kbp810 said:

Happy NAD! 

I'm with bolero on lacquering or shellacking it. I always liked to use amber shellac on raw tweeds. I think that would look great over the natural patina it's developed; and help keep it from deteriorating. 

Just regular old shellac from Home Depot?

[kbp810]

28 minutes ago, DetroitBlues said:

Just regular old shellac from Home Depot?

Yep, zinsser amber shellac 

[TalismanRich]

But, at this point, you would need to clean up the tweed before putting on the shellac.   You don't want to just seal in some old dirt.  

 

On the other hand,  it's a road warrior.   It might start a new trend... reliced amps.   It worked for guitars.

[tsp17]

20 hours ago, TalismanRich said:

But, at this point, you would need to clean up the tweed before putting on the shellac.   You don't want to just seal in some old dirt.  

 

On the other hand,  it's a road warrior.   It might start a new trend... reliced amps.   It worked for guitars.

I like idea #2!