Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
So a Guild/Watkins echo unit popped up in some little town down south of here, the old green tube one, and because of having having recently acquired a '65 & '66 Jet Stars, and playing them through my long time owned '66 Ampeg Reverberocket, I suddenly wanted to add it to my arsenal, especially at the asking price, probably half of what it would sell for on Reverb.
I could tell by the pics that this was not a wheeler dealer, more than like likely an old fogie like us, not real good at pics or interneting.
I wrote, three times through my email associated with CL, and nothing.
I wrote again, a 4th time through my everyday Yahoo mail and after waiting for days and days, he wrote me back this morning.
" Wed, May 19 at 1:46 AM
Hi, happy to hear from you.
The echo unit works great. Please email me if you still want it. "
It's two hours away down in rattlesnake country, but I'm more than willing to make the drive to pick it up, which was contingent on it working, which apparently it does.
Makes me wonder, what else does this person have.
Take a very empty station wagon and a large wad of cash ;]
If you watch one of the rare Youtube videos on these early tube units, the pre-amp section, the two right side knobs, is supposed to be "pure magic". So there's that, some yummy tube overdrive, plus the echo delay. Hopefully the Brits put a better motor in these than Maestro put in the Echoplex. I gave up on Echoplexes way back when when all the motors died.
I hear "big pedals" are making a comeback.
Pics.
Pretty clean unit, besides looking a bit dusty and grimy.
Wish me luck ;]
A demo on Youtube from a guy selling one last fall, very clean unit.
I could tell by the pics that this was not a wheeler dealer, more than like likely an old fogie like us, not real good at pics or interneting.
I wrote, three times through my email associated with CL, and nothing.
I wrote again, a 4th time through my everyday Yahoo mail and after waiting for days and days, he wrote me back this morning.
" Wed, May 19 at 1:46 AM
Hi, happy to hear from you.
The echo unit works great. Please email me if you still want it. "
It's two hours away down in rattlesnake country, but I'm more than willing to make the drive to pick it up, which was contingent on it working, which apparently it does.
Makes me wonder, what else does this person have.
Take a very empty station wagon and a large wad of cash ;]
If you watch one of the rare Youtube videos on these early tube units, the pre-amp section, the two right side knobs, is supposed to be "pure magic". So there's that, some yummy tube overdrive, plus the echo delay. Hopefully the Brits put a better motor in these than Maestro put in the Echoplex. I gave up on Echoplexes way back when when all the motors died.
I hear "big pedals" are making a comeback.
Pics.
Pretty clean unit, besides looking a bit dusty and grimy.
Wish me luck ;]
A demo on Youtube from a guy selling one last fall, very clean unit.
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