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Old 2005-05-05, 21:39
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American amps in the UK

No idea about this but I was thinking about getting an amp from america but im not sure if I can get it to work over here due to the different voltage shit.

anybody have any Idea about this?

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Old 2005-05-05, 21:49
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theres been a few threads like this in the last few weeks, search em
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Old 2005-05-05, 21:57
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I did a search but I could only find 1 thread and it really didnt answer my problem
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Old 2005-05-06, 18:38
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you need to get a voltage step up box, they go pretty cheap anyways this has been discussed in another thread.

Anyways how you going to get the amp over from america? Shipping will be loads, and if it gets damaged on the way, shipping back to them will cost a lot.
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Old 2005-05-09, 19:33
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Yeah I just realised how much it would cost in total, thought "fuck it" and got a laney vh100.
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Old 2005-05-09, 20:07
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Yeah I just realised how much it would cost in total, thought "fuck it" and got a laney vh100.


Are they good, how does it sound? I'm gonna get one later this year
 
Old 2005-05-09, 22:06
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there good amps but i find they have a lot of operating noise and feedback. I think theres some mods u can get done to sort that out though
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Old 2005-05-09, 22:43
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Yeah they are noisey but I was expecting that anyway, im sure I can get hold of something to sort that out no probs
Sounds sweet though.
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Old 2005-05-10, 18:00
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how much did it cost you? what cab u got for it?
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Old 2005-05-11, 17:13
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I got it for £450 used off a guy in the pub (gotta love england)
the cabs a GS412.

He also sold me a tfx3 head although I expect its utter shite I needed something for home use, anyone know anything about these?
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Old 2005-05-11, 22:44
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sweet deal man, anyways i supsect the tfx3 to be a tube fusion amp, there alright for practice i suppose, not as good as the vh though. i'd say sell it and make some money
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Old 2005-05-12, 18:02
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well I need one for practice its either that or a roland vga3, so im assuming the laney would be better overall.
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Old 2005-05-12, 18:23
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why u not gonna use ure vh for practice?
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Old 2005-05-13, 16:28
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thats going in the rehearsal room, too loud for my room
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