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Why did you part with the JCM 800? That's a classic.

by boobsbr 12y ago

SwellJoe 12y ago
I was living in a motorhome, about 200 square feet, and traveling full-time. I held onto it for about a year, in the motorhome, but it just didn't make sense. I couldn't play it without being on the grid (too power hungry for the batteries), and had to move it every time I brought the slide in...and it was heavy as hell to be moving it around all the time. I sold it for a fair price, and once I settled into a fixed house again, I picked up another Marshall (a JCM 2000, this time, which is admittedly not in the same league as a six knob 800, but it's not a bad amp, at all). And, I have the little Vox, which is a great little amp. I play the Vox far more often than the Marshall, in fact. I have owned a lot of classic gear over the years and have sold most of it. I view it as borrowing it from the universe rather than "owning it". If I buy it used, and I sell it for what I paid for it, or more, I find I have a healthier relationship with my things (I'm in charge, not the things). When moving into the motorhome, I sold a lot of great stuff. Antique furniture (my mom is an antique dealer, so my house was nicely furnished), synthesizers and guitars and amps, etc. The cost of keeping it was the cost of storing it, which would have added up to far more than its value over four years. Anyway, these days, I have a good big amp (the JCM2000), a good little amp (the Vox AC4V), a good acoustic guitar (Gibson J45), a good electric guitar (Schecter from when Schecter made really good guitars by hand in California), a good bass (G&L L2000), and a good drum set (Roland TD4S). That's my minimum for musical happiness, and I try not to keep anything else, even if I acquire stuff temporarily to play with it.
- boobsbr 12y ago
  > I'm in charge, not the things Good attitude towards life. Too bad where I live we can't buy good used gear. Nothing good ever comes by, people hoard and hold on to it for their lives, and when it does come by, it's overpriced to the point it justifies buying new. 99% of the stuff sold in stores it is cheap generic clones of Fenders (MOSFET amps and Stratos).
  - SwellJoe 12y ago
    That would be hard. I live in Austin, TX, which is where half the broke musicians in the world live (and a number of famous ones). So, lots of really good stuff comes onto the used market here, and used gear sells fast, if it is priced fairly. So I can buy and sell good gear as often as I want, and my standards for what I buy can be quite high.

Why did you part with the JCM 800? That's a classic.

by boobsbr 12y ago

Why did you part with the JCM 800? That's a classic.

I was living in a motorhome, about 200 square feet, and traveling full-time. I held onto it for about a year, in the motorhome, but it just didn't make sense. I couldn't play it without being on the grid (too power hungry for the batteries), and had to move it every time I brought the slide in...and it was heavy as hell to be moving it around all the time. I sold it for a fair price, and once I settled into a fixed house again, I picked up another Marshall (a JCM 2000, this time, which is admittedly not in the same league as a six knob 800, but it's not a bad amp, at all). And, I have the little Vox, which is a great little amp. I play the Vox far more often than the Marshall, in fact. I have owned a lot of classic gear over the years and have sold most of it. I view it as borrowing it from the universe rather than "owning it". If I buy it used, and I sell it for what I paid for it, or more, I find I have a healthier relationship with my things (I'm in charge, not the things). When moving into the motorhome, I sold a lot of great stuff. Antique furniture (my mom is an antique dealer, so my house was nicely furnished), synthesizers and guitars and amps, etc. The cost of keeping it was the cost of storing it, which would have added up to far more than its value over four years. Anyway, these days, I have a good big amp (the JCM2000), a good little amp (the Vox AC4V), a good acoustic guitar (Gibson J45), a good electric guitar (Schecter from when Schecter made really good guitars by hand in California), a good bass (G&L L2000), and a good drum set (Roland TD4S). That's my minimum for musical happiness, and I try not to keep anything else, even if I acquire stuff temporarily to play with it.

boobsbr 12y ago
> I'm in charge, not the things Good attitude towards life. Too bad where I live we can't buy good used gear. Nothing good ever comes by, people hoard and hold on to it for their lives, and when it does come by, it's overpriced to the point it justifies buying new. 99% of the stuff sold in stores it is cheap generic clones of Fenders (MOSFET amps and Stratos).
- SwellJoe 12y ago
  That would be hard. I live in Austin, TX, which is where half the broke musicians in the world live (and a number of famous ones). So, lots of really good stuff comes onto the used market here, and used gear sells fast, if it is priced fairly. So I can buy and sell good gear as often as I want, and my standards for what I buy can be quite high.