So a few weeks back, some friends asked me to jam with them on a few toons at a club gig.
Used my Marshall JMP 100w head. Borrowed the guitarists JCM900 slant cab.
The irritating thing about club gigs is when the sound dude will not let you crank the amp.
In rehearsal I had my head set on 3. Was decently loud without being overpowering.
Nice.
At the club, sound dude speaks over monitors, tells me to turn it down a bit. I turn to 2 and he says that is fine.
Being as tall as I am, the sound goes by my knees as it is. Was able to hear myself just enough to play the material. But it made me wish I either had a straight cab so I could have a full stack, or a 4 X 12 Anvil case to set my slant cab on, so the thing would be at ear level.
One of the axes I have had for some time now is an Epi Korina Explorer. Beautiful guitar.
I call it my furniture guitar, because it just sits around the house looking beautiful, but collecting dust because I do not play it much. Explorers look cool, but with the shape of the body going upwards as it goes to the butt end, it interferes with my right arm when I play.
So about 2 weeks ago I was perusing Craigslist looking at Marshall cabs. They can easily be had for $275-350 around Nashville depending on condition. I suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Find someone who would want to trade a Marshall 1960B straight cab straight across for my Explorer.
The Explorer cost me 300 bucks and only had one owner when I got it. Still had the plastic on the pickguard it was so new. I have never taken it out of the house....it is in mint condition.
So a week ago I saw an ad a guy placed who had a straight cab. I emailed him, asked him if he would want to trade for my Korina Explorer. He replied he was very interested.
I am to meet him tomorrow night to do the deal.
I dunno how old his straight cab is, but as long as it has four functional speakers, I will be fine with that.
The main thing is....for the first time in my life I will have a full Marshall stack!
Not that I get out and play live very much, but hey, every guitarist should have one.
Will post pics late tomorrow night when I get it home (if all works out).