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Offline Walt-Dogg

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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2010, 12:16:02 am »
I've heard a lot about that, but I never saw. I'm not a big fan of Betas though...
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2010, 08:24:25 am »
can't personally vouch for the bass version but the beta lead is definitely nice.
wouldn't mind getting my hands on a beta bass for the right price.
but like you said the red knob concert lead & bass are awesome.
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2010, 11:45:27 am »
The tone they have is just amazing and they take pedals like no other.
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2010, 08:40:11 pm »
Disregard that.
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2010, 09:31:23 pm »
Still looking for a Concert Lead...
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2010, 11:58:15 pm »
It's Concert Bass city on Craigslist

I might just have to get a Beta Lead if I can't find a Concert Lead, there's one up in Santa Cruz, CA but no reply back yet, and it looks kind of messed up.
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2010, 09:40:59 pm »
The one in Santa Cruz sold, there's one in texas but the seller wont ship. Anyone out there wanna pick it up for me and let me buy it off ya?

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/msg/1702799604.html
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Re: WTB Red Knobed Sunn Concert Lead and Concert Bass
« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2010, 09:41:32 pm »
Widening my search to early 70s Concert Leads and Beta Leads as well now.
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Re: WTB Concert Lead (early 70s or Red Knob) or Beta Lead
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2010, 09:04:48 pm »
hey there! i have one of those rare old mexican-made sunn concert leads for sale. lemme find some pics. it's packed and ready to ship (sold it on the offsetguitars forum, but the buyer eventually bailed). i AM in mexico but ship worldwide. have flawless ebay account with over 150 stars, etc. just in case.

EDIT: here's the original post!

this is one of the rare made in mexico (under license of sunn USA) Sunn Concert Lead amp heads. they made these in the late 70s/early 80s, because of some US$ crisis or something. but they're quite a rare find, i believe. they're the exact same thing, only made on the other side of the border. btw, as far as i know, they also made acoustic (the brand) amps in the same factory.

yes it's THEE STONER MONSTER AMP...

this amp work all a-ok, the reverb and all, but to activate the distortion/fuzz you need some weird double-RCA kinda thing footswitch, which i've never seen in my life. who knows. the amp will need a recap pretty soon, to be honest, as it does sometimes do those doritos-crackeling noises (yes, insert stereotypish mexican food joke here...  ::) ) in used but not-too-rough shape, and missing one knob.

this thing is THEE loudest amp i've EVER heard. i swear!!! but still very playable at mid-sized-room levels. i've realized that if you connect to "output 2" it's about 50% of the "output 1"'s volume. trickedy trick there! :D

well take a look at it, what you see is what you'd get!






this amp has all the labels in english, unlike the "for the mexican market only" sunns that have it all in spanish... (they really DO exist!!! want me to find one for you!

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lemme know!
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Re: WTB Concert Lead (early 70s or Red Knob) or Beta Lead
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2010, 09:11:03 pm »
Interesting it's a dual channel like the early 70s, but designed like red knob.

I'm slightly confused though. Looking at it, it looks like the distortion is on one channel and the reverb on another. Or does the reverb work for both channels.

Also, how much are you asking?
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Re: WTB Concert Lead (early 70s or Red Knob) or Beta Lead
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2010, 09:22:00 pm »
yes in fact, the distortion IS on one channel and the reverb on the other... weren't they all like that?! i'm really no sunn expert. but i guess you could link the channels with a jumper cable...

depending on the shipping (i use MexPost EMS express mail, that has tracking number and usually takes 5-10 days worldwide), i think that'd be around $80 or so... would it be attractive to you at $350 shipped to your doorstep? or lemme know.

i've also got a lead to one of these MIM concert bass heads, if you're interested, at around the same price.

lemme know!
rock on,

Pat.

ps: my ebay username is LARVALA, look it up if you wanna and you'll see i'm also selling an old and REALLY rare Roland RE-200 (NOT 201!) space echo! :D

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Re: WTB Concert Lead (early 70s or Red Knob) or Beta Lead
« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2010, 09:26:37 pm »
On the red knob Concert Lead that I'm looking for it has one channel with the reverb and distortion tacked on so you can turn them on and off.

I'll have to think about it, I'm really shooting for a single channel red knob.

I have managed to pick up a red knob Concert Bass already. Thanks though!
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Re: WTB Concert Lead (early 70s or Red Knob) or Beta Lead
« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2010, 09:37:21 pm »
no prob man, lemme know!
i might be throwing it on ebay one of these days, so stay tuned!
rock on,

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Re: WTB Concert Lead (early 70s or Red Knob) or Beta Lead
« Reply #27 on: May 10, 2010, 10:49:45 am »
Thinking about bidding on this one.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270576826245

Does anyone have the original knobs and switches as well as the plate that goes behind the Volume and Tone knobs? If I can replace all of that then I'll get it, if not, I'd rather have an original one.

EDIT: After reviewing the photos in great detail it appears that the Brite, Distort and Boost swtiches have just been colored black with Sharpie.

So as long as I can get those original knobs and plate I think I'm just gonna get it.
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