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    Question Super Champ XD?

    I just ran across one of these in a pawn.

    Like new.

    It's tagged at $250, but since I can get one brand new for $299, I'm pretty sure I can get the seller down to $200.

    Anyone have any experience with these? They seem to have a pretty good rep, for what they are. I do not expect it to sound like an original Champ, or any of the way more expensive Fenders, but apparently even without all the DSP effects, the clean channel is good, and the amp reportedly takes pedals well. Also, I have a 2x12 open-back DIY cab with a couple Celestion Silverbacks in it that I could hook it up to for more oomph.

    Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

    Cash is currently burning hole in pocket so RSVP ASAP, haha!

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    Get it but pay no more than $200 to the pawn shop. They are great amps, highly thought of and if you don't like the speaker, the Rajin' Cajun is perfect for the SCXD.

    DUFF on the forum has one and he raves about it. If it's in pawn, test her out first as it just seems odd that an SCXD is in. Maybe something isn't right with it??

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    A truly nice little amp. I have one and love it. Be sure and reset the bias
    and you may want to consider a new speaker since you gig so much. I have
    the Ragin' Cajun and it rawks!
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    It's a great amp! Get it for the cleans only. If you like some of the DSP, that's icing! Beautiful, rounded Fender clean tones!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Perfect Stranger
    A truly nice little amp. I have one and love it. Be sure and reset the bias
    and you may want to consider a new speaker since you gig so much. I have
    the Ragin' Cajun and it rawks!
    I doubt I'd ever use for gigs, this is more for around Casa Krashpad, and maybe church or closer to acousticish-level things.

    I can hook it to a 2x12 Celestion cab or even my Risson 4x12 for more oomph if I need or want to go there.

    What's all this about resetting bias?

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    Thumbs up Well, I went for it!

    SCORE!

    Just went back, checked all around the clock on the effects, everything seems to work, even hooked it up to my open-back 2x12. Plenty loud, sounds good.

    Total damage?

    $175 USD!

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    Nice! Krash, you are, without doubt, the King of the Great Gear Deal!


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    Great deal! I love mine.
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    I LOVE MY super champ!

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    I love mine. :

    Congrats - I think that you will like it

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    Thanks guys.

    DVM, as far as scoring killer deals, I'm on good terms with this particular pawnbroker. He's a good guy. I told him my "rule of thumb" being half of "street," but also let him know that I realized this was a VERY clean amp and let him know that my rule of thumb was not an absolute barrier. The $175 price was one he gave me, and I think very fair.

    I make a point of going in once or twice a week (this pawn is just a couple blocks from my office), and buying DVD's (they're only $3, after all) to support him in some small way between large purchases, and have also done him some small favors over the years (such as suggesting simple things he could do, like tightening tuning pegs on guitars that are slipping, and one time even pricing an item for him on the fly, when he had some kids interested in something that he hadn't priced yet). He also knows that I have tons of guitars and amps and am thus not "needy" of anything he has, but will buy a good deal.

    It's good to know your pawnbroker by his first name.

    And of course, it helps to live in a town with a very large land-grant state university, a very large community college that doubles as a satellite campus for a private upper division university, and a thriving music scene. The ratio of musicians to normal people here is through the roof. Makes for much better pawn inventory.

    Off to church to try her out! WIll use as my stage monitor and line out to my bigger 1x15 rig (which I can never hear, since it's in front of me and pointed away, towards the congregation)

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    Sweet!!
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    I'd love to hear your "review" after hearing and playing it live.

    I've noodled with it a lot at GC, and really like some of the sounds. If it were a bit louder, I might be tempted...
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    Dude that's an awesome deal congrats.
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    I am tempted to buy one of these. Congrats!
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    Thanks guys. Wanted to buy the foot switch from Sweetwater, which sells it for $19.99, but it is out of stock. Musician's Friend's price is $24.99, but they price-matched, so that should be here not for this weekend, but hopefully the next.

    Am really liking the Vox voicing.

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    How loud does it actually get Brian? Can you crank it and smile? You know...that "yeah it's loud enough" smile? I love the clean tones on that sucker.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tone2TheBone
    How loud does it actually get Brian? Can you crank it and smile? You know...that "yeah it's loud enough" smile? I love the clean tones on that sucker.
    Oh, it's loud enough. Certainly more than enough to drown out any stereo system I've ever owned. I was playing it a couple days ago in the office over lunch, and between 0 and 1 there's nothing and right about at 1 it comes in pretty loud, I had to back it off very carefully to find that very small area where I actually got sound and where it was suddenly pretty loud for not disturbing people. I would think you could play in a low-volume band with this, especially hooked up to a bigger cab to move more air.

    Sunday night we did a no drums/no PA practice with Crash Pad to learn a new song the kids wrote, and for purposes of following along with them at low volume, it was fine, despite that the bassist has a 2x15 cab and the other guitarist has a Vox Valvetronics 100w into a 4x12. Obviously, they weren't blasting, but it was fine for that sort of practice where you don't have to match drum volume.

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    I think I gotta get one, too. Krash did you conect it wiht a 4x12 cab? That's what I would plan to do.
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