....In a rehearsal room, I had to listen to a bloke rant that my HX Stomp was obsolete old tech and I should replace it with a more modern unit ASAP.
He then plugged his 70's reissue Tele into a JCM800.
Got scammed out of £250 a few years back, so now ask for a photo of any item with the date written on a price of paper next to it as proof it exists.
About 50% of the sellers blank me after this request.
Most of the items I buy are not incredibly common 'fly off the shelf' purchases, and some stick around for months on my watchlist after the seller blanks me.
Is it that sellers are irked by such requests, or is eBay really that full of scam items?
Edit: and what would be a suggested 'proof item exists' request if asking for a photo isn't viable.
Edit 2: I only do this on lower-feedback (below a few hundred) specialist items from private sellers. I don't make such a request from high-feedback business sellers
TIA
Okay, so basically... I've spent the last several months writing and recording material ready to gig after a very, very long absence (decades). Run a recording rig consisting of an HX stomp and several external pedals, pumped through a set of Beyer DT770 cans, or a pair of JBL Eon 1500 powered speakers if I want to check relative sound to FOH... all good so far. Headphones and PA speakers seem to provide the same tone(s).
But I want some form of 'guitar' backline, as much for controllable feedback, monitoring and the look of it as anything else. So... I went and bought an Orange CR120 (solid state) head and Marshall 1960 cab. Use the head as power-amp-only (via FX Return) as it's got a very neutral Class D output. Bypassed the IR on the stomp to send to the amp, with a separate signal with the IR to go FOH.
Completely terrible. The results are so dissimilar that whichever signal I 'tune' to sound acceptable, the other is utter dogshite. And I'm finding it impossible to reconcile the two. Doesn't matter what I do, or how I fettle with EQ or IRs, it aint working. I use a lot of varied sounds within the Stomp, so I'm guessing this is the core of the issue - thumping such varied tones through a standard cab.
So... my idea is to either ditch the amp and cab altogether and go for an FRFR - something like the laney LFR-212 - or to re-load a 4x12 cab with FRFR cones to use with the Orange. I've got my eye on Fane Sovereign 12-250 TC speakers to whack in it. I'd prefer the re-loading option, but don't want to waste £400 if it's a futile route.
Any advice from expereince? Thanks!