Well, my local search for a power supply for my M-Audio Black Box has proved fruitless :(.
My last stop was a guitar store in my nearest city of Salisbury today.
Now, awhile back I found a store online in said city which had some pretty cool guitars (for the ####!!ry bumpkins here lol) PRS,Les Paul etc. Anyway, the internet site dissapeared and I thought all was lost.
So, today, I find the store, which is under new ownership and changed name. It has apparently changed some but they still have some interesting gear, PRS Custom, Les Pauls, Angus Young Sig SG etc.
My REAL interest was they were an Engl stockist, but no more :(
But WAIT, whats that I see?
Indeed, a used (3 week old) Screamer Head and Engl 2x12 slant cab. Price was fair to very good, so, home she came :) :) :)!!!!!!!!!
Full review is abit awkward at this time due to my family troubles.
But suffice to say, a 100w Blackmore would (in retrospect) been EXTREME overkill! This 50w head is LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The cleans are great and the gain, well, it's an Engl, nuff said.
Also, the guy has a good footswiitch that works with it, forgot make, alot cheaper than an Engl which I will pick up next week (£20).
Other thing that happened, I asked about teachers (as want to continue my lessons when finally settled here). Apparently, although I knew Alan the singer better, Andy Boulton of 'Tokyo Blade' and 'Shogun' is still around (thought he moved up North) and teaches not 2 miles from me!! Course, we may not gel, but still cool as he has GREAT stories.
Much happier about my musical path here now and confident a jam/band will not be hard to find.
Just all in all a Little Ray of Sunshine in my otherwise pretty BLACK situation right now.
Nick
P.S. my mum has dial-up SHEESH and I cannot get the Engl Screamer 50w head manual (Engl site in pdf) to download). Anyone wanna do me a favor and dwnld it for me and email me it (worth a try). Thanks!
