Introducing the Morgan Monroe M-30…

Excuse my camera phone pictures.   I still don’t own a proper camera. I’ll pick up more pictures and information soon.  Busy week!

Amplifiers:

Ceriatone Overtone - $1150 + ~$200 shipping (eesh)

Dumble style amplifier with so many things inside it.  Dumbles have a great signature distortion where it has a smooth overdrive.  Right now the Ceriatone is being produced by a guy named Nik in Malaysia, who builds many decent clones ranging from Marshalls to Voxes.  You can buy the components part for part from him and build the amplifier yourself as he has provided a layout of the build.  Relatively cheap for a dumble clone + versatility (Dumbles costs thousands more), and has many mod tweaks as well.  It’s just  hard to find someone who owns one around here to hear it in person.  I’ve been looking after this thing for a while now.  I may pick one up when I get a job…. maybe.

Two Rock Custom Reverb – MSRP: $5500 at 50watts / $6000 at 100watts.  (eeeeeeeeeesh)

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  • Single channel, SS Rectifier, 2 X 6L6, 50 watts or 4 X 6L6, 100 watts.
  • 100 watt-50/100 watt switch
  • 50 watt- class A/AB (22/50 watt)switch
  • Footswitchable FET preamp stage with level control, treble, middle, bass, bright, mid, deep, dual EQ settings, gain and master, contour control. 4, 8, 16 ohm output
  • Triple function LED footswitch for FET, tone bypass and Reverb Defeat
  • 3 way preamp(negative) feedback switch, and 3 way output section(negative) feedback switch
  • Dimensions: 20" L x 10" D x 12" H / Weight: 40 Lbs for 50 watt and 48 Lbs for 100 watt.

Went with a friend to Santa Cruz to check these out.  This thing blew me away.  My presumptions were that it does nice fender cleans.  Well, it’s way more than that.  The distortion channel was fantastic; it was warm and rich with a humbucker guitar, and can punch the fuck out of you.  The overdrive on it was fantastic on a single coil as well.  This amplifier is pretty much the production version of a John Mayer Signature amplifier.  There’s really so many voicings you can get out of this amplifier.  It’s on my dream amplifier list for now.

I’m going to run you through options for buying and optimizing replacement batteries.  Let me explain my little situation first.

At the moment, I have two laptops.  To reiterate what these two laptops are, here are the specs:

*notable upgrades between old and new

A little story: What happened was I couldn’t get the first laptop fixed the way I wanted to by HP.  The DV2000t had problems with the LCD backlight, as well as the 12 cell battery not charging at times.  I also had a BSOD problem relating to the wireless (which was not so often, but still a complaint).  So, I sent my old laptop to them.  Days later, I get my laptop with a matte (instead of the WXGA glossy) display, no battery, and no BSOD fix.  WTF?