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It happened.

$800 for a near mint condition MESA/Boogie Lonestar Classic 2x12, 6 MESA 6L6 replacement tubes, 4 MESA 12AX7 replacement pre-amp tubes, a Shure SM57 studio microphone, and a Snark tuner. That's ~$2150 worth of gear... for $800. The circumstances in which this amp ended up in my possession are a bit unfortunate (guy stuck in a rut, homeless, needs cash immediately for damage deposit for a new apartment), but **** happens and our gear saves us, I had to sell 6 years worth of guitars and amps to go to school in 2011. I only had half an hour last night to play around with it, and at the lowest possible volumes while switched to 10W, clean channel, but even that was ****ing romantic. The clean tones on this amp are overwhelmingly beautiful, I've been desperately chasing '65 Deluxe Reverb tones since I got my Telecaster last year but couldn't bring myself to buy a Fender amp because, while I'm absolutely smitten with their cleans, I just can't get comfortable with their overdrive. The Lonestar is one of the only amps on Earth, certainly the only MESA/Boogie amp, that is entirely capable of producing nearly spot on Fender blackface clean tones, Fender tweed overdrive tones, and classic MESA crunch / lead tones, with no pedals or effects in the way. This is made possible by independently switchable channel power ratings, AC voltage control (for tweed tones), independently adjustable spring reverb settings for both channels, and two 12'' C90 Celestion speakers (slightly modified Celestion Classic Lead 80s). I need to spend a lot more time with it before I can really say it's the best amp I've ever owned and possibly ever will own, but with the new gear buzz raging inside of my head right now, I can't stress the beauty of this amp enough, it's insanely versatile.

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