I'm just testing the waters here.I may be selling next month.the powerball is retubeb with JJ 6l6gc's and high gain JJ 12ax7s and a tungsol 12ax7 in V1.also with the live in roadcase and footswitch.looking for $1700 for all local PU anybody interested.the head alone is 1900 new w/o footswitch($180)

WHAT??? last week you were all liek 'i aintz getting rid of mah powahball it eees soo brewwwwwtuLzzzz'

If I didn't fuck my knee up last night, I would have enough money to buy this. Fuck my life.

oh please, you wouldve just bought another crate.

you and nicc are all liek 'MoAr CrAteZ PuHlEEEEZE'

Haha, if I have enough money to take a few steps beyond Crate, I take those few steps. I still like my Blue Voodoo and Shockwave for the applications they necessitate right now, but when TYAG tours I want something that can push a bigger, fuller, more powerful sound without it being a solid state.

does this come in SATA?

Blue said:

I like one amp head that Crate used to make which has a non-crate preamp in it.

Blue said:


well I got to listen to another nitro clip on HC and that thing just sounds so fuckin brootal and pissed off.I figure I'm gonna wait for my taxes and bonus and if I like it I will sell the powerball.what can i say I am still in love with that marshall type tone.go take a listen blue...

MarkFuckingRichards said:

FJA mods is selling a crate stealth with a upgraded transformer for 300 bucks.so if you want the sound of an ampeg SS150 but warmer there ya go...

honestly all the nitro clips ive heard so far have not impressed me. sounds cloudy and a little too boxy. probably due to shitty recording quality though.

comparing a recording of someone ELSE playing a different guitar through an amp to yourself, in the same room as your own amp is pretty damned stupid.

well, i guess just consider me a total moron when it comes to tone and/or gear. =/

I was talking about his reason for selling the amp.

it is just teh eternal search for TeH TonEzZZZ

ArrowHead likes Ellios Pizza said:

you do have a HUGE point in saying that someone who is an amazing player can make even the shittiest rig sound good. put someone like me on it and it wouldn't happen.

most of the sick tonez are in teh fingerz!

the_reverend said:

Yea i looked at this quick and though it was a comp thread myself

i thought this was about somebody winning the Powerball Lottery and they were so excited they couldnt type a coherent thread title.

ArrowHead likes Ellios Pizza said:

when you listen to clips it gives you an Idea of how the amps tone will be.If I didn't LISTEN to clips I would have NEVER owned a POWERBALL the closest dealer at the time was in virginia.what I listened to is what I got.all I know is I like the marshall tone when it is not actually a marshall.so from what I have heared I will get this head(subject to change)and if I really am impressed with it the PB will be for sale.I have owned and played thru some of the most sought after heads on the market(Framus cobra/dragon,bogner uber,mesa,Engl savage/blackmore,marshall JVM,5150/6505/5150III) and in the end the PB holds its own and I still have it.the splawn nitro is the only head I have had almost 100 positive feeling about in being the most brutal,articulate,and tight sounding amp and may take the place of my powerball.

Ugh, Im getting a mesa for shit cheap, so if I can sell it in time and have enough to get that Powerball...I will

I have fallen back in love with my powerball now that I changed my pickups up

oh yeah the poweball is going to stay.

make up your mind man! hahaha

What pickups sound best with one of those?

I like the dimarzio steve's special and emg 85/89...