So... there I was contemplating a tournament in Toowoomba when Don invited me to stay at his gaff and compete whilst having a catch-up; what was I to do?!
In between croquet games we fiddled about with some of these...
l-r on stands, VA30, VA900, VA912, VA900. l-r in front, VA900, VA900B. Where and when are we going to see any collection like this again?! C'mon, all you peeps with collections of nice Matts... get 'em out and show us!!
whilst having a quiet ale or 54. Which would explain why Don thought that this was a good photo opportunity..
Anyway, they are, without doubt, some of the finest instruments you will ever see. Most still have the OEM cases...
... and here you can see what continuous touring does to a factory case, and why flight cases are a necessary evil...
That's mine on the top which is very very tatty now, and the sides are separating from the top and bottom. Served me well, though!
Now... the lad has a nice wee collection of amplifiers and we spent a pleasant hour or two making up a very basic patch bay, which works very well, thanks very much!
and these are the amps we played with...
Of special note is the KLD which our very own Racing had a hand in fine tuning, and the Dynacord PA with the 8 speaker cabs on the top row; crazy, eh?! We didn't, however, use that as it has a dead channel but we used the rest. And look what we had to test the patch bay out with; Don's newest acquisitions; an APII PE150 and an APII PE-Supra... much yumminess!
The Supra is a superb instrument, just mega! But. And, like Don's, it's a very BIG but(t), it is biblically heavy - 4.8kg on the bathroom scales and I'm dead-set sure I wouldn't want that around my neck for a 3 hour gig! That said, the finish and fit are epic with a carved top and back, and the cavity covers are compound carved with an attention to detail that beggars belief; one of the Uncles absolute finest! We didn't lift the pups - Don can do that when he does a string change - but they work rather well! The miserable git wouldn't let me light the fires and gain and volume were kept sane; this seems a litttle polite, for lack of a better term; certainly it doesn't seem to have the 'cutting through' ability of our next victim, the APII PE 150 LP Junior double cut!!
I want this.
I so very nearly pinched it when his back was turned because it is a monster. Those P90s have a dimension that was hither-to unknown to me and I think the previous owner has made some hot-rod adjustments to it, but, oh, hell; what a beast!! Easy to play - action and fit pretty good out of the box, as it were - with sounds to rip yer nuts off! Fabulous sound and overdrives at the drop of a very small hat; rude as!! Lovely, lovely piece of kit and one that I prefer to the Supra simply because I feel could play the 150 all night which would not be the case with the Supra, superbly excellent though it is.
Your reviewer, giving the photographer - the owner - the evils...
Not really; a great time was had - thanks, bro!! - and I know at some stage, that 150 will reside with me!
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