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  1. I bought a brand new Gibson Classic Gold amp (85 watt, single 12") back around 1989 or 1990. I only had it for about a month. I did not like it for what I did at the time, because I had always owned Fender, Gibson, Musicman and Mesa tube amps prior to that. I thought the amps looked super cool (great Gibson styling) and I wanted to try the new hybrid approach. As you might know, both Musicman and Peavey had made hybrid amps that used tube-powered amplifiers and solid state pre-amplifiers. That was a pretty successful combination. The concept here (and Gibson was not the only one doing this) was just the opposite: tubes for the pre-amp and power from transistors. It's a good concept, since it seems that tone comes from the pre-amp and power from the amp, but......it does not work exactly that way. As beautiful as the amp was, I sold it to a friend (who played in a country band and used a lot of pedals) and he liked it. However, I wouldn't mind having one now, because I actually could put it to use now.
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