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I like visiting KMC for the PX (country store) and other things, the Jaeger Museum kind of fell apart with the last eruption. I enjoy the windward side the most (Hilo side) as its very green with dense forest or jungle and there are miles of rocky coast line with no people.. On the east side where a few beaches creep out to the sea people will gather in larger numbers but nothing like a crowded California beach.

When the SR 15 first came out, there was talk that it was built by the same group that built the Laney Club 12 or that they were cloned and the original enclosure looked more Laney like . First gen SR 15 in the background below and the top located control panel. I had to completely disassemble my second SR 15 and found the speaker grill panel is made of partial board and the cabinet seems to be a light weight ply. Recently the Stage Right 15 watt combo is frequently "Out Of Stock", possibly due to filling Harley Benton orders. Or in the US they may be pushing the new SR 30 head and cabinet, which was selling for $599 but MonoPrice has dropped to $499 US. Stage Right by Monoprice 30-Watt 1x12 Guitar Stack Tube Amplifier with Celestion V30 & Reverb Not many demos on this model yet, just Darrell and Max, so far... Don't know if there is a Harley Benton version coming or not. The original $599 price seemed kind of high for an amp not being demo'd in stores. Note: these amps do not have switching transformers, the Stage Right's are US power only and the Harley Benton's are only for Euro type power.

I have lots of fun with mine and no regrets..

My old Friend at El Rancho trying to find a 6L6 for a Saturday night jam, or a rectifier tube for my TV so I could watch Walt on Sunday.

The Stage Right 15 has been on the market for a few years now with many more comparisons and demos than the rebranded Harley Benton. Home recordings are highly subjective to the environment and familiarity with the amp. These are very basic tube amps with minimal circuitry, mostly relying on the tubes to produce the sound. Many have commented that the Celestion Seventy 80 could be upgraded with a richer sounding speaker, but I have found that spending time with the EQ can get you there. After using the amp in many different environments it is quite adaptable and with my 60 years of playing its easy for me to get what I want out of it. So, in the US these are $250 delivered to your door but on the Euro side you may be able to go to Thomanns and try one..

Thanks to the Tone Shaping Control and EQ its not too difficult to produce the tube sound you want.. 🤯 I got my my first Stage Right 15 eight months ago and still running strong..

No one in the U S is making vacuum tubes, all Russian, Slovakian or Chinese... No one seem to know who McIntosh outsources their tubes to..

Daves mistake...

"Kids are different today" I hear ev'ry mother say Mother needs something today to calm her down And though she's not really ill There's a little yellow pill She goes running for the shelter of a mother's little helper And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day Doctor please, some more of these Outside the door, she took four more What a drag it is getting old "Life's just much too hard today" I hear ev'ry mother say The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore And if you take more of those, you will get an overdose No more running for the shelter of a mother's little helper They just helped you on your way, through your busy dying day

Sounds like you made a good choice, just wondering though how would the V-Type compare to the Creamback. The Greenbacks should be safe for my 15 watt Stage Right, if I need to upgrade..

In the 70's I acquired several pawn shop specials, that were P90 powered Jr's, Specials, early Epiphones, and even MelodyMakers that I installed HB's, which left me with a pile of old P90's. By the time 2000 rolled around I was burned out on Mud Buckers. I bought a couple of 99 Epiphone Junior DC's and found that the sound was intriguing and still having a small supply of older Gibson P90's I installed them, this started the end of my HB guitars. Playing with single pickup Juniors I rediscovered the the use of the tone and volume control as a viable option to multiple pickups. I still have one of my Epiphone Junior DC's with a 59 LP P90...

I noticed that the current spec for the DSL 40CR list a 12" Celestion V-Type speaker, not the "Seventy 80" that was previously being used.. Also the current Origin 20C list a 10" Celestion V-Type. My amps use Seventy 80's, which I kind of like them so far, but are most commonly replaced with Greenbacks..

Good for you, it would be nice to hear a comparison of those two. When my Stage Right 15 came in, I was ecstatic, my first new amp in a long time and a very very long time for tubes. I quickly got over my fear of buying an unknown amp off the internet. Finding I loved the sound and ease of adjustment for different volume levels, I almost bought 4 more. Its an Island thing. I did order another one, just like the other one. I didn't really need it, so now I rarely run one by itself and love the sound out of two of them..

This is an interesting thread, lots of good information, so I thought I would try and make it current again... Since the opening of the Gibson Qingdao China factory in 2005, Gibson has gradually increased the quality and control of the Epiphones being built. Several other Asian manufacturers were also increasing quality but gradually being squeezed out. As of 2020 Gibson has total production control of Epiphones and is only using very few other Asian facilities, if any. Also Gibson has thinned down the product line and has reintroduced the original Epiphone headstock on a few models. Note: I Have owned many Epiphones over the years, my first was a 63 Wilshire I bought new in 65, I have owned several low end 90's LP's built at the Cort factory in Indonesia where the individual components were OK but final assembly was really bad. A couple of typical problems with many of the 90's Epiphones is where all 6 of the tuner peg holes were off center on the face of the headstock and the Epiphone logo never seemed to be in the right place.. I currently own several Qingdao built Epiphones that are excellent...

I live on the east side of the Big Island in a redeveloped agricultural area cut out from the jungle. We have herds of wild pigs passing through and free range chickens descended from fighting cocks. The ocean is within sight but just a few miles away. "FBI" t-shirts are quite popular here, meaning From Big Island. I grew up mostly on the west coast in the OC and Foothills area, also lived in Oregon, Az, Utah and Colorado. My dad built freeways working in asphalt and concrete, my mom worked for Disney, I worked as a graphic artist for several different companies with my longest stint at Motorola.

They sound a little different but I like them both, with 12's.. Both have switchable power settings, so sounding good at low volume is possible but subjective. The Origin is more basic with no Reverb. The DSL has 2 Channels each with 2 Modes and the 20 with single Reverb control while the 40 has controls for each Channel.

Oh dear, I found one that has 90% of my Tele wish list, I could simply drop in some of my HB sized Mean 90's (P94 style) and it would be 100%...

To me sometimes they sound remarkably similar, the telling seems to be in the Tele twang and the LP gain... Maybe..

My first attempt at a Tele/Paul a slightly modified G&L Junior II, but the solid mahogany turned out to be a bit on the heavy side. Both of my Tele's are incredible to play and can produce a characteristically Tele sound..

My current custom Thinline. This one was rewired for using Slick 90's and a VariTone.