vitor gracie
Well-known member
Ok, here is the scoop. I am a huge proponent of the Trem O Verb tones. I owned one from '96 (new from the store) and traded it 2 years ago for a Roadster Head. I believed that the Roadster was the only amp worthy of replacing it. So, recently, while planning a visit to Milwaukee for a quick vacation before touring, I looked on Craigslist to see if anyone had a TOV up for sale. I do this sometimes as we all do just to see what Mesa amps are going for, etc. Strangely, someone listed a TOV combo similar to mine for a great price only 15 minutes or so from where I would be staying in Milwaukee.
After a couple of emails back and forth, it turns out that the gentleman purchased his amp from a store that I visited the last time I was Milwaukee (in May of this year) for a large concert. I actually saw my old TOV there and plugged into it while in town for that show. It still sounded like a million bucks. I wanted to buy it back and thought it was a strange coincidence that it turned up in a store that I was in months after I moved from Milwaukee. I left it alone didn't buy it then and ended up with a Lonestar. Fast forward to this week:
I asked the guy on Craigslist where he bought it and sure enough he got it from that same store! I got all fired up and asked for better pictures of it. I asked about specific dings and replaced parts and he confirmed to me that it had those abnormalities. Upon arriving in Milwaukee I met with him and to my surprise there sat my old beat up and abused Trem O Verb. I plugged into it and was taken back to all those years in the mid 90s of doing Incubus, Deftones, Jeff Buckley Grungy stuff and handed him the cash for it.
He was an older fellow and was a Mesa Boogie collector. He said he has owned 3 Trem O Verbs and that this amp for sure was the best sounding and oldest one he has had. I also heard the same thing form the man who sold it to him when I was in that store he got it from in May.
Its beat up like crazy and thats all from me lugging it all over the country. I have used the amp for every style of music that I know how to play. I have owned PRS guitars, strats, a great G&L, metal guitars and a 7-string and I can't make this amp sound bad. I have used it for Death Metal, Rock, hip hop shows, funk, R&B, Funk, and now will be using it for a Sony artist that is putting out a country record.
This amp really is the best! If any of you are ever needing to be nudged into buying a Trem O Verb, I bought mine back after 2 or 3 owners for $800 cash because of it's condition. The usual price for these is about $1000-$1200. I'm a happy dude right about now.
It's not damage, it's CHARACTER! :lol:
After a couple of emails back and forth, it turns out that the gentleman purchased his amp from a store that I visited the last time I was Milwaukee (in May of this year) for a large concert. I actually saw my old TOV there and plugged into it while in town for that show. It still sounded like a million bucks. I wanted to buy it back and thought it was a strange coincidence that it turned up in a store that I was in months after I moved from Milwaukee. I left it alone didn't buy it then and ended up with a Lonestar. Fast forward to this week:
I asked the guy on Craigslist where he bought it and sure enough he got it from that same store! I got all fired up and asked for better pictures of it. I asked about specific dings and replaced parts and he confirmed to me that it had those abnormalities. Upon arriving in Milwaukee I met with him and to my surprise there sat my old beat up and abused Trem O Verb. I plugged into it and was taken back to all those years in the mid 90s of doing Incubus, Deftones, Jeff Buckley Grungy stuff and handed him the cash for it.
He was an older fellow and was a Mesa Boogie collector. He said he has owned 3 Trem O Verbs and that this amp for sure was the best sounding and oldest one he has had. I also heard the same thing form the man who sold it to him when I was in that store he got it from in May.
Its beat up like crazy and thats all from me lugging it all over the country. I have used the amp for every style of music that I know how to play. I have owned PRS guitars, strats, a great G&L, metal guitars and a 7-string and I can't make this amp sound bad. I have used it for Death Metal, Rock, hip hop shows, funk, R&B, Funk, and now will be using it for a Sony artist that is putting out a country record.
This amp really is the best! If any of you are ever needing to be nudged into buying a Trem O Verb, I bought mine back after 2 or 3 owners for $800 cash because of it's condition. The usual price for these is about $1000-$1200. I'm a happy dude right about now.
It's not damage, it's CHARACTER! :lol:
