Ummm i bought mine privatly from an amp collector belive it or not, he had a stack of amps all different makes, i herd of him through word of mouth and ask if i could play it, he agreed and told me he was sus a (at the time 16y/o) boy going into his room of rares, (wich were protectivly covered with blankets LOL) but yeah when he realised i was serious he said i wasn't goign to sell it but you younge, and you could benifit from it, so he sold it to me and said if i ever sell it i have to sell it back to him lol.
Canberra, what can i say apart from FIREWORKS AND PRO AUDIO! LOL Your lucky u can drive down the road and play on all different types, If i ever saw one in a guitar shop (i've never seen a mesa in a shop yet new or used) so yeah. I have spoken to the guys in pro audio over the phone order a few things up and i got an "ooooooowww yeah the old tremoverbs, geezs havn't seen one in a while," as u said peoples oppions are different, and personally i allwasy thought the 3 chennel tripple recto would leave this for dead untill i found this forum a few days ago, and 8-9 times out of 10 ive herd people praising them over the other mesa modles. Also if he basiclly tells you there no good buy a recto thats money in his pocket
if he says yeah there awsome you will go off in search for one, and once you do you will be hooked. The rectos are only 50w to i think to they have 2 speakers in teh combo??? ne way i paid around
$2700 for my combo
and i payed $1800 for my recto quadbox (as new, even smelled new)
I actully found the quad on ebay and noticed it was within 4hours driving distance so at that time i was on my L's and i said "mum dad" i need a loan oh and BTW can we drive 4hour up the road. LOL
Basiclly if your intrested in the tremoverb or even jsut curious play it foryourself befor you let a """SALES PERSON""" sway your oppinion.
As for importing from america i also realised i coudl import a tripple rect (thats what i wanted at the time), buy a plug in transformer and still save 1000's but....... i decided not to and went about it this way. The best advice i can give u is look on ebay, i mean i woudlnt' wanna send $2500+ to someone you dont' know or even played there amp so use ebay as a seaching directory and see if there loacation is in driving distance. As for tremo's ive never really seen one on ebay, so you'll just have to find some one, just make a post and see what response you get.
(sorry guys for the long reply)
Just offering my (non bias as i origionall wanted a tripple recto) oppion so that your not put of my a sales person.
Hope that helps.
Michael