This one sold for $112.5
Pignose G40V SPECIFICATIONS:
Power Output: 40 watts RMS
Controls: Volume, master volume, presence, treble, middle, and bass
Speaker: 10"
Output Jacks: 4 ohm, and 8 ohm
Tubes: (3) 12AX7 and (2) 6L6
Cover: Brown pigskin tolex
Dimensions: 13-1/2" x 9-1/2" x 17
Weight: 24 lbs.
Pignose G40V schematic at blueguitar.org
Some mods from a guy selling his chassis on ebay australia
But what is the most remarkable is the price of this amp at the official website - you can buy it there for $319.95, if you know it initally (2004-5?) sold for $200 ...Modified the circuit somewhat to be more like a Fender 59 Bassman.
Added an (unbuffered) effects loop (more suited to line level effects that have +4db input/output level - most do these days)
Replaced the red LED with a nice bright blue one - looks more funky.
See the schematic (with modifications)
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630 ... 120505.gif
(plus an unbuffered effects loop - not in schematic)
Anyway, there are parts of a schematic and nicely illustrated modification on the page this is on:guitarnuts.com wrote: It is a 40W 6L6 tube amp with a master volume, full tone stack, and external speaker jacks for 8 and 4 ohm speakers. Currently, the Pignose G40V is available from online retailers for not much more than two-hundred dollars. (Unfortunately, since I originally wrote this the price has gone up substantially to around $320. At that price the amp is still a pretty good deal, but not the great deal it once was.)
By-the-way, I don't know if it's true but I've heard that Pignose is discontinuing this amp, and possibly the G60 as well. If so, it would be a real shame. As you will read below this amp is probably the best deal going for the budget conscious buyer right now, and with only minor tweaks it sounds extremely good. If Pignose discontinues this amp it will be kind of like the Peavey Classic 20 – another amp nobody realized was a gem until it wasn't available. Today, it's hard to get a used Classic 20 without paying more than they typically sold for when new!
Update 23 July, 2005 - well, it looks like instead of discontinuing the amp Pignose just raised the price significantly. That's a shame but it's still a good deal, I suppose, though not as good as it used to be!
http://www.guitarnuts.com/amps/g40v/index.php
With the price set above, two more G40Vs are bound to sell around $110 I wish I could find some in Europe... cheaper than tthree times the US price without even counting shipping
chime in if you pick one up!
Would be a good mods candidate too. I'm currently looking at the Harley Benton GA15....
