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[PhiloB]

I bought my first guitar/amp used for $75.  The guitar was a Harmony Strat copy and a Gorilla GG-20.  2 months later my 'good' friend came back and said the amp wasn't his to sell and needed it back.  So, I sold it back to him.  In the early days I never could find an amp that I liked as much.  So, 23 years later I finally have another Gorilla - $15.  This one has built in chorus that actually sounds pretty dang good.  BTW,  I may have romanticized the memory of the sound I got those first few months but in reality, this amp can really sound pretty good.  Crank the volume all the way, add a little 'Tube Stack' and you get some wicked crunch/distortion.  Poor little 6.5" speaker.  I'm loving it!

[madbean]

My first amp was also a Gorilla with chorus ('88 I think?). Great find!

[PhiloB]

Spent some time before work with it.  If you turn on the chorus and turn the depth all the way down it gets a much better sound.  Thicker but not all muddier.  Gonna have search for a schematic and see what's going on in the chorus.

[PhiloB]

Got mine in '90 BTW.  Guess that makes us Gorilla Bros!

[madbean]

Same thing with the chorus on the ADA MP1. Turn it on but keep the depth to zero....fattens up the sound. I kinda miss my MP1 too. Ahh, the 90's.

[pickdropper]

Same thing with the chorus on the ADA MP1. Turn it on but keep the depth to zero....fattens up the sound. I kinda miss my MP1 too. Ahh, the 90's.

If you ever decide to relive that era, I've got a pair of ADA vertical 2x12 cabs for you.  Stereo FTW.  :-)

[AllenM]

Had a MP1 that I sent to Voodoo Amp for mods.. finally sold it a few years back.. still have an ADA Ampulator. Also sitting on a Carvin Quad X preamp (all tbe) and an original SansAmp rackmount.. maybe time to list some stuff on eBay

AllenM

[atreidesheir]

I miss my mp-1, but it was fragile.  Needed a technician's attentions every 40-50 hours of playing time.
A Gorilla was my guitar teaching amp for several years.  It was my companion for thousands of hours of scales and Beatles chords.   We just grew apart...

[madbean]

Same thing with the chorus on the ADA MP1. Turn it on but keep the depth to zero....fattens up the sound. I kinda miss my MP1 too. Ahh, the 90's.

If you ever decide to relive that era, I've got a pair of ADA vertical 2x12 cabs for you.  Stereo FTW.  :-)

OMG the memories. Not, I ran mine through Bandit 112. So there!

Speaking of the Bandit 112,....(sorry I am hijacking)

[jkokura]

I used to run my Bandit as an amplifier for my Discman sometimes...

Jacob

[GermanCdn]

I used my Bandit to DJ Christmas parties.  Might sound like a slam, but it actually goes to credit how clean the clean channel actually was on that thing.  Oh, how I miss it.  No, wait, I don't.  Tubes > Transtubes any day.

[jkokura]

I don't really miss the amp, I miss the times I had playing through it. Ah, the good old days...

Jacob

[GermanCdn]

I don't really miss the amp, I miss the times I had playing through it. Ah, the good old days...

Jacob

+1  Back in the days when I didn't have car payments, mortgage payments, or a job, and all I wanted to do was rock and, well, things that come with writing songs for girls.  Well, the second half of that equation still stands true....

[gordo]

I just miss my hair...

[neve1272]

I just miss my hair...

yeah i really lol when i read that