EdwardMarlowe Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Query for anyone who has ordered an amp from Thomann to the UK. Do they ship the HB amps with a UK plug, or do you need to pick up a new lead / converter? Quote
Matt P Posted January 24 Posted January 24 legally they have to supply mains powered items with a uk plug of some type, I've had some items delivered with an adapter ready fitted (mostly fixed lead items) and others they have included a separate uk power lead (this comes up on the invoice as a separate item with a price of 0.00. I'm not sure what they do with items that use a separate power adapter as i've only ordered 240v stuff so far. what are you thinking of ordering? Matt 1 Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 5 hours ago, Matt P said: legally they have to supply mains powered items with a uk plug of some type, I've had some items delivered with an adapter ready fitted (mostly fixed lead items) and others they have included a separate uk power lead (this comes up on the invoice as a separate item with a price of 0.00. I'm not sure what they do with items that use a separate power adapter as i've only ordered 240v stuff so far. what are you thinking of ordering? Matt It's a ways off yet and I need to clear out some stuff first, but I'm looking at the Tube 5. Torn between the Champalike combo version, and the head... I *do* have a spare Vox 2x12 I was toying with the idea of using with the head, then I thought I'll probably sell that became the cream 1x10" that they brought out looks so much nicer with it (I doubt at home volume levels the extra size and doubling of the speaker would be a huge benefit). Also toyed with the notion of trying to find out whether I could also, as an option, run the head though some sort of speaker emulation box instead of the speaker and use headphones occasionally. (I think the 15 has a headphone socket, but it's getting into a lot more capability I'll never use, and the simplicity of the 5 really appeals more.) Course, the attraction of the separate head and speaker also means I could 'trade up/ speakers at a later stage, OR if I ever did decide I had a use for the 15, use it with the 1x10 as well.... Trying to avoid buying a whole pile of amp stuff, of course, and not overdoing it as the whole object it to clear out a stack of unused stuff (Vox AD120VT & the VC12 footboard, matching 2x12, and an early 70s Silverface Bassman 100, as well as a few guitars. I'm halfway hoping I can shift all the stuff that has to go for enough to buy myself a Player II Strat, or maybe a 5xxx series Gretsch used as well). 5 hours ago, Crusoe said: When I got one, it came with an adapter. Thanks, that would work for me. I've got a whole bunch of EU adaptors lying around as I do a few runs in and out of Paris for work every year, but I seem still to keep having to rebuy the damn things every September, no idea what I keep doing with them... 1 Quote
EdwardMarlowe Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 On 24/01/2025 at 08:52, Matt P said: legally they have to supply mains powered items with a uk plug of some type, I've had some items delivered with an adapter ready fitted (mostly fixed lead items) and others they have included a separate uk power lead (this comes up on the invoice as a separate item with a price of 0.00. I'm not sure what they do with items that use a separate power adapter as i've only ordered 240v stuff so far. what are you thinking of ordering? Matt This just in.... the head plus 1x12" is gonig to win. It'll probably be the Summer before I'm ready to order (this is set as a reward for myself when I get our spare room cleared out and turned into a proper home office, which will also then be where I'll have my guitars kept; also need to sell a few bits to fun this and other new stuff), but I fell in with an ebay deal on one of those Mooer Baby Bomb 30w pedal preamps, which would combine nicely with the Joyo American Sound as a preamp - the idea being if I want a louder sound or ever play out of the house again, I can take the pedals and a speaker box rather than cart a heftier amp about. (Also allows for the 15watt head at home with the same speaker if ever I move to a house where that's an option). 1 Quote
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