cleverjewishpun, Yea, perhaps I’ll consider an actual tube amp. It’s just my band in high school had a bad experience with a Marshall tube and since then I’ve stayed away from them.
So about the songbooks, I know he loves both of those complete albums, but I’m just not sure if his playing ability is up to par with them. He likes newer Metal, (Children of Bodom, Lamb of God, etc.) but at the same time, I want to get him something he’ll be able to play.
Do you think you can build a rack mount for the Ampeg? I’ve done that with my drum module by super gluing two blocks of wood to the bottom of the module and nailing a rack mount to the wood. It’s very stable. But I’m sure the Ampeg weighs a lot more than my module. That sucks about your pedal board. If you use it a lot, it’s probably worth it to fix, no?