Phoenix Gold Phorum

I would first like to thank Frank for being a true stand up guy.
He could have taken the offers for more money... But didn't
He gave me the chance because I called and emailed him the very first day it was posted on Craigs list.
Sorry Olly,
It is not perfect there are nicks and scratches in the nickle.
It has a bad channel... I can see 2 burnt resistors.
And the plexi do not like the trip.. More cracks.
But, I am pretty sure it is worth fixing

It is with my other little secret
Not a power seller... More like a power buyer.
It does seem to be a factory mod. I removed the plate to get a look inside.
Best I can figure it had a customized plate that was removed by the original owner. and replaced with a plastic pos when sold.
I am going to have Jason make me a custom engraved plate for it.
I originaly thought of getting rid of the tri-led's.
But if the were only 2 amps cutomized like this that makes it damn rare.

It is REALLY hard to get a good pic of these.
I will get more when I can get better lighting.

Enjoy a little porn

SO it was UUU

DUHN DUH DUHN DUH DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHH

hahahah congrats tho

Now which nuclear reactor are you going to buy to fuel these beast!!

Have fun with your new toys!

at least it went to a forum member

congrats on the purchase!

Congrats to you mate as you managed to bag it... my beef is purely with Frank after agreeing a deal and then pulling out of it after everything has been shaken on, why he would have shaken if there was someone before me in the queue i dont know.

I hope you get it all up to scratch, either way its a great piece.

A few years back when I almost bought Frank's amp for a friend, there was not enough interest in this amp because of the red toroids; just like now there was a lot of doubt if it really wasn't a TA.
Look at those toroids now in the first pic, compared with the TA's toroids next to it ;I rest my case.
Nobody bought it back then; look what happened just now when Frank put it up for sale again...
The sale went a bit chaotic IMO, it seems that everytime there is such a piece for sale, we members show our love [and desire] for those pieces by franticly posting, calling, etc.
We all want such a piece!
Sadly sometimes such a amp has to leave as well [lucky for others eh?]
There is a new owner for the MS1K " fosgate edition" that I have here, and he will show himself with it after I made some changes to it, I guess...
For my other[ BNIB] MS1K TA there will be a owner one day as well; these legendary amps will be desired collector-items in the future as well as today.
Congrats with your TWO MS1K's !

ChaosWarlord26 wrote:Now which nuclear reactor are you going to buy to fuel these beast!!

LOL I didn't think of that till you posted.
I imagine 4.5Kw will draw some juice

I am so stoked, I can hardly beleive it.
Joerg this is why even though I wanted to...
I just could not swing the SOFAS right now.

So, What is the best for cleaning nickle?

Thanks guys !

I would use a high quality metal polish with a good dremel buffing system....The fins are going to be a bitch!

with all that red and blue showing in that orig 1K, that would really neat if it was franked. I have always been fond of red & blue as a color scheme... red torrids, blue caps, blue clamp down bars, etc... that sounds to me like it should be in a franked sink... that would just set it off real nice... nicer than nickel, not sure i would go that far.. but certainly would follow suit quite nicely

If I was building a complete custom... Hell yeah I would do a franked.
But, I think it would be a sin to go over the nickle

Matt or anyone , Do you have any idea how they did the gold on the original plexi ?
This one got trashed in shipping.

i have gone to, and discussed that very same thing with about 3 different designers/printers, etc... and I have gotten answers from hot stamping, to gold leaf... not sure which is correct... but when i got mine and mine was trashed I spent months trying to figure it out. but nothing... i think it is hot stamping w/ foil. But if you ever find out let me know. pls