Fahey Amplifiers

[J M Fahey]

I'll probably send you one, will ask for address and other data when I do it.
I'm wondering about making an smps version, freight by the pound is murderous and a deal killer.
The regular post 9 Kg rate (what a 100W head weighs) is murderous U$155  :loco :duh :grr
Through EMS, the USPS "courier" it costs U$165  :grr
*Maybe* I can lower it to <3Kg, which means around U$80.
Not cheap but more reasonable.
Oh well.
Check http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/precios/encomiendas/internacionales and divide by 5.1 , the U$/$arg exchange rate.

[Roly]

"Note: requires +/-35V 5A plug pack. _{Not supplied.}"

[J M Fahey]

Yes, that's an option.
Or even include the diodes and filter caps, but require a generic 30+30VAC 150VA transformer, which can be bought from many suppliers.

Although the *real* solution is to do what the Chinese.
Ever wonder how they offer "free shipping" from Hong Kong or Shanghai?
Which by the way costs about the same as sending from here.
Remember they usually say "wait 1 to 2 weeks for shipping" for all "heavy" stuff (such as mine).

I *think* "somebody" in China gets products from a ton of EBay sellers, packs a container full and sends it to USA, in bulk, to be later redistributed through cheap USPS.

One 40' container can hold 12,384 shoeboxes

or about 5000 100W heads and costs about U$4000 to ship anywhere in the World, make it $1 per head.

That's why you find cheap Chinese stuff everywhere, but us mere mortals can't ship a guitar plug.  :grr

Also why Fender (and many others) prefer to send you a new amp, (such as a Frontman FM212) instead of sending a couple parts and paying a local Tech some U$65 to fix it.  :grr

[ghoshsubha444@gmail.com]

I'll probably send you one, will ask for address and other data when I do it.
I'm wondering about making an smps version, freight by the pound is murderous and a deal killer.
The regular post 9 Kg rate (what a 100W head weighs) is murderous U$155  :loco :duh :grr
Through EMS, the USPS "courier" it costs U$165  :grr
*Maybe* I can lower it to <3Kg, which means around U$80.
Not cheap but more reasonable.
Oh well.
Check http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/precios/encomiendas/internacionales and divide by 5.1 , the U$/$arg exchange rate.

Hi Fahey, I was trying to compare Argentine vs Indian Economy...

Here is a price list for Both Argentina and India...May be the prices are lower in local store

Goods                  Ars         Ars from Rupees(India)ruppee/10.65

Western digital 1 TB hard disk         599         469

Kingstone pendrive            90         59.40

Fender Frontman 25R            1461                 760.56

Squier Hot rail Guitar            4,317         2065

nokia asha 311 mobile            1499         563

Reference  http://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar

Food and Vegetables:
In India

Potato 2 ARS/Kg

Milk    2.4 ARS/ltr

chicken 17.5 ARS/kg

Cocacola  5.5 ARS/2 ltrs

Salary of School Teacher/Freshers Software Engineer:3000 ARS/mon

Indian President Salary :14084 ARS/mon + 2,06,57,277 ARS/Year for additional Expenses,So hey can buy 2560 bottles of Cocacola

What about yours..

[J M Fahey]

Thanks, very interesting, but please "translate" to U$, so we all can compare in an easier way

[ghoshsubha444@gmail.com]

Thanks, very interesting, but please "translate" to U$, so we all can compare in an easier way

Then I am posting Price is us$ in india  based on 1us$=55 INR

Western digital 1 TB hard disk               90.90 $

Kingstone pendrive  16gb                      10.96 $

Fender Frontman 25R                           147.27 $

Squier Hot rail Guitar                            381  $

nokia asha 311 mobile                          109

mobile calling charge                            0.54$/hour

3G 10mbps Broadband                         4$/GB

Plane fare (2000kms)                           100 $

Train fare (2000kms) First class             60 $

Staying in a 5 star Hotel                       100$/night

Electricity meter                                 0.1$/Kw

Petrol                                               1.36$/ltr

Diesel                                               0.95$/ltr

Resistor                                            1.1 $/50 dozen
5%-250mw

Capacitor                                         2.5$/50 dozen
20-25v small ceramic

solder                                              1.4 $/50 gms
Good Quality

Admission fee in University                   45.45$/year
including tuition(Govt. Sponsored)
for Engineering study

Admission fee in University                   1800$/year
including tuition(private)
for Engineering study





Food and Vegetables:
In India

Potato  0.36$/Kg

Milk    0.45$/ltr

chicken 3.27$/kg

Cocacola  1.1$/2 ltrs

Salary of School Teacher/Freshers Software Engineer/Bank Employee:545 $/mon



Indian President Salary :2727 $/mon + 4000000 $/Year for additional Expenses,So hey can buy 2560 bottles of Cocacola  with his monthly salary

We are really Football crazy..we were quite mad about maradona and now mad about messi...
But our country is very poor. Poverty is everywhere. But it is progressing very rapidly..

What about yours..     

[Roly]

The Australian dollar is very close to parity with US dollar at the moment (which is causing our export industries, particularly farmers, very considerable pain).

I won't go through the whole list, most of which are similar;

mobile calling charge - about $1/min (depending on plan)
3G 21mbps Broadband - $40 for 3Gb 40/3= $13/Gb
Plane and train fares, 5 star hotel, are about x10 (but India has a great train system)
Electricity ~32c/kWhr (and rising rapidly)
Petrol&Diesel  $1.40-$1.60/litre depending on grade and city/country
LPG ~60c/litre

Government withdrew subsidy of tertiary education some years ago.  Fees vary depending on the subject but are in the $1000's/pa, loaned but have to be paid back after graduation.  Terrible move.

Milk $1.00 to $2.50/litre (depending on quality)
Whole cooked chicken $7
Basic fruit and veg ~$2-$4/kg
(Chicken dish inc. chips+salad served in pub $20, Beer $5 small bottle
Cigarettes $20+/pkt highly taxed to discourage smoking)

Average Salary ~$1000-1500pw, $4k-$6kmth
Cheap house $300k, average $500+k
Prime Minister $470000pa = $39166mth

Most Aussies are sport mad.  I'm an exception.   :duh

[joecool85]

I'll probably send you one, will ask for address and other data when I do it.
I'm wondering about making an smps version, freight by the pound is murderous and a deal killer.
The regular post 9 Kg rate (what a 100W head weighs) is murderous U$155  :loco :duh :grr
Through EMS, the USPS "courier" it costs U$165  :grr
*Maybe* I can lower it to <3Kg, which means around U$80.
Not cheap but more reasonable.
Oh well.
Check http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/precios/encomiendas/internacionales and divide by 5.1 , the U$/$arg exchange rate.

For the record, I'll accept whatever you send, though I'd be more interested in a 10" or 12" combo unit than a head.  Tech 21's Trademark 30 amp only weighs 14lbs, ~6.5kg and that is loaded with the speaker ready to play.  If you could do that it shouldn't be too bad to ship. 

[JHow]

What a week for Argentina.  First the pope, now the second most famous man in Argentina is thinking about sending amps to the US!  Exciting times.

[joecool85]

What a week for Argentina.  First the pope, now the second most famous man in Argentina is thinking about sending amps to the US!  Exciting times.

Heck with Argentina, I'm stoked because I might be the one getting the amp!  Go US!

[J M Fahey]

I'll probably send you one, will ask for address and other data when I do it.
I'm wondering about making an smps version, freight by the pound is murderous and a deal killer.
The regular post 9 Kg rate (what a 100W head weighs) is murderous U$155  :loco :duh :grr
Through EMS, the USPS "courier" it costs U$165  :grr
*Maybe* I can lower it to <3Kg, which means around U$80.
Not cheap but more reasonable.
Oh well.
Check http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/precios/encomiendas/internacionales and divide by 5.1 , the U$/$arg exchange rate.

For the record, I'll accept whatever you send, though I'd be more interested in a 10" or 12" combo unit than a head.  Tech 21's Trademark 30 amp only weighs 14lbs, ~6.5kg and that is loaded with the speaker ready to play.  If you could do that it shouldn't be too bad to ship.

Let me work on some weight reduction and it may be possible.
JN

[joecool85]

I'll probably send you one, will ask for address and other data when I do it.
I'm wondering about making an smps version, freight by the pound is murderous and a deal killer.
The regular post 9 Kg rate (what a 100W head weighs) is murderous U$155  :loco :duh :grr
Through EMS, the USPS "courier" it costs U$165  :grr
*Maybe* I can lower it to <3Kg, which means around U$80.
Not cheap but more reasonable.
Oh well.
Check http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/precios/encomiendas/internacionales and divide by 5.1 , the U$/$arg exchange rate.

For the record, I'll accept whatever you send, though I'd be more interested in a 10" or 12" combo unit than a head.  Tech 21's Trademark 30 amp only weighs 14lbs, ~6.5kg and that is loaded with the speaker ready to play.  If you could do that it shouldn't be too bad to ship.

Let me work on some weight reduction and it may be possible.
JN

Cool.  Worse case, ship it to me sans-speaker and I will source a Legend to put in there.  Do your amps have a speaker out jack?  If so, can it drive the internal and an external speaker or does it cut the internal to drive the external cab?

[J M Fahey]

That's a step in the right direction.
I guess that the solution will be for me to get to pack the electronics, including an SMPS, into a light compact aluminum chassis.
You get your own cabinet and speaker.
Or something like that.
JMF

By the way, what happened to good old "Surface Shipping"?
Or Marine/Sea Shipping?
Nowadays it looks like everything is "Air or nothing"
Crazy.

FWIW a friend went from Argentina to Spain (or Genova, Italy, same price) as passenger in a Cargo Ship.
Why?
He wanted to carry guitars, amplifiers, and lots of other stuff with him.

Plane allowance: around 20Kg, depending on Airline.
Each extra Kg between $10 and $20.

Ship allowance: 1 cubic meter (a cube measuring over 3ft x 3ft x 3ft).
How much's thay in weight?
He carried around 250Kg of stuff , but would have paid the same if it were a Ton .

[joecool85]

That's a step in the right direction.
I guess that the solution will be for me to get to pack the electronics, including an SMPS, into a light compact aluminum chassis.
You get your own cabinet and speaker.
Or something like that.
JMF

By the way, what happened to good old "Surface Shipping"?
Or Marine/Sea Shipping?
Nowadays it looks like everything is "Air or nothing"
Crazy.

FWIW a friend went from Argentina to Spain (or Genova, Italy, same price) as passenger in a Cargo Ship.
Why?
He wanted to carry guitars, amplifiers, and lots of other stuff with him.

Plane allowance: around 20Kg, depending on Airline.
Each extra Kg between $10 and $20.

Ship allowance: 1 cubic meter (a cube measuring over 3ft x 3ft x 3ft).
How much's thay in weight?
He carried around 250Kg of stuff , but would have paid the same if it were a Ton .

Juan, if you're shipping it to me as your expense, I will take whatever you want to give me.  I have no problem paying shipping though for a "regular" Fahey amplifier, just sans speaker if it makes a big difference.  Honestly it'd be cool to get it complete, speaker and all.  If you could get me a price on the shipping maybe we can work something out.  Go ahead and PM me about it.

[J M Fahey]

OK, I'll check shipping options.