What Classic Amp needs to make a comeback?

[drew_half_empty]

Re: What Classic Amp needs to make a comeback?

Blonde and brownface Fender amps, pick your model. I'll take a piggyback bassman.

big +1 here

try a blonde/brown bassman/bandmaster through some modern speakers, you'll be suprised as hell.

my friend just built a jtm45/bandmaster/something else all in one, and the bandmaster kills them all. It even sounds better than his plexi RI, even with the new output transformer!

 

[Scott_F]

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lots of great stuff here... Toad, you might be right

 

[Stratman]

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Acoustic 370

 

[Scott_F]

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6v6 plexi is do-able. wheels are spinning

 

[Scott_F]

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Edana 22?

 

[CapoFirstFret]

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Ampeg Reverborocket maybe with more wattage

These are great amps! The guitar shop here in town has a Reverborocket 2 for sale...and I've been wanting to snag it but now that i"m getting this amp from Scott, I have no need for another amp. It's a very cool amp though that is just sitting there waiting for someone to snag it at the low low price of $499.99

Hiwatt Bulldog 50 1x12" combo...amazing amp w/6CA7 tubes...
white tolex 1x12" Vibrolux...
3x10" brown Bandmaster...

I'm actually having a 3x10" bandmaster clone built by Scott. Aislinn Gotta love it!

Edana 22?

That sounds like a freakin killer amp Scott! *starts the chant* "BUILD IT! BUILD IT!"

 

[Rich_S]

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6v6 plexi is do-able. wheels are spinning

Edana 22?

Or Edana Deluxe, but it might be confusing that the 'deluxe' model is less powerful the base Edana.

 

[Scott_F]

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how about a single ended plexi?

single 6v6 6 watts

single el34 or 6l6 or kt66 for 10 watts or so?

 

[Rich_S]

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how about a single ended plexi?

single 6v6 6 watts

single el34 or 6l6 or kt66 for 10 watts or so?

Sounds like a P1-EX to me. Single-ended amps are great for home, but gigging?

Did you see the review of the Fargen Mini-Plex in the latest GP? That's a single-ended Plexi, but with 2 EL34's in parallel to get giggable power. The OT's for single-ended amps are expensive, though. That's what I like about the 6V6 Plexi - plenty of power with a wide array of readily-available, cheap iron - any Deluxe reverb transformer set will work.

(Yes, I know I'm over looking the whole tonal-superiority-of-Class-A thing. It possible for AB amps to sound great, too, and they're more practical in terms of efficiency, cost, and parts sourcing.)

 

[twoheadedboy]

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Hiwatt DR style amps, older style orange amps, and yes, silvertones.

 

[JeffB]

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Trace at Voodoo has made some of his V-plex's with 6v6s...I had inquired about a low wattage "plexi" earlier in the year.

As for classic amps I'd like to see make a comeback? Marshall Major?

hmm..I'd just like a friggin JMP 50 watt NMV or MV Marshall thats built as well as the old ones that doesn't cost a damn fortune.......not a plexi....not a late model 800....not the DSL/TSL stuff.

Anyone remember Paul Reed Smith's amp? ..maybe that should make a comeback

Or maybe the big 30 watt Gorilla like I had?

 

[flank]

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i think if you did an old Hiwatt DR103 in a 2x12 combo would be great

 

[Lake Placid Blues]

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Here's my idea on a 6V6 plexi, based on what I have seen people do with a 5F6 circut and 6V6's. What is sometimes done, is the rectifier tube is changed to a 5Y3 to reduce plate voltage and then 6V6's are installed and biased. You could build a JTM45/Tweed type head, with a built in alternate 6V6 bias circut and switchable rectifier tubes. Small box head of course.

 

[ES350]

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...just finished a 3x10" Bandmaster with a BF Rodgers cab...beefed up the SF chassis with a 60's Bassman OT, a little less NFB, and some tone stack tweaks. A trio of old Jensen C10Q's...should be a nice gig amp, a little lighter and smaller than a Super Reverb but pretty close in volume. That 4 ohm OT into 2.7 ohm mismatch seems to make all the difference...

 

[Scott_F]

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I am already putting in a bias range resistor switch to handle either kt66 or el34... sacrifice the el34 in favor of 6v6...

output impedance halves or doubles?

 

[Scott_F]

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That 4 ohm OT into 2.7 ohm mismatch seems to make all the difference...

cool amp. 4 ohms is the way to go imho.

 

[theodie]

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Its not a classic yet becasue its not that old and alot of people think a 900's a 900 (which they are not equal at all). The 1990-1992 Marshall 2100 and 2500 MKIII's!!!!

I am a bit biased though! LOL!!!

 

[Gr8Scott]

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Hey Scott, you can experiment on mine for the 6V6 if you like. For another idea, why not go with a 3-way switch instead of a 2-way and get all three tube options?

Another suggestion would be to mount a real bias pot and not a trim pot through the chassis so it is available to be tweaked when one is swapping the tubes and not requiring one to take the entire chassis out of the head case to adjust the bias. I don't know if that's something you do already or not, but it would be nice for an amp that allows one to change the tubes easily in the first place. This way, you can swap tubes and then stick a bias probe in there and twist the pot to where it needs to be and then close the back of the case up after you remove the probe and replace the tube back in the socket.

 

[Scott_F]

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iam starting to put test points btw.

a 250k pot would make minute adjustments difficult. plus it'd e easy to hit it by accident.

and you still need to drop the voltage...

 

[Gr8Scott]

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iam starting to put test points btw.

a 250k pot would make minute adjustments difficult. plus it'd e easy to hit it by accident.

and you still need to drop the voltage...

Is 250K the smallest value you can use in a regular pot or does this have something to do with the 6V6 option we were talking bout? It wouldn't be easy to hit on accident if you don't put a knob on it. The only reason I know to have the back of the amp head open is to change the tubes. If you're changing tubes, might as well check and adjust the bias too.