Champ 600 Owners Club

[xjazzy]

I'm in:

[Talmir]

I am in :)

[fernando]

Originally Posted by xjazzy

I'm in:

beautiful picture!
Is that your Classic MIM 50s? Looks creamy and nice in sepia...!

[xjazzy]

Thanks.
Yes it's Classic 50's.

[Larry F]

I just got mine and love it. It holds its own against my other amps: Victoria, Trainwreck and Dumble clones, Cornell, and DRRI. With a little ZenDrive2, Maxon Delay, and Fender Tube Reverb and positioning the amp sideways, I have such a beautiful, natural, almost acoustic guitar kind of sound. I know its funny to use all these devices, but I find them useful for giving my sounds the kind of presence and space that I want. The other amps are more versatile, even using just the volume knob on my Tele, but once I have found the sweet spot for this li'l guy, he puts it out. It is a great rest from the intensity of those other amps. This is simpler and creates a lighter atmosphere in the room. The hum is not too noticeable to me.

If you are looking for a good bedroom amp, this is a good choice.

[studio1087]

Originally Posted by kungfumailman

I just got my Champ 600 custom head and cabinet done. I took the amp out of the original cabinet and took it to a friend of mine who has woodworking skills. I also brought two 1950's alnico speakers probably out of an organ or jukebox and said can you build me a matching piggyback head 210 cabinet? The best part is the tone! This Champ 600 sounds epic with the closed back cab and vintage low watt speakers.

Would you consider posting a YouTube video of you playing through this rig??

I would love to hear it. That's one of the coolest projects that I've seen in some time.

Very Cool.

John

[studio1087]

Fake vintage photo of my Due Sonic and Champ 600....

[Milone]

I have had mine for a year now and love it so much that I ma going to buy the tweed Gretsch version too. I have had zero issues with this amp and it is bone stock...I can never have too much tweed in my life so I'm gonna buy the Gretsch. :-)

[fenderecosse]

Hi - nosuch

To get rid of the hum try this kit on ebay. The instructions are great and easy to follow with really useful step by step photos on the CD. The difference is great. Next to no hum and if you do the 5E1 mod a great step up in tone too.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alnicomagnet-M...ht_10977wt_941

[desmo]

I have had one of these great little amps for a year or so. The only mod was replacing the stock valves with JJ's, kept the stock speaker and play with the back open. Difference in tone and presence with the new valves was like night and day.

Mine has never been noisy, maybe I'm lucky.

A fantastic amp for times when you can't play loud but still want to push the valves hard for a decent tone. All in all a great little box....love it!

[mijstrat72]

I'm the proud new owner of one of these lil gems. I just got it tonight from MF and am really happy with it.

My piney Esquire is a little sharp for it, even with a .033 vitamin Q (which is a jump up from the .012 I had in there) but my mij strat sounds very nice.

I'm not into the overdriven sound so muc, but the everything is still brand new. What I'm into is the clean warm tube tone at low volumes.

I believe playing/ practicing clean makes you a much better musician, and lately I've had access to a ton of effects...so playing clean is a nice change of pace.

[ibobunot]

Bought mine in 2007 I've replaced the original tubes with Tung-Sol reissues but other than that no mods...

[Tele-Champ]

I'm in. Just got mine yesterday at GC for $89 new (w/ coupon) ~ Love it!

[kungfumailman]

Dude, that is a killer deal! I play my champ through a 2-10 cabinet and it sounds awesome.

[Twangthang]

Originally Posted by Milone

I have had mine for a year now and love it so much that I ma going to buy the tweed Gretsch version too. I have had zero issues with this amp and it is bone stock...I can never have too much tweed in my life so I'm gonna buy the Gretsch. :-)

I have the Gretsch version and love it!... Put in a Weber speaker, JJ tubes, changed the grill cloth and tinted the tweed. I've owned it for about a year and it has served me well.

[fernando]

the tinted tweed looks great.

What did you used?
I'd like to do the same to a tweed case but no idea what to look for locally.

[Twangthang]

Originally Posted by fernando

the tinted tweed looks great.

What did you used?
I'd like to do the same to a tweed case but no idea what to look for locally.

I used an amber shellac. The brand I used was Zinsser. I would caution to use it sparingly as it got pretty dark in only a couple of coats.

[fernando]

Great, thank you!

[Tele-Champ]

Originally Posted by kungfumailman

Dude, that is a killer deal! I play my champ through a 2-10 cabinet and it sounds awesome.

Yeah, I thought so, too!

I may hook this one up to a cab before long - I'd like to hear this thing thru a 2X10 cab alright!..

[Lur Kingman]

Merry Xmas for me! Proud new Champ 600 Papa here!

Can't wait to hear how it sounds with my different axes!

Lur

[dijos]

finally I can join. merry xmas to me

[dleuen]

I'm in too. I got one for Christmas while they were $99 at GC. Now to decide if I want to make any mods to it.

[kingfish]

Count me in, gang! Got me one for Christmas...

I haven't taken it out of the box yet, but it is destined to be driven to the very gates!

(I'm still dialing in a used Blues Jr I bought on Craigslist for $275 - 1998 black tolex - so it's next in line for exploration)

I figure this amp and a Crybaby will end up doing 'bedroom duty' away from the rest of my gear and music room.

Sort of a 'situation' amp, if that makes any sense.

[Jackson]

Originally Posted by Tele-Champ

Yeah, I thought so, too!

I may hook this one up to a cab before long - I'd like to hear this thing thru a 2X10 cab alright!..

I like to plug 'er into a 4x12 every once in awhile, crazy sound from that lil' box.

[Tele-Champ]

Originally Posted by Jackson

I like to plug 'er into a 4x12 every once in awhile, crazy sound from that lil' box.

Yep, I would LOVE to hear this little thing plugged into a cab, which I haven't done yet. I've had mine about a week or so and I'm still lovin' it stock..


Good match-up:

[Twang King]

[axenut]

I'm in as well, Christmas present from the inlaws. It's pairing well with my recently acquired vintage 1970 Harmony H64 hollowbody, found a sweet spot tonight, plugged into the High input, volume around 8, Ibanez TS-7 tubescreamer in front, don't recall the settings on the pedal, and it's downstairs...

axenut

[Tele-Champ]

Originally Posted by axenut

I'm in as well, Christmas present from the inlaws. It's pairing well with my recently acquired vintage 1970 Harmony H64 hollowbody, found a sweet spot tonight, plugged into the High input, volume around 8, Ibanez TS-7 tubescreamer in front, don't recall the settings on the pedal, and it's downstairs...

axenut

Congrats! Best bang for buck I've had in a long time!

[argent]

I'm in. I wasn't in the market but a $99 price tag was too hard to pass up. I want to mod it, but I might divert all those man-hours into actual playing. Lord knows I need it!

[GaryJ]

I've had one for a few weeks now. I think it's been a good thing. The lack of controls on the amp has made me really experiment with changing the sound by using the guitar instead.

[fernando]

thanks for the demo. What's the guitar and pickups?

Originally Posted by Twang King

[bowman]

Me too! I bought myself one for Christmas and I'm really liking it so far. No mods planned as of yet - I've got plenty of amps so I'll probably leave this one as is. Put the volume right on 12 and keep it there, use the guitar volume to control things - sounds great!

[Crawfish]

I've had mine for a while.

Documented my conversion here:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/amp-centr...onversion.html

Wish I'd known I coulda gotten a new one for $99 at GC - I might have bought a few more.

-Kevin

[BooneDog]

I'm using my Champion 600 for bedroom/living room low volume practice, works great for what I'm doing with it.. But I made a new baffle board and swapped the speaker around to the front with real grill cloth.

[FenderNic321]

Hi All,
I'll be in the club on friday...my Champion 600 will be here tomorrow and my Jensen Mod6-15 will be here today. Before I decide on any mods, I'm going to run the 600 through a test period. But I figured I'd have the speaker on hand just in case. Really looking forward to this little jewel.

Thanks to all your input.

later

[fernando]

Changing the grill cloth (or better, blanket :) to something more transparent is very advisable when you install the new speaker.

[FenderNic321]

Good idea.....probably one of those things to do when the speaker is out. I'm going to give the stock setup a try before I start on the mods.

I'll get pics too.