Found the perfect tele blues player set up.

Ok i know everyone has there own sound once you master a tele , unlike a strat ,a tele doesn't really lend itself to a particular sound it all in the hands of the player .
But finding that smokey blues sound is pretty hard to get without spending at least a grand for a vintage 49 champ 600. Well bought a couple brand new 600's for as little as 90 bucks on ebay , turned it on everyday for a least five hours and just burn. Did this everyday for a week . The sound already was day and night from new, then i grabbed an old ibanez sound tank digital delay once again on ebay . Took time screwing with the dials for me i found the d-level at one o'clock, the repeat at 9 o'clock and the D-time at slightly before 11 o'clock. Once i found it I elmers glued the knobs so that they couldn't move out of place . My main tele is a 58' 2008 custom shop heavy relic , but any tele will sound great. But this is paired only to the new 600 the delay pedal will sound completely different through another amp . This is a great set up for the grab and run blues player either miked or in a small coffee house, all for under 200 bucks.

What's a 600?

Sorry to be so ignorant, but I'm also a tele blues player. Who are you modelling your sound after?

What's a 600?

Sorry to be so ignorant, but I'm also a tele blues player. Who are you modelling your sound after?

Champ 600

What's a 600?



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600 Champ????

I'm still looking forward to the happy day I master my Tele. I don't think I'll make it to 100 though :cry:

Won't that be blues coming from a transistor radio?

just picked up a Champ 600 myself,excellent little amp.

Gotcha. Nice little amp. Emphasis on the "nice" and "little".

Won't that be blues coming from a transistor radio?

Played through one of those once and that's exactly what I thought. Couldn't imagine trying to gig with one of those, other than backing an acoustic player.


And who says a strat doesn't sound different in different players hands?

With all due respect to yourself --- it's only the perfect set-up for your situation and wouldn't work on a live band club-gig even if miked...not enough guts or bottom end.

Is there any hard-and-fast rule about which silverface amps retained the blackface circuit, or does it change from model to model?
Aren't there, for instance, early silver Deluxes with the same circuit as the black ones?
Thanks.

...Well bought a couple brand new 600's for as little as 90 bucks on ebay , turned it on everyday for a least five hours and just burn. Did this everyday for a week.

I keep telling people not to mod, just play it. I got a Champ 600 about a year ago and haven't modded anything on it, and I share the same experience as you. Just burned up the hours on it and it is a very different amp. About a month in I noticed a big difference in the feel of the speaker, and now that the tubes or caps or something has got a lot of time in, not only is there more headroom, it is quite a bit brighter without losing any of the warmth. A really good amp.

I do find mine noisy, so I'm going to do some mods to stop the buzz. Mind you, it's taken me about 4 years and I haven't got round to it yet. One of these days.....