Incoming Conversion

Bell & Howell Filmosound amp. The EF37 in the corner, the tube coated in red lead, is the British equivalent to a 6J7; just a beautiful sounding preamp tube. My amp tech, Dave Robinson, in Georgetown, Ontario, does a fantastic job converting these. Luckily, this one runs on 110 volts.

 

I know what you mean. I go there to see my amp tech, but if I had to find anything else I'd have to use a GPS. It's kind of an out-of-the way town, but Dave Robinson builds some great amps. His brother owns Eastwood Guitars. (Airline, etc.) This will be my second Filmosound conversion. Most people configure these to sound like mini Marshals or high gain Vox amps, but Dave does mine like Fender tweeds. He spent a LOT of time developing the tonal shaping capacity with just a volume and single tone control. I know there's been a lot of talk about the original 'Bernie" amps, but he only converted a dozen or so, and Dave's sound much better, although I guess that's a matter of taste. I can't wait to start gigging again so I can crank these jobbies up.