MusicMan 112 RD 50 amp

[albertgen]

Is it hard to convert a musician from 220 to 110? Thankyou, Al

 

[oatsoda]

I don’t know, but those amps were the **** back in the day! Lead guitarist in my highschool band played one, then added the matching 112 cab under it, and dango, big beautiful noise.

 

[corliss1]

The easiest and cheapest way would be to get an external transformer. You'd have to examine your particular amp to see if it already has a transformer that supports both voltages, but most likely do not.

 

[schmee]

A conversion transformer probably easiest. But, someone should investigate, it's possible your power tranny is 120V also, maybe not wired to it, ot a changeover inside. Not sure.

 

[albertgen]

A few years back I bought a Fulltone Tube Tape Echo from Finland. I wanted it because the chassis was beautiful polished chrome with a lid unlike the earlier models. It also had 220V. I took it to a veteran friend of mine who was a electronics tech. He just rewired the transformer and maybe added a new plug cord! That was it! I am hoping it can be done with the amp as well, but I don't know. I may have to buy a new Mercury transformer. Thankyou all, Albert

 

[Patshep]

I’m not sure, but I used to have the 110 version and would use a 12” cabinet along with the 10 and the mix worked well

 

[TheCheapGuitarist]

I had the 110 version a long time ago, and contrary to how many feel about the preamp overdrive, I actually liked it.

 

[fender4life]

If u can find a schematic it should show whether the power tranny is capable by showing a 220v tap.

 

[rdjones]

Is it hard to convert a musician from 220 to 110? Thankyou, Al

You will need to change the power transformer.
The RD50 models use one transformer for the 220V and 250V regions and a different transformer for the 100V and 125 V regions.

It might be easier to utilize a 1:2 step-up autoformer, depending on the specific voltages of your power grid and the requirements of the amp.