My herd of low powered amps.
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You don’t need big to be loud anymore. I have a QSC CP 8 that I swear punches up there with a 50 watt 212 tube amp. Weighs 20 pounds.
BackwaterJunction
Tele-Meister
I have a total weakness for small amplifiers. I especially have enjoyed swapping speakers into cheaper amplifiers to get more of a "grown up" tone!
The current stable:
Supro Delta King 8 (1 Watt, 12AX7, 12AU7 power tube, with 8" Alnico Jensen)
Bugera V5 (5 Watt, 12AX7, EL84, with 8" Jensen Ceramic)
Fender Champion 600 (5 Watt, 12AX7, 6V6GT, with 6" Jensen Ceramic)
Marshall Reverb 12 (solid state 12 Watt, with 10" WGS Green Beret)
In particular, the speaker swap on the Bugera has really brightened up quite a dark amplifier, and on the Marshall has taken the farty cheap low end into a properly usable sound.
The current stable:
Supro Delta King 8 (1 Watt, 12AX7, 12AU7 power tube, with 8" Alnico Jensen)
Bugera V5 (5 Watt, 12AX7, EL84, with 8" Jensen Ceramic)
Fender Champion 600 (5 Watt, 12AX7, 6V6GT, with 6" Jensen Ceramic)
Marshall Reverb 12 (solid state 12 Watt, with 10" WGS Green Beret)
In particular, the speaker swap on the Bugera has really brightened up quite a dark amplifier, and on the Marshall has taken the farty cheap low end into a properly usable sound.
ce24
Poster Extraordinaire
True, and my Pro junior cuts like a mofo. I was being a little facetious but when there’s 8 or more players with big amps… need some bottom to lead an open jam
I am bass player first and tend to leave those frequencies to the bass when playing guitar. Lots of the seasoned cats using 100watt solid state amps here…
Mine are fairly low-powered-18w and under:
-Octal Princeton clone
-Harvard knock off
-5E9 copy
-‘63 Deluxe (true love)
-Octal Princeton clone
-Harvard knock off
-5E9 copy
-‘63 Deluxe (true love)
Dr. Bill
Tele-Afflicted
My tech tells me that good 6V6 tubes are hard to find. Despite their high cost, I've had bad experiences with the Gold Lions, and the war in Europe has made the eastern European tubes harder to get. NOS tubes have skyrocketed in cost. The JJ tubes seem to be durable, but they really are more like a 6L6 or 7591. It's a problem. Unfortunately, solid state is making more and more sense. In fact, I recently picked up a late 1980s Roland JC-55 which, after my tech went through it, actually sounds remarkably good.
Willie Johnson
Friend of Leo's
Same; my PRRI has collected dust since I got my Excelsior. I had this notion that they were King $#!+ of the World, happened upon one for cheap...and decided I liked my non-reverb silverface Princeton that I've had for 30 years better.
Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
My first car was a 1964 Ford Falcon Futura…there’s a soft place in my heart (and head) for the Falcons.I love small amps, even when they're in a big cab with a big speaker.
Here's a 10-watt homebrew beast; 1x 12AX7 and 2x EL84s with diode rectification. Volume and tone controls. It's kinda sorta a Vox AC15 but...not really. I stuck it in a 1x12 cab with a vintage Vox-labeled Celestion G12M "greenback" speaker. It's a screaming little beast of an amp with plenty of wallop.
Continuing my penchant for connecting vehicles to amps, the badge is from a 1963 Ford Falcon.
Sorry for the detour…back to our regularly scheduled topic.
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Bucster752
Tele-Meister
I hear that! The Excelsior is a great amp.......snarly when pushed, warm and smooth backed down a bit. It's my #2 behind the ORI20C.
KyAnne
Friend of Leo's
My Brother-in-law and Sis drove a non-airconditioned Falcon from Boulder, Co to the MS-Delta in about 1964! 3 on the column and what............40-60 HP? I was 10 in '64 and thought it was the coolest
ride! "Today", that may be a 24 hour drive straight through. Thanks for the memories!
Teletubbie
Tele-Meister
Fairly standard set here...
Roland Microcube
Vox Pathfinder 15r
Marshall Origin 20c
All different, all sound good, probably all I would ever need.
But that doesn't stop me from lusting after other stuff.
Roland Microcube
Vox Pathfinder 15r
Marshall Origin 20c
All different, all sound good, probably all I would ever need.
But that doesn't stop me from lusting after other stuff.
ce24
Poster Extraordinaire
When I was a little kid, my dad's 'work car' (US gov lifer, in D.C.) was a 1963 Ford Falcon- the more round/curvy body style.
It was a shade of mint green that was almost white- but I think it was green.
fretknot
Tele-Meister
Roland Micro Cube GX, re-housed in a 1X10 Pine cabinet. 3W, lightweight, and versatile.
Super Champ X2, with Jensen P10R, NOS GE 6V6 power tubes, Sylvania 12AX7
Champion 40 w/ Eminence Legend 1275
Vibro Champ Reverb (Sold)
Super Champ X2, with Jensen P10R, NOS GE 6V6 power tubes, Sylvania 12AX7
Champion 40 w/ Eminence Legend 1275
Vibro Champ Reverb (Sold)
KyAnne
Friend of Leo's
My Vox AC4C1 is in LSU Purple
fretknot
Tele-Meister
That looks fantastic! I'd love to get my hands on one of those. My uncle (and Godfather) was an engineer for them. He lived in Chicago, then moved with the company to Racine, WI. If for no other reason, I'd love to have something he was a part of creating back then.
A functional amp would be awesome. Getting hard to find.
Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
That was probably the Ford color called “Sebring Green”…a very light grayish-green.
That was the original color of my Falcon—a previous owner painted it Fiesta Red.
Was 'Fiesta Red' an actual auto finish name, that was also used by Fender?
( as they actually used Dupont or similar auto finishes, right?)
Back to original topic,
I actually have one LESS cool, low powered amps, as of yesterday.
I just sold ( on CL) my Roland Cube 30X, as I have 3-4 good small amps to gig with and needed $$. ( January sucked for gigs and $$...)
So goodbye Cube 30X, very good little amp; but still have my awesome Micro Cube for apartment life! ( just amazing, IMO)
I actually have one LESS cool, low powered amps, as of yesterday.
I just sold ( on CL) my Roland Cube 30X, as I have 3-4 good small amps to gig with and needed $$. ( January sucked for gigs and $$...)
So goodbye Cube 30X, very good little amp; but still have my awesome Micro Cube for apartment life! ( just amazing, IMO)
