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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message news On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:48:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message om... Eisboch wrote: "hk" wrote in message ... ...is unlikely to have this toy: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/ Only $1589. This geek much prefers this .... (new release of classic, 1965 twin .... 100% vacuum tube powered) http://www.eisboch.com/65twin.jpg Eisboch I wondered why this was not done earlier. Do the "experts" say this sounds the same as the 1965 version? I don't know. Sounds the same to me, but I am no expert. It has not been redesigned. Just re-released as a product. Same cabinet design, same Jensen "special" speakers, same tube pre-amps, reverb drivers and 6L6 output stage. I have another, solid state Fender "Stage 1000" that has digital signal processing, etc. Sounds ok, but not like the tube twin. There isn't a chip, processor or digital circuit in it. Eisboch Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement? Hold on .... I'll check .... Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. It has 10 tubes total .... (4) 6L6's, (2) 12AT7's, (4) 12AX7's. Ah - now you ruined it. Solid state - bleeeech.... :) |
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On Aug 19, 11:03*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:41:57 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:19:00 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement? Hold on .... I'll check .... Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. * It has 10 tubes total ..... (4) 6L6's, *(2) 12AT7's, *(4) 12AX7's. Eisboch Purists would find that horrifying! I have an old Super Reverb black face from around that era. Less power than a twin, and four 10" speakers. Personally, I think it was the best sounding guitar amp Fender ever produced. Something about the acoustic coupling of the 4-10" speakers just works really well for guitar. Amp-wise, it's basically just a Tremolux with reverb added. Like the other amps of that era, including the twin, it lacks channel switching, which makes it less than ideal for playing out. At 35 watts, it really isn't loud enough anyway, unless mic'ed through a PA.. Last night I was pleasantly surprised. * Over the past year I've redeveloped an interest in guitars and have collected a few, including amps. * I enjoy the different sound and play "feel" of the guitar types and amp combinations. Two of the guitars are Taylor acoustic/electrics, a 6 string and a 12 string. * When played through my old Marshall Valvestat, the solid sate Fender or the Vox amps, these guitars sounded horrible. * So, I visited my local music shop and bought a Kustom acoustic guitar amp and the Taylors sound nice through it. Last night I tried the Taylors plugged into the "Normal" channel of the Fender Twin. * Absolutely beautiful sound ... nice, rich, full and clean. *I was really surprised. I haven't tried the EC "Blackie" yet. *I suspect it will sound good. Strat+Twin is one of the classic combinations. Strat and anything is a classic combination. *:) I have an orignial Bandmaster - I wish I played more than I do.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Bring it over here, I will play it for a while for you, and if you have an old tube amp, bring it too... Bad enough I can't play, but to put it though my peavey wouldn't do it justice, even at 210 watts... |
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On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:19:00 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:
wrote in message .. . On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement? Hold on .... I'll check .... Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. It has 10 tubes total .... (4) 6L6's, (2) 12AT7's, (4) 12AX7's. Eisboch Purists would find that horrifying! I have an old Super Reverb black face from around that era. Less power than a twin, and four 10" speakers. Personally, I think it was the best sounding guitar amp Fender ever produced. Something about the acoustic coupling of the 4-10" speakers just works really well for guitar. Amp-wise, it's basically just a Tremolux with reverb added. Like the other amps of that era, including the twin, it lacks channel switching, which makes it less than ideal for playing out. At 35 watts, it really isn't loud enough anyway, unless mic'ed through a PA. Last night I was pleasantly surprised. Over the past year I've redeveloped an interest in guitars and have collected a few, including amps. I enjoy the different sound and play "feel" of the guitar types and amp combinations. Two of the guitars are Taylor acoustic/electrics, a 6 string and a 12 string. When played through my old Marshall Valvestat, the solid sate Fender or the Vox amps, these guitars sounded horrible. So, I visited my local music shop and bought a Kustom acoustic guitar amp and the Taylors sound nice through it. Last night I tried the Taylors plugged into the "Normal" channel of the Fender Twin. Absolutely beautiful sound ... nice, rich, full and clean. I was really surprised. I haven't tried the EC "Blackie" yet. I suspect it will sound good. About 1975 I bought tube pre and power amps, 75 a channel, to go with the Klipschorns. They were the best you could get at the time. They have since improved the solid state ones. Casady |
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On Aug 19, 11:53*am, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:20:02 -0700 (PDT), wrote: On Aug 19, 11:03*am, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:41:57 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:19:00 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message . .. On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement? Hold on .... I'll check .... Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. * It has 10 tubes total .... (4) 6L6's, *(2) 12AT7's, *(4) 12AX7's. Eisboch Purists would find that horrifying! I have an old Super Reverb black face from around that era. Less power than a twin, and four 10" speakers. Personally, I think it was the best sounding guitar amp Fender ever produced. Something about the acoustic coupling of the 4-10" speakers just works really well for guitar. Amp-wise, it's basically just a Tremolux with reverb added.. Like the other amps of that era, including the twin, it lacks channel switching, which makes it less than ideal for playing out. At 35 watts, it really isn't loud enough anyway, unless mic'ed through a PA. Last night I was pleasantly surprised. * Over the past year I've redeveloped an interest in guitars and have collected a few, including amps. * I enjoy the different sound and play "feel" of the guitar types and amp combinations. Two of the guitars are Taylor acoustic/electrics, a 6 string and a 12 string. * When played through my old Marshall Valvestat, the solid sate Fender or the Vox amps, these guitars sounded horrible. * So, I visited my local music shop and bought a Kustom acoustic guitar amp and the Taylors sound nice through it. Last night I tried the Taylors plugged into the "Normal" channel of the Fender Twin. * Absolutely beautiful sound ... nice, rich, full and clean. *I was really surprised. I haven't tried the EC "Blackie" yet. *I suspect it will sound good. Strat+Twin is one of the classic combinations. Strat and anything is a classic combination. *:) I have an orignial Bandmaster - I wish I played more than I do.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Bring it over here, I will play it for a while for you, and if you have an old tube amp, bring it too... Bad enough I can't play, but to put it though my peavey wouldn't do it justice, even at 210 watts... Um... Bandmaster is an amp, not a guitar, stairflopper.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Yup, realized I snipped the wrong post,, you caught me, you must be proud.. Man, get a life.. |
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:45:33 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: wrote in message news On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:48:42 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message news:S72dnXHEG803IDfVnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@comcast. com... Eisboch wrote: "hk" wrote in message ... ...is unlikely to have this toy: http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/9836/ Only $1589. This geek much prefers this .... (new release of classic, 1965 twin .... 100% vacuum tube powered) http://www.eisboch.com/65twin.jpg Eisboch I wondered why this was not done earlier. Do the "experts" say this sounds the same as the 1965 version? I don't know. Sounds the same to me, but I am no expert. It has not been redesigned. Just re-released as a product. Same cabinet design, same Jensen "special" speakers, same tube pre-amps, reverb drivers and 6L6 output stage. I have another, solid state Fender "Stage 1000" that has digital signal processing, etc. Sounds ok, but not like the tube twin. There isn't a chip, processor or digital circuit in it. Eisboch Does it have the original tube rectifier, or the later replacement? Hold on .... I'll check .... Must be a solid state (brick) rectifier. It has 10 tubes total .... (4) 6L6's, (2) 12AT7's, (4) 12AX7's. Ah - now you ruined it. Solid state - bleeeech.... :) What does a full wave, solid state bridge recifier have to do with the sound of the preamps and power amps? All it does is supply clean B+ and bias voltages to the grids? I'll bet the solids are cleaner, DC wise, than the tubes. Eisboch |
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