dusty tolex
05-10-2008, 01:28 PM
Hi,
I just grabbed one of these old tube mono PA amps, in apparently fine condition. It has already been modified to accept RCA plugs for a speaker (the seller was using it as one channel of a stereo; he was trying to locate a second unit for the other channel but was unsuccessful). With a few adaptors I can hook up a 112 cab and play my guitar through this thing - the cleans are really sweet when I use a preamp (I'm using a Traynor TR-2 ss reverb tank, which has a preamp) in front of it. I do note that the sound is a little less airy than I'd like, it's a wee bit boxy. I find I run the treble full out and the bass rolled back to zero.
I'm still learning about electrical mods to amps in general, but I wonder if, while I learn through lots of reading etc., there is any mod I can or should do right away. I know I need to open it up and inventory the state of the electronics, at the very least.
Any and all thoughts appreciated!
dt
I just grabbed one of these old tube mono PA amps, in apparently fine condition. It has already been modified to accept RCA plugs for a speaker (the seller was using it as one channel of a stereo; he was trying to locate a second unit for the other channel but was unsuccessful). With a few adaptors I can hook up a 112 cab and play my guitar through this thing - the cleans are really sweet when I use a preamp (I'm using a Traynor TR-2 ss reverb tank, which has a preamp) in front of it. I do note that the sound is a little less airy than I'd like, it's a wee bit boxy. I find I run the treble full out and the bass rolled back to zero.
I'm still learning about electrical mods to amps in general, but I wonder if, while I learn through lots of reading etc., there is any mod I can or should do right away. I know I need to open it up and inventory the state of the electronics, at the very least.
Any and all thoughts appreciated!
dt