LustandFury
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Larry Cragg gives some insight to Neil's rig in the Tone Quest Report feature on Neil Young. I'm interested in a specific part of the article where he says:
TQR: But you werent slaving the Deluxe
Cragg: Definitely not. We pad down the speaker out and run that into the Magnatone and the Baldwin Exterminator, which is two 15s, two 12s and two 8s. Were not slaving it in the traditional way, and what youre hearing are the 6L6s in the Deluxe.
Full Article: http://www.tonequest.com/pdf_pubs/samples/TQRSep06_Proof.pdf
When he says "pad down the speaker out" is this the same concept as the Garnet Herzog (had one and sold it and have regretted it ever since)? Basically a Garnet Gnome (Champ) circuit with a resistor at the speaker out that drops it to a line level that can then be run into the guitar input of a clean and more powerful amplifier? That way you get all the juice of a full tilt low wattage amp at huge volume. Any ideas???
Here's another quote from another article:
Cragg: I have fans pumping a lot of air into the back of the Deluxe, since we rebiased the amp to use 6L6s. We have the speaker there, plus the extension speaker output, which has been significantly padded down with a volume knob. the signal then goes into Magnatone 280 stereo vibrato-the Lonnie Mack amp-with two 12s.
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/friends/amps.htm
TQR: But you werent slaving the Deluxe
Cragg: Definitely not. We pad down the speaker out and run that into the Magnatone and the Baldwin Exterminator, which is two 15s, two 12s and two 8s. Were not slaving it in the traditional way, and what youre hearing are the 6L6s in the Deluxe.
Full Article: http://www.tonequest.com/pdf_pubs/samples/TQRSep06_Proof.pdf
When he says "pad down the speaker out" is this the same concept as the Garnet Herzog (had one and sold it and have regretted it ever since)? Basically a Garnet Gnome (Champ) circuit with a resistor at the speaker out that drops it to a line level that can then be run into the guitar input of a clean and more powerful amplifier? That way you get all the juice of a full tilt low wattage amp at huge volume. Any ideas???
Here's another quote from another article:
Cragg: I have fans pumping a lot of air into the back of the Deluxe, since we rebiased the amp to use 6L6s. We have the speaker there, plus the extension speaker output, which has been significantly padded down with a volume knob. the signal then goes into Magnatone 280 stereo vibrato-the Lonnie Mack amp-with two 12s.
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/friends/amps.htm