o1d_dude
'I battle gravity'
No one ever went wrong buying a Marshall.
Hope the procedure goes according to plan.
Hope the procedure goes according to plan.
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You got that right. It was a shame that I couldn't afford one back when I was on the road. Oddly enough though, I acquired a Sunn 100 watt head back in the late 70's to which my sound engineer and I had to tweak the tones to unbelievable settings. Full treble, full mids and NO bass at all and the volume was maxed. The bass only muddied the sound up. Bought a small 5-6 channel equalizer and reshaped the sound. Sounds a bit strange, I know, but once we found the sweet spot, it was every bit as good as any Marshall amp. Funny thing about this, my dad built my speaker cabinet and I installed the 4 Celestion speakers. I acquired the amp for dirt cheap from a buddy of mine and took it on the road. Seemed like every guitar player I met out there was blown away by the sound I was getting. I was also using an attenuator to manage the on stage volume and allow for the natural overdrive. The Sunn was a tube amp using the exact same tubes Marshall amps do.
And as you might have guessed, the tubes had to be changed at least every 10-12 months from being driven so much. Yup, This "Po-boy" rig was a beast.
And regarding said procedure,I feel pretty optimistic about it. The proposed date for the surgery is on the 17th this month. So it's only days away. Keeping fingers crossed. Thanks for the support.
Consider my fingers crossed, Gary!
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I have three 60's vintage Harmony tube amps. One of them was bought for me by my parents at an auction in 1971 and it still sounds great (twin 12). They have old Jensen speakers. The Harmony amps at that time used the Valco chassis, like the Supro. Also in the 70's I traded a banjo for a Fender Princeton junior, a great practice tube amp. But, I loaned that to someone and never got it back.
Relax, keep playing, and you'll be fine. Got my fingers crossed for you!
Relax, keep playing, and you'll be fine. Got my fingers crossed for you!
o1d_dude
'I battle gravity'
My son has a Fender Princeton junior. I was impressed with it.
My 1973 Fender Twin is long is gone and I do regret selling it AND the Gibson Les Paul Custom. Don’t know which I regret more.
Still have a Dean Markley K50 with extension cab ... basically a non-tube mini-stack ... thru which I played an Epiphone T-310 (Telecaster copy with hockey stick head piece). One of the tuners needs to be replaced. ~sigh~
My 1973 Fender Twin is long is gone and I do regret selling it AND the Gibson Les Paul Custom. Don’t know which I regret more.
Still have a Dean Markley K50 with extension cab ... basically a non-tube mini-stack ... thru which I played an Epiphone T-310 (Telecaster copy with hockey stick head piece). One of the tuners needs to be replaced. ~sigh~
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