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- From: tespy@sw.stratus.com (Tony Espy)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: Tube Amp Recommendations
- Message-ID: <1k6iisINNpo5@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:59:56 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.160814.11650@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.160814.11650@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>, chris@ccs.northeastern.edu (Chris Dunn) writes:
- > Here are some that I'm considering based on price, design, and reputation:
- >
- > New:
- >
- > - Peavey's new tweed amps. 50 watts, vintage design, comes in 2x12 and
- > 4x10 combos. Also small 15 watt 1x10 may become available sometime.
- >
- > - Carvin XV112, all tube 100 watt, 1x12 combo.
- >
- > - Hughes & Kettner ATS 60 Combo. 65 watt, 1x12 combo, with I believe
- > a tube preamp.
- >
- > Used:
- >
- > - Bedrock BC-75 Combo, 2x12 vintage all tube combo, 75 watts.
- > - Bedrock Lead 50c combo, all tube 1x12 combo, 75 watts.
-
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- >
- > - Tubeworks 2112 combo 1x12, 100 watts, tube preamp, "MosValve" power amp.
-
- Here's a review I posted about the 2112 awhile back...
-
-
- Another company that builds a MOSFET amp design is
- TubeWorks ( they make the Real Tube pedal ). Their
- power amps are called MosValve. I recently bought
- a 1-12" combo from them that is basically their Real Tube II
- preamp combined with a 100 watt MosValve power amp.
- I was blown away by the sound of this amp. I had been
- looking to buy a Bedrock ( very pricey ), but happened
- to see an ad in some guitar rag for the Tubeworks amp.
-
- It took me awhile to find one ( I eventually called
- Tubeworks ), but I'm glad I spent the time.
-
- The pre-amp section has 2 12AX-7s. It's set up with
- a clean channel that is similar to their Blue-Tube
- circuit ( about half the gain as the Real-Tube ).
- The dirty channel is like a hot-rodded Real Tube,
- lots of crunch. I can get some really sweet lead
- tones from it. There's also a "stack" mode, where
- you can stack both channels for over-the-top leads.
-
- Each channel has its own gain, master, and 3-band
- EQ. There's also a seperate volume for the "stack"
- which essentially gives you a 3rd channel. They
- set the foot-pedal up with two jacks; if you plug
- into one jack, you get clean/dirty with one switch,
- and the second kicks the stack mode on/off; plugging
- into the second gives you clean/dirty and reverb
- on/off ( Accutronics spring reverb tank ). They also
- say if you want all three operations, you buy a 2nd
- single switch pedal and plug it into the 2nd jack.
-
- The other thing that blew me away was the effects loop.
- There are level controls on the back of the head for
- both send and receive, plus a mix ( wet/dry ) knob on
- the front.
-
- I'm using it to drive an old Ampeg 4-12" and it sounds
- great. There are 2 speaker outs, with the internal speaker
- plugged into one of them, so it's pretty easy to play
- with different speaker combinations.
-
- I _LOVE_ this amp! Try one out if you get a chance.
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- /tony . . .
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- "Jazz isn's dead, it just smells funny." - FZ
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