new vintage class A tube bass rig!

[johnk_10]

Just thought i'd share a couple of pics of a vintage class A tube amp that i finally serviced for myself. i've owned it for more than 20 years and its 100% all original except that i just re-tweeded it last weekend. i'm really lovin' all 5 watts of its unlimited power!












































(1955 Fender Champ)

[Krügmeister]

[s_mcsleazy]

can i hump it

[Gord_oh]

happy in my pants....

those probably sound awesome together. like sweet love...

[Destructobot]

Nice job on the tweed. Would probably make a great practice amp, even better with a speaker output to use a bass cab.

[KramerBassFan]

Wheres the amp?



Just kidding. Nice.

[Jeff Scott]

Have you tried your 6176 into it, yet?

[BurningSkies]

I would love an ol' tweed Champ.

I have a nice original 65 Vibrochamp that I bought a few years back for 200 bucks that had RCA blackplate and Mullard tubes.

[Tusec]

Now that is a cool little amp.

[spiritbass]

Cool, your amp is a year older than I am. Your re-tweeding looks perfect. I had a lot of fun last year building a Weber Champ clone, but I ordered the cab covered with cream tolex to match a Blues Junior I have. Tweed is just SO classy. Champs rock!

[johnk_10]

thanks guys. yeah, its a really cool little amp. here's a few closeups of it:

[BurningSkies]

Any chance you have pictures of it before you re-tweeded it?

[dmusic148]

Coolern' hell. Bet it sounds FAT at least at low/moderate volume. Nice covering job. Sweet.

[johnk_10]

sorry. i should have taken a few but i didn't. it was stripped down to wood and stained dark brown. it looked awful.

[Surly]

sweeet.

[Thunderhead]

Originally Posted by johnk_10

i'm really lovin' all 5 watts of its unlimited power!

Ha ha ha... 5 watts!

I want it

[BurningSkies]

I bought mine just a bit ago when really expensive class A amps were becoming the rage for recording and mic'ing live...and dudes were selling Champ clones for thousands. I figured I could get pretty much the same thing for a couple hundred bucks. And did. They're worth a bit more now than they did then.

[Interceptor]

That tweed job is outstanding!

One of my favorite guitarists to play with loves to show up with a Champ. I get giddy every time I see him toting it, it sits magically in a mix above a vintage bass tone.

[Floyd Eye]

That's an awesome amp. Great job on the tweed too.

[johnk_10]

it genuine fender reissue tweed that i then lacquered with an amber tint to give it the vintage look. i think they look all funky, dry and pale if you don't lacquer them, so i always do them that way.

here's a 54 pro of mine that i re-did two weeks ago with the brown 'linen' grill cloth (before i re-tweeded this one, someone had re-tolexed it in black and did a funky job on it):







it actually sounds pretty good for bass for an 'open-back' amp, since it has an original NOS Jensen P15N in it.