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Jay Ganz Straight Ahead Power Amp

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BZadlo

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Anyone know anything about this? Looks pretty interesting and the price is AWESOME!
Did a search on here but nothing came up.
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The Steel Guitar Forum :: View topic - 500 Watt Mini-Power Amp

Pedalboard Power Amp

Straight Ahead mini- Power Amp
 
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Haven't fired it up yet. Just got it, still waiting on appropriate preamp. The reviews by people who's opinion I trust or at least seem to know are all positive.

My goal is to assemble a pedalboard with this, Mesa pre, and a wireless for the bass feed...a small line of analog pedals feeding a Quilter 101 for the guitar side. My primary gig has me swapping instruments 45-50% of the time, and one central point for all the goodies just makes sense. Jay's amp is a natural for this, and fills a question I've asked a lot here and elsewhere
 
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Ken Morgan said:
Haven't fired it up yet. Just got it, still waiting on appropriate preamp. The reviews by people who's opinion I trust or at least seem to know are all positive.

My goal is to assemble a pedalboard with this, Mesa pre, and a wireless for the bass feed...a small line of analog pedals feeding a Quilter 101 for the guitar side. My primary gig has me swapping instruments 45-50% of the time, and one central point for all the goodies just makes sense. Jay's amp is a natural for this, and fills a question I've asked a lot here and elsewhere
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That's my plan too except I'm planning to use a Verellen Meatsmoke preamp.
 
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Now that you mention it, yes...

Been using Jay's little box for well over a month now, 2-4 times a week. Pushing it with the newly released Ampeg Classic preamp, into either an Eden WS 112 cab or one of those 441Live cabs seen on eBay...and I gotta tell ya ----

The amp is astonishing. Gets a bit warm (but never to warm to comfortably pick up), and has been nothing short of clean clean CLEAN. Weighs nothing. Switches, the knob, and all I/O jacks feel as sturdy and built to last as any custom one off super big buck affair anywhere. The beauty of this rig is not only superlative sound, but the amp, preamp, power cords/supplies, and connectors all fit in the pocket of my bass guitar's gig bag.

It should be noted the groups I work with aren't loud, but I'm very fussy about tone. If Jay's amp wasn't cutting it in any way, I'd have sold it already...as it stands, I'm looking for a way to justify getting another one for a non pedal steel rig
 
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Straight Ahead said:
Yeah, you can run any preamp (or pedal with decent gain) into the amp without a problem. ....... This whole amp will probably fit into the pocket of your bass gig bag!
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As stated, im using an Ampeg Classic pre pedal, with the gain set about 1:00, so there's a half mile of headroom, to push the amp, and yes,

The pre, the amp, connectors, and power supply for the Ampeg all fit in the bass' gig bag pocket, and every musician who's heard this setup raves about the tone
 
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The amp sounds great with every pre I've thrown at it. It did thermal out at an unnecesarily loud rock band rehearsal involving a Hamer 12string bass, lots of overdrive and an 8ohm cab. Sprang back to life in minutes and carried on.
 
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Ken Morgan said:
I just got mine...plan is to mount it on a pedal board with a Mesa preamp, along side a guitar setup, since I swap off frequently during most gigs.

Rated at 500 watts, developed as a steel guitar amp..runs at line level. Built one at a time.
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Hey @Ken Morgan this is what you were talking about. Just for laughs I wonder if they're ever going to do a 1,000 watt unit.......
 
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