Heya! I've not been doing enough of these NAD/NBD posts lately. Too much work and not enough time, and lets be honest, noone cares if I get a new rumble 200 or not.
But this thing is something out of the ordinary, and I'd feel bad if I didnt put the information I have out there. I've been researching this amp over the last few days, and I figured this is a good place to post what little I have found, so whoever looks next can pick up where I left off.
Ok, so what we've got here, is, failure to communicate.
Oh, no its not, it's a Yamaha PE 200A, and its friend, the TS 200 cabinet.
From what Ive gathered so far, they were produced by Nippon Gakki (Yamaha) at the Hamamatsu plant, from about 1968-71. This is quite unclear tho, and just an educated guess based on the very few other models I found.
It consists of 2 parts; The head, and the cabinet.
Now which one do you think is the amplifier?
Wrong.
They both are.
The head functions as a control & effects unit and 4 channel preamp, while the cabinet is the main amplifier and, you guessed it, a cabinet.
Pretty strange right? It gets better. The cabinet has 4 12" speakers, AND a rotating horn. I am not sure if the spring reverb is in there too, but I intend to find out. Either way, fitting all that in 1 cabinet is impressive.
Some noteable features: reverb, Tremolo, WAWWAW (no, not wah wah. WAW WAW)
WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA all night baby!
It's also just sliders. Not a knob in sight. Seriously, it's ALL sliders, or switches. Not 1 hecking knob.
The seller was selling it as a bass amp, but I dont think it actually is. Atleast not in the modern sense of the word. Doesnt matter tho. It's in great condition, and I like it ALOT! I'll probably keep it as an allrounder amp, once I give it a good cleaning.
I can say this tho, there is no distortion in the sound, even at max level. And max level is LOUD.
It's in very good condition for the age, I'd say. Not a closet queen, but definitely not gigged that much.
I lucked out and got it for what I consider a very good price, but since it's impossible to find any recent sales online, it's hard to say for sure what it could be worth.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this. If theres any interest I'll update as I go in and clean and check the insides. Here's a picture of David Gilmour using one of these back in the day.
Oh, and note the green/purple grill-cloth. Mmmm, smells like old basement.
Heres a quick clip testing the WAW WAW:
But this thing is something out of the ordinary, and I'd feel bad if I didnt put the information I have out there. I've been researching this amp over the last few days, and I figured this is a good place to post what little I have found, so whoever looks next can pick up where I left off.
Ok, so what we've got here, is, failure to communicate.
Oh, no its not, it's a Yamaha PE 200A, and its friend, the TS 200 cabinet.
From what Ive gathered so far, they were produced by Nippon Gakki (Yamaha) at the Hamamatsu plant, from about 1968-71. This is quite unclear tho, and just an educated guess based on the very few other models I found.
It consists of 2 parts; The head, and the cabinet.
Now which one do you think is the amplifier?
Wrong.
They both are.
The head functions as a control & effects unit and 4 channel preamp, while the cabinet is the main amplifier and, you guessed it, a cabinet.
Pretty strange right? It gets better. The cabinet has 4 12" speakers, AND a rotating horn. I am not sure if the spring reverb is in there too, but I intend to find out. Either way, fitting all that in 1 cabinet is impressive.
Some noteable features: reverb, Tremolo, WAWWAW (no, not wah wah. WAW WAW)
It's also just sliders. Not a knob in sight. Seriously, it's ALL sliders, or switches. Not 1 hecking knob.
The seller was selling it as a bass amp, but I dont think it actually is. Atleast not in the modern sense of the word. Doesnt matter tho. It's in great condition, and I like it ALOT! I'll probably keep it as an allrounder amp, once I give it a good cleaning.
I can say this tho, there is no distortion in the sound, even at max level. And max level is LOUD.
It's in very good condition for the age, I'd say. Not a closet queen, but definitely not gigged that much.
I lucked out and got it for what I consider a very good price, but since it's impossible to find any recent sales online, it's hard to say for sure what it could be worth.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this. If theres any interest I'll update as I go in and clean and check the insides. Here's a picture of David Gilmour using one of these back in the day.
Oh, and note the green/purple grill-cloth. Mmmm, smells like old basement.
Heres a quick clip testing the WAW WAW:
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