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Double Bass old walter woods mi 100-8

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eungsuk

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Oct 15, 2011
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hey guys.
i bought to walter woods mi 100-8 a few days ago.
but it is really different style.
i never saw this style walter woods mi 100-8.
how do you think about?
is it orginal walter woods?
im wating your reply.
thanks.
 

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#3
looks like a rare model. be sure to talk to walter woods himself, it will be worth the effort/time it takes to contact him.....patience and respect are the key points there.
 
#4
True. Walter's a hoot, and still sharp as a tack. His number is available in several places on this forum. Leave a message and make sure you pick up the phone when he calls back.

Here's a tip he showed me: if you need more level from the amp set the master volume at or near full and use the input gain to control the overall volume.
 
#5
eungsuk said:
hey guys.
i bought to walter woods mi 100-8 a few days ago.
but it is really different style.
i never saw this style walter woods mi 100-8.
how do you think about?
is it orginal walter woods?
im wating your reply.
thanks.
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Walter built two different versions of the MI-100-8. I think that most of us bought the two channel version, because it didn't cost that much more, relative to the cost of the single channel, it worked better for doubling, and most of us came from amps like the B-15 that had two channels.

Ric
 
#6
It's an early Walter Woods MI 100-8 amp from the late 1970's. This was the second generation WW amp, which replaced the original Mini Amp from the early 1970's. A very good sounding amp for double bass with all discrete, FET transistor based, Class A preamp (no IC's). Keeping the master gain higher gives more headroom in the preamp, which can distort (in a vacuum tube like way) if pushed hard.

These amps were available with one or two channels, and later, for a short time, a four channel model (primarily intended for use with electronic drums).

BTW the amp's serial number is stamped into the heatsink, which can be seen if you remove the top cover. The serial number is the actual date of manufacture in a mm/dd/yy format (or example 010178 means January 1, 1978).
 

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