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small tube amp

dlmarquez

dlmarquez

Jan 5, 2007
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Medellin Colombia
#1
I am scouting for a small all-tube amp. definitely not more than 50wrms.
Anybody know of such a beast. Hopefully something lighter than 20lbs. for sure.
I completely buy into the lightweight cabinet idea, now I'm looking for a lightweight all tube amp to go along that will still give great sound
any suggestions appreciated!
 
#8
I just got through recording some basic tracks for a band's demo CD in my little studio. For some added grit on the bass tracks, I thought to borrow the guitarists' Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue combo amp (22 watts) and ran it through one of my Mesa 2x12 cabs. Worked very well... and got pretty loud to boot! Got me to thinking about looking into rigging up a little tube combo; find an old 2nd hand Fender head on eBay... and put it into a custom-built bass combo cab with a 12" bass speaker.

Might just be worth the time and trouble... ;)
 
#11
do exactly as i have. hartke transporter 1x15 cab modded with an EV 18" and top it off with a 50 watt guild thunderstar. I believe the cab = about 50lbs, the head = about 25lbs, and the sound = 9999999lbs:)
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#13
mellowgerman said:
do exactly as i have. hartke transporter 1x15 cab modded with an EV 18" and top it off with a 50 watt guild thunderstar. I believe the cab = about 50lbs, the head = about 25lbs, and the sound = 9999999lbs:)
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A neighbor gave me a Guild Thunderbird 2x12 combo (it was massive). When I was a kid and starting out on guitar. It only ran briefly, and I was so young and inexperienced I didn't know what to do to get it going again. It likely needed new power tubes. Cool old amps, though.

Since my adulthood, I've owned a couple of Guild tube guitar combos. Nice amps. \

How many watts is yours?
 
#14
I make them from scratch..50's deluxe.
check out my myspace link in my sig. 20 watts of pure tube heaven...
I Make a "champ" too,, 5 watts but loud as hell.
all the cuts on myspace were recorded with the Deluxe on guitar and the Champ for harp..
Pics in my pictures...
(edit) If you have a little electronic savvy , and can solder good you can make your own.
PM me for where to get the stuff...
 
#17
bigbajo60 said:
I just got through recording some basic tracks for a band's demo CD in my little studio. For some added grit on the bass tracks, I thought to borrow the guitarists' Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue combo amp (22 watts) and ran it through one of my Mesa 2x12 cabs. Worked very well... and got pretty loud to boot! Got me to thinking about looking into rigging up a little tube combo; find an old 2nd hand Fender head on eBay... and put it into a custom-built bass combo cab with a 12" bass speaker.

Might just be worth the time and trouble... ;)
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I'm running a 120 watt Peavey Butcher tube guitar amp through an Avatar 4x10. It sounds quite excellent, though I had to put some lower gain preamp tubes in it, and always use the low gain input. Fat, fat clean tones. I'm going to add an Avatar 2x12 cab and get even more volume from it.

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#19
fireincairo said:
A neighbor gave me a Guild Thunderbird 2x12 combo (it was massive). When I was a kid and starting out on guitar. It only ran briefly, and I was so young and inexperienced I didn't know what to do to get it going again. It likely needed new power tubes. Cool old amps, though.

Since my adulthood, I've owned a couple of Guild tube guitar combos. Nice amps. \

How many watts is yours?
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I LOVE that!!
 

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