Agreed!
@Tim - looks the same as mine except you've got the XLR out where I've got a regular 1/4" line out.
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Walter Woods Amps History and Development
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Agreed!
@Tim - looks the same as mine except you've got the XLR out where I've got a regular 1/4" line out.
With Walter Woods amp history, things are not always neat and tidy. There are lots of variations: models he only made a few of, transition models, amps he updated for customers later. I spoke with Walter at some length about this just the other day. He was always experimenting and changing things over the years.
The early/transition Electracoustic amps are particularly fascinating to me. I have a green light Electracoutic M300 made in January '97. It looks very much like a new Electracoustic except it has a provision for an XLR direct out on the front panel, while some very early Electracoustic amps actually have an XLR direct out. I think most if not all of the MI 200-8 "Sweeper" amps have one or two XLR direct outs. As noted earlier, there are Sweeper-era amps that had an Electracoustic front panel/preamp added at a later time.
Even WW amps that look the same externally can be quite different inside. I sometimes wonder if any two Walter Woods amps are exactly alike.
The early/transition Electracoustic amps are particularly fascinating to me. I have a green light Electracoutic M300 made in January '97. It looks very much like a new Electracoustic except it has a provision for an XLR direct out on the front panel, while some very early Electracoustic amps actually have an XLR direct out. I think most if not all of the MI 200-8 "Sweeper" amps have one or two XLR direct outs. As noted earlier, there are Sweeper-era amps that had an Electracoustic front panel/preamp added at a later time.
Even WW amps that look the same externally can be quite different inside. I sometimes wonder if any two Walter Woods amps are exactly alike.
I'm on a theater gig right now so I broke out my old MI-100 and Bag End S-15 to leave there...damn, what a great sound! I just wish the amp had a little more juice. 
I'm on a theater gig right now so I broke out my old MI-100 and Bag End S-15 to leave there...damn, what a great sound! I just wish the amp had a little more juice.
I hope your theater is secure or you take it with you... These amps are well known to sprout legs and walking when no one's looking...
I broke mine out for a rock band rehearsal and a doubling jazz gig today after a few months of using my Genz shuttle...hard to remember how clean and uniquely great this bad boy sounds!
Google failed me in my quest, but I found a lot of other Walter Woods' pictures.
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I've never seen a pic but I met him when I picked up my amp at his pad. He's about 11 feet tall and has a voice so booming that it sets off seismometers for 200 miles around.
I'm on a theater gig right now so I broke out my old MI-100 and Bag End S-15 to leave there...damn, what a great sound! I just wish the amp had a little more juice.
thats a pretty sweet head if you ask me. that head is "the sound". i have a 90's electroacoustic model, but the tone of that mi-100 beats it by miles. it even breaks up like a tube amp when you push it due to all the discreet class A circutry not present in the later models. it does however break up alittle early for me, but if you have a gig thats low volume, or are in the studio, its awesome. works well with the thunderchild cabs also. they squeeze alittle more volume out of the ww.
Did we every get a resolution to the question of bridging a WW ? I have a green light stereo WW and wasn't sure if its okay to bridge to a single 4 ohm cab.
Don't do it! There, it's resolved (again)!
Then why on that model the manual says bridged it is 700 watts @ 8 ohms, or 1000 watts @ 4? It is marketed as a 1000 watt amp, which is the wattage bridged @ 4 ohms.
BTW, I'm curious exactly which SINGLE cab do you want to run at 1000 watts? It is my experience that Walter's power specs are NOT overstated, but possibly understated.
BTW, I'm curious exactly which SINGLE cab do you want to run at 1000 watts? It is my experience that Walter's power specs are NOT overstated, but possibly understated.
I have no specific instruction sheet for this particular WW. I bought it from a good friend who had 2 WW amps. This was his back up and was never used. We think it's from the mid 2000's.
I wanted the option to run it bridged. Currently all my cabs are 4 ohms.
Was considering a Berg CN15 8 ohm but bought a TC Hathor instead which is 4 ohms.
Btw I bought a new stereo amp from Walter back in '95 and don't recall not being able to run it with a 4 ohm cab. I traded it after buying a Glockenklang HeartCore and regretted it ever since.
But to answer your question it would be the Hathor cab . I'd be very careful not to push the cab. There seems to be more authority to the notes with the extra power at lower volumes. At least that's what I recall from my previous experience .
I wanted the option to run it bridged. Currently all my cabs are 4 ohms.
Was considering a Berg CN15 8 ohm but bought a TC Hathor instead which is 4 ohms.
Btw I bought a new stereo amp from Walter back in '95 and don't recall not being able to run it with a 4 ohm cab. I traded it after buying a Glockenklang HeartCore and regretted it ever since.
But to answer your question it would be the Hathor cab . I'd be very careful not to push the cab. There seems to be more authority to the notes with the extra power at lower volumes. At least that's what I recall from my previous experience .
I have the same instruction sheet.
Common sense says it's a typo and to err on the side of caution; unless someone confirms otherwise with Walter - as with him it seems anything is possible...
Common sense says it's a typo and to err on the side of caution; unless someone confirms otherwise with Walter - as with him it seems anything is possible...
Quick question about the stereo models....
If I was running 2 cabs (a bergantino HD112 and HD210) with the WW stereo, could I use the pan know to send channel 1 (my upright) to just the 112 and set the pan on channel 2 (my electric) to go to both cabs?
If so, I really want a stereo model!
If I was running 2 cabs (a bergantino HD112 and HD210) with the WW stereo, could I use the pan know to send channel 1 (my upright) to just the 112 and set the pan on channel 2 (my electric) to go to both cabs?
If so, I really want a stereo model!
While Walter is always changing things, the 'stereo models' that I've seen are true stereo, allowing you to do what you want to do.
The only other true stereo bass amp (i.e., dual preamp channels assignable to separate power amps) is the TecAmp Bonafide. Another great amp, and since TecAmp moved to using ICE power modules, the heat and reliability issue of the original Bonafide seems taken care of.
