Members The Boogie Man Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 This guy is offering me his Yamaha T100C 100 watt amp, made sometime in the '90's it think, is channel switching and sounds good but I think needs new tubes. The amp looks a little rough from years of gigging but seems well built. Anyone ever have one of these, did you like it, any trouble with it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tonemeister87 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Step away from the amp :eek: ps: This thread is USELESS without a poll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whyflipoverthefrog Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Proud owner of a Yamaha T-50. Thumbs up. OD channel, all knobs on 5 w/presence to taste = AIC "Them Bones." I've got a paid of Smicz TADS in mine to stick it at 3-4 watts, and it's my college apt. amp. I also use the power amp in combo with my v-amp2 for some tasty versatile results. I paid $200 + tax for my T-50, this was maybe 3 years ago. Anything under $400 should put you in the right market for the 100-watt combo needing new tubes. If the price is right, play that bad puppy and let her rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thriftyshirt Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by The Boogie Man This guy is offering me his Yamaha T100C 100 watt amp, made sometime in the '90's it think, is channel switching and sounds good but I think needs new tubes. The amp looks a little rough from years of gigging but seems well built. Anyone ever have one of these, did you like it, any trouble with it?Thanks I remember a couple of years ago someone ripping a bunch of clips on a T-50. I think it was TU BE. Anyway, never seen or heard one in person but I remember the clips sounding really good. I've heard other people call them poor man's Soldano's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerryP Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Oh those are junk! How much do you want for me to take it off your hands? Very cool amps.Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Boogie Man Posted June 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by JerryP Oh those are junk! How much do you want for me to take it off your hands? Very cool amps. Jerry Kind of what I thought, thanks. I'll retube it ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bludoochile Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 If my memory serves me correctly, the Yamaha was designed by Mike Soldano himself, and bears a close aural resemblence to a SLO-100. But Yamaha used printed circuit boards instead of the hand-wired SLOs, so if you think that detracts from the tone, just a heads up. But then again, I've never played through one myself, so take this with a grain of salt.I'd buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ss454 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by bludoochile If my memory serves me correctly, the Yamaha was designed by Mike Soldano himself, and bears a close aural resemblence to a SLO-100. But Yamaha used printed circuit boards instead of the hand-wired SLOs, so if you think that detracts from the tone, just a heads up. But then again, I've never played through one myself, so take this with a grain of salt. I'd buy it. That's what I remember too and I'd also like to have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JerryP Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 The SLO has a PCB too. The Yamaha has reverb and the SLO doesn't. The SLO uses a choke in the power supply and the Yamaha doesn't. Yamaha made some changes to the way Mike designed it so the Yamaha models are different thru the years. They changed the reverb circuit. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Iceman7511 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by JerryP The SLO has a PCB too. The Yamaha has reverb and the SLO doesn't. The SLO uses a choke in the power supply and the Yamaha doesn't. Yamaha made some changes to the way Mike designed it so the Yamaha models are different thru the years. They changed the reverb circuit.Jerry Just out of curiosity, what exactly does the choke do? Supposed to have an impact on the tone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Boogie Man Posted June 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by bludoochile If my memory serves me correctly, the Yamaha was designed by Mike Soldano himself, and bears a close aural resemblence to a SLO-100. But Yamaha used printed circuit boards instead of the hand-wired SLOs, so if you think that detracts from the tone, just a heads up. But then again, I've never played through one myself, so take this with a grain of salt. I'd buy it. I don't think electrons know the difference between circuit boards and point to point, I sure can't tell the difference with my ear. The only thing I like better with PP is their easy to mod, but since I don't mod amps anymore, shouldn't matter. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Boogie Man Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by bludoochile If my memory serves me correctly, the Yamaha was designed by Mike Soldano himself, and bears a close aural resemblence to a SLO-100. But Yamaha used printed circuit boards instead of the hand-wired SLOs, so if you think that detracts from the tone, just a heads up. But then again, I've never played through one myself, so take this with a grain of salt. I'd buy it. Yea!! I got it last night it states on the back panel Design By M. J. Soldano and is made in the USA I didn't know that and thought it was made in Japan, that would be ok, but USA is good. It has all the original tubes plus a "new set" of 5881's installed. I tested all the tubes, all of them even the old 6L6's are good, only one 12AX7 in the amp wasn't original, V6 the reverb tube. Switching channels makes a little pop with the foot switch, no biggie and I tamed the overdrive channel a little by replacing V2 with a RCA 12AT7, sweet. She's a keeper! I'll gig it next Friday and see what happens. This maybe the best $200 I've spent on a amp ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hell Bites Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Very cool. Can you post metal sound clips by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voivod Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 now,I heard these are good amps....someone I know said they sound "like a bag of rocks".....iv'e never heard one though....just quoting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TU BE Posted June 25, 2006 Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by The Boogie Man Yea!! I got it last night it states on the back panel Design By M. J. Soldano and is made in the USA I didn't know that and thought it was made in Japan, that would be ok, but USA is good. It has all the original tubes plus a "new set" of 5881's installed. I tested all the tubes, all of them even the old 6L6's are good, only one 12AX7 in the amp wasn't original, V6 the reverb tube. Switching channels makes a little pop with the foot switch, no biggie and I tamed the overdrive channel a little by replacing V2 with a RCA 12AT7, sweet. She's a keeper! I'll gig it next Friday and see what happens. This maybe the best $200 I've spent on a amp ever. Dude....you got one for 200 bucks??? Why can't I ever find deals like this? I haven't seen one for less that 400 in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Boogie Man Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by Hell Bites Very cool. Can you post metal sound clips by any chance? Sorry, I don't play metal, I'm a jazz freak and this amp does clean very well, and my computer is way to slow to down load music on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Boogie Man Posted June 25, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2006 Originally posted by TU BE Dude....you got one for 200 bucks??? Why can't I ever find deals like this? I haven't seen one for less that 400 in a long time. Lucky I guess. I've know this guy about 25 years he used the amp every weekend but hated how heavy it was for it's size, so he bought a Blues Jr, and the dealer only offered him $50 trade in, so he called me up and asked me what I thought it was worth and if I wanted it. I had never seen the amp up close and just took a wild guess at it's worth. He bought it new and gigged it about 15 years, never a problem. I guess it pays to be the only guy in town with a repair shop as a hobby and a tube tester everyone comes in to use for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hell Bites Posted June 26, 2006 Members Share Posted June 26, 2006 Originally posted by The Boogie Man Sorry, I don't play metal, I'm a jazz freak and this amp does clean very well, and my computer is way to slow to down load music on the net. Hmmmm, jazz you say. That means you can do 6 string sweeps right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Megadeth7684 Posted June 26, 2006 Members Share Posted June 26, 2006 Killer amps. A friend of mine has one, it sounds awesome. Great clean, really tight high gain, fun amp to play! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratotone Posted June 26, 2006 Members Share Posted June 26, 2006 The one I had was a piece of {censored}. But some people really like them, I guess I had a lemon. The Hot Rod 50+XL I had {censored} all over the yamaha I had. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Boogie Man Posted June 27, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2006 Originally posted by Hell Bites Hmmmm, jazz you say. That means you can do 6 string sweeps right? Some, but think more like Joe Pass, and Chet Atkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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