Members mrblackbat Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 This has probably already been mentioned, but :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members threm Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 I`ve been checking out the Swart amps site lately. The little brother is the Space Tone 6V6seClass A - Single-Ended - 6V6 - Tube Rectified "The ST-6V6se circuit is hand wired, point to point by Michael Swart. There are no Circuit or turret boards resulting in the most direct path. Cloth wire is used for hookup. Simply put, there are no semiconductors or solid state diodes anywhere as the Space Tone is 100% valve powered. Tubes include the excellent JJ 12AX7, Electro-Harmonix 6V6GT, and NOS 5Y3. It's a Pure triode front end into the great 6V6 all cleaned by 5Y3 tube rectification"http://swartamps.com/amplifiers_space_tone.htmThe bigger brother, the 20w Atomic Space Tone with tube reverb and tremolo, gives me GAS. http://www.steelbender.com/spotlightswart.htmlMP3`s of the Atomic Space Tone by Jason Bakerhttp://www.steelbender.com/spotlightswart.html#audioLots of clips here toohttp://gregv.us/SwartAmp.htmhttp://swartamps.com/swart_atomic_tone.htmhttp://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Data/Swart_Amplifier_Co/How about an amp for travelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratAtak83 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by JimVW Here are mine:Fender Pro Junior: Replace the tubes and speaker and you've got a spanky, throaty beast that weighs less than a bag of cat food. I gigged a medium room on Saturday with mine, and it held up great, unmiked (although there wasn't much clean headroom, but that was fine - I was doing mainly 60s garage band stuff with one of my sideline projects). what kind of speaker did you replace it with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skipstar59 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Both of these babies just LOVE pedals and really sound awesome overdriven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JM350 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Pretty versatile unfortunately not made anymore.Three 12AX7, one 6V6, one 5Y3 or switchable to solid state rectifier.On the "clean" setting the gain knobs don't function it's just the volume knob. Set it to "Gain 1" an additional gain stage is added and the Gain 1 knob gives control over what is now a master volume amp. Set to Gain 2 and another stage is added. the Gain 1 and Gain 2 knobs both function to control the preamp stages.Rear controls include an effects loop that can be used as yet another gain stage with knobs for send and return. Switch to add or take out the bypass cap on the first tube, this boosts or cuts gain and adds bottom end when on. Preamp output and attenuated speaker out that can be used as a DI that includes the output stage or as a speaker attenuator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danfisher Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 i've gotta recomend the Orange AD-15/12... good mater volume and it'll get you out of bedroom territory if you need it too.. i swapped out the speaker on my for a celestion blue. ace. also, in that relm, vox release a new AC-15CC. looks sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by bieke yes, well it's made by forumite birt it partly consists of salvaged parts that birt inherited from his granddad who used to work in electronics, birt started developing, designing and manufacturing unique pedals and kotamps in his little attic lab ... the Kotamp design is based on the Ruby amp, nice and crunchy, you can plug it in any kind of speaker, it also has its own little buzzy speaker, I velcroed mine into a cab and have it battery operated, just plug and play, it's great Thanks for the info - and the fresh shot. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Takawiffonme Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Bro-ski, I highly recommend the lacquered tweed Fender Blues JR with the Jensen speaker. The Jensen makes a WORLD of difference in the tone. All tube...except the rectifier of couse. They're pretty common too. Classic tones galore! Dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members threm Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Cool Champ replica from Valvetrain amps with the Tortured Tweed tolex. Side by side with an original 1950's champhttp://www.valvetrainamps.com/tortured.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 I've been using a Blues Jr. for years now, find one used and they're a great bargain. I think the Pro Jr. is probably a little better, if a touch less versatile. Both can be easily upgraded with a new speaker and tubes to sound even better. The stock speakers on these things take a while to break in though, so don't go by what you hear when you play one in the store. SF Champs are another great amp for good tone at bedroom volumes. There are so many low watt amps out there you could probably spend an eternity trying out diffrent ones and never settle on what is best. If I had the money I would probably buy every amp mentioned in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pennypusher Posted March 21, 2006 Members Share Posted March 21, 2006 Originally posted by sh333 I have been selling quite a lot of these. http://www.bumboxamps.com/ I don't think they can be beat for tone vs. money. If you have any interest I can hook you up with one. here's a link to the new soundclips page, with lots of Lead 1 clips:www.bumboxamps.com/clips.htmNate's currently got this custom Lead combo up on eBay too:http://cgi.ebay.com/Buembox-Lead-Custom-Combo-w-15-Rola-bumbox_W0QQitemZ7400453205QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemI'm steve btw, one of Nate's test monkeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nik Posted March 22, 2006 Members Share Posted March 22, 2006 Hughes & Kettner Cream Machine Available used for maybe as much as $150. Tube preamp, 1 watt tube power amp, dummy load and Red Box speaker simulation all in half a rack space. Pre and Master gain controls - no tone. Sounds great into a regular cabinet, into the front of another amp or direct to PA or stereo or whatever. Sounds like a hot rodded Marshall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted April 14, 2006 Members Share Posted April 14, 2006 to the guy who emailed me about this amp, it's a univox U45B. Originally posted by RoboPimp 10 watts, 12" speaker, cool tremolo sound clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drasp Posted April 15, 2006 Members Share Posted April 15, 2006 Heh. That was me - thanks for posting. I ended up searching the name of your .mp3 and found it - very cool amp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedzepplin Posted April 16, 2006 Members Share Posted April 16, 2006 +1 for the lovepedal 1/2 watt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jon Hiller Posted April 16, 2006 Members Share Posted April 16, 2006 Originally posted by RoboPimp to the guy who emailed me about this amp, it's a univox U45B. Ihave one of these, except mine has the controls on the top, at the back:They're very cool little amps, although I've got to have our service guy look at mine, as the trem doesn't work on it. I was having some issues with the tube sockets being loose in it, but I changed them out with some new ones from Antique and it's good as new now, except for the trem.Green carpet in above photo courtesy my parents' house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesmann Posted April 16, 2006 Members Share Posted April 16, 2006 the Zinky supro sahara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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