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Older SWR heads


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I've been gigging with a SM-400 since 1990. I've never had a problem with it and it sounds great. I'll take it over any bass amp.

I've had issues twice with mine. It blew up a month after I got it; apparently the previous owner felt it necessary to fix something himself and in the process disable a fan :(. Then, a few years later it blew up again. I took it into a place and a repair man, who was trained in the army, rebuilt the sketchy parts of the amp to military spec :). Sounds great right now, I love it.

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The biggest problem with the Fender era SWR heads is the {censored}ty Groove-Tube tube it comes with, IMHO. I've replaced the tube in my old SM-400 and my new (5 years ago) Redhead and it does a world of good. Changes them from Meh to Wow!

Which 12AX7 are you using? I think I've got either a Svetlana or a Sovtek in my Red Head, but I don't remember for sure.

 

IIRC, the Groove Tube is just a rebadged Sovtek.

 

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