From formercakid@yahoo.com Tue Apr 15 07:12:36 2003
Subject:Re: Amp rig strategy - Update

I just took ownership of a late 70's Fender PA-135. It
is all tube(Four 6L6 power tubes & six 12AX7/AT7
preamp/reverb tubes) and puts out 135 watts of power
output. The thing is a monster, what a sound! It has 4
input channels and a master volume/reverb controls. I
hooked up my JBL EON15 to it, connected my VOCE5 and I
reincarnated myself as Jon Lord. Unreal! Goodbye solid
state PA's and amps.
--- Randal Muir wrote:
> Funny you should say this. I've just started using
> a marshall 9200 2x100 W valve power amp for my
> leslie. All of a sudden I had the clear punchy
> bottom end smooth mids and highs I'd been trying to
> squeeze out of a transistor power amp and a
> multiband EQ unit for years. Plus, by using a high
> pass filter into the HF driver amp side, I can get a
> pretty good valve leslie "crunch" in the sound
> without the low end making it dirty. Tubes .....
> aaahhh!
>
> I find it fascinating how the inventors and
> innovators got it right the first time around,(ie
> valve amps, electric guitars, Rhodes, Hammond,
> leslie, clavinet, analogue synths etc etc) and solid
> state/digital technology still comes in a distant
> second for sound quality and depth.
>
> -Randal
> Invisable Man wrote:
>
> Stick with an all tube amp or head. In my opinion
> nothing compares to the sound of tubes. I use the
> Eon15 as a speaker choice. I have used pa heads
> and
> they still don't match the sound of a tube power
> amp.
>
>
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>

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