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Question:
I’m looking at a Peavey Classic 30 and a Fender Blues Junior. I play in a blues band and we (rarely) do bar/club gigs. The vast majority of our gigs are outdoor events with sound/backline provided. However, when we do play indoors, it’s usually a venue of 100-150 or so. I’m unloading [...]

2×4 ohms spkrs in series or 2×16 ohm spkrs parallel?

Question:
2 spkrs 4 ohms in series  50 watts each= 8 ohms 100 w total power capability?  2 spkrs 16 ohms parallel 50 watts each = 8 ohms , does the power capability stay at 50 watts? any difference in sound? would appreciate any input.

Response:
Any difference in sound? would appreciate [...]

MXR Micro Amp volume boost does not work on dirty channels of TSL602 combo (even in FX Loop)

Question:
I absolutely love my MXR Micro Amp pedal, and have been using it for years as a great solo boost. However, it only works as long as my combo amp is on the Clean channel, and I’m using a distortion pedal. I own a Marshall JCM 2000 TSL602 Combo amp.   I’m [...]

Iraq — it's over

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Off-topic  Cut-and-pasting about Iraq Is Now Inevitable, Admit Officials >    By The Latest Sock Puppet >    The Non-Independent >    Monday 24 July 2006 >    The flow of bulletin-board proselytizing concerning the situation in > Iraq [...]

Micking Stereo amp??

Question:
I have a stereo amp and am going to start playing live.  I need to add my amp to the mix but don’t want to use the line out.  For those of you playing live with a stereo amp – what is your setup into the mix?

Response:
> I have a stereo [...]

Fishead ORDERS:

Question:
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>I *ORDER* you to utilize a sock >to type into AGA between midnite >and 6AM! [...]

5 watt tube amps

Question:
Several years ago I got the bug for a Kendrick amplifier. After looking at the models/prices I decided the 118 (5 watt) was all I could afford – I thought $600 for a 5 watt amp seemed like too much (afterall, my 1st tube amp, a Silver Jubilee, was $700 and produced [...]

The Vacuum that was Lord Valve…

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Up to this point, I have avoided a single comment in any thread about the disappearance of LV from this group. But now I feel like making a few comments and recommendations on the subject. (I’ve joked about talking behind the back of folks that have net-suided themselves here, and feel [...]

SFDR Aquisition/Questions

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Well congratulate me.  I just aquired a silverface Deluxe Reverb. I’ve wanted a lower-wattage Fender for some time and git a great deal on this one – a trade of a keyboard amplifier with a keyboardist friend.  I wasn’t using the keyboard amp, he wasn’t using the DR… Based on the [...]

Amp Tech Tip #3: Amplifiers have resistors

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All guitar amplifiers have resistors and all resistors have resistance. Resistor values are often identified by a color code scheme.  On most resistors of 5% tolerance or greater, there are usually four bands, with the first three aligned towards one end of the resistor and the fourth on the opposite end. [...]