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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?
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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.
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Any difference in sound? would appreciate [...]
MXR Micro Amp volume boost does not work on dirty channels of TSL602 combo (even in FX Loop)
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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??
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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?
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> I have a stereo [...]
Fishead ORDERS:
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>I *ORDER* you to utilize a sock >to type into AGA between midnite >and 6AM! [...]
5 watt tube amps
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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. [...]