Re: Integrated amplifier upgrade advice/suggestions


"Nick Gorham" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Keith G wrote:
>> "Nick Gorham" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Keith G wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I totally agree with Eric Barbour, who stated that many
>>>>>CD player/SS amp/speaker combinations sound as if
>>>>>they were designed to strip paint off walls, not for
>>>>>the
>>>>>reproduction of music.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Marshalls do a good line in valve amps designed to do
>>>>*just that*...!!! ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Not at all, to strip paint you would use a Peavy SS
>>>guitar amp (maybe showing age here). A Marshall *would*
>>>take the plaster off the walls though.
>>
>>
>>
>> You could back it off '11' just a tad...!! ;-)
>>
>> Fortuitous post this, my youngest (who you met briefly)
>> has just got a bass guitar and said he's going to
>> 'commission me' to build a valve amp. I'm thinking to
>> steer him to eBay under the heading it will be
>> easier/cheaper to fix an amp that might go bad, rather
>> than build one from scratch:
>>
>> Currently this one looks tha dogs:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peavey-Ultra-112-Valve-Guitar-Amp-60W-combo_W0QQitemZ7345585025QQcategoryZ10171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>
>>
>> Or summat like this:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Carlsbro-50-Top50w-all-valve-guitar-amplifier-combo-amp_W0QQitemZ7346155502QQcategoryZ10171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>
>> or this:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Peavey-VT-Classic-212-VALVE-guitar-amplifier-amp_W0QQitemZ7346141384QQcategoryZ10171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>>
>> Any recommendations here?
>>
>>
>>
> None of those are Bass amps, When I was looking at that
> sort of stuff trace-elliot was the (non cheap) name to
> look for. I hesitate to suggest that this is something
> better done by solid state amps...
>
> --
> Nick

Yes. I agree. For bass, a good SS amp is the way to go.
(Can't believe I have just written that:-))))

But for lead, well, a 50W Marshall wants some beating,
and its one of the few amps that goes up in value if you
get a good old 'un.

Iain


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