Spirit Harp Pro or RI Bassman?

["James D Rossen and Dina Janzen" <dlj@xxxxxx>]

Spend $800 on-

A used Bassman RI- you are likely to find one in good shape for around $500.
They are durable.  Any mods you make to a new one will void the warranty.
A 5R4 rectifier and two 12AY7s for the Bassman- $30
A phone jack, phone plug and wire to rewire the Bassman speakers to use one
phone jack rather than 4 RCA jacks-  $4.35
An attenuator for the Bassman like the Weber VST MASS (with true bypass)- about
$130
A Kalamazoo Model 1 (or 2), best harp tone bang for the buck- about $100
New caps for the Kalamazoo- around $6.

You're set!

Jim R




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>From: owner-harp-l-digest@xxxxxxxxxx (harp-l-digest)
>To: harp-l-digest@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: harp-l-digest V10 #20
>Date: Tue, Dec 31, 2002, 5:16 AM
>

> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 06:36:35 +0000
> From: "Dejon Hamann" <hhmill@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Spirit Harp Pro or RI Bassman?
>
> I'm looking to invest in a new harp amp and I've narrowed it down to these 2
> choices.  My question:  which would you go with?  I've got roughly 8 bills
> to spend (give or take).  Would you take the "grab and go,"
> "out-of-the-box-tone," studio/recording friendly 1x10 OR the ballsy-lowend,
> stage confident, "tried-and-true," 4x10?  Personally, I'm totally and
> utterly split on the issue!!!!!  On the one hand I've got a small,
> tone-laden amp that I can fly to jams and sit-ins at the local bars AND on
> the other hand I've got an amp that will hold it's own when my band plays
> out and has the potential (w/ point to point and other mods) to ascend to a
> psuedo-4+grand amp.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Also, If I we're to go with the bassman where could I get it modded?  Point
> to point and all that jazz.  And how much would that run?
>
> Thankx everyone,
> The Buffalo