Re: Amp question

["Hambone Hamilton" <harpmanx@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've gigged small and large with a Kal Model 1, and yes,of course, it needs 
to be mic'ed.  I have a very loud keyboard player, and fairly loud drummer 
and could usually hear myself by hangin out directly in front of the 
amp....but I moved up to something in the tweed Deluxe class as soon as I 
could, which has more cut, and now the Kal primarily as a practice amp.  For 
not-loud-gigs, it's ideal.
Hambone
P.S.  Mine has a 50's Jensen alnico in it.


>
>Mark,
>Interesting observations.  Nothing like the empirical method to settle an 
>issue.
>Couple of questions from your amp tests:
>1.  Was the Pro Jr. an original tweed with the alnico speaker, or was it 
>the black tolex with the ceramic speaker?  BIG difference in the sound 
>there.  If your friend has a black tolex one, tell him to try changing to 
>an alnico speaker.  If it was a tweed/alnico Pro Jr. you were testing 
>against, that puts the test in whole different light to me.
>2.  How did the Kalamazoo hold up in the jam?  Did it have to be miked? My 
>tweed/alnico tubed-down Pro Jr. does a pretty good job of holding its own 
>against a 50W Mesa Boogie and a drummer on steroids, and the Kalamazoo only 
>has 1 EL84.  I like the sound of the Champs, but have found they don't cut 
>through well when playing with loud guitars.
>
>Thanks,
>Russ
>
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