Re: [Harp-L] Re: small harp amp

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Ventura Vintage 50. 
If I didn't tell you it was a solid state and you played through it, you would swear it was a tube amp.
If you can find one, they sold for about $150.00. It's the only solid state I own. Rated 50 watts. I think it has an 10" speaker in it (a cheap one). It overdrives real creamy and with a Shure 533 wand mic it gets snarly and chunky. Lots of headroom. It also has an "overdrive" button which adds ummmmmm "overdrive", or it can be played clean. It's as light as a feather and looks cool with green Tolex. and cream controls. It's perfect for small gigs.
Where to get one? I don't know. I bought mine off Tim Northcutt a couple of years ago. 
-------------- Original message from Joe Lempkowski <mr_jlemko@xxxxxxxxx>: -------------- 


> My first amp was a cheap Yamaha amp solid state amp. 
> When I started to play again, I used a different and 
> even cheaper Yamaha solid state amp until one of my 
> friends gave me a really, really old Valco amp. I 
> used that for a little while until I built a 5F1 
> Champ. I still use the solid state amp from time to 
> time. 
> 
> Billy Branch makes very good use of a solid state 
> Peavey amp. He gets a killer sound out of it on the 
> live Taildragger DVD (and CD). 
> 
> I've heard Carey Bell play through a solid state 
> Yamaha amp and he sounded great. 
> 
> I'd buy a solid state and use amp, if I could find a 
> good one at a good price. I've found some good ones, 
> but never at my price point. 
> 
> Joe 
> 
> Jim French wrote: 
> 
> > I probably will be run off this list for mentioning 
> > solid-state amp. I just am curious to see if anyone 
> > else has gone this route? 
> 
> 
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