Re: [Harp-L] Small amps and gigs

[Mike Fugazzi <mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a Double Trouble and a Kinder Afb+...the tone of the 2x8 was great, but I switched to a 1x12 and like it even more.  There is more volume and I like the absence of speaker break-up.  I use it with a 12ay7 and plug into the low gain channel.  With those settings, it is as loud as my Bassman can get at clubs, and it still has some headroom/volume.  By switching tubes and inputs, I bet it can be even louder.

The problem with amps like the Bassman is you lose the effect of the 4x10 at low volumes.  

The only think I don't like about it is not having a speaker out...which was MY oversite!  I know Brian would've put one in with out any problems.  That would've let me add speakers on a bigger stage to fill out my sound more.  I always mike it and use the amp as a monitor, but it'd be sweet to run it through a big cab when I am no a big stage.  It would sound even fuller!

FWIW...I would by from Brian again in a heart beat.  One of these days I need to get one of the 5w amps of his!
 
Mike Fugazzi
Harmonica/Vocals
http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
 
 
"Music should be healing; music should uplift the soul; music should inspire. There is no better way of getting closer to God, of rising higher towards the spirit, of attaining spiritual perfection than music, if only it is rightly understood."
-Hazrat Inayat Khan





--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Joe Lempkowski
<mr_jlemko@...> wrote:


I just picked up a used Double Trouble.  It's a really
nice little amp and I had no problem being heard the
first time I took it out.  The tone is excellent and
it was pretty resistant to feedback.

Prior to buying this amp, I had been using a Fender
Pro Jr w/ a Weber 10A125-O speaker and a 12AY7 in the
preamp socket.  I liked this amp, but I was looking
for something a little bit louder.  The smaller
cabinet seemed to cause it to feedback a bit early.

My alternate plan was to buy a used Allen Sweet Spot
or assemble one as a kit.  (It's modified Princeton
Reverb circuit.)

I chose not to buy a Princeton mostly due to it's age
and I couldn't find one at a reasonsble price.  By the
time, I finished replacing stuff, I thought the Sweet
Spot or the Double Trouble would be a reasonable
alternative and all the hardware would be new.

Mark wrote:

>When it comes to moderate volume gigs, I've decided
>that my Texas Crude harp amp is too big, and my Kazoo

>model 2 is too small, so I'm in the market for
another
>amp. In the last few weeks I've played through a
>Double Trouble, plus Silverface and Blackface
>Princetons. All three would do the job just fine,
>I think. Any opinions? What are all you smaller amp
>guys using. Anyone found small/medium harp amp
>nirvana???



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