Re: [Harp-L] Old Man Looking for a Lighter Amp

["Bob Boyd" <bboyd@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you sell the ones you have you could buy a Harp Gear Double Trouble 
(single 12" speaker) and a Kinder AFB+ and be as loud or soft as you need 
to. I love mine with that combination. And it is light and easy to carry. I 
don't have any big amps now and don't miss them.

If it has to be cheap try Greg at www.blowsmeaway.com on this list as he 
sells vintage small Kalamazoo amps and you could mic to the PA.

Bob "The Captain" Boyd
Texas Tide Band
www.texastide.com
210-494-1118


> I'm asking for amplifier suggestions. I never thought I'd be doing this. I 
> see these requests all the time on harp-l; now it's my turn.
>
> I'm an accomplished blues harmonica player (he said modestly).  I need 
> suggestions for a medium weight, medium power, medium priced tube 
> amplifier.  I usually play through a Shure PE585 ball microphone or an 
> Astatic JT30 crystal mike; both are high impedance and from the 70s.
>
> I finally admitted to myself that I didn't need either of the amps I've 
> been dragging to the small clubs I've been playing in lately.  I'm talking 
> about my '93 Fender Blues Deville, 62 pounds and the loudest 60 watts I've 
> ever heard, and my '62 Fender Concert, a beautiful amp but again too heavy 
> (55 pounds) and too powerful for the rooms I'm playing in.
>
> Another important factor is my age and my back.  Can't lug those amps 
> around like I did.  Here's what I'm looking for:
>
> Power-- anything between 15 and 35 watts
> Weight-- anything under 40 pounds
> Tubes-- must have tubes
> Effects-- don't need any
> Tone-- must have it naturally; I don't need or want a "drive channel"
> Cost-- My wife's looking over my shoulder.  Can't be a boutique amp or 
> rare old amp
>
>
> I prefer to control my own volume and tone settings.  I don't want an amp 
> that has to be miked through a P.A.
>
> I'm open to any and all suggestions, and will consider them seriously. If 
> your suggeston meets only some of my criteria, I'd still be interested.
>
> cheers,
>
> wolf kristiansen
>
>
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