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

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

I have a Fender Princeton Blackface - vintage, but affordable. Bought mine  
for $300 a few years ago and had the electronics redone - had a blown  
transformer - spent about $150 on the repairs. Sounds great.
 
 
In a message dated 12/1/2008 2:48:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wolfkristiansen@xxxxxxxx writes:

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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