Re: [Harp-L] this amp

["Rick Davis" <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ditto fjm on this.  I too have the silverface Twin Reverb, a 1972 model; the
first year with the master volume but without the evil pull boost.  It is
restored and original except for a pair of Altec 417-8C speakers.  With 100
tube watts it can be VERY loud, but surprisingly good tone can be had by
cranking down the master volume.  The reverb, of course, is lush.  Magic
Dick played through stacked SFTR amps in the 70s.

The big Altec speakers make this monster even heavier.  I dread hauling it
into or out of any venue.  It has new casters but the amp is still just a
beast to load.  I've tried a variety of 6L6 tubes in it, and have settled
on TAD 6L6WGC-STR.  It is a very cool amp, but as I glide toward geezerhood
smaller amps are looking better all the time.  I rarely play the Twin.

I'm finding the same is true in the amp market.  The prices for SFTR amps
are way down.  Nobody wants an amp that big and loud any more.

-Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
http://www.bluesharpamps.blogspot.com/





On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:47 AM, fjm <bad_hat@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One of the better amps I ever gigged with was a silverface master volume
> Twin Reverb.  It had been semi black faced but the master volume was intact.
>  Reconing the stock Utahs helped a lot.  Mostly I got rid of it because it
> got almost impossible to buy decent 6l6's.  I used the Mesa STR 415's in
> that amp and they just disappeared.  I replaced the Twin with an early
> Bassman Reissue which I never liked as much as I did the Twin.  You could
> get a decent tone out of the Twin at reasonable volumes but it would also
> get way loud if you needed it to.  The one downside is carrying the
> amplifier.  Mine had casters but you still had to get it into the car.  fjm
>
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