Re: [Harp-L] this amp

[<bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

how much does it weigh?  i get 64 pounds from the MF site, which is the same as the super reverb i own.
---- Rick Davis <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 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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