[Harp-L] Better and cheaper than a Blues Jr!

[mark wilson <markwilson53@xxxxxxx>]

I've been meaning to post about this harp amp ever since It arrived  
on my doorstep.  To me, it's as good as it gets tone wise.  I'd have  
to say it's definitely the best small amp I've ever played through.   
Best of all, it's unbelievably affordable..  It's the Bogen CHB-10A,  
PA head.  I purchased mine recently from a harp-l member, and was  
pleasantly surprised at the tone, and rich harmonics of this amplifier.

On harmony central, the reviewers give this amp 10's across the board  
for sound quality,

http://tinyurl.com/59t2b7


I liked it so much, I purchased another one on ebay as a backup, for  
a grand total of
$56.55.  Randy L., the guy who makes the Lone Wolf delay pedal, works  
with these Bogen heads almost exclusively. He's going to put it into  
a cab with a 12" speaker at a very reasonable rate.  If you've  
already got a decent extension cab, you can have a very high quality  
harp amp for less than a $100.00.

It only has two tubes, a 7868 power, and a 12AX7 preamp, but it puts  
out 10 loud watts of power.  It's easily in the same league as a  
Blues Jr.  From what I've read on the web, the mojo from this amp  
comes from the 7868 power tube, and the oversized transformers, which  
for some reason work together to make this amp very musical.  The  
bottom of this amp is huge, and the highs are very sweet and  
chimey.   To me it has a  horn like sound, almost like a trombone.

You can hear the amp on myspace page.  The song that starts up  
automatically when the page loads was recorded using the Bogen (Bring  
It).


http://www.myspace.com/checkmarkwilson