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

["hazcon" <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark this is serious tone............geeez,as good as it gets imho for 
Chicago blues
Just to complete the picture what mic are you using?
Rick
In NZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mark wilson" <markwilson53@xxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 09:28
Subject: [Harp-L] Better and cheaper than a Blues Jr!


> 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.
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> On harmony central, the reviewers give this amp 10's across the board  for 
> sound quality,
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> http://tinyurl.com/59t2b7
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> http://www.myspace.com/checkmarkwilson
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