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

["Rick Davis" <bluesharpamps@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark, that is definitely better than a Blues Junior!  Great tone, similar to
my 5F2H amp.  A little too wet for my taste, but nice and greasy.

Hey, I'm gonna steal that signature lick in the Bring It tune.  Nice
playing!

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





On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:24 PM, hazcon <hazcon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
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