[Harp-L] Re: VHT Special 6 - Harp Mods

[Fossy <fossy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wish I could send you mine, but alas I am in the UK.  I now
understand the supplier of these kits will be making a video clip of
how it sounds featuring well known UK harp player Matt Waltlake who
did the clips for his previous harp amp mods.  I am not sure how long
it will be before they appear on Youtube, but hopefully in the nexr
week or so.

On 10 Mar, 02:15, Jim Rossen <jimji...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I a curious to hear a modified amp, so will install the Anicomagnet
> kit in someone's Special 6 for free.
>
> Send me your amp and the kit.  I will expertly install it at no cost.
> You pay for return shipping.
>
> Jim Rossen
>
> On Mar 9, 12:40 pm, Fossy <fo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Just to let you all know, there is a mod kit now available on Ebay UK
> > for the above amp. The gent goes under the name of Alnicomagnet and
> > may be familiar to some of you for his range of guitar mod kits. He
> > also does harp mod kits for Harley Benton, Epiphone, Peavey and Fender
> > Champion 600. You can check these out on Youtube by searching for
> > Alnicomagnet.
>
> > Below is a short quote to his auction of what the kit has to offer.
>
> > "This kit is designed to change the voicing of the amp to give a
> > thick, ballsy, Chicago Blues tone, suitable for Blues Harp microphones
> > only. After the amplifier has been modified, you may still use it for
> > guitar, but there will be virtually no clean sound, and it will sound
> > too thick especially with humbucker equipped guitars. The boost pot
> > and footswitch are no longer used, so I ve taken this opportunity to
> > use the boost footswitch jack as a line-out jack, suitable for feeding
> > to a larger amplifier, P.A. mixing desk etc. The line-out jack signal
> > comes after the output transformer so is rich in output valve as well
> > as preamp valve distortion. I ve also taken this opportunity to
> > replace the poor quality pull switch volume pot and tone pot with high
> > quality Alpha 24mm pots, together with a simple gentle Treble Cut
> > control, which is much better suited to Harp microphones to help tune
> > out feedback."
>
> > My kit is already on order.
>
> > Hope this helps any of you looking for mods to this excellent amp.