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

[Rich Eisenberg <catketch@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI,
The Alnicomagnet mod kit for the Epiphone Valve Junior is OUTSTANDING.
Rich

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Fossy <fossy@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.
>
>


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