Re: [Harp-L] anyone out there have a Kendrick Texas Crude harp amp?

[MARK BURNESS <markwjburness@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"I had Kendrick modify my Bassman to have the guts of the Texas Crude amp installed,"...Wow, this sounds like a pretty massive undertaking & not particularly cost effective thing to do. They definitely did this, rather than work on the existing circuit & give it some of the characteristics of the Texas Crude?
 
The Texas Crude has 2 volume controls (one for each channel) and a common tone control (works for both channels). These are similar to a tweed Fender & work the same as on pretty much any any other amp (if with a more useable "sweep" on the controls).
 
Additionally there is the "waveform symmetry" control, which on the Texas Crude, is situated on the underside of the chassis (don't know if that is the same as  for your amp), by the preamp tubes. A lot of folks find that this is either set all the way up, or all the way down - one way will be relatively clean but more prone to feedback, the other way is thicker, more grindy with greater sweep on the volume controls. This is the only control that you don't typically find on most other amps.
 
I'm sure that Gerald will be more than happy to go over it with you again if you e-mail him, he is very generous with his time & loves to talk amps.
 
 
 


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From: "William Lifford, CP" <william.lifford@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp forum <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, 14 May 2012, 5:01
Subject: [Harp-L] anyone out there have a Kendrick Texas Crude harp amp?

Hello all,

would any of you be familiar with the controls of this amp?  I had Kendrick modify my Bassman to have the guts of the Texas Crude amp installed, but it's been several years since I've used it and I can no longer find the instructions they sent along.

Thanks,

Bill

-- William Lifford, CP
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