Has anybody played a PSG through a Groove Tubes Soul O 45?

Michael Witwicki · Post by **Michael Witwicki** » 31 Jul 2009 6:26 pm

Random question...has anybody on the forum ever played a PSG through a Groove Tubes amp? I have always been interested in picking one up for my guitar rig...but suddenly I now have ANOTHER instrument to worry about! Now I don't mean to reopen any of the Peavey vs. Fender debates and all that good stuff that I have been reading. Just mostly curious about the Groove Tubes specifically...

Thanks all!

Cartwright Thompson · Post by **Cartwright Thompson** » 1 Aug 2009 3:16 am

I've always thought that they would make a nice medium volume pedal steel amp. I think you can use 6550's in them. They're PC board amps, but they seem to be well built. Stick a JBL in, a 12AY7 in front, 6550's for power, bias it properly and it would probably have quite a lot of headroom. There's one on eBay now. It's in Mass. so if it doesn't sell (I bet it won't), you might be able to try it out and possibly get a good deal on it.

Michael Witwicki · Post by **Michael Witwicki** » 1 Aug 2009 4:16 am

Hey Cartwright!

Exactly the item I was looking at!

I'll shoot him an email now. It amazes me that i've been playing guitar for almost 20 years (guitar, not PSG) and I still know so little about amps and the technical side of this craft in general! Oh, well - thank god for the forum I guess!

Bill Myers · Post by **Bill Myers** » 27 Sep 2009 2:42 pm

I had one of these and put in 6550's and a jbl and the amp was very under powered. It was a big dissappointment.

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 27 Sep 2009 5:34 pm

I had a Soul-O-75 ( I think that was what it was called ) & could not keep it from overheating -
I tried everything including a bigger fan, different tubes, different bias settings, 3 pro amp tech's worked on it & no luck with it. I finally ended up trading it after I sunk a lot of $$$ in it.
I even sent to to Dereck Truck's amp tech - he kept it for 6 mos & sent it back - he sells tubes all over the world & just scratched his head with it..
No more of them for me - sorry.
Maybe I had a lemon, I do not know but I will stay with my blackface & silverface Fender amps for the tube tone I want .. Ron