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Steve Stallings
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Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 8 May 2002 1:43 pm |
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In my never ending quest to spend all of my money as quickly as possible, I've finally launched my Classic 50/212 upgrade project. 
Here is the final deal....
All new JJ/tesla power/preamp tubes. I bought a graded and matched set specifically for country from www.eurotubes.com
Alltone 1250 speakers. These have a great buzz on the web and are a dynamite buy to boot. These use to sell for $100 at the dealer, but now you can buy them direct from Reverend for $49/ea.
I passed on JBLS simply because they were too expensive and weighed a ton.
The tubes should get here tomorrow and the speakers next week. I'll let you folks know how this turns out.
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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas
[This message was edited by Steve Stallings on 08 May 2002 at 02:44 PM.] |
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Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Jerry Hedge
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Norwood Ohio U.S.A.
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Posted 8 May 2002 7:52 pm
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| Steve, you may not like the Reverend Speakers for steel. I work for a former Reverend dealer(bad move on THEIR part) but that's another story. The speakers are great for Blues or Rock guitar. They have a Celestion Type cone and a Jensen type voice coil and magnet structure. So you have a inefficient speaker with a midrange honk,great sound for Rock Guitar-not so great sound for steel. [This message was edited by Jerry Hedge on 08 May 2002 at 08:53 PM.] |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 9 May 2002 2:33 am
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| You might also try the re-issue Jensen C-12N's, if you want a decent cheap speaker. For around $50 each (new) they're a bargain. Once broken-in they have a great "all around" sound. |
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 9 May 2002 6:45 am
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I vote for the Weber California series.
High power handling, designed to not breakup. efficient. Replaced a Jensen C12K (the new Jensen in the Deluxe Reverb Reissue) with the Weber California (model 12CA, paper dustcap) and it sounds fantastic with guitar and lapsteel. Makes the amp "louder" (ie amp break up is later)and the tone is beautiful. Really lively. A great, cheaper alternative to JBL and EV (I've had amps with both).
Price is $75 for a 12". Like all Weber speakers, you need to break this speaker in before it really starts to sound good.
Another friend on the Forum heard my amp and replaced his speaker with the 10" model in his old Princeton Reverb and says it sounds great in that amp too.
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Steve Stallings
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Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 9 May 2002 1:21 pm
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This amp is strictly my six string amp. I use two Evans for steel. I got the tubes today and will retube it tonight. I thought about the California series but after reading all of the reviews of this, I decided that I'd try it. Heck for the price, it's no big deal if I don't care for them. They are specifically modeled after the Jensen referenced above.
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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 10 May 2002 10:20 am
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hmmmm....
So far, not so good. I retubed the amp last night with all JJ tubes. I turned her on and it sounded really sweet....for about one minute. It then shut off with a blown fuse.
I didn't have a fuse (dumb!) but have gotten some now. I have a job tonight so I won't be able to futz with it until tomorrow.
Apparently, this is a fairly common occurence when putting fresh tubes in a amp.
We'll see.
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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas
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Robert Todd
From:
Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Posted 10 May 2002 10:51 am
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| Herb, What are you thinking about asking for that D 28 |
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Chris DeBarge
From:
Boston, Mass
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Posted 11 May 2002 9:31 am
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| In my never ending quest to spend all of my money as quickly as possible |
I know exactly what you mean Steve! Easy come, easy go.
I can never stop futzing around with my amps: new tubes, speakers, caps, fun circuit changes. That Peavey probably already sounded great so now it should really wail! |
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 12 May 2002 10:18 am
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hmmm...
I got the fuses and changed it. I checked the tubes when I powered it up and the number two power tube had blown. Ok... I put one of the old power tubes in and fired her up... thirty seconds later...zap!! this power tube goes phhft and the fuse blows again. I checked the circuit board to see if I somehow broke it when changing tubes. It looks ok.
I stick another old tube in.... this one works fine and the amp sounds darn good.
Kinda bizarre....
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Steve Stallings
Bremond, Texas
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