Leon Grizzard
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2005 12:51 pm |
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On a thread about Groove Tubes, Keith Cordell suggested to me some things to improve the sound of my Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I may still take his advice, and the improvement in the sound of my Blues Junior with new JJ Eurotobes was striking.
What I did instead was put a little money into my '74 Silverface Twin Reverb: replaced some bad caps, new SED winged C power tubes (made by Svetlana), rebias, etc. Sounds gorgeous, with plenty of clean volume for guitar.
The critical components were a new collapsable hand truck with 7 inch wheels, which rolls easily over parking lots and up stairs, and taking a cue from bandmate John Russell, master of velcro and webbing - a strap that goes around the belly of the amp, with a handle on the end of the amp so you can really bring two hands to bear.
I have bought two new amps trying to get a great sound with lighter weight, and what I really needed was a $30 hand truck and a $15 strap. |
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