OAD (old amps day)

mdubya · 04-06-2012, 07:08 PM

Happy old amp day to me. Got my 76 JMP 2204, my 78 Champ, and my Champion 600 back from Mark Beaulieu in La Vale, MD. The Champ had a cracked tube socket, the Champion had a burnt resistor and blown tube, and the JMP got fresh tubes for the first time in 15 years.

I also got to play 2 50 watt Plexis, a 100 watt Plexi, and a couple of Plexi clones Mark built, along with trying several of his cabinets and speaker combos. I played all of these via his early 70's LP Deluxe. Nice afternoon!

My amps:

My dueling SGs:

I just played the Champ while photobucket threw a wobbler. Wow. It has never sounded this good. I wonder how many years that tube socket has been cracked?

Cygnus X1 · 04-06-2012, 09:05 PM

Great news!

mdubya · 04-06-2012, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cygnus X1

Great news!

It is actually better than a new amp day.

middy · 04-06-2012, 10:05 PM

The SG's must be happy to have thier old buddies back. I see the maestro phaser sitting there. A bit off topic but I'm a big phaser fan and I've owned a few but I've never tried the maestro how are you liking that?

mdubya · 04-06-2012, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by middy

The SG's must be happy to have thier old buddies back. I see the maestro phaser sitting there. A bit off topic but I'm a big phaser fan and I've owned a few but I've never tried the maestro how are you liking that?

The Maestro is a fuzz. MFZ-1, I think. It is authentic as they come.

mdubya · 04-06-2012, 10:41 PM

Sound clips.

The Champ is just killing me tonight. I am loving it.

Clean Champ with SG Classic:

MP3 Player SoundClick

Champ with Maestro Fuzz and SG Classic:

MP3 Player SoundClick

Neither recording is doing justice to the sound in the room. I need to work on that.

middy · 04-06-2012, 10:58 PM

The champ sounds great. I like the upper harmonics on the cleanest part of the 1st clip. Thanks for squaring away the maestro and also for providing the great clips I love that retro hairy sound man.

mdubya · 04-06-2012, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by middy

The champ sounds great. I like the upper harmonics on the cleanest part of the 1st clip. Thanks for squaring away the maestro and also for providing the great clips I love that retro hairy sound man.

Thanks, middy. By the time I got the recording levels in the ballpark, I was starting to get a little tired.

Ain't that always they way.

I think the B string is a little out, too. But I have heard worse.

middy · 04-06-2012, 11:12 PM

I love listening to quick spur of the moment clips and the playing is great.

TheJrAce · 04-07-2012, 02:20 PM

Nice dude! Glad to see you got your setup back up and running.

mdubya · 04-07-2012, 02:23 PM

Even the 600 with the new tube sounds much, much better than it did with the stock tube.

04-06-2012, 07:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
mdubya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,866 Thanks: 464 Thanked 256 Times in 85 Posts	OAD (old amps day) Happy old amp day to me. Got my 76 JMP 2204, my 78 Champ, and my Champion 600 back from Mark Beaulieu in La Vale, MD. The Champ had a cracked tube socket, the Champion had a burnt resistor and blown tube, and the JMP got fresh tubes for the first time in 15 years. I also got to play 2 50 watt Plexis, a 100 watt Plexi, and a couple of Plexi clones Mark built, along with trying several of his cabinets and speaker combos. I played all of these via his early 70's LP Deluxe. Nice afternoon! My amps: My dueling SGs: I just played the Champ while photobucket threw a wobbler. Wow. It has never sounded this good. I wonder how many years that tube socket has been cracked? Cygnus X1 and Chop'emDown like this. __________________ I'm down with the pappy wap.

04-06-2012, 09:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cygnus X1 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,827 Thanks: 110 Thanked 101 Times in 32 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) Great news! mdubya likes this. __________________

04-06-2012, 10:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
middy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 203 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) The SG's must be happy to have thier old buddies back. I see the maestro phaser sitting there. A bit off topic but I'm a big phaser fan and I've owned a few but I've never tried the maestro how are you liking that?

04-06-2012, 10:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
mdubya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,866 Thanks: 464 Thanked 256 Times in 85 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) Sound clips. The Champ is just killing me tonight. I am loving it. Clean Champ with SG Classic: MP3 Player SoundClick Champ with Maestro Fuzz and SG Classic: MP3 Player SoundClick Neither recording is doing justice to the sound in the room. I need to work on that. middy likes this. __________________ I'm down with the pappy wap.

04-06-2012, 10:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
middy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 203 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) The champ sounds great. I like the upper harmonics on the cleanest part of the 1st clip. Thanks for squaring away the maestro and also for providing the great clips I love that retro hairy sound man. mdubya likes this.

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04-06-2012, 11:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
middy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 203 Thanks: 7 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) I love listening to quick spur of the moment clips and the playing is great. mdubya likes this.

04-07-2012, 02:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
TheJrAce Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NY Posts: 2,819 Thanks: 1 Thanked 26 Times in 6 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) Nice dude! Glad to see you got your setup back up and running. mdubya likes this. __________________ NYC Tonemojo Agent

04-07-2012, 02:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
mdubya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,866 Thanks: 464 Thanked 256 Times in 85 Posts	Re: OAD (old amps day) Even the 600 with the new tube sounds much, much better than it did with the stock tube. __________________ I'm down with the pappy wap.

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