Saturday, December 29, 2012

Marvel Amp Update

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I dropped by Bruce Collin’s Mission Amps shop yesterday for a little work on the newly acquired  Marvel vintage tube amp . This was the f...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Vintage Kay Amp

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My friend Timothy Patrick O'Reilly from the DC area sent photos of his cool vintage Kay amp. All the tubes are original and Tim ...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Test - Amp volume vs Mic volume

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This video compares two scenarios:  In the first segment the volume on the amp is all the way up and the volume on the harp microphone is...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

Bad News Blues

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Vintage Boss DM-2 For Sale

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You know what this is: Boss DM-2. The best sounding analog delay pedal ever made. They sold from 1981 to 1984, and today they fetch around...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Wezo Megatone ME-18 Amp

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The Wezo Megatone ME-18 blues harp amp is all that, and then some.  It is faithful to the vintage Masco tone it is designed to emulate, w...
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ultimate 545 w/Bulletizer into Mission 32-20 amp

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Ultimate 545 mic with Bulletizer from Greg Heumann, played into a 1x12 Mission Chicago 32-20 amp.  No delay or effects on the amp.  (Al bl...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Comparison: Masco ME-18 vs Sonny Jr 410

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At Ziggies last night Dan compared two amps:  My 1953 Masco ME-18 and his Sonny Junior 410 amp.  It is an interesting study in contrasting...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Irrational Amp Tinkering

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This Champ is ridiculous. No sane person would ever spend so much time and money on such an inexpensive small amp, would they? It is irra...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Jam Amps

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Players often leave their amps at home when heading to my jam since they know there will be at least one good harp rig they can use.  But ...