Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Scott Woerner - Harp Mechanic
Meet Scott Woerner (pronounced "Warner"), Denver harp player, motorcycle rider, tech guru, and ace harp mechanic. He does all the harp work for Nic Clark, Al Chesis, and me, among others.
I gave him an MBD in E with a failed reed in blow 4, and he replaced the reed, tuned and gapped the harp, and re-sealed the comb. It plays like buttah now; responsive and balanced.
Scott's fee for this was so low it was astonishing. I'll leave it to him to quote you a price. I can tell you it was a fraction of what you would expect, and the finished product was exactly what you expect from a pro harp mechanic.
Scott's email is swoerner at msn dot com. He gets the Blues Harp Amps seal of approval.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013
Bassman tone
Here are three videos, two different players, playing my Bassman amp. At Ziggies Sunday Blues Jam in Denver on May 19, 2013.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
My 1964 Marvel Tube Amp is for Sale -- $200
*** SOLD ***
These amps were made by Multivox in New York City, the same
factories that produced the legendary Premier Twin 8 amps. It shares some circuit features with the Twin
8, including the single 7591 power tube.
The 7591 in this amp is a vintage Multivox branded tube,
almost certainly the original. It checks
out good and sounds great, so no need to replace it. The preamp tube is a NOS Westinghouse 12AZ7.
The original speaker had some wear so I replaced it with a
reconed vintage Oaktron alnico speaker from the mid 1950s.
The amp was serviced by Bruce Collins at Mission Amps in
Denver:
-Install grounded power cord
-Remove the "Death Cap"
-Install cathode bypass cap on the power tube. This gave the
amp a bit more punch.
-Modify the power supply.
-Test all tone caps for leakage. Replaced as needed.
-Test all circuit voltages.
-De-oxidize the tube sockets
-install speaker jack
-Install line out
The amp produces a bit more than 6 watts at clipping. It sounds amazingly big and warm for an amp
with a 6-inch speaker. The small alnico speaker
gives it a nice compressed juke joint crunch.
When the amp gets warm it puts out that great vintage tube amp smell,
too.
I’ve gigged it and it performed flawlessly. However, I sell it as-is and make no
warranties. Carry this little less-that-10-pound
amp and a cable for the line out and you are ready for anything.
Here is a brief video of the amp playing though a PA via the
line out jack.
I’ve had the amp for six months and love it, but it is time
to pass it along and move on to the next project.
The price is only $200 plus pro packing and shipping via
UPS. Contact me at
bluesharpamps@gmail.com
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