Which Guitar Amp (and Gear) is awesome for traditional 70's Funk? Please help me!
Question: After long time, I want to make music again and I face a problem: which amp sounds dry enough for funk (80%) and gives, nevertheless, a warm sound for Soul(20%)? Although I will surely irritate all tube fetishists now, traditionally I would have to take a Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus - t ...
- adding reverb to a JTM45 vintage guitar amp
Question: I am building a JTM45 vintage tube amplifier for guitar and I want to add a reverb effect to it. I have both the schematic of the amp and the reverb effect. Where whould I add the reverb? right after the preamp or before the preamp? or right before the output amp? Answer: Why did you ...
tagged: Vintage Guitar Amp- Vintage Guitar Amp Price???
Question: if anyone can give me an estimated guess on the value or where i can find the value of an amp i'd be very grateful. it's an Ampeg Gemini I Model G-12 from around the late 60's. it has two input channels with jacks for guitar and accordion on each. it also has a vibrato/echo effects pe ...
tagged: Vintage Guitar Amps- What's the deal with vintage guitars!?!
Question: Maybe someone can explain this to me. I was just browsing around Ebay and was noticing people selling vintage Fenders for THOUSANDS of dollars. They are is piss-poor condition. What makes them worth so much? People are buying them without even playing them. Is the idea of owning a gui ...
tagged: Vintage Guitar Amplifiers- gibson vintage amp site?
Question: So what kind of amp do you think sounds good Ralesquire? Im interested in knowing because I have a 60' Gibson Ranger tweed and thats one of my keepers. Also I have a 57' GA 30 with a Kendrick 12 blackframe that sounds just bitchin' Answer: Well if you're not gonna part with yours....I ...
tagged: Vintage Gibson Amps- Amp Content - Online Source Of Vintage Amps?
Question: I'm ready to get a real amp. I think it's gotta be a Fender but I'm trying to keep an open mind. Before I buy a Blues Junior or a '65 Deluxe Reverb repro (which is at the very upper limit of what I can spend) I'd like to know if there are any good online sources of genuine vintage amp ...
tagged: Vintage Amps- Fender Amp Repair In Nashville
Question: Does anyone have an amp repair shop in Nashville (or the vicinity) that does good work and that you can trust? I've heard stories of pieces in vintage gear being swapped or taken out that didn't need to be (IOW they did it to get the vintage part and replaced it with a new part, keepi ...
tagged: Vintage Amp Repair- Vintage Amplifiers for Idiots
Question: Will you guys and gals please share your educated, or hard-learned, or innate electrical common sense and offer your suggestions for essential rules of safety for musicians buying vintage amplifiers? Answer: Depending on the sound you're looking for, there are many vintage amps out th ...
tagged: Vintage Amplifiers- Carvin Vintage 16
Question: Has anyone tried one of these: http://www.carvin.com/products/single.php?ItemNumber=VINTAGE16&CID=VINT Not real loud, of course, but for home or small venues where the amp is miked? Answer: Yea, I owned one for about a year and have owned its bigger brother (the 1x12 50 watt Nomad) fo ...
tagged: Carvin Vintage Amp
