orphan
239 posts
Feb 21, 2013
2:31 PM
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Got my head out of my combo amp. One, the Duel 212, weighed 80lbs. The last pic is from a Classic 50 weighing 60lbs. I finished the Duel 212 a couple of weeks ago. The head cab matches the combo cab. There is a piece of black plexi in the combo cab where the amp used to sit.
The Classic 50 amp head was done 3 yrs ago. It is a bit more of an industrial look!
What do you think?
Sorry for the quality of pics. This is my first try @ embedding pics. I had to keep resizing them because they were huge when I would put them up on "Practice your forum skills page". Then they were too small. I'm glad I was finally able to get them up, but they don't really show up to well. LOL
Last Edited by orphan on Feb 21, 2013 6:45 PM
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nacoran
6519 posts
Feb 21, 2013
5:12 PM
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The stack looks like a robot. The top two speaker cones are the eyes, and the nice horizontal mouth,... The only problem can see is no one will be looking at it's eyes.
I can just see your poor stack saying, "Hey, I'm up here, bozo!"
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orphan
241 posts
Feb 21, 2013
6:51 PM
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You're right Nacoran, I can't have nothing nice!
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KingoBad
1248 posts
Feb 21, 2013
8:01 PM
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Maybe add some eyelashes and a wig?
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orphan
243 posts
Feb 21, 2013
9:38 PM
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@KingoBad
I don't know if it would look right without Stilleto Heels, but maybe...
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KingoBad
1251 posts
Feb 21, 2013
9:50 PM
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You're going to have to make the stack bigger then...
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orphan
244 posts
Feb 21, 2013
10:33 PM
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Man, I dunno KingoBad. It was hard enough getting that left earring on. I gave up on the right.
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9000
148 posts
Feb 22, 2013
9:56 AM
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Cool! I wish that all of the popular big harp amps were available in a head/cab configuration. Much easier on the back and adds flexibility to use different cabs for different rooms.
Jay
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SuperBee
957 posts
Feb 23, 2013
12:16 AM
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I'm all for the separation of cab and head. Orphan, what is the amp with the chicken head knobs?
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Thievin' Heathen
157 posts
Feb 23, 2013
7:57 AM
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Is your Duel set up for Harp?
If it is, what did you do to it and how do you like it?
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orphan
248 posts
Feb 23, 2013
8:59 AM
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@9000
You are absolutely right IMO.
@SuperBee
That is from a Peavey Classic 50w 4x10. It uses 4 EL84s in the power amp. That along with the amps circuitry makes for an amp with not a lot of bottom and very clean. If you like the sound of harp through PA this is similar. I use it when I play with Praise and Gospel groups. I usually use an EV664 mic in this situation. Then I mic whatever cab I use to PA.It gives me my own personal monitor with plenty of headroom. Reminds me of Todd Parrotts sound. A bullet mic with this rig gives you a more distorted sound and sounds good on a lot of Southern Gospel.
Last Edited by orphan on Feb 23, 2013 9:00 AM
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orphan
249 posts
Feb 23, 2013
9:56 AM
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@ Thievin' Heathen
I put a 12ay7 in V1. The power tubes are two 6l6s and two KT88s. I replaced the 12" ceramic spkrs with 12" vintage alnico Utahs. It is not quite as Dirty/Chicago sounding as my HG 50 4x10, but almost. I use a JT30 mic with a CM element into the amp. I don't care for channel 2 as much as channel one. After pulling the head into its own cab, I experimented a lot with the amp settings.
This is what works the best for me and makes it hard to decide which of the two amps I like best for Blues and Rock: I set the mic @ 3/4-full volume and plug into an FX processor, then into a Mackie 402-VLZ3 4-Channel mixer. I use low settings on gain and level on the mixer. I take the mixer main out and into the amp. By using the mixer to lower the size of the signal from the mic, I still get the distortion from the mic and can drive the gain on the amps preamp section a lot harder without the feedback issues. Same for the power section to get power tube saturation. Caution: At this point the amp is Very Loud! I really like the tone I get and I can use the boost without having immediate feedback. Not so without the mixer in front of it. I have also used my HCIII in place of the mixer. Either one is fun.
Last Edited by orphan on Feb 23, 2013 10:03 AM
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Thievin' Heathen
160 posts
Feb 23, 2013
10:03 PM
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Thanks for sharing some of your secrets.
I put a 12au7 in V2 on my Bravo and it makes channel 2 a useable option. I have not tried it on my Triumph yet, but it's on my list of things to do.
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Steamrollin Stan
718 posts
Feb 23, 2013
11:41 PM
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Amazing and would love something like this when i hit the big time, sure beats my Smokey Amp tho, (joke but fact)
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orphan
253 posts
Feb 24, 2013
1:54 PM
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Thank you Steamrollin Stan. I'm glad you liked the pics. I hope you don't wait until you hit the big time before you get your next amp. I ain't nobody and I'm a looooong way from big time. In fact we might even be neighbors. I live in the alley on the back side of Tough Street...
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