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The Mission Delta Sonic Amp will be at SPAH
The Mission Delta Sonic Amp will be at SPAH
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Rick Davis
2215 posts
Aug 12, 2013
6:24 AM
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Hey, if any of you forum guys are heading to SPAH you can try out a the latest version of the Mission Delta Sonic amp. Here is a note I sent to Harp-L this morning:
The new Mission Delta Sonic amp will be in the "amp room" at SPAH. This is the smaller Mission harp amp in a tweed Harvard cab, weighing in at about 25 pounds. It makes 19 watts from two 6V6 power tubes through one 10-inch Eminence Lil Buddy speaker. The amp has great tone and volume, and includes a line out for when you need PA support. Here is a link to a video of Nic Clark playing the amp, with no effects:
http://youtu.be/2ESH7zE_feE
The 15-watt model Nic is playing sells for $899. The 19-watt model with the bigger transformers will be slightly more.
I have stopped lugging my Bassman around for most shows now, just bringing the little Delta Sonic amp and a cable for the line out.
Contact Bruce Collins at www.missionharpamps.com for more info, or you are welcome to hit me up with questions.
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-Little Rick Davis
The Blues Harp Amps Blog
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Last Edited by Rick Davis on Aug 12, 2013 6:25 AM
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SmokeJS
145 posts
Aug 12, 2013
6:40 AM
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Rick, could you compare for us the relative loudness of this amp to a 5 watt amp like the Kalamazoo. My Zoo has a line out but unless it's really well placed for me on stage, generally elevated and close, it can be difficult to hear depending upon the other players and the venue. I'm guessing 2 x 6V6 and a very efficient speaker make a fairly big difference.
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6SN7
349 posts
Aug 12, 2013
6:52 AM
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A 5 watt amp is a bedroom/studio/practice amp.
As a stage amp, it might be fine for a duo/acoustic act or a club that is the size of a postage stamp, but add drums and bass, you are sunk. At that point, you might want to velcro it to your head to hear.
I used my 5 watt last weekend in tandem with a Fender Tweed Deluxe and it worked out fine, kind of like twin outboards! But by itself it would have been overwhelmed.
From what I have heard and read, this amp is a big step up from a Kala2.
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Rick Davis
2216 posts
Aug 12, 2013
7:42 AM
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Smoke, in the video of Nic playing the amp it is not lined out to the PA. That is a good representation of the volume of the amp.
The Kalamazoo is a very fine amp, but it suffers from the same deficit as all 5-watt amps: it is really hard to hear yourself on a loud stage.
Compared to a 5-watt amp like my Champ, the Delta Sonic sounds much bigger and fuller. It is punchier. I could hear myself fine last night at the Mile High Blues Society jam in Denver, even when I joined a set with regular jammers (i.e. loud). I had the amp up on a chair, which helped. Had I been playing the Champ there is no way I could have heard myself in that set. Been there, done that.
To be fair, it is not like playing my Bassman. With that monster I not only can hear myself, I can feel every note. But lugging the 63-pound Bassman around is a pain.
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-Little Rick Davis
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