MP
191 posts
Apr 23, 2010
11:55 AM
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did a gig yesterday playing a 5F6H this guy built from internet specs. he loaded the cab with a 10" and an 8". freaking tone monster!!
the guy who built it is a guitar guy and just did it as a lark. what is the story behind these puppys?
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MP
196 posts
Apr 23, 2010
3:49 PM
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thanks Joe L.
the guy who built it said it was sort of a champ/princeton thing but it didn't sound anything like all the champs and princetons i've owned or heard. this thing was creamy funky goodness like the revenge of jerry McCain.
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Rick Davis
317 posts
Apr 23, 2010
3:57 PM
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Was it a 5F2H?
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-Rick Davis
Blues Harp Amps Blog
Roadhouse Joe Blues Band
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Rick Davis
318 posts
Apr 23, 2010
7:03 PM
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I'm betting it was a 5F2H... one 6L6 single ended, or it could be a KT66. It was originally designed by Bruce Collins of Mission amps, and sold by Ted Weber as a kit. It was not really a Champ/Princeton clone, but was inspired by the old Premier Twin 8 circuit. I own a 5F2H, and it is the baddest 10-watt harp amp around. It is indeed a "freaking tone monster."
Bruce Collins also created the killer new mid-sized Mission Chicago amp.
www.missionharpamps.com
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-Rick Davis
Blues Harp Amps Blog
Roadhouse Joe Blues Band
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MP
197 posts
Apr 23, 2010
7:32 PM
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OOPS!! that sucker is a 5F2H. it had a 3 way toggle voiceing switch( i liked the first setting). if you had a not so good mic i'll bet the other 2 settings would set it right. they gave more mids and bottom (to my ears) but that muddied up my CR biscuit. i used to have a Premier twin 8 and this was like old home week. the dude is selling these for $800. top mounted chickenhead volume and tone, nice blue tolex and white/gold diagonal grille.
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jbone
311 posts
Apr 23, 2010
11:26 PM
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guess i have a 5f6h then. built by stave clark of sligo amps. it is an awesome amp for harp.
my first amp was a '62 princeton tremolo. NEVER hock your amp unless you don't really want it!
i have also a mid 60's silvertone 1482, very similar to the princeton tremolo but with a bigger- 12" instead of 10"- speaker. it's also a great toned amp.
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Ev630
293 posts
Apr 24, 2010
2:56 AM
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MP, so who'se the dude? Is it Collins selling them?
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Rick Davis
320 posts
Apr 24, 2010
8:00 AM
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EV, no... Bruce Collins designed the circuit and it was sold is a kit by Weber. Adam at Tungsten Amps is one amp tech who does a good job of building them.
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-Rick Davis
Blues Harp Amps Blog
Roadhouse Joe Blues Band
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Ev630
297 posts
Apr 24, 2010
8:25 AM
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So Tungsten is the guy doing them for 800?
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MP
199 posts
Apr 24, 2010
11:27 AM
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EV. the guy's name is ELLIS BOURBONEAUX and you've never heard of him and he lives in HONOLULU. he's a fantastic luthier aside from amp builder. i've been to his shop. he lives about a mile away from me. he has no web site i'm aware of.
i think the parts kit runs $400 from WEBER.
Last Edited by on Apr 24, 2010 11:31 AM
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Rick Davis
324 posts
Apr 24, 2010
3:31 PM
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The kit from Weber is $460. That is with a 10-inch speaker (a good one... a 10A125-0 Weber).
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-Rick Davis
Blues Harp Amps Blog
Roadhouse Joe Blues Band
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MP
203 posts
Apr 24, 2010
3:39 PM
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jbone,
i hocked a princeton with blackface circuitry as a teen. ah youth.
it was my first brand new amp. layaway plan. let it go for peanuts.
Last Edited by on Apr 24, 2010 3:41 PM
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Ev630
299 posts
Apr 24, 2010
9:26 PM
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Ah, okay. Thanks.
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