The Amp Garage

...I like 2 16 ohms wired parallel instead of 2 4 ohms in series to get an 8 ohm 2/12 cab. It sounds like you get more bottom end. I agree...parallel is the way to go there. But I don't think you get more bottom...it sounds to me like the bottom tightens up; which can be perceived as being more. Pu...

FWIW, 8-ohm speakers sound smoother to me than 16-ohm ones...all other things being equal. The high-end on 16-ohm speakers is a little more choppy and not as clear.

Yeah...what speakers are those red-frame ones in the 2x12 tan cab? Tone-tubbies?

I remember seeing him at the China Club in LA back around 1990. He was using a 4x12 with his Dumble, and the tone was so piercing my ears rang for days.

Max wrote:

talbany wrote:Max
Here is what I have of that conversation.

Hi Tony,

thanks for posting these again.

All the best and have a great day,

Max

ditto...my thanks as well.

...plus 6x12AX7 including drivers and PI but (I think) excluding a buffered FX loop. If anyone knows of an SSS with a buffered FX loop, please advise. 6 x 12AX7s... 2 for the PI/driver 3 for the pre-amp (assuming fender-based with reverb) I notice the first SSS had tremelo, which would account for ...

David Root wrote:You'll get no satisfaction with a single pair and the Twin OT. That's a power and impedance mismatch.

I would say use the quad, or build a 50W with a Vibrosonic or Bassman OT, and use a Bassman PT. That's what HAD did for 50W, and that works bigtime!

+1

...big fan of BF/SF Bassman trannies here.

Anyone have any sound clips of a 124 build? I'm interested in what difference the 100k plates have on the overall tone. I posted these years ago: http://www.ayanmusic.com/audio.htm Gil That middle overdrive track (no PAB) is what I like to hear. The low-plates kill the high-plates for musicality in...

That's actually pretty close. In those two clips, I actually prefer the TR for that song. More character in that particular key, it seems.

The TR is buzzy and a little thinner than the Dumble. The Dumble is clear and has more girth in the lower end. Sounds almost like Dumble went with a mica cap where the TR went with a ceramic, though I know that may not be the case.

At least I didn't hear any "politician".

Hey...not to change the subject, but does anybody have a clue on the PI tail resistor in that last photo of the Odyssey posted by UHOP? I've got most of it and can guess most of what I can't see...but it'd save me a lot of time fooling around on that tail resistor. The standard Fender 22k (or standa...

From what I could find (based on all the old pics, blowing them up and studying them: It's basically a super-bassman or bassman-100 style driver with a cf driving the output tubes (cap coupled, not DC coupled like a bass amp). Nothing special really. I think Dumble could have crapped in a Bud box a...

That's cool...thanks! I'll have to dig into it and see what I can make of it.

Specifically, I'm looking to find out how the 12BH7 is set up. Is it similar to the way the cathode driver in the SSS is?

Hey UHOP...got a schem/drawing or layout of one of those odysseys?

...does anybody have a schematic or layout for one of these little beasts?

BTW, nice to see the board humming again.