I've had a gutted Peavey guitar head in my basement for years. Chassis, cab and transformers.
It's set up for 6 x 6L6GC, or 150 Watts.
Who the hell needs that kind of power for a guitar?
I've held onto it, thinking, "I'm gonna build a bass amp out of it some day."
Anybody have suggestions for an old school amp to try to emulate? A baby-SVT isn't a likely candidate, because it has inductors in the tone circuit.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
the baby svt sounds like a cool project. i have a "nomad" that uses 6L6's, it's called the "bass 300", no idea why cause it's probably only 125 watts? between the nomad and my V4B, i can get the tones i want. one day i think i'll get a hiwatt or orange bass head for something a little different.
i think a hi-power flip top would be uber badass...and i mean UBER!
"don't worry, i'm a professional!"
That sounds like a good idea. Six cathode biased 6L6's....Originally Posted by chuckocaster
i think a hi-power flip top would be uber badass...and i mean UBER!
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
If I recall, the difference between a HiWatt dr103 anf the bass amp was in the tone circuit
do I look like I know what I'm doing?
just throwin' ideas out there kap'n. but a p bass thru a flip top circuit is magic to behold.
"don't worry, i'm a professional!"
so... what's your conclusion? i'm dying to see what the "kap" comes up with!
"don't worry, i'm a professional!"
No conclusion yet. It's still a 'project in the future' but I'm thinking a fliptop might be in order.
I'm suspecting though that I might need to modify the phase inverter to drive six 6L6's.
Several guitars in different colors
Things to make them fuzzy
Things to make them louder
orange picks
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