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    Let's see your amplifiers...

    I have a bunch of amps. But my favorites are my '59 Bassman Reissue and my 90's Prosonic Head with 2X12 cab. Here are some pics.





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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    love that P bass. I have that exact same Fender suitcase, full of mics.
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    This is my "family." Missing are my Pignose 150R Crossmix, my Pignose 7-100 (the first two amps I ever owned) and my NUX 8SE.


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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    An old "family portrait"......



    Not shown are the recent acquisitions; a '66 Vibrolux Reverb, a '68 Pro Reverb, and a 5E3 Tweed Deluxe clone.
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    Too bad you can't fit a Fender into the family, eh?
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    Sure is hard following Phantoman!
    Old pics, Tele, and SG have both found new homes!



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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Here are a few (I've sold the Mesa). The Cure gets the most use out of all of my amps.



    My '66 VR with a friend's '65 DR-



    A gut shot of the Princeton Reverb clone that I built. What an awesome amp!



    Awesome tweed Deluxe clone. It's the amp that I learned to love Teles with!



    This Marshall JCM 800 4010 kicks blues rock ass in a way that I never imagined (or I would've bought one 40 years ago!).



    This Mesa Fillmore 25 might be the best self contained "Grab and go amp", but only because I like it more then the Mesa Mark Five:25 which weighed 11 pounds less!.



    It's hard to stop playing this Dr. Z Monza. It's an early '70s style rock monster!



    A friend built this funky little single ended amp with tremolo before he passed away. I saw it in a CL add after his death and bought it from a guy who bought it from a guy... I'm so glad I found it to remember him by. It's pretty cool sounding!


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    I tried to buy one of Cygnus X1 SE amps when he was selling a few, but I was too late. Sure wish I had contacted him a little sooner!

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    I’m definitely TFF’s humblest member. My only amp is a Blues Jr Tweed with a Jensen speaker.



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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by Sérgio View Post
    I’m definitely TFF’s humblest member. My only amp is a Blues Jr Tweed with a Jensen speaker.


    I'd say you're more focused on the music rather than the gear. We all approach this hobby in very different ways (all valid). For instance, I never wanted to be in a working band and had no dreams of fame or rock stardom. I just wanted to jam with my friends, for my friends. Also, I'm a gearhead.

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Simple elegance and grease


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    That's a pretty Tele. Did you remove the pickguard, or did it come without?


    ETA: My bad, I now see it. White Tele with a white pickguard. Nice!
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by DogsPart2 View Post
    Simple elegance and grease


    pretty cool combination!

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    This is what I've been using for my Sunday go to meetin' gig. It's a Bogen K10 PA amp that I converted for my use years ago. A 6V4 rectifier, a pair of 6AQ5 power tubes, a 12AX7 & a 6AU6. The 1x12" closed-back cab houses a generic Fender speaker, probably an Eminence. It sounds great!

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    1969 Super Reverb. Blackface curcuit, TAD reverb tank, original CTS alnico speakers:



    1983 JCM 800 2205 and 1987 Silver Jubilee cab with V30s:



    Ceriatone JTM 45 clone with KT66 powertubes. Cab is DIY open back with Greenbacks:



    1996 JTM 60:



    For home practice, I use a Boss Katana 50.

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by Keefoman1 View Post
    1969 Super Reverb. Blackface curcuit, TAD reverb tank, original CTS alnico speakers:

    I like that guitar, and the amp
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    Quote Originally Posted by DanTheBluesMan View Post
    I like that guitar, and the amp
    I sure do too. :)

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Hi all, new member here. I have a couple of 1970's Fender amps that I have done some modifications to the cabinets, and would like to post photos, but I'm not authorized to post attachments, probably because I'm new. Hopefully in the future.

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    WE CRAVE GUITAR PORN SO GET A MOVE ON!



    FWIW you have to load your photos to a remote hosting site such as IBB or Photobucket then use their assigned image tags to post pics here.
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    OK here's my attempt at linking to some images. They are photos of my modified 1979 Vibro Champ. Of course, I still have the original cabinet with the 8" Alnico speaker.

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by Michael Smith View Post
    OK here's my attempt at linking to some images. They are photos of my modified 1979 Vibro Champ. Of course, I still have the original cabinet with the 8" Alnico speaker.
    Is that two 10" or 12" speakers? I've run my Champ through the two 10" speakers in my Vibrolux Reverb and it was awesome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    Is that two 10" or 12" speakers? I've run my Champ through the two 10" speakers in my Vibrolux Reverb and it was awesome!
    Don, I have 2 x 10 inch speakers in that cabinet. I have also played it thru my 2 x 12 speakers in my modified Super Twin Reverb cabinet, but for portability the 2 x 10 cabinet I built is great.

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Here are some pics of my 1977 (ish) Super Twin Reverb. For anyone who has ever owned one, you know they are VERY heavy. So I built the head cabinet and put a wood blank in the original cabinet and painted it black. The amp originally had the Drip Edge around the speaker baffle, but it was all broken, so I got some black fabric and stapled it onto a new frame I made. A tech "supposedly" converted it into a switchable 25/100 watt amp and removed 2 of the 6L6 tubes, but I'm not sure he really did anything effective.


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    Interesting conversions.

    I've "re-engineered" a number of Fender amps to create platforms that Leo should've produced such as this porch weasel from hell, using a non-reverb Princeton head and a stand-alone speaker enclosure featuring a 15-inch JBL speaker......





    Fender amps are like old V8-powered Chevy's......very easy to hotrod.
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    Phantomman, Did you build the cabinet for the 1 x 15? If so, very nice work!

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    Yes, I build my own cabinets.

    Here's a 2 x 10 combo enclosure intended to accommodate a Bandmaster chassis......



    It was dressed out to simulate an early '60s brownface......

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Do you use a router with a trammel attachment to make the holes for the speakers?

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    No, just a standard power jigsaw. The initial cuts were a little rough but hand-sanding rounded them down to a smooth, even circumference.
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    I inherited a router some years ago and it came with a trammel attachment. Once I finally figured out how to use it, I get perfect circles every time, with very little sanding. I use a straight cutting bit, and lower it a little bit on each pass. Sorry about the out of focus photo, it was from my less than stellar cell phone.

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    If i'd have inherited a router I'd have used it as well. As it is, I rely on mostly common hand tools for all my carpentry needs. Here's another amp that Leo didn't build but should've, a Deluxe Reverb combo driving a 15-inch speaker......



    Shown apposed with a stock '68 Deluxe Reverb for comparison. The enclosure is twenty inches tall and dressed out with silverface drip-edge cosmetics. The amp chassis itself is a '78.
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    If i'd have inherited a router I'd have used it as well. As it is, I rely on mostly common hand tools for all my carpentry needs. Here's another amp that Leo didn't build but should've, a Deluxe Reverb combo driving a 15-inch speaker......



    Shown apposed with a stock '68 Deluxe Reverb for comparison. The enclosure is twenty inches tall and dressed out with silverface drip-edge cosmetics. The amp chassis itself is a '78.
    Now that is a fine pair of amplifiers! I love the 15" Deluxe! Yes, Fender should have done one back in the day!
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    Yes, I build my own cabinets.

    Here's a 2 x 10 combo enclosure intended to accommodate a Bandmaster chassis......



    It was dressed out to simulate an early '60s brownface......

    Holy cow! That is some splendid cabinetry! Just superb! You have some great skills there, my friend!
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Thanks, Bobby!

    That 15-inch DR conversion was pretty popular -- I've built a total of six of them (four for paying clients) plus a few 2 x 10 versions. The DR is a very versatile platform and despite its 20-watt output is pretty damn loud, even with the stock single twelve. But an alternative speaker system makes a significant improvement in both tone and volume. I named the 1 x 15 version the "Spankmaster Reverb" and I've used it onstage with excellent results, even when pitted against the likes of a Vox AC30TB and a Fender Super Reverb. And it's a helluva lot lighter than the JBL-equipped Twin Reverb I used to lug around.

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    The 1 x 15" speaker cabinet looks like a great setup for a Deluxe Reverb. I built a stand alone 15 inch speaker cabinet with a horn driver added that I used to use for keyboards. With the addition of the horn, it's impedance is 4ohms, so probably wouldn't be appropriate for a Deluxe Reverb. I have used it with this old Silverface Blackline Bassman. I don't know the forum rules about posting what prices we paid for gear, but this was a pawn shop find in January 1988. I recently replaced all of the electrolytic caps, doghouse caps and resistors and bias supply cap and resistor, and am just waiting to take it to a friend's place so we can put it on his variac and also check the bias with his eurotube probes.

    Although the tube chart identifies the circuit as AB165, after carefully going over the values of the components in the chassis, I believe it is circuit revision AC568. As you guy's know, that wouldn't be the first incorrect tube chart in a Fender amp.
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Great posts! Thank you guys!

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Your Bassman *may* be an AB165 -- the key is the build date which should be ink-stamped inside the chassis, adjacent to the P/T. Those amps built after May of '68 will likely be the AC568 circuit revision.
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    This has been a fun thread. Somewhere around here are phtots of my 2x10" Bandmaster combo/convo. I'll have to dig them up when I get some time. I'm pretty happy with it even though I haven't used it in years.

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Quote Originally Posted by Cogs View Post
    This has been a fun thread.
    +1!

    Especially so since we have a new member who seems quite enthusiastic about being here.

    It's a good day for the forum!
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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    I agree! Time to dust off some old jpg's
    Here's a crappy pic:

    A better one of the B'master in action, sitting on top of my chopped Leslie model 130. I chained the BMR w/a Crate Power Block to push the Leslie:

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    Re: Let's see your amplifiers...

    Btw- I made my own circle jig for my router out of a piece of plywood. It's not very precise in the diameter of the holes it produces, but it does make a perfect circle & they are at least in the ballpark. Any rough edges are then taken care of with sand paper &/or a rasp

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