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:drool: :amp: :drool: :amp: :drool:
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Buddy makes them sound real good too. It's amazing how he gets that dirty with his tone but still gets that strat chime.
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:drool: :drool: but out of my league... :tears:
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:eye_rub: Nice :thumbsup:
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The Tremolux really interest me. Buddy does make the Twinolux sound nice, as well.
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12bar wrote::drool: :drool: but out of my league... :tears:
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Hi Guys
As an old experienced electronic designer, I am amazed why musicians are willing to pay a fortune for guitar amps built with "ancient" methods (point to point). There is no proof what so ever that a point-to-point assembly should give a better sound than using a modern PCB assembly. It is the quality of the design itself ( in all aspects) that matters, not the assembly methods.
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Wise and true words! :thumbsup:

I remember old HiFi test magazines where the testers hear differences between different brands of speaker cables :eye_rub: of the same size. Or that really big gauges of cable sound sooo much better. Nonsense. What counts is just the resistance. And the critical value can be calculated...
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No, point to point doesn't sound better, but it's more serviceable (and the old ones maybe had better parts). And one part of me believes the less parts there are in it, the better the amp sounds.
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Kalle, not to start an argument, but I'll take point to point any day of the week over PCB construction. Of course, I like to take amps apart to see how they work. It's much easier to see when things are wired rather than traced.
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I just sold my Egnater Renegade and I'm going to build a Tweed clone amp from a kit. I haven't decided which amp to build yet, but it will be one of the three amps that Fender's reproducing for the EC series.

Weber makes great kits and they also make some of the best speakers around. The tweed kits are priced at about $400, $500.00 and $800.00 respectively for the Champ, Deluxe and Twin kits. They also make a Champ kit with a 10" speaker, which is what the Champ needs to sound a little bigger. The same Fender amps sell for $1000 to $3000. The Weber kits don't have tremolo, which I would never use anyway.

I could save some money by making my own cabinet - but not much. Maybe $50 to $100.

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BadBluesPlayer, I have a Victoria 5112 which is a Tweed Champ with a 12" speaker. A single 10" speaker sounds too trebly to my ears. I like 10's in multiples, but not a single 10. If I was building a Champ, I'd stick it in a Tweed Deluxe cabinet with a 12" speaker. Assuming you can find one with a cut out that fits the Champ. However, with your skills in cabinet building you can probably build one.
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DeaconBlues wrote:BadBluesPlayer, I have a Victoria 5112 which is a Tweed Champ with a 12" speaker. A single 10" speaker sounds too trebly to my ears. I like 10's in multiples, but not a single 10. If I was building a Champ, I'd stick it in a Tweed Deluxe cabinet with a 12" speaker. Assuming you can find one with a cut out that fits the Champ. However, with your skills in cabinet building you can probably build one.
Yes - I am leaning toward building a champ kit with a 10" or 12" speaker. I'll probably build the cab, so I can accommodate whatever speaker I want. I have to do some more homework about speakers.
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Yes - I am leaning toward building a champ kit with a 10" or 12" speaker. I'll probably build the cab, so I can accommodate whatever speaker I want. I have to do some more homework about speakers.
Oh heck, just go with a 15" or 2x10's...maybe 2x12's... :think: ...the sky's the limit. :D

You would be surprised just how good a Champ can sound with a larger cabinet. :music2:
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DeaconBlues wrote:
Yes - I am leaning toward building a champ kit with a 10" or 12" speaker. I'll probably build the cab, so I can accommodate whatever speaker I want. I have to do some more homework about speakers.
Oh heck, just go with a 15" or 2x10's...maybe 2x12's... :think: ...the sky's the limit. :D

You would be surprised just how good a Champ can sound with a larger cabinet. :music2:
Hah! I have a 4x12 cab. How about that?
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:think:

Got anything larger? :music2:

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