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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 2:38 pm
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OK, that's it. No more changes after this. Probably. Maybe? I got a brown flat logo. I was able to mostly cover the other holes, and the grille cloth wasn't really damaged from the screws, so I was able to use a pick and move the threads back into place to 'heal' the fabric.

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:38 pm
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Awesome! Like it should have come from the factory, that way. Now, play the crazy thing and get some patina! :lol:

What guitars you gonna play through it? Seems a Paul with P90s would be nice.


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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:32 pm
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'murrican strats of course!


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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:37 pm
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'murrican strats of course!


That thing will sound like heaven with a Les Paul too.

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 6:15 pm
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I've never been a Les Paul fan. Had one for a while, just never warmed up to it. It's heavy, they don't 'feel' right to me, not comfortable to sit and play.


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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:24 pm
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No doubt that it's not as ergonometrically friendly as a Strat but LP's are rumored to have some awesome tones. At least that's the assertion of Jimmy Page, Leslie West, Martin Barre, Billy Gibbons, and a few other guys who think they know what they're talking about.

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:38 pm
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I'm not a 'Paul hater. It just doesn't work for me. I even let my thinline tele go cause I didn't like the balance of that either. When you get right down to it, it's simple: My only amp is a Fender Champ. I haven't played publicly since college - that's a long time ago. These days it's just me, some strat-o-ma-casters and a Trio Plus. To paraphrase Rick Nelson, 'can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself'. And I'm pretty pleased currently! :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:23 pm
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Well you got yourself a right fine amp for whatever instrument pleases you, that much is certain.

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:44 am
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Indeed! Thanks all for the comments, input and enabling! :D


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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:22 am
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Hey, I love enabling!

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:59 pm
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Bet, even a Blues Harp would sound good through the amp. Sounds good through my Vibro-Champ.

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:49 pm
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The 12-inch speaker should give any harp some real grunt.

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Post subject: Re: Everything Old is Older Again... ('72 Champ Redux)
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 12:55 pm
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I have a real 1965 Blackface Champ face plate hanging in my work shop.
Sadly a knucklehead got to it first and drilled out the on/off switch mounting area for a full sized toggle switch :roll:

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