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Post subject: Re: BJr III
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:06 pm
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Chassis mounted tube sockets would be nice. The 5-watt resistors are off of the board. Completely off the board. So far off of the board that they never were even on the board. There are no 5-watt resistors in the BJr. :idea:


The sockets for the 6L6 power tubes in the Blues Deluxe Reissue are mounted to the chassis.

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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:24 pm
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This is the only way to fix a Hot Rod series amp.
http://www.tjadamowicz.com/amps/convert.html

If anyone thinks Billm is some sort amp guru, TJ is the master!

My Egnater Rebel 20 is constructed light years ahead of any HRD amp. It has heat sinks where needed, no ribbon connectors decent parts at a decent price. Did I mention it's also a tone monster. I can get most of the tones I have in my head with it without pedals.


I think that's a nice setup BUT it isn't in the vein of the BDRI.
I am talking about using the exact same chassis' control panel.
Actually, BDRI aside, the dream amp I invision doesn't even exist and would be considered a genuine monster of an amp. You wouldn't want
to carry to a gig. The chassis alone would probably weigh 50 lbs
There'd controls up the yazoo. Primarily in the Tone Stack. Imagine 30 tone knobs for the guitar alone plus 4 additional 30 knob stacks that independantly control the speaker tone.
It would easily be a 10-20,000 dollar piece of equipment if not valued more.
Strictly a Recording studio monolith.


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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:32 pm
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You can do an awful lot with a Tweed and a decent guitar. :wink: More knobs and features really doesn't make it a good amp. The player does. :wink:

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[Imagine 30 tone knobs for the guitar alone plus 4 additional 30 knob stacks that independantly control the speaker tone.


Geez, do you wanna play some 12-bar blues or launch a goddamm missile strike?!?!?

"Three chords and the truth......three knobs for the mojo."

WTFO?

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All I really need is one knob on the amp and two on the guitar. Even though my Supro has seven. LOL My 57 Dano U1 and my Champ Amp are tonal bliss for me. :wink:

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Retroverbial wrote:
Twinhit wrote:
[Imagine 30 tone knobs for the guitar alone plus 4 additional 30 knob stacks that independantly control the speaker tone.


Geez, do you wanna play some 12-bar blues or launch a goddamm missile strike?!?!?

"Three chords and the truth......three knobs for the mojo."

WTFO?

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I want a launch a missile strike.

:mrgreen:


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"Three chords and the truth......three knobs for the mojo."


Three strings and a fingernail.

Imagine playing the guitar that only had 3 strings.
Imagine a fretboard that only had three frets
Imagine the difference between using a yardstick to measure tens.
Imagine if the artist's palate only consisted of 3 colors.

Nothing wrong with three knobs, but neither is there anything wrong with
a 100 knobs.

What I am describing is a special amplifier head that would be geared to provide very precise manipulation control of tone.

It would power a variety of speakers which are miked and routed to a mixerboard.


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What I am describing is a special amplifier head that would be geared to provide very precise manipulation control of tone.


Given a choice between your "über amp" and a beat-to-crap Silvertone Twin-Twelve, I'll take "Sears & Roebuck" every time.

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Twinhit wrote:
Nothing wrong with three knobs, but neither is there anything wrong with a 100 knobs.

What I am describing is a special amplifier head that would be geared to provide very precise manipulation control of tone.


You might check out the newer software/firmware based effects and amp modeling. Line 6 and others give you 100 virtual knobs (at least), for great precise adjustments, and tons of amp models. I use a Line 6 POD XT like a preamp, sometimes directly into the power amp input on the effects loop, bypassing the amps own preamp circuit. You can dial in just about any sound that you want. :)

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Retroverbial wrote:
Twinhit wrote:
What I am describing is a special amplifier head that would be geared to provide very precise manipulation control of tone.


Given a choice between your "über amp" and a beat-to-crap Silvertone Twin-Twelve, I'll take "Sears & Roebuck" every time.

:mrgreen:

Arjay


Actually, IF this "über amp" existed, you just might change your mind.

I'm not wiz or anything like that and of course, it's also the hands of the player that defines a good sound.

However, the reason I can invision something like this is based on a very real fact. I am very hard of hearing. And hearing loss has profiles not unlike that of a graphic EQ.
Les Paul was hard of hearing. And he wore hearing aids also. And he wanted to pursue the development of better hearing aids.

What I had envisioned came to me before my learning about Les Pauls disability and endeavors.

I doubt I'll ever be a Les Paul but it sure was nice to know that he and I could agree on a common ground.


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Twinhit wrote:
Actually, IF this "über amp" existed, you just might change your mind.


No pilgrim, I won't.

Ever.


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Les Paul was hard of hearing. And he wore hearing aids also.


Which is why Les continued to spin his wheels dreaming up losers like low-Z pickups (you could force a bar of alnico down a goldfish's throat, wrap the creature with with Formvar wire, and it would sound better than that POS!) and monstrous transistorized amps with 200+ watts and 8 x 12 speakers......he had no appreciation for what a pure electrified steel guitar string sounded like nor what a great tone Leo's amplifiers produced. How could he......?

He was deaf.

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Retroverbial wrote:
Twinhit wrote:
Actually, IF this "über amp" existed, you just might change your mind.


No pilgrim, I won't.

Ever.


Twinhit wrote:
Les Paul was hard of hearing. And he wore hearing aids also.


Which is why Les continued to spin his wheels dreaming up losers like low-Z pickups (you could force a bar of alnico down a goldfish's throat, wrap the creature with with Formvar wire, and it would sound better than that POS!) and monstrous transistorized amps with 200+ watts and 8 x 12 speakers......he had no appreciation for what a pure electrified steel guitar string sounded like nor what a great tone Leo's amplifiers produced. How could he......?

He was deaf.

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"I've had quite a bit of ear damage over the years, and have to wear hearing aids. Of course, I'm around people, from Walter Cronkite to Bill Clinton to my barber, and they're all complaining about the same thing. That the damned hearing aid--which is a million times better than what Edison had--is still not perfect. So I've gotten into modifying it, and we're now coming out with a Les Paul hearing aid. What I like about it is that a Stradivarius sounds like a Stradivarius and a kazoo sounds like a kazoo. If I can contribute just one more thing in this world before I go, it's going to be with hearing, and help the many people that have that curse." - Les Paul
http://www.puremusic.com/pdf/les.pdf



Paul and Fender had different ideas but they were respectful of each other.
What Paul is saying about hearing aids is true.
However, having had to wear them all my life and having some understanding of their dynamics believe me, they really ARE piles of junk and expensive too. I could buy two bassmen or a 57 Twin for the price of the upper mid priced hearing aids. The cheap ones are really crappy. They have gone digital and they don't make analog anymore. I hate it.

IMHO, instead of all in the ear types, I'd go with something like an ipod sized module that would have two (L&R) powerful analog 30 band eq stack that is digitally controlled (adj) on the ipodlike display screen. the Earbuds would included integrated microphones.
The wearer simply sets the eq according to Audiogram profile and each Master L and R vol. setting.

I think this would be a design direction LP would take note of.

After this, one would be considering implants. - it really depends on the type of hearing loss as not all hearing loss cause circumstances are the same.


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He was deaf.

Arjay


So was Beethoven.

Frankly, I find your statement that deaf people cannot appreciate great "tone" to be insulting. I've known many deaf and blind people who probably have a better appreciation of the world around them then you ever will.

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He was deaf.

Arjay


So was Beethoven.

Frankly, I find your statement that deaf people cannot appreciate great "tone" to be insulting. I've known many deaf and blind people who probably have a better appreciation of the world around them then you ever will.


Sure, pal.

You want some "hearing-challenged" audio engineer mastering what might be your only shot at a decent demo to land a major recording contract?

Or perhaps you prefer that some "visually-challenged" cardio-vascular surgeon perform your quintuple-bypass surgery?

Whatever assuages your guilt, you go for it.

And for the record, I am not denigrating anyone with a physical handicap. But as Clint Eastwood so aptly put it as "Dirty Harry" in a film of some note......

"A man's got to know his limitations."

That's how the real world works and I care not a whit that you feel "insulted". The simple fact of the matter is, Les Paul -- genius that he was in many regards -- laid a number of eggs in his quest for tone. The Les Paul guitar would've ended up as another also-ran if not for the persistence of Seth Lover in designing the quintessential humbucking pickup and Ted McCarty's vision to install it in the guitar in 1957. Contrast that with Mr. Fender's then-contemporary rival effort, the Stratocaster. Leo hit it out of the ballpark once the design was finalized and placed into production.

Get a grip.

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bluesky636 wrote:
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He was deaf.

Arjay


So was Beethoven.

Frankly, I find your statement that deaf people cannot appreciate great "tone" to be insulting. I've known many deaf and blind people who probably have a better appreciation of the world around them then you ever will.


Beethoven came to my mind, too.


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Twinhit wrote:
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He was deaf.

Arjay


So was Beethoven.

Frankly, I find your statement that deaf people cannot appreciate great "tone" to be insulting. I've known many deaf and blind people who probably have a better appreciation of the world around them then you ever will.


Beethoven came to my mind, too.


Good thing he didn't know how limited he was.

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