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Post subject: Need Help About Champ 12
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 4:14 pm
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hello I live in turkey and here,it is so difficult to find a all-tube fender amp.
i have a carvin sx-200 and now i'm gonna change it with a champ 12
but i never tried champ 12 and i will have no chance to try before buy.
i will pay 80$ + carvin sx-200 (so old one (i will add photo) for champ 12

What do you think about champ 12 or do you know it?
about champ 12 (1987-1992) :
http://www.ampwares.com/ffg/champ_12.html
about photos of champ 12 (everything) :
http://www.turkrock.com/ftopic78151.html

and this is my carvin:
http://www.turkrock.com/ftopic88202.html


Now i'm waiting your ideas to give my last decision.


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Post subject: Re: Need Help About Champ 12
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 6:29 am
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reddiye wrote:
hello I live in turkey and here,it is so difficult to find a all-tube fender amp.
i have a carvin sx-200 and now i'm gonna change it with a champ 12
but i never tried champ 12 and i will have no chance to try before buy.
i will pay 80$ + carvin sx-200 (so old one (i will add photo) for champ 12

What do you think about champ 12 or do you know it?
about champ 12 (1987-1992) :
http://www.ampwares.com/ffg/champ_12.html
about photos of champ 12 (everything) :
http://www.turkrock.com/ftopic78151.html

and this is my carvin:
http://www.turkrock.com/ftopic88202.html


Now i'm waiting your ideas to give my last decision.

I have owned this exact amp for about 15 years. It is a great bedroom amp and also has a headphone jack. You can get some decent volumes out of it, but if you are going to play with a drummer you need something with more power. The reverb is just OK, but you can get some nice tones and I have never had a mechanical problem with it. I have since passed it down to my son and now play a Blues Deluxe reissue (much louder and better sounding amp).
I don't know anything about the Carvin, so I can't compare the 2.


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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:06 am
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I've had the same amp for many years. Great practice amp for home. There's a few Torres mods that make this amp sound even better..


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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 1:13 pm
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wont i use this amp. with drum? :?
seller told me that it is as powerfull as 30W trans. amp.
is it a lie for sell?


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Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 2:09 pm
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reddiye wrote:
wont i use this amp. with drum? :?
seller told me that it is as powerfull as 30W trans. amp.
is it a lie for sell?


I never used a Champ amp, but I have used a Fender 25R Frontman amp that is trans. 25W. (close to the 30W trans. amp that you're seller said could be used with drums). I jammed with another guitar, bass, and drums, and it was barely able to keep up, at full volume. After that experience, I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe tube amp. at 40W.


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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:55 am
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reddiye wrote:
wont i use this amp. with drum? :?
seller told me that it is as powerfull as 30W trans. amp.
is it a lie for sell?

Like I said, a good bedroom amp, but you will be disappointed when jamming unmic'd with a drummer.


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