Dudes a totally awesome little amp!

Tons of fun and it's the size of a lunchbox!
If you don't own one, get one.
Absolutely fantastic for noodling in the livingroom or out on the back porch.

It's a very basic little beast that ideally suits my Tele.

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Hello MThorn00,

I had one of theose little guys for a bit,
great size. I wish it were also able to be
operated by a battery.

Cheers

Hey Mr. Bill, I use an old Pignose 7-100 for a battery operated amp. The little Champion 600 is sure easier to move around than my Carvin V3.

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Hey MThorn00,

I'm due for an improvement on my
battery op.

Cheers.

The Danelectro's are fun little amps too. Have you checked out "Smokey" amps? They run on a 9v battery, are the size of a pack of cigarettes, and sound pretty darned cool. I've even run a 4 X12 cabinet off mine for a bit just for fun. If you're curious you can find them on Ebay.

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Hi Ho MThorn00,

Yes last year I sprang for a Little Smokey and used it
at work for a few months and then mysterously did a
dissappering act. That ended a guitar at work. The DanE
is alright one day I may step up to the 7-100.

Cheers.

I have a DRRI upstairs and just had a back injury. So I grabbed one of these little Champion 600's to bring downstairs and love it! I did change out the original tubes with a set of JJ's, and now I may change the speaker. I've heard many say a Weber or Jensen makes a huge improvement in sound. But works perfect just the way it is now.

You can get them for $150 new at GC. Plug it into a 2x12 and get breakup at around 2! Awesome.

I wish they were just 150 bucks here in australia. Here they list for $499. With the current exchange rate that's about $350USD which absolutely sucks!

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MIM Std Tele, MIM HSS Strat, Homemade Mongrel Tele, Blues Jr, Champ600, coupla pedals...sweeeet!

True, I could not believe the prices other parts of the world pay for musical equipment, and yet ppl complain about the prices I got my Champ600 for $399, that was the absolute lowest price anyone was willing to sell it to me for

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Fender Highway One HSS Stratocaster '09
Modified Fender Champ600
Honer Special20 Harmonica

How much was a set of JJs? I would like to change the tubes with something that will give me less distortion. What difference in the sound did the JJs make?

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Fender Highway One HSS Stratocaster '09
Modified Fender Champ600
Honer Special20 Harmonica

The 6V6 was $18.95, and the 12AX7 was $12.95. To my ears it made a big difference, much less distortion. But I'm told a Weber speaker makes a huge sound quality change.

Yikes! We could get a good Blues Jr for that price in the US. But I love my Champ, and there are some good mod's out there if you really want to punch up the sound.

Cool, I will look into some tubes first. I love the Champ600 too because it has a great tone. I have just change to 11 gauge strings which makes a huge difference in the sound too, but having the amp cleaner sounds good because there is a certain volume level I can get mine too before it just goes overkill. As for the mods I would have no problems spending money on this amp to modify it although I would have to hear a modded one in the flesh before I would commit to anything What did you do with your old tubes? Mine are still good so I was wondering if I should keep them or not.

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Fender Highway One HSS Stratocaster '09
Modified Fender Champ600
Honer Special20 Harmonica

Ya I kept mine as a backup. The sales guy told me the tubes that come with the amp will last about 6 months, not sure if that is true or not? I just know they really made a sound quality change for me.

I think there are other posts here about the mod's to this little beast, but here seems the be the most popular just as an FYI

http://www.300guitars.com/articles/diy- ... mpion-600/

I have a Champ 600 too. i love it.

There have been people with bad experiences, but mine has been stellar.

I do think it is almost time for new tubes. I think i may mod it out, speaker and all. The thing is, amp makers have finally started producing really high quality low wattage tube amps. I wish they had been available years ago. Then i wouldn't have a handful of little solid state practice amps, that I was never quite happy with. don't get me wrong, they were worth the money. but i could never quite get the tones i wanted, at low volumes. the Champ 600 gives me that fender clean that i love, without an attached eviction notice.

I want to check out one of those marshall class 5's now too. then maybe a Vox.(i tried one out, but i like the fender clean sound better, so i chose the fender over it, but it is also a solid little amp, and i want to eventually ad that tone to my low volume amp farm.)

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