Glenn Fricker only looks at things through the lens of recording. He can barely play, so his expertise and opinions about everything else amount to a huge mountain of monkey shit. The younger kids and retards take what he says as gospel because he has so many followers on YT. His opinions...
The SLO was originally designed with the Philips 7581A. They swapped over to the Sovteks because Philips stopped production in 1988. Mesa and Peavey were bigger companies and had bought up a lot of stock. They eventually ran out as well.
I only ever watch Pete Thorn, Michael Nielsen, Jon Symons (Sonic Drive Studio) and the other John Browne. I like Johan Segeborn too. Johan's Marshall mixed with Hiwatt stuff sounds fucking awesome.
Brad Webb from Brad's Guitar Garage offers his unpopulated. Zen Amps posted a link earlier. If it's not on his main website, shoot him an email about it.
That one was made from '74 to '79 and used 6CA7's in the power section. It sold for $545 which would be between $3500 and $3600 today.
Dumble used the power transformer from the HD-150 for some of his builds. #178 is God-like, and has a Marshall vibe.
They can cook some new production...
Not really. If I moved toward that type of setup this is what I would use:
A 50 and 100 watt Hiwatt type amp (Hiwatt, Reeves, Hi-Tone).
Way Huge Conspiracy Theory - edge of breakup type stuff
Maxon OD808 or another TS type pedal
Friedman BE pedal for Marshall dirties
EVH 5150 pedal for high...
Yep, that's the unfortunate reality. If MikeB has it in front of him, you had better let him do what's needed if you have the money. They're not cheap to repair either.
Even if you were basing it on 35 watts, you're still at 54% which is still great. I would have done the same.
What were you seeing on the screens?
I watched the video Lyle Caldwell did on a '69 Park 150 he worked on 4 years ago. That would be my desert island amp! It was a hybrid cathode...
If there were anything to know, Steve would know about it. He knows Reinhold very well. He's a Super OG! I bought a Herbert from him back in the day. He is as good as they come.