Music&Chaos
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I have been helping care for an older friend of mine who hasnt been doing too well of late. They asked me to 'borrow'/take this one home indefinitely. I am honored.
I would be excited, but ya know, circumstances.
Still....
I played this amp several months back when he first got it and left my initial thoughts here: https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/fender-57-custom-champ-handwired.335503/
Now that I have it at my place, I have had time to swap some tubes and am highly satisfied.
It really takes the amp from 'doesn't sound like they used to on recordings' to 'HELL YEAH'.
The stock Fender/Groove tube JJ mix is OK, not my favorite.
Put in a RCA blackplate in the front and a Delco/Tungsol NOS 6v6 in the output. Waiting on my RCA blackplate rectifier but damn did these tubes level this amp right up.
NOS glass in classic circuits just do the thing.
I would be excited, but ya know, circumstances.
Still....
I played this amp several months back when he first got it and left my initial thoughts here: https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/threads/fender-57-custom-champ-handwired.335503/
Now that I have it at my place, I have had time to swap some tubes and am highly satisfied.
It really takes the amp from 'doesn't sound like they used to on recordings' to 'HELL YEAH'.
The stock Fender/Groove tube JJ mix is OK, not my favorite.
Put in a RCA blackplate in the front and a Delco/Tungsol NOS 6v6 in the output. Waiting on my RCA blackplate rectifier but damn did these tubes level this amp right up.
NOS glass in classic circuits just do the thing.
