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Harmony 8418 Amp


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That tube compliment is similar to what is in my 53 National Supreme amp.    Hand wired with the 6SJ7, 6V6 and 5Y3 should be a nice departure from the Fender sound.   Its very typical of late 40s/early 50s Valco amps.   Vintage47 makes the same amp for $625, as the Mini.   For $400, that's a bargain.    Old Valco style amps are fun and make great practice amps.

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3 hours ago, TalismanRich said:

That tube compliment is similar to what is in my 53 National Supreme amp.    

You took that to a PSP one year, didn't you, Rich?  If it's the one I'm thinking of, that was a bad little amp!

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23 hours ago, DetroitBlues said:

Who cares?

I do, guess what is incoming?

$435 shipped to my front door!

A tone report would be appreciated when it arrives.

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19 hours ago, DetroitBlues said:

I'll be sure to bring my Harmony Amp to PSP and you can bring your National.  We'll compare some tones!

Absolutely.

If I remember correctly,   someone (might have been Eljay) had a Vintage47 version of my amp.   The differences that I noticed were probably due the speaker.   Maybe its hard to reproduce the sound of a 60+ year old field coil speaker.

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1 hour ago, TalismanRich said:

Absolutely.

If I remember correctly,   someone (might have been Eljay) had a Vintage47 version of my amp.   The differences that I noticed were probably due the speaker.   Maybe its hard to reproduce the sound of a 60+ year old field coil speaker.

That's possible.  But if I have the Boss Tube Expander, we won't have to worry about it.

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The amp came in yesterday.

While I'm not a tube amp, vintage amp, or any type of tone connoisseur, I can say this amp reminds of what a old, tiny Fender Champ (5E1) amp sounds like.  Looks much better though.  Can't find a flaw in its craftsmanship.

Natural breakup when dimed is pretty good.  Not too raunchy, just a little crunch.

However, I put a Electro-Harmonix LPB-1 in front of it, and wow.  So good!  It didn't respond as well with a distortion pedal, which I'm fine with.  Now I just need how to add a touch of reverb to it.

Bottom line though....Pure rock n' roll!

I'll try to figure out a way to record it...

 

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