To build a 50Watt Hiwatt

[syscokid]

I decided to cancel this build and am going in a different direction. I'll up date after the new design is progressing.

 

[syscokid]

I saw Be Bop Deluxe in the 70's and if I remember correctly he had 2 Highwatt amps . Not sure how distorted they got but he never was high gain player. He did have a sweet lead tone.

Yes he did! Bill Nelson is an incredible guitar player and musician. Very underrated!

 

[Ghostman]

 

[Far Rider]

Only Terry could build something so beautiful that others (like me) only dream of, and not be happy with it.

 

[T-Rex]

I felt the chassis was a bit too tight and was afraid of crosstalk.

 

[syscokid]

Only Terry could build something so beautiful that others (like me) only dream of, and not be happy with it.

Yeah, I agree. Terry is got the passion and knows what he is doing. I'm glad that he posts at TTR...

 

[SG John]

I saw Be Bop Deluxe in the 70's and if I remember correctly he had 2 Highwatt amps . Not sure how distorted they got but he never was high gain player. He did have a sweet lead tone.

He normally had played Carlsbro amps and they are from what I hear are very loud and Fender like.

I saw Be Bop Deluxe open for Blue Ӧyster Cult in '78. They were amazing. I love the Axe Victim, Sunburst Finish, and Live in the Air Age albums.

I felt the chassis was a bit too tight and was afraid of crosstalk.

I also think you really needed some of these to get it to sound right.

 

[syscokid]

I saw Be Bop Deluxe open for Blue Ӧyster Cult in '78. They were amazing. I love the Axe Victim, Sunburst Finish, and Live in the Air Age albums.

 

[ibmorjamn]

I saw Be Bop Deluxe open for Blue Ӧyster Cult in '78. They were amazing. I love the Axe Victim, Sunburst Finish, and Live in the Air Age albums.




I also think you really needed some of these to get it to sound right.


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I liked everything Bill did, he is a great talented writer , guitarist and vocalist.
I think he was ahead of his time.
some of things he played were amazing.I saw them with Golden Earing. We actually went to see Be Bop Deluxe.

Those transformers are huge, if they are even available.

 

[67plexi]

Partridge – Mercury Magnetics

 

[T-Rex]

Slobering here. Ohhh great iron.

 

[T-Rex]

Turretboard is cleaned off, restaked, and the new build is started. A single Fender channel amp. Yeah, Leo didn't use mustard caps, but my build...my rules....the amp is for me. DirtySteve should know which one this is going to be.

 

[DirtySteve]

I should? I take it I have one? I didn't know there was going to be a test, I didn't study.

I'm afraid I don't know by looking at it. A Harvard?

 

[T-Rex]

Nope the other one

 

[DirtySteve]

Nope the other one

I had a 50/50 shot and still got it wrong! lol

I haven't opened up either one of those amps in a very long time.

 

[ibmorjamn]

Bassman? No, that is bright and normal.
Tweed?

 

[DirtySteve]

Princeton.

 

[T-Rex]

I called Steve's the Majestic. A single channel version of the Fender Pro or Super. As far as inside the chassis of either of those AB763 designs, on the Normal channel there is not a lot of difference other than the B+ rail. The Pro has 440V on the plates while the Super has 460V on the plates. The PI tail resistor on the Pro is 47R while the tail resistor on the Super is 100R. Of course the B+ on the preamp is 20 volts more on the Super

 

[DirtySteve]

Oh ok, I‘ve been thinking all along it was based on a Princeton. I really don’t know anything about fender amps, I just know the Majestic is an awesome amp.

 

[T-Rex]

The Harvard and Princeton were the same amp for a couple of years, the Fender dropped the Harvard name