[Harp-L] Re: Fender Champs: Tweedifying a Blackface or silverface

[Joe <abcdeasy@xxxxxxxxx>]

I second the Fender Champion 600 recommendation.   I love mine.   Nice
little recording & bedroom amp.   I got mine new for $149 at a local
music store in MD.

On Sep 16, 2:40 pm, "John Balding" <John.Bald...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I used the Torres "Champ Champ Kit" to tweedify my 1973 Vibro Champ.
> Wasn't impressed. Maybe for guitar, but not any more useful for harp.
> Gobs of distortion on tap, but not much else. A little more prone to
> feedback, actually. Tried Jensen reissue speakers, a reconed Oxford
> (original in the VibroChamp) and a MojoTone. Of all of those, the Jensen
> C8R sounded the best.
>
> Stripped it to the chassis and built it back up using a tweed Princeton
> circuit. Had a new faceplate made with cutouts for only volume and tone
> knobs. Got all that kit from Weber (Kendrick Amps), including a Kendrick
> 8" Jensen clone. $289 for the Kendrick kit. $15 for the Torres kit. $150
> for the other speakers tried. Total = $454.00
>
> Verdict - Wish the Epiphone Valve Jr. had been out then. I could own
> four of those...and been happier in the long run. In my opinion, the new
> Fender Champion 610 is hard to beat. It's got the look, the tone and the
> price. If you need something bigger, then the SF Champ probably wouldn't
> foot the bill anyway.
>
> John Balding
> Tallahassee, FL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-boun...@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-boun...@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>
> Behalf Of Mike Fugazzi
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:11 PM
> To: har...@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Fender Champs: Tweedifying a Blackface or silverface
>
> I know this is a "simple" mod, but has
> anybody tried tweedifying their Blackface or Silverface Champ? How did
> it work for harp? Compared to a 5F1?
>
> There is a SF Champ with a
> Weber 10" for sale an hour away for $225, but it has the tweed mod. The
> amp looks to be in very nice shape.
>
> But then again, if the tweed
> mod is harp friendly, it would probably cost me less to get my Vibro
> Champ modded with a pull out tweed mod than the cost of gas to go check
> out the other amp.
>
> Mike Fugazzi
>
> Harmonica/Vocals
>
> http://www.myspace.com/niterailband
>
> http://www.myspace.com/mikefugazzi
>
> "Music should be healing; music should uplift the soul; music should
> inspire. There is no better way of getting closer to God, of rising
> higher towards the spirit, of attaining spiritual perfection than music,
> if only it is rightly understood."
>
> -Hazrat Inayat Khan
>
> _______________________________________________
> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH,http://www.spah.org
> Har...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
>
> _______________________________________________
> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH,http://www.spah.org
> Har...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l