Little/Mini Tube Amps - Reviews? Thoughts?

[TheMilford]

That was quick...

did the mods come with good instructions?

can you post the instructions?

[Jay]

Awesome!  I think I'm going to have to get myself one of these heads.  It's almost too cheap not to.

[davelowell]

Yeah, went pretty quickly.  Very good instructions, not too much to mess up, though, really.  I just didn't want to get dead!

I can post the instructions for you, but I don't know how much help they will be.  The kit came from eBay and it had the switches all wired up, decals too.  All I had to do was solder them in, drill holes in the front panel and apply the decals.

Let me know if you still want the instruction, though, I can scan them in.

I also added a JJ el84 and I ordered a 12ax7, but got sent the wrong one, so the stock preamp tube is in there.  I'm pretty sure the JJ makes it sound a little smoother, fuller, can't wait for the right preamp tube!

[TheMilford]

The stock Sovtek EL84s are pretty dicey. the EH is a little better but I really like the Sovtek EL84M. JJs are good too.

If you want a little less gain and a little wider sound try the Sovtek 5751 in the preamp...

[davelowell]

So the guy I bought a preamp tube from sent me the wrong one, and I got the right one yesterday.  Holy ...  Much nicer with the JJ in the pre now.  The amp sounded a little dark before with the stock pre and JJ power, but now it's nice and bright if I want it.  I don't like it with my basses, but the guit sounds better, considering I don't have a tweeter or anything in the cab.

TheMilford, do you still want a scan of the instructions?

[TheMilford]

Would love a scan....

thnks.

[davelowell]

Here you go!

[TheMilford]

Cool... thanks!

A good "lesson" would be to really study that schematic to try to understand what you were looking at and what you did.

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Not a "small" amp like a 2W miniMat, or a 1/2W like the VZex, but i LOVE my Blues Jr 

15Watts can sound bloody huge through a 4x12  1960 Marshall cab 

I still have some major long-term GAS for a First Lady (7W) Matamp, that just doesn't want to go away !