Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
Good comments Simon.

In one of several band line ups about 35 years ago a lead guitarist had a Fender Twin Reverb, 100w from memory, and it sounded gutless until our sound guy pulled 2 of the valves out, not sure which ones, but that trick really transformed the amp and gave it the warmer bordering on crunchy valve sound it lacked before.

Hey Doc, I reckon you probably know more than that bloke and could figure out a way to load up the output valves without lifting the decibels. 180w is a massive overkill and could end up way too loud before it sounds any good. That was the problem I had with my JMP 100w Super Bass head as there was no master volume. Sounded great clean but needed a Boss OD-1 to bring out the true Marshall distorted tone.

I guess I could mod it so that it only uses two 6L6 power Valves, and then just swap out the output transformer for one suitable for two 6L6 valves, that would bring the output power down to about 60 Watts max, but then again the HT from the power transformer might be a bit high, I know someone who I could consult for advice, he used to do a lot of tech work for Darwin musicians and fixed my Marshall amp so that it no longer blew fuses at random intervals.


If it turns out not to be very cost effective to restore the amp, I might use some of the parts to get my Soldano Amp head going.