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Has anyone seen or tried an original or clone of these?
http://vintageamps.com/plexiboard/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=105784
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Tremolux
I'm curious as to what EL84 characteristics a Blonde Fender would accentuate - running as a fixed-bias pair at 30W, are they just rare or are they amazing, etc.
I have the 6G9-A or 6G9-B - same design but with 6L6s, it is definitely amazing
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I understand that 30w sounds unlikely, I don't know what surviving examples put out, I just wondered what it might sound like - is this simply rare because it was flaky and/or sounded mediocre, as suggested, and expensive because folk who like to buy rare things pushed the price up, or is this an interesting sounding design? For all I know Leo ran out of EL84s, I understand a lot of decisions were as pragmatic as that back in those days.
No way Leo would have 'run out' of EL84s. There must have been something wrong with the design - the question is what, and whether something that was wrong in 1961 might actually be desirable today, if it was to do with the sound rather than the reliability... bearing in mind that the goal back then was generally maximum power, clean headroom and frequency response - almost the opposite of what it is today.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Sounds like a fair conclusion
Heard of anyone trying using this kind of design? I couldn't find any "reviews" of it. This is just today's curiosity after playing my 6L6 one, it's not a specific quest I've been thinking of before
I love the classic 50, fwiw, so if you want to try a fixed bias el84, I'd start their, they're relatively affordable, reliable as far I know, and sound brilliant (saw satch use one live with his distortion pedal and it sounded th balls clean, crunch, dist...).
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein