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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: Colas LeGrippa on December 20, 2011, 06:45:48 pm

Title: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 20, 2011, 06:45:48 pm: Hi,

I have started to build ''thrash amps'', built into old defective amps that clients bring to me. I can build a new circuit from A to Z , or just modify them, according to my clients's needs.
This amp was a TRAYNOR YBA1A, and I used the PT that had the same specs as an old Marshall from early eighties to build a 50W 2 X EL34 rock amp ( that really rocks ). No tone stack ( I NEVER use one ). Just a volume, master volume, fat boost switch and presence control. With the preamp volume at 10, I can't go over 3 on the MV without having the cops arriving here to the complaints of my poor neighbours.....WHAT A TONE !
Rich harmonics, nice overtones, loud and loud for a 50 W. This is a beast that I put for sale in the guitarist community here I have too many amps ..and I am a poor guitarist, loving more music than..........money, all the opposite of my wife hey hey hey ).

Regards

Colas
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: stratele52 on December 21, 2011, 04:47:25 am: Je viens de le voir annoncé sur kijiji à Montréal.
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 21, 2011, 08:45:48 am: oui effectivement. J'ai un chassis pour m'en faire un autre et je vais m'en faire un pour moi-même, ça sonne tellement c't' affaire-là ! Dire que je joue avec un 30W à transistors dans mon band, c'est une honte.........cordonnier mal chaussé !

Colas
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Danskman on December 21, 2011, 01:40:08 pm: ça fait bizarre (et plaisir) de voir un thread en français chez Doug :smiley:
Salutations francophones de la petite Suisse et Joyeuses Fêtes à tous, y.c les anglophones!
Daniel
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Willabe on December 21, 2011, 01:57:17 pm: What the heck are these guys talkin about? :w2: :think1:

Brad :laugh:
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 21, 2011, 02:58:25 pm: salutations aux suisses de tout acabit !

il devrait y avoir un forum en français chez Doug, pour tous les amoureux de la langue de Molière et pour encourager le ''fait français'' . Et puis, il ya bien quelques curieux anglos qui y prendraient goût, peut-être même Brad !

Colas
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Willabe on December 21, 2011, 03:07:38 pm: Uh Oh, now I did it!

I gotem talkin about me. :laugh:

Brad :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 21, 2011, 03:38:57 pm: C'était pas méchant, Brad, on disait que tu pourrais même parler français dans le forum francais de Doug, éventuellement. Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année !
Tu pourrais peut-être nous dire d'où tu viens ? ( Where are you from ? ).
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: 12AX7 on December 21, 2011, 03:52:48 pm: I think they're talking about some new boutique caps made in France. :icon_biggrin:
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: stratele52 on December 21, 2011, 04:22:56 pm: Hello Brad , Willabe, time for you to know and use Google translate.

Merry Chrismas to you guys.

Tu as raison Danksman, ça fait plaisir de lire du français de temps en temps.

Joyeux Noel et de très belles Fêtes à tous les francophones.
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Cups on December 21, 2011, 08:51:29 pm: Tres beaux ampli. J'aimerais ca voire l'endedans.

Excuse my french spelling, it's been awhile (of course I have my problems with english too) :dontknow:
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 21, 2011, 09:34:22 pm: your french is not too bad, with a couple of years of french speaking, you'd get it right.......... :laugh:

merci pour le compliment. en fait, les amplis que je fabrique sont des vieux amplis, comme du recyclage, certains sont plus beaux que d'autres. I love recycling things. Giving them a second life. All old amps are still good ( well, almost, if they have not been smashed or dropped from the third floor on the concrete sidewalk ). Why buy a new amp ? Bring your old to a tech and he'll do one for you, with more warranty, point-to-point wiring, with the mods you ask, a personnalize amp with lots of tone. That is what I am devoted to, now. Recycling old amps.

Jacques
Montréal, Québec.
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: stratele52 on December 22, 2011, 04:08:31 am: Quote from: Colas LeGrippa on December 21, 2011, 09:34:22 pm
. Why buy a new amp ? Bring your old to a tech and he'll do one for you, with more warranty, point-to-point wiring, with the mods you ask, a personnalize amp with lots of tone. That is what I am devoted to, now. Recycling old amps.

Jacques
Montréal, Québec.

Why buy a new amp ? More easy to buy new than to find a good tech.
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: birt on December 22, 2011, 01:07:23 pm: Quote from: stratele52 on December 22, 2011, 04:08:31 am
Quote from: Colas LeGrippa on December 21, 2011, 09:34:22 pm
. Why buy a new amp ? Bring your old to a tech and he'll do one for you, with more warranty, point-to-point wiring, with the mods you ask, a personnalize amp with lots of tone. That is what I am devoted to, now. Recycling old amps.

Jacques
Montréal, Québec.

Why buy a new amp ? More easy to buy new than to find a good tech.

specialement un tech qui parle le meme langue que toi.

fortunately i can make my own amps, even if they are french, english, dutch or german :p
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 22, 2011, 02:45:48 pm: is there any french made amp on the market ?
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Tom_Hull on December 22, 2011, 06:29:19 pm: hi Ce bon a parle a tu

Quote from: Colas LeGrippa on December 22, 2011, 02:45:48 pm
is there any french made amp on the market ?

well.
I am not far from you .. ottawa .do you mean from france ..my wife is french ,,she can translate .
je suis proche...pas trop loin...capital du pays(Ottawa) ou etes vous de france et voila ma traduction!

my sonin law wants me to build some amps for sale .for his idea of a future store ,,just a few ,, doubt if they will even sell around here ,,
mon gendre aimerais bien que je construise des amplificateur comme idee futur entrepreneur ..quelques unes....autours d ici les ventes sont pauvres.

bon chance

toma
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 22, 2011, 10:14:41 pm: moi je suis de Montréal, pas de France. Pas facile de vendre des amplis boutiques, à moins d'être exceptionnels et vraiment bon marché.

Colas
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: birt on December 23, 2011, 11:06:59 am: Quote from: Colas LeGrippa on December 22, 2011, 02:45:48 pm
is there any french made amp on the market ?

there's cool looking vintage amps from Bouyer ;-)
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 23, 2011, 02:02:42 pm: I didn't know. I'll go check on the net.
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: kagliostro on December 24, 2011, 03:14:16 pm: Se non ricordo male, oltre al francese, riesci discretamente anche in italiano

Kagliostro
Title: Re: my most recent amp and best ever
Post by: Colas LeGrippa on December 26, 2011, 03:17:48 pm: Si, Kagliostro . ma non parlo molto ! Ma lo parlero presto.......... :icon_biggrin: