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Offline JGk

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Champ Reverb 6L6 Build
« on: April 19, 2024, 02:07:56 pm »
Winter project built this Champ with reverb and a 6L6 for a friend. Stuffed it into a Vibro Champ chassis. Hamond Power and Heboyer output WGS 10" speaker. Sounds great and very quiet. I did elevate the heaters and did allot of experimenting with it. 6L6CG is biased around 90% at 360 volts. 1-5 vol is pretty clean, past that the amp gets a bit of hair and at 8-10 its rock and roll! Reverb is sweet surfing at 7 or so.
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Re: Champ Reverb 6L6 Build
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2024, 05:57:44 pm »
Nice work there. Beautiful!!

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Re: Champ Reverb 6L6 Build
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2024, 07:10:24 pm »
JGk, Wow!

I have the 12" version of that Orange C/S GWS speaker. It's just so great in my 6G3 I can't imagine ever changing it. (Only the Creamback in my AC15 sounds as good.)

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Re: Champ Reverb 6L6 Build
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2024, 09:13:56 pm »
Nice wood choice and half tails JGk. Crank it up and play 'er in good health! Regards


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Re: Champ Reverb 6L6 Build
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2024, 10:15:59 am »
Hi JGK
Your friend should be overjoyed, Great work!  but I especially like the finish on the cab :thumbsup:
On the right track now<><

 


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